Well, Albion DID say the search for a new head coach of their WSL team would be global.
Former Melbourne City boss Dario Vidosic ended up being the chosen one and he met the media at Lancing yesterday.
He brought weather from Down Under but footballing ideas which are far from another world.
Vidosic, born in what is now Croatia but brought up in Australia, has contacts in the English game.
There was a reference supporting him from his former Socceroos boss Ange Postecoglu during the appointment process.
Vidosic’s former national team room-mate Mile Jedinak, who Albion fans will recall from his time at Crystal Palace, also put in a word.
The new man himself is confident all will fit together well.
Asked what he likes to see from his teams, Vidosic told he Argus: “I like to have possession so I like to dominate games, play attacking football.
“I like my teams to play football, for people to want to come and watch the girls play. I think that is important.
“But it’s not just possession for the sake of possession, that we just pass the ball around at the back and then we say, ‘Yay, we had 60% possession’.
“It is with a purpose, that we play in the opponents’ half.
“In front of their goal as much as we possibly can, try to score as many goals as we can. Very simple – it’s to win.
“We will prepare for every single team, it doesn’t matter who it is, and we will approach it the same.
“We will go out to win, doesn’t matter who we are playing.”
In terms of enjoying possession, the transition will perhaps be less demanding given what happened in the second half of last season.
Mikey Harris took over on what turned into quite a lengthy interim basis and developed what is seen as the Albion way of playing.
Vidosic said: “There were some really good steps made last season and you could see an idea was starting to get implemented. It was really, really good.
“There are some things there that I saw that were good but there are other ideas I will bring in as well that will be slightly different.
“It’s an excitement. I think there is a lot of potential within the squad.
“A lot of young players also with a lot of potential.
“A lot of experienced players as well so now it is about getting that mix and getting the new ones used to the league and to each other.
“It will be a fun time, a fun six weeks and we will prepare for round one."
Albion technical director David Weir said the vacancy was a coveted one.
He added: “There was a lot of interest and I think it is pretty clear how we work club-wise in terms of identifying talent, both in terms of playing front and a coaching front.
“The world is our oyster, really.
“We have got the ability to search all the leagues in the world, to look for the best people and the people we think are the best fit both professionally, on a technical basis, but also culturally.
“So that is the balance for us, to try to see what’s out there, see what’s good.
“Who has improved teams? Who has improved players? Then we get a sense for if they are a good fit for the nature of our club.
“Dario is obviously the person we have chosen to do that and I am really happy with the way that search has worked out.”
Albion recently named Fabian Huerzeler, 31 as men’s head coach while Vidosic is 37.
Weir said: “We have had a recent search with the men’s side of the game as well that has been very similar.
“I think that is just testament to the processes we have in place and we are really happy to where we have got with two young, ambitious coaches we feel suit Brighton and Hove Albion as a football club and as a cultural hub as well.
“We are really excited and looking forward to the season ahead.”
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