Brilliant! I can say it like this? He said he’s only been learning English two years (?) How is his vocabulary already better than mine?!
Watching the press conference now and Regis comes across incredibly well. I know the term "Yes Man" has been thrown around a lot, stinking the place up but he feels like someone who will say yes and I am delighted. I'm sick of people coming in knowing full well what the club is about only to turn around and whinge, throw down their tools and take a pay off when they decide they have changed their mind and they don't like it. Sounds like he is positive about the club and the place, about the structure in place and the vision of the higher ups. Seems he is excited about leading a young team, developing players, working with the Sporting Director to build the quality and perhaps the experience in the squad. His English is good, he seems very self assured and quite intelligent. I'm feeling very optimistic.
Comes across really well. engages with the press well. Difficult to say anything else until we see a few games under his leadership, but first impressions are good...
I'm not saying he doesn't. I'm saying he seems positive about working with the club and open about collaborating with staff at all levels.
Keith was hired by Sky on the back of his sterling work sucking up to Sir David Murray at Rangers. His unique brand of sycophantic puff journalism made him a perfect fit for their Newcastle Correspondent. It's not known why he bothers going to Sunderland. Presumably years of wearing his wife's leggings cut off his brain's blood supply.
Very good post Disco and one point I agree with entirely. This term 'Yes man' is daft and misleading imo, especially when people say Le Bris will be expected to 'toe the line'. There isn't an industry anywhere that would employ someone who doesn't agree with the philosophy and working practices of that business. Of course the manager, players, staff, etc, will all be expected to agree with how things progress. There's room for new ideas, of course, but there has to be a common goal and procedure as with any team of people. As you say it's bound to end in tears if someone comes in, takes the money, then decides they don't want to work with the existing situation. Even worse, like Mowbray, when they clearly and openly criticise the club which, in my opinion, was a plan to cop the payoff. So much for a clean slate, some people are already trying to find reasons to moan ... ... everything from his so called 'reluctance/inability/prevention' regarding bringing in his old colleagues to the fact that he 'no speaka de English' as one idiot chose to put it. Of course he'll have flaws as a man and a manager, let he who is without flaws be the first to cast a stone
I think he is a 'yes' man in the sense he said yes to the philosophy and structure of the club. I also believe he is changing his team because he may have felt let down last season when the going got tough and realised they weren't the best for support. I have a very good feeling about this season and not necessarily pushing for promotion but watching the excellent football of 2 seasons ago, seeing the team development to a potential premier league team then taking the extra steps. OAU.
Really good watch this, shows just how hysterical some comments on the squad/team are and how close we are to being a very good side with the current players.
"Kristjaan Speakman has confirmed that Régis Le Bris will have the final say on his assistant as the club continues its search for reinforcements to the first-team coaching staff." "And he doesn't, at the present time, have a cohort of people that he's worked with probably more to do with his background [in academy football]. And he was really, really clear that he's got a profile around the staffing structure and we're currently trying to recruit another assistant to that profile. And then once we have that assistant in, that will have a knock-on effect, I'm sure, in terms of where we are on the other positions and where we want to expand or where we want to get maybe some additional detail into the staffing structure."
So it's seeming like it's nothing to do with the club dictating to him and not letting him bring his coaching staff more of a case that he doesn't have any to bring! The club clearly have a insight into what is being said online and are addressing the rumours! Doubt it will be the end of it like but at least they are answering things for the sane people who want to listen
We are getting tight for time on it mind. I'd hoped the coaching staff set up would have been in place by now.
Good to see the communication from the club improving in the last week or two. And it makes sense that RLB will want final say in who he brings in, as he should. Hopefully this nips some of the conspiracy theories in the bud (although not convinced it will!)
