He was certainly not a typical Italian-style coach and very much managed in a ‘character’ style.” Dorigo stated.
“My experience was that Italian players are tactically astute and want to be told/shown in minute detail their roles and responsibilities, whereas Graeme Souness would give the team a framework, whereby allowing the good players to play. I also think it was hard for him to get a lot of his points and instructions across to the players due to the language barrier which would then diminish his effectiveness.” Dorigo said of his manager’s struggles.