Fair play on that one
Yup, indeed we see it differently. I don't think 2019/20 Brighton had the potential to get in a better position than it did. 2020/21 Brighton might have had the potential to reach one or three places better. 2021/22 had the potential to finish somewhere in the top 10 and did so. Two out of three seasons reaching the best or close to the potential position in the league. I think this side also has the potential to finish somewhere 8-10 but with somewhere around 6-10 points better. Remains to be seen if this will be the case.
Obviously. Any manager managing a big team - goes for Wenger, SAF, Conte, Mourinho, Tuchel and so forth - will at some point rage at the media, because there is more pressure and more headline seeking questions than the "did you have a nice cup of coffee this morning mr manager?" ones you usually get in Brighton.
I have already said that De Zerbi calling out Trossard publicly is probably not wise. I would expect De Zerbi to bite very quickly if an interviewer pissed him off after a bad game btw.
Maybe not wise but these managers are just humans... RDZ has looked more and more annoyed with every press conference because he is used from Italy to get questions about tactics etc. and not every week facing questions meaning "do you hate this guy? Why isnt he playing? How angry are you about that Charlton none-win weeks ago?". That happens tenfold when you manage a big team... and every manager hates it. If they could choose, I'm fairly sure none of them would ever attend a press conference. Well, maybe Mourinho since he is a narcissist.
Don’t disagree, but for an intelligent chap he’s misreading the room a bit in terms of the relatively high % of entitled bellends that follow that club and have never (yet) accepted GP. They simply won’t tolerate him like we would - they are looking for any excuse, the slightest chink in his armour to have another pop at him. Could argue I suppose that the noisy fans don’t matter - but they do. Massive test of the strength of Boehly’s ‘vision’ when the noise from the Burberry wearing Chavs gets to deafening……….
It is a worry l agree.
Always got it bad when its "lets all shit on this bloke"-time, if you haven't noticed. Go read threads about Solly March, Dan Burn, Adam Webster, Dale Stephens, Aaron Connolly, Neal Maupay or anyone else who at some point had people queuing up to throw shit on them. So yeah, you're right. I'm getting married to all of these. I've got it bad and will never be a glorious shitthrower like the majority enjoys turning into.
Your definition of shitting on someone is people suggesting they are happy with his replacement after he ditched us and pointing out the fact that he lost his cool at a press conference? (And it is a fact, he did, just watch it).
And we were paid handsomely for Potter and co - a fee that we agreed to put in his contract as a release clause.
FFS, You would have to be blind or Palace not to see the difference. FWIW I was gutted when Potter left so it’s not a case of Potter being shit (far from it) but the improvement under RDZ has been staggering. Potters Brighton is pedestrian compared to RDZ’s.
This, although I think we’re more prepared to risk a first time pass (and potentially lose possession) once we get moving forward
