OFFICIAL: Gio Appointed Manager

[born a blue nose 90,830]

New manager bounce on Sunday. Think I'll go -3 😂

[Broxi 11,504]

Three of the backroom staff already in place apparently (Makaay, Arno Phillips as fitness coach and Yori Bosschaart as a video analyst).

van Gastel likely to be assistant manager

[Burt Macklin 540]

Welcome home, Gio. 

[Brian Fantana 28,894]

1 hour ago, 16BlueSherbert90 said:

Hope he does have regrets 👍🏻

Read he was getting annoyed with press wanting to talk about him leaving us.

We are the bigger club regardless of budget, think this confirms it 

[Cracked Actor 722]

57 minutes ago, Broxi said:

 

Some amount of "for sures" in there. Can tell he has been talking to Dutchmen. I thought he was going to go full Steve McLaren at one point. 

[My Fathers Scarf 1,144]

31 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

Get most of his badges then leave at the end of the season.

Like SG, Defoe was a great signing and great ambassador for the club. Ridiculous some of the shit they get on here.

[SkylineBlue 23,469]

I've never seen someone try to convince anyone of anything more than Ross Wilson was just trying to convince us that there were other candidates.

[BlueAvenger 10,270]

Welcome back GVB to the 55 times Champions of Scotland 

[smartypants 4,441]

[Rlm 412]

1 hour ago, Marco said:

Villa paid us to upgrade our manager. Welcome back, Gio!!

Well said👍

[chrism_scotland 165]

Couldn't be happier with this appointment; great to see Gio back at the club - lets get a League Cup final sorted before he starts and then get stuck into the Czechs on Thursday

[falkirkNS 6,298]

Fact about Gio.

He was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassua, after reaching the 2010 World Cup Final. "The Order of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Orde van Oranje-Nassau) is a military and civil order of the Netherlands which was created on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma of the Netherlands, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The Order is a chivalry order open to "everyone who have earned special merits for society". These are people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for the special way in which they have carried out their activities.[1] The order is comparable with the Order of the British Empire in the UK."

[rab wilson 3,246]

Get in Gio.welcome home. Well done the board.lets batter these junkie fucks on sunday!!

No Surrender

Rab 

[jjbscotty12 3,560]

Got a really good feeling about this appointment. Welcome back Gio.

[born a blue nose 90,830]

6 minutes ago, SkylineBlue said:

I've never seen someone try to convince anyone of anything more than Ross Wilson was just trying to convince us that there were other candidates.

There was. I know one for certain. One that's hardly been mentioned on the page.

If you think a club our size are doing an Eddie howe, especially after the Eddie howe, then you're aff yer nut 

[Ross-Gazza genius 1,907]

Are we getting the orange tops out for his 1st home game? 

[rangersross 6,530]

9 minutes ago, SkylineBlue said:

I've never seen someone try to convince anyone of anything more than Ross Wilson was just trying to convince us that there were other candidates.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,861]

2 minutes ago, born a blue nose said:

There was. I know one for certain. One that's hardly been mentioned on the page.

If you think a club our size are doing an Eddie howe, especially after the Eddie howe, then you're aff yer nut 

Who was it mate? The nosey bastard in my is interested

 

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,861]

21 minutes ago, Siam69 said:

Wiki Roy Makaay - 

Coaching career[edit]

After his retirement he was named as a youth coach for the academy of Feyenoord.[24] Alongside this, he was also working as forward coach for the club, both with the first team and youth teams.

In May 2013, the club confirmed that – after as successful year with the C1 team – Makaay would take charge of the U19's for the upcoming season.[25]

On November 18th 2021 he was named assistant manager to Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, of the mighty Glasgow Rangers. In May 2022 he will go on to lift title number 56

 

Editing wiki pages is chronic patter tbh

[The Specky Forum Organiser 64,999]

1 minute ago, DBBTB said:

Who was it mate? The nosey bastard in my is interested

 

Steve Clarke.

[bornabear 6,205]

Welcome home Gio 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[CR3 12,699]

16 minutes ago, born a blue nose said:

New manager bounce on Sunday. Think I'll go -3 😂

No don’t cheers 

[BridgeIsBlue 66,608]

2 minutes ago, DBBTB said:

Who was it mate? The nosey bastard in my is interested

 

There only was one candidate. 

[scotty1976 1,671]

Absolutely delighted at this. 

[Glory awaits 284]

Any word if he’s in the dugout on Sunday?