Meet The Staff | Andreas Winkler Club News Barnsley Assistant Head Coach Andreas Winkler has a wealth of experience having undertaken various roles within football during his time in his native Germany. Continue reading on the official site...
Mmm... well if you read between the lines then you seem to discover: - he was at Bayern Munich but never did enough on the pitch for them that is worthy of sentence - he had no apparent other playing career of note, cos nothing is mentioned - he is not overly familiar with our new coach - they have never worked together before - he is essentially in a position of promotion as assistant coach, having never done it before - he speaks dodgy English - he is going to see if the players like what these Germans come up with, and if it "fits". He doesn't say what happens if they don't like it. If all the above constitutes "clever", then I wonder what a less encouraging release looks like.
This lad was in the Curry Mahal earlier this evening. Spoke English very well, but struggled with the names of some Biryani dishes. Welcome to Barnsley to him!
Barmy innit. But lets embrace it. Wouldnt surprise me if it went tits up tho... its wor were used to...