Oscar Going on the ATTACK

[BUTTERBALL]

From the Argus......

Oscar will stick to his attacking philosophy

6:00am Friday 28th June 2013 in Sport By Brian Owen


Oscar Garcia loves to play attacking football
Oscar Garcia took charge as Albion’s new head coach – and told fans he is “obsessed” with attacking football.

The former Barcelona striker and Maccabi Tel Aviv boss reckons he has already seen good things in his first day at training.

Now he has stressed he wants to go out and create chances.

Garcia said last night: “I’m impressed with the people I’m working with at Brighton and I’m very happy.

“It’s a pleasure for me to be here. This morning I met all the players and I saw a lot of good things this afternoon.



“My obsession is to attack, to attack the opposition, to keep the ball and to have the ball as many times as possible “If we have the ball we will have many chances to score and win the game. That’s my philosophy.”

The 40-year-old has taken a newly created role after manager Gus Poyet was sacked on Sunday.

He said chairman Tony Bloom had an easy time selling Albion to his new employee.

Garcia added: “It wasn’t difficult for him because I knew the club, I knew English football and I knew some players who are playing here.

“We arrived at an agreement quickly.”

 

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

The key to any successful promotion challenge is a solid back 5. Lets hope Oscar doesn't lose sight of this...

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Given he says he knows about some of the players, I can only assume he has watched hours of video footage of the squad before his arrival?

 

[Bakero]

Given he says he knows about some of the players, I can only assume he has watched hours of video footage of the squad before his arrival?

Orlandi was at Barca for a few years so he'll probably know him quite well. Fairly sure he's crossed paths with Bruno too. On top of that, he'll know about Calde, Ulloa, Dave and PIG.

Edit: Yep, he was at Espanyol and LLeida at the same time as Bruno.

 

[Forster's Armband]

The key to any successful promotion challenge is a solid back 5. Lets hope Oscar doesn't lose sight of this...

Yeah I am sure he will forget to defend. Jesus wept.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Music to my ears. Trust your defence ermmmmmmmmm unlike, what was his name.


Can't wait until August.

 

[Giraffe]

“If we have the ball we will have many chances to score and win the game. That’s my philosophy.”

Sounds familiar!

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

'to have the ball as many times as possible ?'

Being a pedant this is not quite a correct statement and requires clarification. Surely if you have the ball once a the start of a game and never give it to the opposition , it is a good thing. Also losing it a lot of times and getting it back a lot of times is not necessarily a good thing?

Excited none the less.


TNBA

TTF

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Given he says he knows about some of the players, I can only assume he has watched hours of video footage of the squad before his arrival?

No, he said he knows some of the players, not about them.

“If we have the ball we will have many chances to score and win the game. That’s my philosophy.”

Sounds familiar!

I made that point on the other thread. It's the Spanish way.

 

[Bakero]

'to have the ball as many times as possible ?'

Being a pedant this is not quite a correct statement and requires clarification. Surely if you have the ball once a the start of a game and never give it to the opposition , it is a good thing. Also losing it a lot of times and getting it back a lot of times is not necessarily a good thing?

Excited none the less.


TNBA

TTF

I think we can forgive him this minor grammatical slip seeing as English isn't his first language (I'm guessing he made this comment in English?). In Spanish they don't differentiate between 'much' and 'many'.

 

[bristolseagull]

The key to any successful promotion challenge is a solid back 5. Lets hope Oscar doesn't lose sight of this...

Good point. You probably ought to email the club that nugget.

 

[Commander]

I think we can forgive him this minor grammatical slip seeing as English isn't his first language (I'm guessing he made this comment in English?). In Spanish they don't differentiate between 'much' and 'many'.

I'm not so sure we can. What exactly does he mean by this? It sounds to me like he's touting himself for a bigger job, and that he had no plan b whatsoever.

 

[pork pie]

The Argus have just taken it from the OS.

Talking about an obsession with attacking football - oh happy days!

 

[Southern Scouse]

Just like watching Brasil!
Who cares if you let in a couple as long as you score four. Could be rather exciting stuff if we get anything like Rodgers or Laudraups Swansea team of the last couple of seasons. They like to keep the ball but they prefer passing the ball forward rather than sideways. Who knows?

 

[poidy]

Attack attack, attack attack attack

 

[Socialist Sid]

I'll be honest and admit I'd never heard of Oscar until last month, but the more I learn of him the more I am genuinely getting excited about the new flairista.

 

[supaseagull]

'to have the ball as many times as possible ?'

Being a pedant this is not quite a correct statement and requires clarification. Surely if you have the ball once a the start of a game and never give it to the opposition , it is a good thing. Also losing it a lot of times and getting it back a lot of times is not necessarily a good thing?

Excited none the less.


TNBA

TTF

It really doesn't matter. We know what he means!

 

[shaolinpunk]

'to have the ball as many times as possible ?'

Being a pedant this is not quite a correct statement and requires clarification. Surely if you have the ball once a the start of a game and never give it to the opposition , it is a good thing. Also losing it a lot of times and getting it back a lot of times is not necessarily a good thing?

Every time we score the other team gain possession at kickoff...

 

[Return of the Rev]

Yeah I am sure he will forget to defend. Jesus wept.

plus we play offside now we have gone 11aside

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Every time we score the other team gain possession at kickoff...

Yes, exactly what I was going to say, so we need to let them have the ball from time to time.