RodneySAFC
Winger
So it seems that Gus has been making the odd statements about what's wrong with the club and aiming them at the powers that be. Namely Short and Byrne while encompassing the Academy staff in that.
In his interview with The Guardian, he mentions nothing's really different between being an under 21 and a first teamer. They apparently all use the same gear, the same dressing room, the same gym and whatever else. That sounds fairly decent in my books. However it seems Gus is trying to place a greater split/divide/step between the kids and the first team.
What I interpret that to mean is that, perhaps for a greater separation of first team and academy, so the squads don't intermingle too often, and only the best from the youth team make that step up. Or perhaps he's considering taking away some of the kids toys? I don't really know. But I'm fairly sure Brighton have/had a good Youth setup, they had a few players come through during Gus' time there. So perhaps his new ideas and model will work?
We are releasing/have released a number of academy players recently and this was met with derision on here, but there were rumours of attitude issues with all of the players released, perhaps Gus believes the ingrained attitude from some staff is having a negative impact on the way the club is working? We've also heard stories of Ged MacNamee walking and talking like he owns the place, I can only speculate that he and Gus have come to blows about certain things.
I'm all for a change so long as us fans get some sound reasoning behind it all.
On a brighter note, in the same article he rather nonchalantly mentions he's absolutely fine working with Congerton and believes there will be no issues with player recruitment.
In his interview with The Guardian, he mentions nothing's really different between being an under 21 and a first teamer. They apparently all use the same gear, the same dressing room, the same gym and whatever else. That sounds fairly decent in my books. However it seems Gus is trying to place a greater split/divide/step between the kids and the first team.
What I interpret that to mean is that, perhaps for a greater separation of first team and academy, so the squads don't intermingle too often, and only the best from the youth team make that step up. Or perhaps he's considering taking away some of the kids toys? I don't really know. But I'm fairly sure Brighton have/had a good Youth setup, they had a few players come through during Gus' time there. So perhaps his new ideas and model will work?
We are releasing/have released a number of academy players recently and this was met with derision on here, but there were rumours of attitude issues with all of the players released, perhaps Gus believes the ingrained attitude from some staff is having a negative impact on the way the club is working? We've also heard stories of Ged MacNamee walking and talking like he owns the place, I can only speculate that he and Gus have come to blows about certain things.
I'm all for a change so long as us fans get some sound reasoning behind it all.
On a brighter note, in the same article he rather nonchalantly mentions he's absolutely fine working with Congerton and believes there will be no issues with player recruitment.
