Exactly. I understand people hearing stuff about the takeover. In business, businessmen and women, talk. So it’s understandable. If you claim to know about the takeover right down to the ins and outs of what’s happening in the youth teams then you must be extremely tight to somebody on the board. I’m sat in Sacriston woods at the moment with the dog. Hope you’re keeping well too, mate!
I know Paul and I know what he’s about and his standing within the club and how players/ex players /coaches think of him. Ask Julio Arca (He’s posted such on twitter)If you think I’m full of ****.
Could you just message him for me and say that a guy he doesn’t know would like to know if he will settle a debate with another guy he doesn’t know on an anonymous internet site. Appreciated
Sorry Gilly, i don't see how posting a tweet from Julio proves people wrong. It's just his opinion after all.
Sunderland confirm departure of long-serving academy coach Sunderland have confirmed the departure of U18 boss Paul Bryson.
Thought it would have been announced earlier. Glad they have gave PB the full treatment and announcement that he deserves.
Paul Bryson has been interviewed regarding his time at the club Bryson on Sunderland spell Paul Bryson left his role as head coach of Sunderland under-18s in September, to take up a role at the i2i International Soccer Academy and has also recently taken up a role with his former club Birtley Town. NonLeagueDaily.com interviewed Bryson about his time at the Academy of Light and he revealed that, despite five wonderful years at Sunderland, the uncertainty at the club was the biggest factor in him leaving for the i2i Academy: I had a wonderful five years at Sunderland full-time, and I’d also worked there the previous 13 years part-time. So I’d been there a long time, made a lot of good friends, it was just a little bit of the uncertainty of the club. That was the biggest factor in me leaving, and there was a chance to go to i2i, where it seems as if there’s a bit more job security there. But as I say, I had a fantastic 18 years there, and I wouldn’t swap that for the world. There are times where you think you’ve got to move on, and with me moving on to i2i, it’s enabled me to go back to Birtley, which is a club I hold close to my heart after playing there five years. I’ve been back twice as coach and as manager a few years back. Now, I think it’s got firm foundations, and it’s a club that’s on the up. Bryson goes on to say that the last couple of years, as the club have been stuck in League One have been a bit of a struggle and points, again, to the uncertainty surrounding the club: It was great when it was in the Premier League, but the majority of that time I was only part-time; I felt my worth but I didn’t have a real feel for it. My first three years at the club full-time were fantastic. It was only when the club got relegated that the uncertainty comes in, but even in the Championship, it was a good place to be, because I think everybody firmly believed that the club was going to bounce straight back. The last couple of years were a little bit of a struggle, the biggest thing was the uncertainty, but as I say, I’ve met some fantastic people. Some of the managers, I still keep in touch with Jack Ross now, he was an absolutely lovely guy. The two guys there now, Phil Parkinson and Steve Parkin, they’re lovely people and you really want them to do well. Bryson had a lot of praise for former Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson and went on to single out Elliot Embleton as one of the most technically-gifted players he has ever worked with: Obviously the big name is Jordan Henderson. I worked with him at 14 and 15, and I’ve proudly got a letter off Jordan’s dad. It’s him saying to the academy manager at that time how much Jordan loved his football, and that it’s with the work of Paul Bryson, and I was working with Lewis Dickman at the time. It’s how Jordan likes it that much he wants to be there an hour before, he doesn’t want to go home after training, and I just think that’s probably the biggest compliment you can get off someone who’s captained Liverpool, won the Champions League, Premier League, captained his country. Other ones over the last couple of years, Sam Greenwood, who’s gone to Leeds now, Bali Mumba, Dan Neil, Elliot Embleton. Elliot’s probably one of the most technically-gifted players I’ve worked with. He’s unfortunately been injured this year but I think he’s got a big future in the game. When asked which Sunderland managers took the most interest in the youth teams at Sunderland, Bryson pointed to Jack Ross and his assistant John Potter being keen to involve the under-18s in some of the first team training sessions: Yeah, over the last five years, Jack Ross, and John Potter. They had a big interest in the Under-18s; even before some games on a Saturday, they would turn up at the training ground where the 18s were playing. They would come to Youth Cup ties, which I thought was absolutely brilliant. They took the 18s over to join in some of the sessions, which was invaluable for the younger lads as experience. please log in to view this image
