Bloom speaks...

[Icy Gull]

Talks like a fan, good interview.

Rodriguez WAS an Oscar target.

 

[skipper734]

It sounds like he feels he has been let down by Oscar. Brighton and Hove Albion is in a safe pair of hands, we are so lucky to have Tony as a supporter.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Oscar did ask for players to be signed - but either clubs refused to sell, players didnt want to move or wages were too high. The club did what he asked but for whatever reason, they werent able to be signed.

Money not a "consideration" when looking to appoint a new manager, TB wants the best manager possible.

And rightly so. A good [expensive] manager can get a shit team promoted from this league, while a shit [cheap] manager may struggle to get a good team out of this league. Moreover, the wages of managers are less than players, so an 'expensive' manager may not even earn THAT much.

 

[northernseagull]

17 minutes of pretty much nothing.....

 

[James Bond's body double]

It sounds like he feels he has been let down by Oscar. Brighton and Hove Albion is in a safe pair of hands, we are so lucky to have Tony as a supporter.

Yep, agree.

 

[backson]

Talks like a fan, good interview.

Rodriguez WAS an Oscar target.

He's listens to the question carefully, thoroughly thinks through the answer (he's probably already thought ahead of the sort of questions he'd get), and gives the answer clearly and succinctly.

So nothing like a fan at all, really

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

"Quite a few" new players to come in.

TB seems to pretty much dismiss that Naylor article yesterday as a load of crap, and some of it certainly appears to be.

Also comes across (to me), that as communication was a big issue, he will be looking for the new manager to be a good communicator and probably English, despite him saying about foreign applicants.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Just restored my faith in him and the Club, we are in good hands and wont be held to ransom by any manager or Club.

In Tony we trust

 

[GingerBeerMan]

17 minutes of pretty much nothing.....

Answers most of the questions NSC has been asking in the past few days.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

We are so very fortunate. Top, top man,

 

[Rugrat]

"he was very closed... wasn't the easiest person to communicate with"

Odd that ... must have come through loud and clear at the interview

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Answers most of the questions NSC has been asking in the past few days.

Amazing isn't it. How could anyone be blase about that.

 

[Seagull1989]

Very good interview and I am happy with everything he says apart from being happy with David Burke. In my opinion, he failed to bring in the right players last season and has to be accountable.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Odd that ... must have come through loud and clear at the interview

Not really. Easy to see how they rated his football credentials so highly that they were willing to give him time to improve his communication skills in English. Shame it never happened.

 

[Bozza]

It's almost as if Naylor's article yesterday only presented a very skewed version of the story. Who'd have thought it?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

It's almost as if Naylor's article yesterday only presented a very skewed version of the story. Who'd have thought it?

Tomorrow's Argus could be interesting.

 

[Marshy]

Top Man Tony, I knew all the bullshit being spouted would be cleared up when we got to hear from him.

 

[John Bumlick]

His "nobody else was interested in him" comment regarding Bridcutt makes me think he wasn't overly happy how that particular transfer went down....

 

[KZNSeagull]

"David Burke is doing an excellent job"
"Rodriguez was one of Oscar's main targets"
"Players Oscar wanted were unavailable"
"Wants best manager for the job. He will be aware of our budgets and meet the staff" before deciding to take the job.
"Looking at all type of managers, some English, some foreign, some played here, some not"
"No time scales re new manager. Player recruitment carrying on David Burke and Nathan Jones. Probably won't bring in new players until new manager appointed"
"Budget not set quite yet for next year. Vote on FFP taking place in 10 days which may have a bearing on the division and our budget for next year"
"All massively disappointed with play-off defeat. It is how we react to that."
"We need to get our new manager in, bring quite a few new players in and I for one cannot wait for the new season. We have a lot to look forward to"

Very interesting and pretty candid really.

 

[ozzygull]

Had this vision of Oscar watching TV and writing down the list of players he would like on a piece of paper and handing it Tony, while saying "these will make me 'appy" and walking off. When Tony looks at the list it has Messi, Ronaldo and Rooney on it.

I'm sure that's not the case but what ever happens I trust Tony to get another good manger. From the playing side of things he done well so far.