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Really interesting interview with Paul Cook 05:40 - Mar 1 with 955 views

I'd encourage you to listen to it, even as background noise, as it offers major insight into who he is as a manager.

Summary:
-He said that the players he inherited at Wigan meant it wasn't difficult to lead them to success.
-Social media has made managing a club toxic when fans get caught up in wanting a manager sacked instead of giving a manager time.
-Disagrees with fans that the boys who didn't play would have improved a losing team and it's possible to have your best team out there despite losing. Team rotation is one of the worst things you can do in his opinion.
-A manager's job is to make players better, integrate players, get them back in training and support/improve them. Fan's don't think nowadays that players should be allowed to make mistakes, to improve, to get mentally stronger. Clubs can't go transfer window to window signing 4/5+ players and hoping it improves as it causes chaos.
-Is loyal to the players he believes in and brings up that Keiffer Moore was awful until Christmas then the best number 9 in the Championship.
-End of their first season in Championship ended with 1 defeat in 15 and 10 clean sheets!
-Resigned as manager of Wigan as he didn't want to oversee the destruction of everything they had built. Was hurt that the media assumed he quit as he had a new job lined up.

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