Speaking of England, Thailand, and soccer, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention this BBC story, though it’s not new, having run on Jan. 6:
Sven-Goran Eriksson admits Shinawatra strain at Man City
The former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has told BBC Radio Manchester of his problems he had with former City chairman Thaksin Shinawatra.
The 62-year-old, now in charge at Leicester City, lasted only one year at Eastlands after joining in July 2007.
He said: “His biggest problem was that he didn’t understand football at all and he didn’t realise that.
“He thought football was easy just tell the players to be aggressive and we will resolve all the problems.”
“I think we did well in the whole league more or less until Thaksin decided I had to go at the end of the season,” he added.“Every time we lost he never spoke to me for a week after but when we won it was dinner and very nice hugs and things, so it’s difficult to work with people like that.”
(Emphasis mine.)