Actually Ashworth was brought in to look at the football side top to bottom and was given direction as to what the board wanted to see. I would suggest the style of play, players and therefore the type of coach needed were all led by Ashworth. Potter was brought in to do a job. He didnt define...
Thats a passive aggressive last line
You can acknowledge someone whilst accepting their faults. Its also possible to quote a stat and then ignore other evidence (like the 2 months it took after that watford game to get another win, or the painful 1-1 draw against them later that season?)
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A very good point. After that run he was put under pressure to play more open football and we nearly paid dearly.
One thing we can all agree on is that since reaching the epl we have never been in the relegation zone
Both runs (4 wins , 1 draw and a loss in 6 games) were against 2 teams that finished top 5, 2 that stayed up and 2 relegated) so who is to say rdz with a full pre season wouldn't have seen that similar run?
Selective memory of Hughton. The dire ultra defensive football was to avoid relegation after trying to play more open and attacking without the players to do it pushed us toward relegation. Also forgets the level of investment Potter got and still had us falling toward the relegation zone until...
This is one article on it
https://www.teamtalk.com/brighton/perplexed-graham-potter-directs-history-lesson-jibe-fans-draw
In reality, the 'booing' was minimal at most and directed at a number of factors in the game rather than at the home team