Big Phil Names & Shames

I have just seen this piece from ITN where they say Big Phil Scolari has named the following payers as instrumental in him losing his Chelsea position.

Didier Drogba

Petr Cech

Michael Ballack

Big Phil is quoted as saying "The real owners of football at the moment are the players. The coach, in most European clubs, has no strength to contradict them.

"The people sacked are always the coaches. The main players already know this. That was my problem at Chelsea. Drogba, Ballack and Cech did not accept my training methods or my demands."

Big Phil was touted as the big personality Chelsea needed to conquer the Champions League, but at the time he left he seemed as demotivated as Chelsea fans, with Chelsea seemingly in danger of being overtaken by Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Scolari seems to suggest that big name player now have more control of team affairs than the manager himself. Is this the natural progression of inflated player wages and profiles or just an example of a manager that could not get to grips with big named, and big ego players? In which case does this give more stock to managers like Sir Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello who take a no nonsense line and still get results?

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