Sunday, May 17, 2009

Hiddink is the model for Chelsea successor


Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has stated that Guus Hiddink's replacement must be able to get the basic, fundamental aspects of management correct if he is to succeed at Stamford Bridge.

Speaking to The Observer, Cech said, "Mr Hiddink restored the spirit of the old Chelsea and added his own things."

"You can see everywhere he's been he's had success. This isn't a coincidence. You could see his experience of working with top players."

"The strength he has is that he knows what he has in the team. He doesn't ask people to do things that aren't in their character."

"You can see that working perfectly when the manager knows to use the right people for the right jobs."

Cech also said he felt Hiddink had performed the basics well, helping the team gain some consistent form.

"In December and January (under Scolari) we were missing a lot of discipline," he said.

"That, for me, was the key, going back to basics. Basic things we were getting wrong and losing points."

"Everyone knows what the strength of the team was, and in every game he (Hiddink) has used the right players to achieve exactly what we wanted on the pitch."

"When you get that right, everything works. He's not one of the managers who speaks a lot, but every time he says something he's spot on."

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2009/05/17/1270543/petr-cech-new-chelsea-boss-must-grasp-fundamentals

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