Barry Quin

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Barry Quin

Now HEAD OF COACHING at Watford - not vehicular coaches.....

Congratulations Barry Q. :sorted:
 

Barry Quin

good bloke barry..
 

Barry Quin

Thought there was only one N in his name. Always used to look wrong!
 

Barry Quin

He didn't have a particular good record producing players for us in his time here with the youth team
 

Barry Quin

He didn't have a particular good record producing players for us in his time here with the youth team

He had very little financial support.

If I recall correctly his annual budget was a net £80k compared to the current £1.5m of which £0.5m is covered by a grant. Indeed at one time we were so strapped for cash that we considered closing down the Academy programme and simply scouting and signing as young professionals players who had been let go by other clubs. I'm not sure that you realise how close to the brink we were and how much effort had to go into slashing costs back in 2007/8.

You cannot possibly compare the results of Barry Quin with what is going on today with a spend of twenty times what he had. I considered Barry Quin to be a darn good coach who was well respected by the youngsters and their parents. That he is Head Coach at Watford should tell you that he is well regarded.

In his autobiography Peter Crouch speaks highly of Barry Quin who had Crouchy at Brentford when he was nine............and Crouch also incorrectly spelt it Quinn in the book......:D
 

Barry Quin

He didn't have a particular good record producing players for us in his time here with the youth team

Can you name our last decent player we produced through the youth system ?

Clue. The answer was produced under the Quin regime
 

Barry Quin

He used to fix our washing machine.
 

Barry Quin

He didn't have a particular good record producing players for us in his time here with the youth team

Alot of players came through and made professional debuts under Quin (far more than under Ose Aibangee, though the standard since 2010 has been higher), but Kevin O'Connor, Michael Dobson, Karleigh Osborne and Jay Tabb had good first team careers at GP (with the latter two moving up to play Championship and Premiership football respectively) and Darius Charles worked his way back up from non-league. Matt Somner had about another five seasons in league football after being released and we wonder what might have been with Charlie Ide.
 

Barry Quin

Alot of players came through and made professional debuts under Quin (far more than under Ose Aibangee, though the standard since 2010 has been higher), but Kevin O'Connor, Michael Dobson, Karleigh Osborne and Jay Tabb had good first team careers at GP (with the latter two moving up to play Championship and Premiership football respectively) and Darius Charles worked his way back up from non-league. Matt Somner had about another five seasons in league football after being released and we wonder what might have been with Charlie Ide.

We poached Tabb off palace, I think he followed Noades.
Quin can't take the credit for Jay.
 

Barry Quin

We poached Tabb off palace, I think he followed Noades.
Quin can't take the credit for Jay.

I think it may have been Coppell more than Noades..
 

Barry Quin

Didnt he leave on bad terms? or has my memory from that time been put to the very back of my head.............
 

Barry Quin

Didnt he leave on bad terms? or has my memory from that time been put to the very back of my head.............
I think he left abruptly once the new Academy plan started.
 

Barry Quin

It was a sad day when Barry left. But as he said he saw off more Managers than they saw off people in his position.
 

Barry Quin

Now a peer mentor for coach developers in the Premier League.
In other words, he coaches the people that coach coaches.
 

Barry Quin

Appeared as a guest on Michael McIntyre tonight.
Peter Crouch had to guess who he was ..... which he did.

Barry is now a "Coach Developer".
 

Barry Quin

Was Barry any good at developing our youth? Why was he never given the managers gig?
 

Barry Quin

Paul Davis is also somewhere in the FA’s coaching set up….
Doesn’t surprise me you need a coaching badge to watch kids football in the park these days
 

Barry Quin

Appeared as a guest on Michael McIntyre tonight.
Peter Crouch had to guess who he was ..... which he did.

Barry is now a "Coach Developer".
Was Crouch at Brentford initially then?
 

Barry Quin

Appeared as a guest on Michael McIntyre tonight.
Peter Crouch had to guess who he was ..... which he did.

Barry is now a "Coach Developer".
He didn't recognise him though

And, to be fair, I didn't either. He's changed a LOT

Mind you that slug on Crouch's top lip - what is he thinking?????
 

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