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PART TWO: Potter, Conte & A New Manager Bounce - How important is the manager?

The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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You're Only as Good as the Players at Your Disposition

In general, the more you spend on player wages, the higher quality of the player that you have. It also kind of reminds me of something you said last week, that managers in the old days were judged on the players that they signed. Whereas now, clearly that's not the case, and yet, player quality equals wage bill broadly is still probably the strongest factor of a team's success. And I think some of the models we're seeing now of teams like Brentford are trying to do things and put money elsewhere.

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