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Post by stellarboy on Jun 17, 2013 13:11:10 GMT 8
NOTE: Now that he's officially the head coach of the national Under-23 team (since May 2013), why not put him up a Profile thread here.Name: Brian Reid Date of birth: 15 June 1970 Place of birth: Paisley, Scotland Current career: Head coach of Global FC and the Philippines national under-23 team Playing position: Central defender (center back) Clubs played: Greenock Morton, Rangers, Newcastle United, Dunfermline United, Falkirk, Blackpool, Queen of the South, Ayr United Clubs managed: Ayr United
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Post by johnmarki on Jun 17, 2013 14:51:08 GMT 8
That is great news. He would perfectly fit in the u-23 team. I just hope he field more local players like christaens,deyto and etc.
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Post by tipo on Jun 17, 2013 15:44:17 GMT 8
I just hope he field more local players like christaens,deyto and etc. That'll be up to these players to fight for their spots. In most Global FC games, he fields players based on merit (training, actual games) and he doesn't seem to hesitate in benching/subbing a big name player who's under-performing.
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Post by stellarboy on Jun 17, 2013 17:53:21 GMT 8
I had a quick conversation with some people at the Scotland board of bigsoccer.com a few months ago and informed them about him there before he arrived in the PI. They've got some good input about him. www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/former-ayr-united-manager-brian-reid-moving-to-the-philippines.1980648They said on that thread that Reid is "decent but not great" when he managed Ayr for about five years. He led the team to promotion to the Scottish 1st Division (2nd tier, just below the SPL) twice, but couldn't sustain to stay in that level. Fans there have mixed reactions on his performance so they were happy that he was let go at the end of the 2011/12 season when the team was relegated back to the 2nd Division. However, it seems they are falling apart with their new manager as they placed 7th this recently-concluded 2012/13 season.
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Post by stellarboy on Jun 17, 2013 18:03:36 GMT 8
Some of Reid's interviews while at Ayr United. Yeah, yo haave teu ohndurstahnd te Scots a'cent, tho.
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