[Albion] Baldock

[Kosh]

Although the criticism of Gus is well founded, his win % as manager is (still) pretty sodding good:

Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Brighton & Hove Albion England 10 November 2009 23 June 2013 194 88 57 49 282 206 +76 45.36 [56]
Sunderland England 8 October 2013 16 March 2015 75 23 23 29 82 105 −23 30.67 [56]
AEK Athens Greece 29 October 2015 19 April 2016 28 18 5 5 47 13 +34 64.29 [57]
Real Betis Spain 11 May 2016 11 November 2016 11 3 2 6 11 22 −11 27.27 [58]
Shanghai Shenhua China 29 November 2016 11 September 2017 29 10 7 12 45 46 −1 34.48 [59]
Bordeaux France 20 January 2018 5 September 2018 21 13 2 6 37 22 +15 61.90
Universidad Católica Chile 28 February 2021 30 August 2021 31 13 5 13 42 41 +1 41.94 [60]
Greece Greece 3 January 2022 present 8 6 0 2 11 3 +8 75.00
Total 397 174 101 122 557 458 +99 43.83

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Although the criticism of Gus is well founded, his win % as manager is (still) pretty sodding good:

Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Brighton & Hove Albion England 10 November 2009 23 June 2013 194 88 57 49 282 206 +76 45.36 [56]
Sunderland England 8 October 2013 16 March 2015 75 23 23 29 82 105 −23 30.67 [56]
AEK Athens Greece 29 October 2015 19 April 2016 28 18 5 5 47 13 +34 64.29 [57]
Real Betis Spain 11 May 2016 11 November 2016 11 3 2 6 11 22 −11 27.27 [58]
Shanghai Shenhua China 29 November 2016 11 September 2017 29 10 7 12 45 46 −1 34.48 [59]
Bordeaux France 20 January 2018 5 September 2018 21 13 2 6 37 22 +15 61.90
Universidad Católica Chile 28 February 2021 30 August 2021 31 13 5 13 42 41 +1 41.94 [60]
Greece Greece 3 January 2022 present 8 6 0 2 11 3 +8 75.00
Total 397 174 101 122 557 458 +99 43.83

Oh l don't disagree with you. My big beef is, that if only he could have tamed that gigantic ego of his, and/or kept his big gob shut, he could and probably should have had a long career coaching and managing in the Premier League, rather than scratch about looking for 2nd rate opportunities around the world.

 

[Kosh]

Oh l don't disagree with you. My big beef is, that if only he could have tamed that gigantic ego of his, and/or kept his big gob shut, he could and probably should have had a long career coaching and managing in the Premier League, rather than scratch about looking for 2nd rate opportunities around the world.

Naturally I concur.

His first mistake was deciding he was bigger than us prior to actually having a job offer to go to ... unlike Graham, who waited until he got the BIG offer prior to realising just how BIG he’d evidently become. His second mistake was Sunderland, and I’m guessing he’d not be alone in that to be fair... from there he’s jumped from frying pan, to fire, to other similarly hot places ... he’s back to a reasonably ‘high’ level managing Greece ... who lest we forget have won a major trophy fairly recently... this could be his redemption, and judging by his 75% win ratio start... he’s got a chance of building something fairly special... he might blow it, but I wouldn’t rule out a few headlines for the right reasons either.

He’s a better coach/ manager than Southgate that’s for sure - then again, there are many who are.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Couldn’t see a separate ‘new’ thread, which it probably deserves……

But, I see Sam Baldock has announced his retirement due to a series of injuries.

Great player in the promotion season, would like to have seen him have more than 20 mins in our first season in the PL…..

Good celebrations as well.

Good luck Sam.

 

[um bongo molongo]

I confess I thought he’d already retired. But good luck to him, he was a vital (and underrated) player in our promotion season

 

[DJ NOBO]

Coming back to the Albion as loans manager apparently.
Decent sauce.
Not sure how that sits with big GG.

 

[JBizzle]

Coming back to the Albion as loans manager apparently.
Decent sauce.
Not sure how that sits with big GG.

Given that Mike Cave is the Assistant Technical Director, and has been acting has Head of Recruitment I suspect that he'll be made permanent in that role. Perhaps GG moves into the Assistant TD role (following the same path as David Weir) and Baldock slots into the Loan Manager role?

Hierarchy ends up:

• TD: David Weir;
• ATD: Gordon Greer;
• Recruitment: Mike Cave
• Loan Manager: Baldock.

Maybe?

 

[Albion Robster]

Interesting. I did see Sam Baldock at one of our U23's games (Norwich in Feb) this season.

 

[jackalbion]

Interesting. I did see Sam Baldock at one of our U23's games (Norwich in Feb) this season.

He is currently a scout for a lower league side (Oxford I think), Source: I asked him at that game.

According to Linkedin he's a professional business development manager at Oxford

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Interesting. He also likes a bit of Mario Kart.

Source:

 

[dwayne]

Coming back to the Albion as loans manager apparently.
Decent sauce.
Not sure how that sits with big GG.

Think loans out is something we can improve on.

 

[Whitley Bayster]

Interesting. He also likes a bit of Mario Kart.

Source:
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Superb celebration......even better goal if it was the one at Barnsley

 

[Withdean South Stand]

Think loans out is something we can improve on.

If Baldock comes in, hopefully he'll arrange a loan out for himself.

 

[Bodian]

Coming back to the Albion as manager apparently.

Corrected for you (might as well be with all these other rumours and threads....)

 

[Gabbiano]

We do love to give jobs to the old boys at Brighton don't we? Not my favourite practice of the club's if I'm honest - feels like we're constantly trying to shoehorn ex-players into roles where there might be more appropriate external candidates.

I guess we can only trust that the powers that be know what they're doing. Gordon must have come into the same role with no discernable experience in managing youth loans either.

 

[BBassic]

We do love to give jobs to the old boys at Brighton don't we? Not my favourite practice of the club's if I'm honest - feels like we're constantly trying to shoehorn ex-players into roles where there might be more appropriate external candidates.

I guess we can only trust that the powers that be know what they're doing. Gordon must have come into the same role with no discernable experience in managing youth loans either.

Think it makes perfect sense for a loan manager to be a former player.

Who better understands the experiences and potential pitfalls of being a young, inexperienced player than an older, experienced one?

 

[Shooting Star]

I'd be delighted for him if this is true as one of my biggest regrets from that first season is Baldock not being given an opportunity in the PL. Some of his goals in the Championship were simply sublime and some of the best I've seen for the Albion.

 

[dazzer6666]

Think it makes perfect sense for a loan manager to be a former player.

Who better understands the experiences and potential pitfalls of being a young, inexperienced player than an older, experienced one?

…..coupled with detailed knowledge of how the club is run.

 

[Weststander]

We do love to give jobs to the old boys at Brighton don't we? Not my favourite practice of the club's if I'm honest - feels like we're constantly trying to shoehorn ex-players into roles where there might be more appropriate external candidates.

I guess we can only trust that the powers that be know what they're doing. Gordon must have come into the same role with no discernable experience in managing youth loans either.

I feel that when people say we must offer coaching roles to Lallana, Milner, any player who gets too old to play. Far too simplistic.

 

[The Fits]

I feel that when people say we must offer coaching roles to Lallana, Milner, any player who gets too old to play. Far too simplistic.

It would be a wild coincidence if every ex player we had also went on to be the best choice in their future staffing role.