'Tremendous' - Salford City boss Karl Robinson opens up on stress of management and Pep Guardiola sympathy
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe days of manager's sharing a drink after a game are a thing of the past in English football, but if Karl Robinson and Pep Guardiola get time for a chat at the Etihad on Saturday, they might find they have plenty in common.
It won't be the first time Robinson and Guardiola have pitted their wits against each other, having been in opposing dugouts twice when Guardiola took City teams to Oxford United when Robinson was in charge there.
But it might be the first time they can both reflect on the stresses this job entails. They have 1,696 career games in the dugout between them, despite Guardiola being only 53 and Robinson 44.
But they have been through the ringer as well. Robinson spoke openly and eloquently about the battle to switch-off from the grind of management during the BBC's Moment of Truth podcast, which followed Robinson and Paul Warne during the final 90 days of the 2022 League One season while they were in charge of Oxford and Rotherham.
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