Be honest.........

[Gerbil]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

 

[Bladders]

Heard of him years ago as a Barca player.

Doubt many followed his coaching career, why would they?

 

[The Birdman]

Longer than you knowing your Father

 

[StonehamPark]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

Your post doesn't make you seem bitter at all.

 

[portslade seagull]

Only as a player tbh then off the radar like most ex professionals

 

[Stat Brother]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

6 weeks, oh my, more like 3 weeks.

I've still got 6 hours to go before I've clocked up 24 hours of knowledge on our backroom staff.

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

OK Oscar Garcia wasn't on many punters managerial radar until a few weeks ago, me included.

But reading this thread it occurred to me just how much we do know about Spanish players / ex-players compared to 4 years ago. If you had said back in the Withdean era we would have seen players like Vicente in an Albion shirt, let alone a whole cohort of others. Now we have an ex-Barca player as Head coach! His assistants have decent CVs too. Such is our rate of rise from relative mediocrity.

Also reflected in how much awareness and coverage the Albion now gets in Spain etc. I guess that will steadily increase with Oscar Garcia's appointment - and even before we sign any more Spanish players.

Blimey. Yet again Tony Bloom's has moved our goalposts in a bold new direction, with new levels of interest and hopefully loads of excitement. Inevitably there will be a bedding in period whilst Oscar and the players get to know each other but I'm looking forward a couple of months to when he has a few Championship games under his belt.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Crap management credentials. One manager position and one championship. 100%, I expect better.

Seriously wetting myself and firmly believe the glass ceiling has been dislodged if not quite smashed.

not 100% happy at the way Gus was treated but am open to persuasion.

Oh and thanks Taricco. Great job , well done and al the best.

TNBA

TTF

 

[beorhthelm]

absolutly no idea who he was untill talked to Barca fan, then started to get moist pants. (take that as you wish).

 

[El Sid]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

I've always thought we should have gone for 'Arry. Been around for years, he's a known entity and we know where the money would go. Blimey, he was favourite for the England job not long ago. What more could you ask for? Sven?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

Not me. Your point?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Oscar out! Oscar out!........
It's alright, I'm just practising

 

[hans kraay fan club]

As a player, yes. As a coach, no.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

As a player, yes. As a coach, no.

Me too.

I have nipped out to tesco's and bought a few packs of Tena lady, just in case my leakage get's away from me.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

As a player god yes!

Knew he'd gone into coaching with Barca but had no idea he was their biggest coaching name for so long until we were linked to him. Seems from so many sources that that is the case though so great news

 

[W.C.]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

What does it matter? We do have the ability to read up on what he's been up to you know?

(had heard of him as a footballer)

 

[withdeanwombat]

No, who is he ?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

I still haven't heard of him, but he's foreign, so he must be good.

 

[British Bulldog]

How many of you lot wetting yourselves about the new manager, head coach or whatever he is called had actually heard of him 6 weeks ago?

I'd never heard of Tony Bloom, Gus Poyet or anybody else associated with the Albion at one point or another so I don't quite get what the point is?

 

[Hillian1]

Vaguely, but then I don't know hardly anything about Spanish football.

And I'd never heard of Vicente until we signed him and neither had most of the Spanish people I met on holiday a week later.