Ended up... what a boring book!!! In the first place, football is all about excitement and passionate. However, with the addition of management stuff, it suddenly overturns the whole thing into something rigid and boring. My intention to read this book is to get some relax mind after a hectic month. Ended up, the author forced me to think hard and squeeze my mind into more serious stuff (which I do not want at all, haha...).
Secondly, as usual with any sorts of football books, readers are more keen on the inside stories and incidents behind the scenes. This book is rather different. It focuses on the management skill before inserting all quotes from managers to emphasize on his management theories. At the end, it was all in the mess. Apart from the usual management skill, I found nothing interesting on my beloved football.
Thirdly, I personally think that it will be much better if each chapter had focused on a single manager. The title itself already told us that this is a book about managers. To me, it is more a book about the collective part or similarity among managers. A misleading title? Definitely....
Finally, I browse through the background of the author. It seems that the author is not a traditional football author. He is more on the management side which deals with organisations and peoples. Hence, from the perspective of football fans, the author may not know what we want from a footballing books. At the same time, those who are keen on management stuff may not be so passionate about football too...
All in all, the book may be a decent read if you are looking for some management stuff in general with leadership in particular. For football fans like me, it is a huge disappointment. As such, I have no hesitation to rate this book at 2/10. It is out of my expectations and it is not the book I want in the first place...
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