steve_69 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 It does beg the question - what the fuck does he want to come here for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Just having a decent staff will already improve us ten fold. Really excited about it tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 It does beg the question - what the f*** does he want to come here for? He's 28 years old, and has the chance to get involved with a manager that is vastly experienced who has been at Man U and also national manager. Not to mention that it will be at Newcastle, which is a pretty damned good club, despite what MA is doing. Great gig for him to continue to learn and grow. In 8 years time he can smoothly take over from McClaren. Having already delivered multiple trophies alongside him. You heard it here first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 It does beg the question - what the fuck does he want to come here for? Think he/his family were homesick and he's Scottish so I guess we're the next best option rather than go back to the 3rd world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Would be a good appointment. Had coaching experience in Portugal and Spain and not backwards thinking like many other British coaches with dinosaur coaching methods. Shame more young coaches don't have the bottle or thinking to go abroad to learn like this guy has. definitely. A rare positive move from the club, now to follow it up with some signings. Shame that the 2nd part won't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Sort of guy that you could promote at some point in the future definitely. If Ashley, Charnley & co don't piss him off with utter twatish shenanigans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Best guy ever, amazing appointment, future king of the universe He'll be a decent choice and do quite well He'll probably be a bit underwhelming and not that great He's a fucking battered mars bar piping cunt (just covering all bases when this page is inevitably quoted like the Carver thread was) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Promising appointment for once, someone young and in touch with the modern game. Promising that he's worked abroad as people have mentioned, hopefully he has a big impact on what happens on the pitch. Much an improvement on Carver and we haven't even kicked a ball yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 You know how the Nazi's liked their aryans to be blone haired and blue eyes? Well if there was a Scottish Geordie "ideal", it would be Cathro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Cathro over the line according to Aunty Beeb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Mate who's a dundee Utd fan says about Cathto Tactically sound.Fantastic at developing young talent.Experience with national set up and worked in Portugal and La Liga and was a success at both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Safe to say he's a Scottish 28 like. Could easily pass for 40. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Mate who's a dundee Utd fan says about Cathto Tactically sound.Fantastic at developing young talent.Experience with national set up and worked in Portugal and La Liga and was a success at both. Daft as it seems, I'd probably be more excited if he'd been appointed manager rather than McClaren. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Mate who's a dundee Utd fan says about Cathto Tactically sound.Fantastic at developing young talent.Experience with national set up and worked in Portugal and La Liga and was a success at both. Daft as it seems, I'd probably be more excited if he'd been appointed manager rather than McClaren. Same. The excitement of the unknown entity. They did a segment on Revista on Nuno a few months back. at the end they spoke about this guy - I thought it was cool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Mate who's a dundee Utd fan says about Cathto Tactically sound.Fantastic at developing young talent.Experience with national set up and worked in Portugal and La Liga and was a success at both. Daft as it seems, I'd probably be more excited if he'd been appointed manager rather than McClaren. Same. The excitement of the unknown entity. They did a segment on Revista on Nuno a few months back. at the end they spoke about this guy - I thought it was cool. Generally when a club appoints a relatively young and unknown coach it's because they've done their homework and heard good things about his methods. At Newcastle, because we don't have football people at the helm we stick to known entities like Pardew or McClaren because reputation is all we've got to go on. The only reason there seems to be a better calibre of coaching staff coming in this time is because McClaren's obviously got good connections in the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=esp/news/newsid=2185644.html Cathro bringing Scottish nous to Valencia Published: Monday 1 December 2014, 11.08CET "A genius" and "a visionary", according to Valencia CF coach Nuno Espírito Santo, Scottish assistant Ian Cathro tells UEFA.com about his UEFA Champions League mission. "A genius" and "a visionary", according to Valencia CF coach Nuno Espírito Santo, Ian Cathro is ensuring that new Real Sociedad de Fútbol boss David Moyes is not the only Scotsman in Spain's top division. The 28-year-old came to Mestalla along with Nuno and his staff at the start of the season and is helping to revive the club, who are enduring a rare absence from European competition. The six-time Spanish champions are fifth in the Liga with 24 points from 13 games, yet Cathro is reluctant to describe the team's run of form as "success". "We've done what was necessary, which was to bring people together to follow this idea of football that we're slowly building," he told UEFA.com. "Now we have to evolve naturally and run with it. When you stand inside the Mestalla you realise there needs to be Champions League matches there. Getting back into the Champions League is essential. Everyone at the club knows that." Should he help Valencia achieve that mission, it will be another feather in Cathro's cap. He had originally planned to study physics or applied computing at university after a second knee ligament tear put paid to his dreams of a playing career, but instead became immersed in the world of coaching. Cathro was just 16 when he set up his own academy in his home town, Dundee. "It began with just eight kids and a bag of balls I'd bought with my own pocket money," he explained. "I wanted to transmit a different type of preparation based on an individual player having the capacity to go anywhere, to be the best player in the world. I wanted everyone to feel and believe we were capable of going to the top, and to do that we required a broader, faster understanding of the game." The fact that 12 of the 16 boys Cathro used to work with have since joined professional clubs is a testament to the coach's high standards and demands. Of all those former pupils, 18-year-old Ryan Gauld looks to be in the best position to go to the top: the attacking midfielder's sensational performances for Dundee United FC last season earned him a move to Sporting Club de Portugal in the summer. Cathro himself made a huge step up in his career with a move to Portugal two years ago, when he linked up with Nuno at Rio Ave FC, the pair having met on a UEFA B licence course. The former FC Porto goalkeeper was eager to bring Cathro in as he made his first foray into management, and the Scot said he learned "five years of life lessons" in his first 12 months in Portugal. Despite average attendances of 1,800, Rio Ave finished sixth in the league in 2012/13, their best showing in 31 years, and the following season reached the final of the Portuguese Cup and League Cup. That success prompted Valencia to take on Nuno and his staff in the summer, but while Cathro is enjoying his role as one of the coach's right-hand men, he ultimately sees himself as a stand-alone manager in the long term. "If you put time limits on these things then you're already conditioning your current work and creating a pressure for yourself," he explained. "There will be a moment in which the correct circumstances come together, but that's not today." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Wow, actually sounds like a pretty inspiring appointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 He sounded quality in that radio interview a while back. Hope we get this done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hang on a minute... Ian Cathro has agreed in principle to join Newcastle United as assistant manager to Steve McClaren. Final negotiations are taking place with the 28-year-old Scot. Not sure £20 a week will cut it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Oh I missed that I thought he was just 'set to join'. When was it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Oh I missed that I thought he was just 'set to join'. When was it? That quote is from the BBC, article updated half an hour ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Surely if this goes through they'll formally announce the full coaching staff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Sweet, offer him an actual real-world deal please Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I hope he gets some sort of responsibility for the academy in addition to being the ass man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29463560 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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