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Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

- Jaap Stam
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Of course, when you play football yourself you can think you want to become a manager but it does not make you a good manager.

I'm sure I can work the Premier League, maybe my style of play is better suited to the Premier League than in the Championship.

I always watched professional football and my father played at an amateur level, but I didn't think I wanted to become a pro.

As a defender it can also be more frustrating to play in Italy because referees do not tolerate too much physical contact. I loved the physical nature of the game in England, but in Serie A I only have to look at a player and they sometimes fall to the floor!

It's football, you work with humans and humans make mistakes. We will do everything in our power to prepare the players so they know to make the right decision at the right times.

It sounds strange, maybe, because I have played with a lot of big players but I never thought: 'OK, they're going to go into management.' Maybe there was only one, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, because he was always talking about football but I did not have a feeling with the other players.

When you go to school in Holland you learn to speak English and write in English - but English is different from the Scottish language!

For me, a late start was a good thing. A lot of kids who start too early get bored. I'd done all the things I wanted to do, I'd enjoyed myself, having fun and playing as an amateur and that was important.

It's tricky for me to take a dive, though. If I fall down under the slightest kick, I'm going to look stupid falling down like I've been shot.

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Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.