The Madness of Managers...
To embark on a career in football management there are two indispensable traits (aside from the
obvious need for technical/tactical nous and man-management) that are required if the candidate is
to have any chance of success or survival.
The first of these is an ultra thick skin with which to protect the fragile creature within from
the onslaught of criticism from the fans, the media, his chairman and even from his own
players.
Working in the same building as Stan Collymore has its ups and downs. On the down side my
colleague is a big, strapping Brummie skinhead with a short fuse who upon first meeting me looked
me up and down as a convict would fresh meat. On the plus side I get to hear his hilariously biased
score predictions of any fixture involving his beloved Aston Villa.
