I Remember The First Time

I Was Doing All The Coaching Schools So That I'd Be Able To Stay In The Game, And I Gave Myself A Chance By Doing That. I Was Only An Average Player, Could Score A Goal Or Two, That Sort Of Thing, But I Wasn't A Bobby Charlton Or A Messi, Or Ronaldo. There Are Very, Very Few Really Great Players Who Have Become Great Coaches.

Pardew Has Come Out And Criticized Me. He Is The Worst At Haranguing Referees. He Shoves Them And Makes A Joke Of It. How He Can Criticize Me Is Unbelievable. He Forgets The Help I Gave Him, By The Way. The Press Have Had A Field Day. The Only Person They Have Not Spoken To Is Barack Obama Because He Is Busy. It Is Unfortunate But I Am The Manager Of The Most Famous Club In The World. Not Newcastle, A Wee Club In The North-east. I Was Demonstrative. I Am Always Demonstrative. Everyone Knows That. I Am An Emotional Guy But I Was Not Abusive.

Lampard, For Me, Was A Marvellous Servant For Chelsea, But I Didn't Think Of Him As An Elite International Footballer. And I Am One Of The Few Who Felt Gerrard Was Not A Top, Top Player.

Everest In His Slippers. That's What He Was Like.

There Is No Evidence That Changing Your Managers Repeatedly Leads To Success, But There Is Evidence At Manchester United, I Was Managing There For 26 Years I Won 38 Trophies.