ElectricNaz
Well-known member
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/.../newport-county-boss-justin-edinburgh-5582876
Newport County boss Justin Edinburgh has told Capital One Cup rival Oscar Garcia: “You don’t deserve a job in British football.”
County head to the South Coast on Tuesday night for their first League Cup game in over a quarter-of-a century and Edinburgh has lit the touchpaper on the tie with an astonishing dig at new Brighton boss Garcia.
The 40-year-old Spaniard was appointed as Gus Poyet’s successor in June after the Uruguayan left Brighton in acrimonious circumstances.
Garcia began his coaching career as Johan Cruyff’s assistant with the Catalonia team in 2009 and was appointed manager of Barcelona’s youth team the following year.
The former Barcelona, Valencia and Espanyol player then moved to Israel in May 2012, winning the title at Maccabi Tel Aviv before leaving in May citing “personal reasons.”
But Garcia’s coaching CV cuts little ice with Edinburgh, who believes some young British managers would have been better qualified to succeed Poyet at the Amex Stadium.
“A lot of foreign managers have done fantastically well in this country,” said Edinburgh, 43, who spent a decade in non-league management before finally getting into the Football League at Newport.
“But I see a lot of unknown managers come in and get jobs over English managers.
“I don’t know Garcia but, for me, there’s a lot of good, young managers here who have been successful that I feel could do a better job at Brighton than him – and that disappoints me.
“There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of good managers at non-league level who get overlooked.
“But I feel more people are giving successful managers at non-league a greater chance.
“I want to prove that there are young managers out there capable of managing in the Football League.
“And I’m pleased there a lot of young, English managers finally getting an opportunity, and hopefully that will continue.”
Edinburgh cut his managerial teeth at Billericay, Fisher Athletic, Grays and Rushden & Diamonds wondering whether he would ever get the chance to manage in the Football League.
He suspected his chance would only come if he took a club into the League, and that’s what happened when County were promoted via the Conference play-offs last May.
“It does become a bit frustrating when you see the same names linked with jobs and those people have failed,” said Edinburgh, who did attract some summer interest from League One club Swindon after the excellent job he has done at Rodney Parade.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m going to fail.
“But you hope you’re going to get that next opportunity because of what you’ve done previously.
“I know you not always going to maintain success and then you look for that one opportunity.
“But you see some people get five, six, seven opportunities off one success.”
Newport County boss Justin Edinburgh has told Capital One Cup rival Oscar Garcia: “You don’t deserve a job in British football.”
County head to the South Coast on Tuesday night for their first League Cup game in over a quarter-of-a century and Edinburgh has lit the touchpaper on the tie with an astonishing dig at new Brighton boss Garcia.
The 40-year-old Spaniard was appointed as Gus Poyet’s successor in June after the Uruguayan left Brighton in acrimonious circumstances.
Garcia began his coaching career as Johan Cruyff’s assistant with the Catalonia team in 2009 and was appointed manager of Barcelona’s youth team the following year.
The former Barcelona, Valencia and Espanyol player then moved to Israel in May 2012, winning the title at Maccabi Tel Aviv before leaving in May citing “personal reasons.”
But Garcia’s coaching CV cuts little ice with Edinburgh, who believes some young British managers would have been better qualified to succeed Poyet at the Amex Stadium.
“A lot of foreign managers have done fantastically well in this country,” said Edinburgh, 43, who spent a decade in non-league management before finally getting into the Football League at Newport.
“But I see a lot of unknown managers come in and get jobs over English managers.
“I don’t know Garcia but, for me, there’s a lot of good, young managers here who have been successful that I feel could do a better job at Brighton than him – and that disappoints me.
“There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of good managers at non-league level who get overlooked.
“But I feel more people are giving successful managers at non-league a greater chance.
“I want to prove that there are young managers out there capable of managing in the Football League.
“And I’m pleased there a lot of young, English managers finally getting an opportunity, and hopefully that will continue.”
Edinburgh cut his managerial teeth at Billericay, Fisher Athletic, Grays and Rushden & Diamonds wondering whether he would ever get the chance to manage in the Football League.
He suspected his chance would only come if he took a club into the League, and that’s what happened when County were promoted via the Conference play-offs last May.
“It does become a bit frustrating when you see the same names linked with jobs and those people have failed,” said Edinburgh, who did attract some summer interest from League One club Swindon after the excellent job he has done at Rodney Parade.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m going to fail.
“But you hope you’re going to get that next opportunity because of what you’ve done previously.
“I know you not always going to maintain success and then you look for that one opportunity.
“But you see some people get five, six, seven opportunities off one success.”
