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[Albion] Will RDZ be Brighton manager first game of the 24/25 season?

Will RDZ be Brighton manager first game of the 24/25 season

  • Yes

    Votes: 89 35.9%
  • No

    Votes: 159 64.1%

  • Total voters
    248


dazzer6666

Well-known member
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Mar 27, 2013
55,208
Burgess Hill
Seemingly refusing to sign a new contract because the clubs objectives and ambitions don’t tally with his.

He’s off 100%
If that’s the case (I’m not sure it is) he’s a prat for thinking the club needs to adapt to him, when things like recruitment approach/policy would have been made 100% clear to him when he joined.
 






Uh_huh_him

Well-known member
Sep 28, 2011
12,004
Disagree with the top part - we have got plenty of players for the first team. Yes there is a look towards profitability but they also have gone into the first team.

Second part - how do you know players have not been sought?
They aren't being sought now are they?

We signed 6 players this window.
Barco was the only one signed for a gap in the squad.

The others are behind aling list of young talented players competing for the first team.

There is nothing wrong with the model.
But it's focus is generating revenue, not signing first team players.
 


Clive Walker

Stand Or Fall
Jul 5, 2011
3,567
Brighton
If that’s the case (I’m not sure it is) he’s a prat for thinking the club needs to adapt to him, when things like recruitment approach/policy would have been made 100% clear to him when he joined.
That was prior to selling 1 player for £120m
 


Coldeanseagull

Opinionated
Mar 13, 2013
8,297
Coldean
I'd like him to stay. I'm getting too long in the tooth for all this chopping and changing.....doesn't mean I would vote on a meaningless poll on an internet forum though and yes, I'm still grumpy after the midweek performance
 




chickens

Have you considered masterly inactivity?
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Oct 12, 2022
2,631
Where’s the “perhaps” option? To me it depends entirely on our summer business. If we can plug what RDZ considers the gaps in the squad, then I think he’ll sign a new contract and fight for us.

Fail to do that, and/or if the squad doesn’t feel like it’s developing in the way he needs it to to succeed, and i think he’ll look for a challenge where he doesn’t feel quite so hamstrung.
 




Flounce

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Nov 15, 2006
4,111
This does half the makings of a Poyet Palace play off game. Not focussed on the game, a lot of background noise - Brighton get stuffed and RDZ walks out 🫣
Or we win in style and the old “now would be a good time to leave” statement comes out again :wink:
 




Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
15,859
Yes. Maybe it's misplaced confidence, but I get the impression that the main players are closer than people think. I think RDZ will be backed in the summer and we'll go from there.

Bloom knows what he's doing, whatever happens though. Plus he's a fan.
 




Rookie

Greetings
Feb 8, 2005
12,324
They aren't being sought now are they?

We signed 6 players this window.
Barco was the only one signed for a gap in the squad.

The others are behind aling list of young talented players competing for the first team.

There is nothing wrong with the model.
But it's focus is generating revenue, not signing first team players.
But how do you know they were not sought?
We could have been bidding for a lot of players but for whatever reason they didn’t join. There were plenty of rumours about players.
The club like to do business behind closed doors so we only get to know a small part of what goes on behind the scenes
 




Justice

Dangerous Idiot
Jun 21, 2012
20,504
Born In Shoreham
I can’t help laughing at why people think a Brighton manager will automatically get o top job. We’ve won 3 in 16 yes we have injuries although the drop off shouldn’t be that dramatic. His selections are often wrong the goal keeper swapping has been a disaster to the point both of them look a bag of nerves. Worrying our coach can’t see it.
 


Terry Butcher Tribute Act

Well-known member
Aug 18, 2013
3,617
If that’s the case (I’m not sure it is) he’s a prat for thinking the club needs to adapt to him, when things like recruitment approach/policy would have been made 100% clear to him when he joined.
I don't think he's a prat. Last season he showed we can compete with the best - we were a couple of VAR decisions off Champions League. Barber even mentioned RDZ was so good he was changing the thinking in the Boardroom about how far we can go.

I have no problem with him being more ambitious than the club's transfer policy will let him be, I just think it's a real shame given how good he is and what a healthy position we're in.
 






Uh_huh_him

Well-known member
Sep 28, 2011
12,004
It’s not lame though is it - you‘re suggesting Tony busts the philosophy and approach to spending that has got the club where it is.
Tony" s philosophy is not as rigid as you think.
Unusually Tony is not prepared to back a manager that seems capable of taking us to a higher level.

He has settled for top 10.
That's fair enough.

But it pushes the onus back to a passionate manager.

I understand it.
But I think it's the wrong play.
 


dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
55,208
Burgess Hill
Tony" s philosophy is not as rigid as you think.
Unusually Tony is not prepared to back a manager that seems capable of taking us to a higher level.

He has settled for top 10.
That's fair enough.

But it pushes the onus back to a passionate manager.

I understand it.
But I think it's the wrong play.
Guesswork. You have no idea what players we tried to get and at what cost.
 


Springal

Well-known member
Feb 12, 2005
24,712
GOSBTS
It’s definitely not lack of ambition - both summer and January we seemingly had £30M-ish bids in for attacking midfielders / playmakers but seemingly we couldn’t get the players.

In fact I’d go as far as saying RDZ saying he wants 2 or 3 players in press conferences perhaps even weakened the clubs negotiating position.
 






dazzer6666

Well-known member
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Mar 27, 2013
55,208
Burgess Hill
It’s definitely not lack of ambition - both summer and January we seemingly had £30M-ish bids in for attacking midfielders / playmakers but seemingly we couldn’t get the players.

In fact I’d go as far as saying RDZ saying he wants 2 or 3 players in press conferences perhaps even weakened the clubs negotiating position.
Definitely……he’s no poker player :lol:
 




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