Friday, 18 October 2013

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF DICKOV

Being a football manager can be a tough job at times,yet one where people don't know what happens in the office.Let Paul Dickov explain his daily routine at work around Doncaster Rovers.

Paul promised the fans that he'd be at te club from dawn 'till dusk,and he's kept it.Every Monday morning at 7:00,Paul leaves his hotel room and gets into his white Merc.The first stop is off to the training ground where he meets the players and staff.A hard training session ends at 10:00 but Paul isn't off home.

He's going to the office to sort out paperwork and the team for the match against Burnley on what will be tomorrow night.He chooses carefully who starts and he chooses wisely.At 11:30,the press come to interview him.He chats for ages-be it the weekend,his playing days or some criticism towards the players,he'll talk.

After lunch,he returns for a meeting with the chairman.It is then time to go home.He will prepare for the match by watching a DVD he borrowed for his hotel room.

It's 6:00.Paul pulls at the ground wearing his tracksuit ready for the game.He signs programmes,has photographs with fans and heads upstairs to prepare the team sheet.The game kicks off at 7:45 and by 9:30,it's over.The score is 2-0 to Burnley and Paul has to face the media.He is busy after the match writing some notes and gets back at 00:00.

Even on Sunday after a match,on his day off,he's busy.Back home in Manchester,he's in his own media room he created for work purposes.His wife knows it too well-once he's in,he doesn't come out for seven hours.He is making DVDs and Powerpoints for the players to work on them.Paul demands every match is filmed and he gets a DVD copy to watch which he watches with specific detail.

Paul has an early start but one he doesn't mind doing-guess he's an early bird.The extent of detail in his job shoes he won't fool about if Doncaster are to stay up.

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