[wba1978]

Óscar García is a very good coach with a good reputation but appointing him would have a risk element to it especially at this stage of the season. This isn't because he has never worked in the Premier League but because of the style of play he brings. He brought into the Johan Cruyff and Barcelona ideology when he was a player there and he implements it into his coaching metheds and tactics.

He likes to play a 4-3-3 formation with a high line and intense pressing off the ball and lots of possession with quick, incisive passing when in possession. The in possession part would suit our players but the out of possession would not. However he is adaptable to the circumstances and will change to suit the players he has. He did that with Saint-Etienne whose centre backs are a slow as ours.

I would love to see him at the Hawthorns in the future and he is still my second choice after Koeman. However even though my heart says yes, my mind says he would probably be a better appointment in the summer rather than in the middle of the season.

Hear what your saying Josh and your probably right.  You did allude to the fact that he is adaptable though with what he did at Saint-Etienne, and personally I'd be prepared to risk it to see more entertaining and all-round better football implemented. I see appointing someone like Pardew as just as a risk, as the style of play would no doubt improve, but he's not exactly someone who I perceive as being a successful long-term option, as he tends to do alright for 3/4 of a season then capitulates.  As for the likes of Pearson and Big Sam, give me Garcia any day!  Koeman would be good I agree, its just whether he would see coming to WBA as a step back in his career or not? It was well publicized that he had lofty aspirations before his Everton spell ended badly, with the possibility of managing Barcelona being touted as his next step up.