santana007
1st April 2006, 07:19
David Moyes was very jealous of Chelsea, so he decided to visit their training ground and pick up some tips. Upon meeting Mourinho, he enquired :
"Jose, what is the secret of your success ?"
"Well, David," said Mourinho, "We use the European Way - we train their minds as well as their bodies."
"Give us an example" said Moyes.
"OK", said the Special One, "Hernan Crespo, come over here, I have a question for you. You are your father's son, but you're not your brother. Who are you ?"
So Crespo thought for a few moments and said :
"I'm me, boss."
"Very good, Hernan, back you go to training. And there you have it, The European Way - we train not just their bodies, but their minds as well."
"Right," thinks Moyes on the way home, "I'll give this a go at training tomorrow."
So the next day at training, he calls over Duncan Ferguson. "Duncan, you are your father's son, but you're not your brother. Who are you ?"
Ferguson thinks for ages, then replies :
"Can I have the evening to think about it, boss ?"
"OK, son, but make sure you give me the answer tomorrow."
That evening, Ferguson asks his wife the question, but she can't figure it at all.
Buy now Ferguson has heard rumours of "The European Way", so he has a brainwave :
"I've got it, I'll phone Xabi Alonso. He's bound to know."
So he gets on the phone : "Hello Xabi, it's Duncan Ferguson here. You are your father's son, but you're not your brother, who are you ?"
Without hesitation, Xabi replies: "I'm me."
"Thanks, Xabi," says a delighted Ferguson, and puts the phone down.
Next morning at training, Moyes says to Ferguson : "You are your father's son, but you're not your brother, who are you ?"
A satisfied-looking Ferguson replies :
"That's easy, Boss. I'm Xabi Alonso."
"No! No! No!," screamed an exasperated Moyes. "You're not Xabi Alonso, you're Hernan Crespo."
"Jose, what is the secret of your success ?"
"Well, David," said Mourinho, "We use the European Way - we train their minds as well as their bodies."
"Give us an example" said Moyes.
"OK", said the Special One, "Hernan Crespo, come over here, I have a question for you. You are your father's son, but you're not your brother. Who are you ?"
So Crespo thought for a few moments and said :
"I'm me, boss."
"Very good, Hernan, back you go to training. And there you have it, The European Way - we train not just their bodies, but their minds as well."
"Right," thinks Moyes on the way home, "I'll give this a go at training tomorrow."
So the next day at training, he calls over Duncan Ferguson. "Duncan, you are your father's son, but you're not your brother. Who are you ?"
Ferguson thinks for ages, then replies :
"Can I have the evening to think about it, boss ?"
"OK, son, but make sure you give me the answer tomorrow."
That evening, Ferguson asks his wife the question, but she can't figure it at all.
Buy now Ferguson has heard rumours of "The European Way", so he has a brainwave :
"I've got it, I'll phone Xabi Alonso. He's bound to know."
So he gets on the phone : "Hello Xabi, it's Duncan Ferguson here. You are your father's son, but you're not your brother, who are you ?"
Without hesitation, Xabi replies: "I'm me."
"Thanks, Xabi," says a delighted Ferguson, and puts the phone down.
Next morning at training, Moyes says to Ferguson : "You are your father's son, but you're not your brother, who are you ?"
A satisfied-looking Ferguson replies :
"That's easy, Boss. I'm Xabi Alonso."
"No! No! No!," screamed an exasperated Moyes. "You're not Xabi Alonso, you're Hernan Crespo."