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There's only one true Albion, it's just a shame we're not a good as Lesser Albion.
Not Andy Naylor
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Speaking about moving into management to Pete Jensen in today's Independent, Clement said: "It's too soon. A few opportunities have come my way. But this is a difficult place to leave. It's a great club, a great city, a great tradition and it gives you the opportunity to win things."
Chicken Runner61
We stand where we want!
- May 20, 2007
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West Brom appointed Terry Burton as Technical Director last week so they must be doing something new with the coaching
That's doesn't make any sense.
Clement IS THE STAFF he doesn't have a team to bring.
Parachuting straight into a settled backroom would be ideal for Clement.
He'd then have a base to work from and move forward with those that share his philosophy.
Seagull over Canaryland
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On the other hand a short article in today's The Times headed 'Ambitious Clement eyes role as No 1' says that he is ready to strike out alone and is planning a career in management, quoting Clement as follows:
''I think it's soon, it will be soon ..........a few opportunities have come my way, but this is a difficult place to leave...............I don't rule out anything. It's more than likely to be in England.......Carlo has given a lot of confidence in me and given me the belief that one day I can do it.........but he hasn't kicked me out the door yet''
No mention of specific enquiries for him and those quotes seem to cover most options, including staying where he is.
KZNSeagull
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Was the next quote "but Brighton is better and I look forward to the challenge"?
With W/Brom his remit will be to stay in the premiership and that is likely to mean fighting relegation, which could be a challenge, however it will not allow him to build and develop a squad.
At Brighton he will have a great new training ground, he will be working with youngsters who are knocking on the door for England, it will be a challenge for him as a coach/manager to keep our youngsters progression going forward. I do believe we offer the best challenge to any manager. Look at Brighton and see a club that needs to step up to the next level, will look good on the CV. W/Brom can only offer medico racy and the sack.
At Brighton he will have a great new training ground, he will be working with youngsters who are knocking on the door for England, it will be a challenge for him as a coach/manager to keep our youngsters progression going forward. I do believe we offer the best challenge to any manager. Look at Brighton and see a club that needs to step up to the next level, will look good on the CV. W/Brom can only offer medico racy and the sack.
Not Andy Naylor
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Er, unfortunately no.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
WBA are better supported, bigger club, richer history, in the top league with better known players. We are the Lesser Albion....by a long way. In a way Burton Albion must feel the same way about us. We are not the Lesser Albion, West Brom are our bigger brother....good real football club.
Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Of course not but why should lightening strike twice; they're not clones are they?
Not Andy Naylor
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Chicken Runner61
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- May 20, 2007
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If he's used to dealing with top football stars he's not necessarily going to want to work with youngsters - surely he's had all his success with getting already proven players to perform better not forming a team out of the development squad.
When you look at it this way he might not be right for us
HawkTheSeagull
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They play in a 27k capacity ground so have much less empty seats. Also consider in that they have a fair few other clubs within a very close distance. Historically, they are a bigger club than us.
They are the "other" Albion to me though, but they are miles ahead of us......until we potentially swap places next Summer.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
That's just last season though............cant be bothered to trawl through years of stats but I bet we only had better support in only a handful of seasons. Is that 25k average near their capacity?
Dan Aitch
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- May 31, 2013
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I have to say, faux pas or not, this does make it sound like he knows which team he's joining.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/25/paul-clement-real-madrid-carlo-ancelotti
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/25/paul-clement-real-madrid-carlo-ancelotti
Alternatively we can safely say he's not leaving to manage:-
Barca, Citeh, Chelsea, PSG or that Russian outfit, everybody else in the footballing world is fair game, whether they are called Albion or not.
You have completely missed his point. He was simply saying that, as a Brighton fan, all other clubs in the world are lesser in his mind. He wasn't saying that WBA are smaller than us, or that they have less history
The things you have to explain!!You have completely missed his point. He was simply saying that, as a Brighton fan, all other clubs in the world are lesser in his mind. He wasn't saying that WBA are smaller than us, or that they have less history
