Tim Breacker Talks about QPR, Gardening Leave, Coaching, Holloway and Plymouth

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After almost 300 days of Gardening Leave, Tim Breacker finally joined up with Ian Holloway (and Gary Penrice & Des Bulpin) at Plymouth. At a press conference yesterday, Breacker and Holloway welcomed his arrival at Plymouth.
As reported yesterday: Plymouth
And on QPR Report

Plymouth Official Site - Breaker Talks
"Tim Breacker has finally arrived at Home Park as the newest addition to manager Ian Holloway's coaching team.
The two men worked together at QPR before both being placed on gardening leave back in February.
Holloway was named the new manager of Argyle in the summer but ongoing contractual negotiations with QPR delayed Breacker's arrival until now.
"I must have a bigger garden than him," said Breacker.
"I was basically placed on gardening leave the same day as Ollie. A fax to him had my name on it and that was it.
"I am glad that side is over and I want to get back working. I enjoyed my time with Ollie before. He gave me a chance in the coaching side of the game when I finished playing.
"I want to achieve something here with Ollie and I am looking forward to the challenge.
"It is not a nice period and I know that Premiership clubs are not allowed to put people on gardening leave and it should be the same in every division.
"It is different for a manager. If the club does well, you get a lot of praise and when things go wrong you tend to look at yourself.
"A lot of the time it was a case of speaking to Ollie and reminding him that he did well and should be proud. He is a good manager and it will be shown in the future.
"You can understand how he was feeling but maybe the way QPR struggled after he left made him feel a bit better.
"It is a difficult time mentally for a manager."
Breacker has not spent his time in the footballing wilderness being idle. The former Luton and West Ham full-back has been busy watching games and working on his coaching license.
He said: "I have been able to use my time well, although it is not the same as being at a club.
"Once Ollie arrived here, I spent my time going to matches, watching players and also doing my Pro License.
"I have watched a lot of games on video and I have been speaking to Ollie and Gary [Penrice]. I also know a lot of the players from when we faced them at QPR. I think there was a lot of mutual respect between the two sides at the time.
"The challenge is to keep what was here before and try to add to it. If you can do that, you have every chance of doing well in this division.
"It was similar at QPR where we had a lot of the strengths from League One and we took that into the Championship.
"Wigan and Reading are good examples. They have both now gone into the Premiership and kept the same ethos and attitude, and you can see that in their play.
"I think Ollie wants me to look at all aspects of the club and advise him, but there is not an immediate need to do things.
"The chairman has been very good with me and very patient. He spoke about his vision for the future and it all sounds very good."
Breacker is not a complete stranger to the South West, having been married in Ashburton and spent a number summer holidays in Devon.
He said: "My ex-wife has family in Devon and I actually got married in Ashburton.
"My boys, Jamie and Sam who are 14 and 13, have a cousin who is a season-ticket holder and they always go to games when they are down here on holiday.
"I have told them that I can get tickets now that Ollie is here but they want to stand where they normally stand. They spent a lot of time on holiday down here when I was playing.
"I have a feeling for the area already and you can immediately see that it is a community club, and there is that feeling about the place."
Plymouth Official Site


Herald on Breaker and Holloway's Comments
"...[Tim]Breacker, 41, officially started work with the Pilgrims yesterday after finally completing his much-delayed move from Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers.
He was put on 'gardening leave' by QPR in February at the same time as Holloway, and it was always likely he would follow him to Home Park once Holloway became Argyle manager in the summer.
Breacker agreed a two-year contract with the Pilgrims earlier this season and it was hoped he would start work for them on October 1.
But the former Luton Town, West Ham United and QPR left-back has had to wait until now to take up his new role because of difficulties in resolving some contractual issues with Rangers
....Holloway, meanwhile, was thrilled that Breacker was now on board at Home Park.
His main role will be to coach the first team squad, although he will be closely involved with the youth set-up as well.
Breacker's arrival means Holloway has all his backroom staff in place.
Des Bulpin will also work with the first team squad while Gary Penrice will be the chief scout and specialist strikers' coach.
Holloway said: "It's fantastic Tim is here at last. It's just another piece in the jigsaw.
"When you are a manager it's about looking at the players you have already got, recruiting new ones and training them all. It's a huge thing.
"I'm the one who keeps them all going, so I need a certain structure and amount of staff to keep them training.
"Tim has helped me with it before and my whole staff set-up is to make the players better people first.
"We can only do that if we care about them and I choose my people very carefully," added the Pilgrims' boss.
Breacker was relieved the waiting was over and he could get stuck into work at his new club.
He said: "It has taken a very long time, even longer than it did with Ollie. I was put on gardening leave the same day as he was.
"The fax to him had my name on it and that was it. I'm just glad that side is over with and I want to get on with working.
"I enjoyed my time with Ollie previously. He gave me a chance on the coaching side when my playing career was coming to an end and I loved every minute of it.
"I just want to achieve something here with Ollie and I'm looking forward to the challenge."
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