We may end up 9th (or worse), but at the moment we’re 4 points off 6th with three games in hand.9th with Potter = he must have been shit, all down to the recruitment and development
9th (which I think is the table position ignoring the results with GP in the beginning of the season) with RDZ = great manager who improved the team
I don't get that equation honestly.
According to northstandchatian mythology, Pervis is better than Cucurella, RDZ better than Potter, Mitoma better than Trossard/whoever he could be compared with, Fergie better than Maupay... yet despite getting rid of all these people "holding the club back", Brighton appear to be strolling towards the same league position as last year.
Isn't that weird?
Only thing that has really changed is that 1) the team is crushing worse teams and 2) the boys can't buy a win against a reasonably in-form team. Used to be the opposite. Still 3 points isn't worth more against Bournemouth or Everton than they are against Manchester United or Arsenal.
The "improvement" part is also interesting. I saw the 5-2 win against Leicester as a warm-up ahead of the game against the same lot a couple of weeks ago. One of the games was a fierce, excellent performance with the team outplaying and beating the opponent firmly... and it sure wasn't the game after the "improvements".
I think this blogger - https://tweetingseagull.wordpress.com/2023/02/07/the-cult-of-the-individual/ - is spot on. If it was a cult before, then what it is it now with people (out of anger, grief and hope) inventing a reality that isn't there.
And whilst I feel some sympathy for Potter, he effectively had a pre-season with Chelsea (the World Cup break), and since then they’ve scored 6 (Six) goals in the premier league. We’ve scored 16 - despite having injuries to Ferguson and Welbeck.
And - if you just watch the football - we are so much more exciting to watch under RDZ.
Personally, I’m very happy with how things have panned out.