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| Former Republic Of Ireland Head Coach Giovani pondering on question? |
One of the key responsibilities every manager has is to deal with the media by attending press conferences. Depending on the state of the team, managers will have to answer a certain amount of questions.
If a team is struggling with form, it’s more likely that the manager will be ask more questions, especially about their future.
It is usually the strong-minded managers who thrive in press conferences. This is because they admit the truth but in a sarcastic manner. After City’s game against Burnley during the 2016/17 season he was asked about defender Fernandinho’s red card. His response was sarcastic in the sense that he actually asked Sky Sports reporter Geoff Shreeves what his opinion was. ’You are the Journalist not me.’ He also suggested Shreeves to talk to referee instead. ‘Ask the referee not me.’ Whether this was said to avoid any criticism towards Lee Mason’s performance in that game is another matter, but this could be one of the funniest responses in a press conference and post-match interview due to Pep’s sarcasm.
When it comes to mentioning about the referee’s performance in a game there is no one who does it better than Mourinho. It seems that every time his team wins, he congratulates the referee on his performance, but on the other hand, if he loses, he would then start questioning the referee’s decision making during the game. For example, after Chelsea’s home defeat to Southampton in 2015, Mourinho criticised the Premier League’s batch of referees by saying that referees are ‘afraid to give decisions for Chelsea.’
This is the reason as to why referees get mentioned in the media. Managers sometimes like to put them under scrutiny, particularly if they feel that the decisions, he or she makes have unfairly gone against them.
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