10½ reasons why Mr BH Clough is the man-management guru we all need!

There's a lot of guff written about man-management. We're supposed to take a stance somewhere between lofty academic pontificating and swirly touchy-feely concepts alien to anyone who never went to Woodstock.

However - and it may be because we're based in Nottingham - for man-management advice my source of choice is one Brian Howard Clough.

Looking deeper than the caricature he developed to play better to the gallery, Cloughy makes more sense than most of the be-sandaled management gurus currently polluting the bookshelves.

Tip 1 Be confident in what you do; your confidence will breed confidence throughout your team
"I wouldn't say I'm the best manager in the business. But I'm in the top one."

Tip 2 Set your team clear goals and make sure you're involved in making sure they're achieved
"Rome wasn't built in a day. But I wasn't on that particular job."

Tip 3 Managing your team will involve more than progress reports and just getting the job done
"Stand up straight, get your shoulders back and get your hair cut." Advice for John McGovern at Hartlepool.

Tip 4 Sometimes you need to be tough, but don't be too tough
"I only ever hit Roy (Keane) the once. He got up so I couldn't have hit him very hard."

Tip 5 Know your objectives then focus on getting everyone to buy in to the best way of achieving them
"We talk about it for twenty minutes and then we decide I was right."

Tip 6 A team only works if it really is a team. Be strong enough to make the changes you need so you have the right people in place to achieve the right results
Senior Leeds player: "Listen, all that kind of bulls**t might have worked at a small club like Derby County, but you are at Leeds Utd, a MASSIVE club, what the heck (sic) do you know about Leeds Utd?"
Cloughy: "I know this much young man; you'll never play for Leeds Utd again"

Tip 7 Most of a manager's job is about supervision not training. Once you have people in place who know what they're doing let them do it. Advice and support is what's needed most
"Coaching is for kids. If a player can't trap a ball and pass it by the time he is in the team, he shouldn't be there in the first place. I told Roy McFarland to go and get his bloody hair cut - that's coaching at this level."

Tip 8 Know your failings and be able to make light of them ... internally and externally
"Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should've taken more of it with my drinks. They were absolutely right!"

Tip 9 There are no prima donnas everyone in a team should be equal
"Take your bloody hands out your pocket!" Advice to Trevor Francis (England's first £1m player at his first press conference)

Tip 10 Give everyone a job and make sure they know what that job is
"Your job is to stay on that line. Run up and down it and don't come off it. When you can, cross the ball for the big centre forward. It's his job to score - not yours". Orders to John Robertson before the European Cup Final

Tip 10½ Admit when you're wrong
Robertson left his line, cut inside and scored the winner!

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