The gaffer : the trials and tribulations of a football manager

**A top manager's intriguing insights into the daily trials and tribulations, the peaks and troughs of life as a football "gaffer"** For football fans who have ever wondered how a transfer deal is done, what a manager says during his prematch team-talk, or what he screams from the techincal area, here the manager of Leeds United tells all. He also reveals what goes on in training sessions and on those long away trips, how a manager carefully builds a team, and what he does when the planning is disrupted by injuries. He explains how he lifts a team after a crushing defeat, and how he keeps their feet on the ground after a resounding victory. And he answers the question of how the man in charge handles the ever-present danger of getting sacked in the ultimate results business. In short, this book explains how one of today's top professional footballer managers somehow copes with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, with having to live, breathe, and sleep football 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. How does a top professional football manager cope with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, with living, breathing and sleeping football 24 hours a day, 365 days a year? How does the man in charge handle the ever-present danger of getting sacked in the ultimate results business? Neil Warnock's The Gaffer contains countless insights into the trials and tribulations, the joyous peaks and the soul-destroying troughs of life as a football manager. This wonderful new book takes fans into the changing room, the training ground and the boardroom. Warnock draws heavily on a lifetime of experiences at all levels in football, but particularly on his tumultuous spells at Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers, and Leeds United. From transfer dealings to negotiations with agents, from half-time team-talks to training sessions, from scouting trips to team-bonding sprees, from administrators to chairman, from injuries to referees - The Gaffer spills the beans. You won't have read a football book like this before. Ever Wondered How A Transfer Deal Is Done? What A Manager Says During His Pre-match Team-talk? What He Screams From The Techincal Area? What Goes On In Training Sesions, And On Those Long Away Trips? How A Manager Carefully Builds A Team, And What He Does When The Planning Is Disrupted By Injuries? How He Lifts A Team After A Crushing Defeat, And Keeps Their Feet On The Ground After A Resounding Victory? How The Man In Charge Handles The Ever-present Danger Of Getting Sacked In The Ultimate Results Business? In Short, How One Of Today's Top Professional Footballer Managers Somehow Copes With The Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous Fortune, With Having To Live, Breathe And Sleep Football 24 Hours A Day, 365 Days A Year? Then Read The Gaffer. Ever wondered how a transfer deal is done? What a manager says during his pre-match team-talk? What he screams from the technical area? What goes on in training sessions, and on those long away trips? How a manager carefully builds a team, and what he does when the planning is disrupted by injuries? How he lifts a team after a crushing defeat, and keeps their feet on the ground after a resounding victory? How the man in charge handles the ever-present danger of getting sacked in the ultimate results business? In short, how one of today's top professional footballer managers somehow copes with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, with having to live, breathe and sleep football 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For the very first time, and straight from the horse's mouth, a top manager's intriguing insights into the daily trials and tribulations, the joyous peaks and soul-destroying troughs of life as as a football 'gaffer'