Have you ever had such a bloody good season in Football Manager that you thought ‘I would blow some minds if a Premier League club came calling?’
Course you have. We’ve all been there.
But the real nitty gritty realm of management sounds like precisely zero craic whatsoever.
Few will understand the negatives of Premier League management better than David Moyes who, after sipping at the cocktail of media attention that accompanies the Manchester United hot seat, was handed the poisoned chalice of the Sunderland gig.
Moyes is now steering the sinking Sunderland ship that can claim ownership of the worst ever start to a Premier League season and defeats are coming thick and fast.
The Scot was recently asked how the run of results for the Black Cats was taking a toll on him and Moyes revealed the grim way that he deals with losses.
“It’s damning, I agree,” Moyes told the Guardian. “It does make me feel lousy, and I do. I don’t feel good about it but you’ve got to take it. I probably spend Saturday night, and quite often, in a darkened room somewhere.
Sunday gets a wee bit better, but not much, and hopefully by the time Monday morning comes, you are ready to go again.
You’ve got to get it out of the system and you are up and running again. And I’ll do that again on Monday.”
Yikes!
Moyes’ coping mechanism actually bears an uncanny resemblance to that of Tony Pulis, who also prefers solitude in a designated room to help him come to terms with a defeat.
“I’ve got a little room at home that I go in,” Pulis told the Guardian last month. “There is just a television in there. My wife brings in my food and a glass of wine. Then she leaves me until the morning. I don’t sleep much.
“Losing a game of football, even when you have played well, kills you. It must be a nightmare for football managers’ wives, putting up with us.”
Football management sounds well shit so we’ve made our minds up, Premier League clubs. Don’t bother picking up the phone. We just don’t fancy it anymore.
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