It will be Oscar or Sherwood

[TSB]

the only reason Sherwood would get the job would because of barber end of

Spot on.

 

[nomoremithras4me]

Perhaps the iPad spelling thingy is prophetic and we have a beautiful weekend to come (with some Oscar-action thrown in)

Love your optimism TSB

 

[brightonmark1234]

Spot on.

what football do u think we would play if we did go for tim sherwood

 

[TSB]

what football do u think we would play if we did go for tim sherwood

No clue. Probably pretty attacking. It's more his lack of experience (and Spanish) that would worry me.

 

[junior]

No clue. Probably pretty attacking. It's more his lack of experience (and Spanish) that would worry me.

I don't understand this obsession everyone has with 'Spanish'. Can somebody explain?

 

[brightonmark1234]

No clue. Probably pretty attacking. It's more his lack of experience (and Spanish) that would worry me.

so the same way we played under gus but a few changes

 

[TSB]

I don't understand this obsession everyone has with 'Spanish'. Can somebody explain?

I meant that he can't speak Spanish. Could be a problem, considering the makeup of our squad.

 

[B.W.]

I don't understand this obsession everyone has with 'Spanish'. Can somebody explain?

A lot of our key players speak Spanish as their first / only language.

 

[TSB]

so the same way we played under gus but a few changes

Not as good to watch, I wouldn't have thought. Less possession football.

This is just a guess based upon his playing career. We just don't know. Oscar we do know about. I hope it's him.

 

[joeinbrighton]

I don't understand this obsession everyone has with 'Spanish'. Can somebody explain?

Whoever comes in will be inheriting several Spanish players, or at least several players brought up in the Spanish League, unless of course they decide to move on. These have been players accustomed to playing a more technical game and who Brighton brought in because they wanted to play a continental passing game. Therefore, Oscar as a former Barcelona B coach is more likely to provide continuity, whereas an English coach will probably want to play a more conventional English style of play, and therefore rip up the model and bring in his own players that meet with that philosophy. Brighton I expect want to follow the benchmark of Swansea and have managers who keep but fine tune the same philosophy, as Martinez, Sousa, Rodgers and Laudrup all have done, and quite effectively too.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

A lot of our key players speak Spanish as their first / only language.

Orlandi speaks better English than most of the British players. Calderon, David and Bruno are pretty fluent, Ulloa not so much - but he'll learn. Vicente barely spoke a word.

 

[B.W.]

So it's a guy who's only managed in Israel, has never even been to England as far as we know, and would be a monumental risk versus a guy who was a tedious player, looks like a mong and has no managerial experience whatsoever. Great. Nice one, Albion.

Anything constructive to say? Who would you suggest?

 

[B.W.]

Orlandi speaks better English than most of the British players. Calderon, David and Bruno are pretty fluent, Ulloa not so much - but he'll learn. Vicente barely spoke a word.

David - no.
It's also about our style of play. For example, I can't imagine Orlandi enjoying playing for Pullis! OGJ yes. TS who knows?

 

[Albion Dan]

So it's a guy who's only managed in Israel, has never even been to England as far as we know, and would be a monumental risk versus a guy who was a tedious player, looks like a mong and has no managerial experience whatsoever. Great. Nice one, Albion.

But dont let the fact that hes won almost everything bar the Champs League with Barca, coached at Barca the best team of the last 7 years on the planet, and taken a mid table team to winning their domestic division inside one year cloud your judgment

The standard proven English options are pretty gash, I'll let the board take a punt on this and suggest you do the same. The only other decent option was Di Matteo and that bridge was burnt when we took Poyet to a disciplinary. Or would you prefer Harry?

 

[TSB]

And no, I wouldn't prefer Harry!

Karl Robinson?

 

[Albion Dan]

And no, I wouldn't prefer Harry!

So who would you prefer?

 

[TSB]

No, the one thing I do agree with Albion Dan about is that the (realistic) English options are gash.

What concerns me, and I know I've said it before, is that you only have to look at the list of every manager who has won promotion from this division in the last ten years to know it's usually ugly, uninspiring, middle-aged English men who do it. They are the sort of names that we would all run a mile from, but actually they tend to work well in this uniquely competitive league.

Depressingly accurate. Nigel Clough it is then.