Tony Hodson

London

Head of content at @CoachesVoice. Former editor of Sport magazine. Liverpool fan, NFL convert, like/love a bet.

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Development goals - The Coaches' Voice

Jun 15, 2024 | coachesvoice.com | Tony Hodson

ruud van nistelrooyPSV, 2022-2023"Listen, you're not going to start most of the games. You're going to come on. It's important now that you're taking care of the younger players." It was my last season as a player, at Málaga, and Manuel Pellegrini had told me that I wasn't going to be a regular starter. In the beginning, it was difficult to accept. I was a player, not a coach, and I wanted to play. In the end, though, it made me transform my ideas and think, okay, how can I help these guys?
Full of fire - The Coaches' Voice

Apr 21, 2024 | coachesvoice.com | Tony Hodson

nuri sahinAssistant Manager, Borussia Dortmund, 2023-I got a call from the sporting director and he said: "We found the new head coach." I said: "Okay, who is it?" "It's you," he said. I said: "No, how is this possible?" I was 33 and had been a player with Antalyaspor in Turkey's Süper Lig for just over a year. Then he told me: "The president of Antalyaspor and I, we want to name you as the new manager.