New watfordfc head coach leaves the media in no doubt about the structure behind the scenes
Bilic was asked if he had been told anything by the Watford board about where they felt shortcomings were under the previous head coach.“There are always the same couple of sentences that go around when a manager gets sacked. Sometimes they are right but it’s very rarely the case.
“I am going to help them, my staff are going to help them. That is why we are here, and it’s why the club have brought me here.” “But I don’t want to think in that way. I am sure the board are rooting for me. Look, I don’t think any board wants to get into negative situations, especially this one here.
“Our clear ambition – the club and mine – is promotion. When I went to West Brom a few years ago that wasn’t the case. The club were in their second season in the Championship, and usually in the first season you push for going back up and if you are there for a second one, then you sell players. “When you are actually inside it, this league is crazy. So many games, two or three games a week. It’s almost impossible not to have a few bad moments, and then it’s all about how you react when they come.
Throughout his first press conference, Bilic was peppered with questions about job security, including whether he felt confident he could last longer in the job than most of the previous incumbents in the last decade.“This job is not about me securing a pension or getting a good pay-out. It’s about the opportunity to do good things for me and for the club. The pitch is my opportunity.”