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Listed below are comments made by kicka11 between Monday, 6th October 2008 and Saturday, 21st February 2009.

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Speed Diary: Day Four 08:39am on 21 Feb 2009 You have followers on twitter? Bizarre.
Ince demise highlights flawed thinking 6:17pm on 16 Dec 2008 Bertie Vogts is an abysmal manager...
Anyway, this assumes that managing the club is a purely pen-pushing, administrative endeavour. It is not, thus the company executive analogy is flawed.
Much of managing is dealing with different characters and liaising with experienced people, even if the person himself is not experienced. It is an alchemy that cannot always be quantified and empiricised. Those who believe coaching badges themselves indicate talent are duped by the bureaucratic disease that besets society. Coaching schemes may improve the overall standard but not necessarily of the individual.
Thus people with enthusiasm and intuitive communication skills can prosper, at least in the short term, while experience accrues. Furthermore, players often, though not exclusively, respond to someone who has already shown their credentials as a player.
Reagan, Clinton, W, and Obama 09:48am on 27 Oct 2008 Sarah Palin shoul catch wind of the FT's persuasions...after all, when asked which newspapers she read she did say "gosh, hmm.....well...all of them".
Riquelme - one of a dying breed 12:06pm on 06 Oct 2008 Another superb article. This is anaethema to many of the blogs, which are phoned in platitudes showing no insight or intelligence (ahem MB).

The problem with the premier league and the dominant European scene is that it want to pull everyone into the yoke of its own hegemony. They all want athletic, powerful players and it does not add up to a satisfying spectacle. The English league is fantastic so we are regularly told; in actual fact it is a dreary league full of cynicism, conservative tactics and predictable results.

I loved the description of how Riquelme changes the cadence of the game, how he can dominate it completely when on form. It is things like this that are the true memories of football. When I remember my own club remember the great characters, not the cups or the league position.

Also, in response to the idea he failed in Spain - total nonsense, given that he orchestrated a Champions league semi-final campaign. The truth is that so many people think someone must be mad to move back to South America. Some people are not totally motivated by money, and I for one would love to step out at La Bombonera.

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