maltaseagull
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Err- I take it we lost yesterday?
Oh yes that's right, if we had won the question would not be posted.
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Anyone else have doubts about Oscar being the right man to take us forward?
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Err- I take it we lost yesterday?
Oh yes that's right, if we had won the question would not be posted.
studio150
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Totally the right head coach, you can point to any manager and find the odd signing that for whatever reason has not worked out at the club, just cast your mind back a few months to Stephen Dobbie.
Combined with most of the first team missing for the first half of the season. Balanced against the emergence of the younger players who have been given and taken the opportunity presented to them.
Once the training ground is up and running, I would expect the full ability of Oscar to shine through given a full pre-season to embed his ideas fully.
We are all aware of the issue with the lack of forwards but this is not in Oscar's hands.
Combined with most of the first team missing for the first half of the season. Balanced against the emergence of the younger players who have been given and taken the opportunity presented to them.
Once the training ground is up and running, I would expect the full ability of Oscar to shine through given a full pre-season to embed his ideas fully.
We are all aware of the issue with the lack of forwards but this is not in Oscar's hands.
brightonmark1234
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i think oscar is but not jones
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Sooner we get rid of him and Burke and get an English experienced manager we will move forward, at the moment we are going backwards and if this carries on next season we will be in a relegation battle
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
No doubts at all and really looking forward to seeing Oscars team from next season as opposed to his inherited one at present.
He's a little more introverted, but I like Oscar and his approach. I didn't think promotion was on the cards last season so it was a pleasant surprise to be in the playoffs. In my head this season would be similar with the summer offering Oscar the chance to be judged on key changes. If we make playoffs it's a bonus, but the flaw in Steve Claridges bias to Gus is yes he built a good team, but none the less it was a team that looked empty of options against its arch rivals at home in a playoff semi.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
You mean Burke and Barbers team you BUFFOON
Agreed.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I'm right behind Oscar. Being without two strikers all season is a huge handicap, and he hasn't been helped by a huge transitional season financially to adjust to FFP. Next season we'll be more settled and have the training ground too. Oscar is the man.
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He had all summer to act on it and didn't. How can you say that handicapped him?
JimmyJayUK
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This, we did pretty well earlier in the season even with lots of injuries.
Machiavelli
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Oscar is the right person for two reasons.
1. he is doing a really good job this season, especially given the following: coming in late following the upheaval in the summer; terrible injury situation; bad luck and poor decisions from officials on the pitch; our player of the season for the last two seasons not wanting to play for us; and, perhaps most importantly, the fact that, bar Burnley, all the teams above us have spent substantially more than us.
2. he was appointed to develop youth which is clearly the priority for the club. He has a background in this at the best club in the world, and its going to become an even greater priority once the training ground is finished in a few months time. Even if we weren't still in the FA Cup and still challenging for a play-off place now, this would be reason enough to keep hold of him.
1. he is doing a really good job this season, especially given the following: coming in late following the upheaval in the summer; terrible injury situation; bad luck and poor decisions from officials on the pitch; our player of the season for the last two seasons not wanting to play for us; and, perhaps most importantly, the fact that, bar Burnley, all the teams above us have spent substantially more than us.
2. he was appointed to develop youth which is clearly the priority for the club. He has a background in this at the best club in the world, and its going to become an even greater priority once the training ground is finished in a few months time. Even if we weren't still in the FA Cup and still challenging for a play-off place now, this would be reason enough to keep hold of him.
Pavilionaire
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I think if the club had known neither CMS or Hoskins would kick a ball for the first team til mid-March they would have made more of an effort. The threat of a costly legal case with Gus didn't help. I believe that the priority from the top was to rein in expenses. I reckon the new shirt deal plus transfer fees in and cost savings will mean we'll have more of a budget next summer.
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Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
He just had a month to get a striker in and ended up with Barndoorbika, that is not an excuse. Sell our decent back up striker and not replace him. Fed up with excuses now
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
No. If it wasn't for 2 individual mistakes yesterday we would have whipped em. We're in the right hands.
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Both players were known to be out until well in Sept. Then CMS picked up another injury. All we had was Ulloa and Barnes. The latter used more of a midfielder.
He's done a ****ing fantastic job! With the injuries we've had this season I can't fathom how the hell we're as well placed as we are. I'm a massive Gus fan, but I don't think we'd be where we are with him in charge with this squad and these injuries this year. We were superb yesterday, we should have won that game about 5-2. How anyone can question Oscar at the moment, I have no idea.
kevo
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A lot of the players we've brought in have connections to Nathan Jones so I imagine he has more of a say than we think. Certainly been a very mixed bag. Not sure if it was 'the Poyet effect' or whether we just had more money then, but he was able to attract the likes of Kuz, Bridge, Upson, Ulloa, Orlandi, David and Vicente. The calibre of the players we have signed under Oscar has been extremely average by comparison.
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Norman Potting
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No doubts. I did try and have a look but gave up, but I wondered if the Latics equivalent of NSC was filled with angst a few short months ago when we beat them?