Gateshead Captain Greg Olley assures fans that “everything stays the same” despite Mike Williamson’s departure
Gateshead Captain Greg Olley has made clear that Gateshead are still aiming high this season despite Mike Williamson departing the club alongside Assistant Manager, Ian Watson, and Physio, Chris Bell, for MK Dons.
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00:00 It's been an interesting week at Gator, hasn't it? Firstly, how did everyone take the news?
00:07 I think everyone takes it in different ways. Obviously, they've been so important for us in the last four or five years.
00:20 For that to cease and stop comes as a shock, especially when the amount of times they've turned other clubs down, etc.
00:31 But they have earned every aspect of the move, and it's credit to them for how they've implemented a real structure in a place that's thriving at the minute.
00:43 On the other hand, it gives Rob and Louis a chance to step up. They've got to step up and take a plethora of horns.
00:54 They've got licence, so we'll keep it the same way. That's the way we like to play, and he's totally on board with that.
01:02 Nothing much has changed.
01:04 Rob, Louis and Karl were the ideal people to come in and maintain stability, and not bring in someone else who perhaps didn't know the way the club operated.
01:14 I think it was vital. There's probably no one better to take up the role than Rob and Louis, especially Mags.
01:24 Keeping it in-house was probably the best move for all parties. It just means everything still flows and continues the way it was.
01:34 As captain, do you feel a big responsibility to yourself to help maintain order and be a person there for those who perhaps see this as quite a big change?
01:44 Going around the lads, speaking to some of them, the majority of them, this hasn't happened to them before.
01:52 They've always had managers who have been sacked but not moved on and gone up the pyramid.
01:58 It happened to me in my first year when Steve Watson left to go to York, and Clarkian came in and he stayed the ship for a few months.
02:07 It has happened to me before, so I do have a little bit of experience of it.
02:11 Do you think anything will change in the way you play, or anything will be massively different?
02:16 Or is it very much business as usual despite the obvious big change?
02:20 No, I think everything stays the same. I think Rob's really drawn into us. That's the way we play.
02:26 The dynamic of the group fits perfectly for that style.
02:30 Rob's obviously touched on him bringing his own couple of tweaks in, which is obviously always going to happen if a new manager takes over.
02:38 He's got his own ideas, but that can only improve us. We're not going to be going backwards at all.
02:44 Everything's forward and we're just going to continue winning games.
02:48 Do the aims change at all this season, or does it completely stay exactly how it was?
02:53 It stays exactly as it was. Promotion is what we want to aim for and that's what we set out from the start, so that doesn't change.
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