[Albion] Roberto De Zerbi - JOINS AS NEW HEAD COACH (4 year contract)

[LamieRobertson]

I did put this on the Michael Oliver thread….should really have posted it here….seeing RDZ joining in with the fans on the VAR countdown, makes me chuckle….find his pre/post match interviews entertaining and what hes done for the team is magical

 

[Guinness Boy]

And when that happens he will take his coaching team with him. That is likely to include Adam Lallana, if I’m reading the ‘second father’ interviews correctly. I hope people will be better emotionally prepared this time for the wholesale departure of non Albion fan employees.

Unlikely. Lallana is contracted as a player so attracts a transfer fee currently. Once out of contract he could theoretically go anywhere.

However, his kid is in Southampton’s academy which is why he splits time between Bournemouth and Hove. Can’t see him moving abroad or away from the South Coast. Next step is a coaching job with us.

 

[Guinness Boy]

We won't get 4th place, no chance.

We need to believe that we can until we mathematically can’t. There’s a quarter of the season left

 

[oldboyroy]

I did put this on the Michael Oliver thread….should really have posted it here….seeing RDZ joining in with the fans on the VAR countdown, makes me chuckle….find his pre/post match interviews entertaining and what hes done for the team is magical

Just seen this and just sums up Roberto

 

[Hiheidi]

One of Roberto's friends, just put this tweet out. Looks good!

 

[banjo]

I assume that says he wants to remain here.

 

[Hiheidi]

It ends ' too bad he only has one thing in mind: Brighton 23-24'

 

[ozzygull]

I assume that says he wants to remain here.

Pretty much, yes.

 

[SteveU]

I assume that says he wants to remain here.

Seriously hope he does carry on the start of his adventure with us. Could end up anywhere, the way it’s going.

 

[Triggaaar]

We need to believe that we can until we mathematically can’t. There’s a quarter of the season left

Why do we need to believe it? I prefer to believe that we can't. I'm loving the football we're playing (as I know most people are - except Dougie) and if we finish top half, but not in Europe, I'll see it as another amazing season. If I allowed myself to start dreaming of CL, finishing 9th would suddenly feel a bit rubbish.

 

[dazzer6666]

One of Roberto's friends, just put this tweet out. Looks good!

“De Zerbi has already trained at Inter. How he plays, what he prefers, now they can also find him a home in Milan. Too bad he only has one thing in mind: Brighton 2023-2024! @OfficialBHAFC #dezerbi”

 

[warmleyseagull]

There is something in my mind that says that managing big squads of megastars shooting for the big prizes is qualitatively different from managing a fine group of wannabees. That's where Sassuolo were at, arguably Shaktar (in European sense) but never got off base, and now Brighton.

You can be a disruptor, a chancer, a risk-taker, have a longer period to experiment, in a way that you can't at PL top 6, Real, Bayern, Inter etc. where expectation of owners is higher and patience thinner. RDZ will go to one of these in medium-term but I wonder whether he will be as successful.

 

[dazzer6666]

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I assume that says he wants to remain here.

De Zerbi has already trained at Inter. How he plays, what he prefers, now they can also find him a home in Milan. Too bad he only has one thing in mind: Brighton 2023-2024! @OfficialBHAFC #dezerbi

 

[Sepulveda]

One of Roberto's friends, just put this tweet out. Looks good!

“De Zerbi has already trained at Inter. How he plays, what he prefers, now they can also find him a home in Milan. Too bad he only has one thing in mind: Brighton 2023-2024! @OfficialBHAFC #dezerbi”

Correct, although obviously Google Translate messed up the first part of the sentence - no idea why they'd translate it with "has already trained there". It actually says "At Inter, they've already made a formation for De Zerbi". It's hard to understand whether the tone is ironic or serious, anyway the general sense of the tweet is that despite Inter and its fans grovelling for him, he has no interest in them and is only thinking about the Brighton project.

Why do we need to believe it? I prefer to believe that we can't. I'm loving the football we're playing (as I know most people are - except Dougie) and if we finish top half, but not in Europe, I'll see it as another amazing season. If I allowed myself to start dreaming of CL, finishing 9th would suddenly feel a bit rubbish.

Ah, it's a very Italian sentiment lol. Although when you are in the comfort of your own team's forum you can also dare to dream a bit more. I have no trouble saying that I dream of winning the title this year even if I know it's 100% impossible, and it's even nearly impossible that we finish in the top 4 in Serie A. I won't be disappointed if we don't because I'll still know how improbable it was. But if you're not mathematically out of it, you don't have to hide your dreams (which are not "expectations".)

He was a (lazy) #10, I sure hope he knows how to shoot even if he's a bit more round around the belly

 

[Brovion]

are we now saying that an Italian would chose to manage Brighton over one of the biggest clubs in Italy?

Yes. Yes we are. And yes I'm well aware of how unbelievable that sounds; indeed if my rain-soaked Withdean self heard me say that he would be as incredulous as you.

 

[Hiheidi]

Roberto De Zerbi will not become next Chelsea manager as intensive search continues

Brighton boss will not follow in Graham Potter’s footsteps

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Beanstalk]

Roberto De Zerbi will not become next Chelsea manager as intensive search continues

Brighton boss will not follow in Graham Potter’s footsteps

www.standard.co.uk

I've just read this but not sure what, if any at all, Chelsea's approach was.

Regardless, it sounds like it would take something remarkable for us to lose RDZ in the near future.

 

[HCxUK]

 

[Hiheidi]

It's odd that both stories went out at similar times; that RDZ wasn't interested in Chelsea and that Chelsea aren't interested in RDZ. I kind of wonder if Chelsea were interested in speaking to him and were told no, hence the stuff about Chelsea respecting Bloom and Barber etc.