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Neil Warnock reflects on leaving Leeds and finding rare family time during a summer off. He stresses that trust between managers and players is essential, and that building a club together takes patience and loyalty. Nutrition and personal care also shape a season’s success.

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My teams have never been supposed to be able to do the things that they do.

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No disrespect to Cardiff but they probably needed me more than I needed them, when I was appointed.

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Everyone says teams should work harder when they are losing but sometimes that makes it worse.

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Matches don't come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals

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You can only go so far in the Premier League before you have to spend.

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I don't think we've got a discipline problem. It's the players who are thick who are causing the problems

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I'm not sure I will watch a lot of professional football once I've retired.

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If something is not right we give out about it. He is almost a Yorkshireman with a Portuguese accent.

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When I joined QPR in March 2010 we were rock bottom and heading for League One. We conceded too many and didn't…

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It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better…

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Statistics can be so misleading. It is funny, though, how often at the moment you see one team had 60 per cent…

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People just do not realise what a football life can be. Since 1968 I've never had more than a few weeks out…

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People talk about flip charts, tactic boards and other rubbish like that. But the truth is that as a manager you just…

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When I do pack it in, there's plenty for me to do down in Cornwall. There are some decent local teams, like…

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I enjoy working with players who want to work and I get more satisfaction with that than ready made teams or players.

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I've been looking forward to going back to Huddersfield. I was manager when the club moved from Leeds Road to the new…

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Ask anyone in the game: if you want a player from France or a French player, 99 per cent of the time,…

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However successful someone is in their field of business, and however well-meaning and hard-working, it is difficult to come into football and…

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You need good staff with their own opinions - Mick Jones has been a great No 2 as he's not a yes-man…

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I've been fortunate most of the seven promotions I've won have been with sides I built from zero, so it is doubly…

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As a manager I always trusted my players on Christmas Day. I did not see any point in dragging them into the…

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On the plus side, leaving Leeds meant I have been able to spend a lot of time with the family, enjoying a…

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I would like to wish Harry Redknapp the best of luck filling my old seat in the dugout at Queen's Park Rangers.…

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In the intervening 48 Christmases I have always either been a player, having to watch what I eat and drink, or a…

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As for myself, you never know what is round the corner in football.

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My biggest achievement at Cardiff is bringing the whole club together in my two years here.

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As I found at QPR, a club in the process of a takeover is paralysed.

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I find the quality of the officials in the Premier League so much better than the Championship.

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It's the last question mark against me in my career. Why couldn't I keep a team in the Premier League.

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There is a version of me people see. I don't think I play up to it, I think it's more other people…

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It's easier to sit at your desk and have a bun, but I've been really disciplined because I feel like I have…

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I've played for managers who said one thing and did another and players find you out like that. You've got to trust…

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I love the way the Cardiff fans get behind their team, which is why I do that clenched fist action at the…

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Neil Etheridge in goal and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, they've both come from lower league clubs and done brilliantly.

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Football is a relatively small industry and there are times, while you want to be honest, that it is best to pull…

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Who's been with me longest? Kevin Blackwell. I signed him as a goalkeeper at Scarborough in '86 and he's basically been with…

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I remember the day when they sold Brian Deane and Jan Aage Fjortoft. It was like when President Kennedy got shot.

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At Plymouth I wrote 'Neil Warnock's Wembley Way', a one-year diary, to show people what being a manager was like. I got…

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Maybe we have more young English players than people sometimes think. They just need a chance to show their ability.

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If you look at my past in the Premier League, without going into too many details, I don't think I had much…

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On the plus side, leaving Leeds meant I have been able to spend a lot of time with the family, enjoying a very rare…

Oh, I love Cornwall, it's so special. We bought the house when I was with Plymouth Argyle and we've just kept that on and…

It is a fine line between communicating and being too chummy. My players, when I've been promoted, have been upset by top-flight refs being…

I've played for managers who said one thing and did another and players find you out like that. You've got to trust them and…

My son William is only nine but he's had four public schools so far, one in Cornwall, one when I was at Sheffield, one…

Ask anyone in the game: if you want a player from France or a French player, 99 per cent of the time, you will…

Apparently I have 12 league games to go to get 1,500 and that is really tempting to me.

My son William and my daughter Amy are both really into their hockey now and I can enjoy watching that.

If you look at my past in the Premier League, without going into too many details, I don't think I had much of a…

My biggest achievement at Cardiff is bringing the whole club together in my two years here.

Who's been with me longest? Kevin Blackwell. I signed him as a goalkeeper at Scarborough in '86 and he's basically been with me my…

In the intervening 48 Christmases I have always either been a player, having to watch what I eat and drink, or a manager, worrying…

No disrespect to Cardiff but they probably needed me more than I needed them, when I was appointed.

It doesn't bother me what division I am managing in.

It's suggested I am big pals with Willie McKay. Am I? I don't think I am. He is an agent. You need these agents…