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[Football] Graham potter turns down Ajax ...
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tedebear
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I'm not a fan of Potter at all, didn't like the style of play, but agree it did take us places. I didn't like the dissing of the fans (see below), and whilst I didn't agree with the boo-ing, he needed a bit of a lesson in fan management. That below wasn't a one off...
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Perplexed Graham Potter responds to booing Brighton fans following draw with Leeds - 'Maybe I need a history lesson'
Graham Potter was left perplexed by booing Brighton fans after his side battled out a goalless draw with Leeds as he admitted he ‘might need a history lesson on the club’. Potter’…
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Farehamseagull
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Excellent, rational post.
That were talking about this 3 years later is imho ultimate proof of both how little he had to say and how decent his manner was in media generally because its just a frustrated manager throwing away some wound up comments everyone made a meal out of it imho. Funny in many cases those who bang on about it are the sames ones saying we cant expect to win a game now because we played Hereford Torquay and Portsmouth in the 90sI'm not a fan of Potter at all, didn't like the style of play, but agree it did take us places. I didn't like the dissing of the fans (see below), and whilst I didn't agree with the boo-ing, he needed a bit of a lesson in fan management. That below wasn't a one off...
Perplexed Graham Potter responds to booing Brighton fans following draw with Leeds - 'Maybe I need a history lesson'
Graham Potter was left perplexed by booing Brighton fans after his side battled out a goalless draw with Leeds as he admitted he ‘might need a history lesson on the club’. Potter’…
tedebear
Legal Alien
eh? Not sure I'm following where ever you're going there...I wasn't even here in the 90's so haven't a scooby why thats related...
Anyhow, I'm not mad on Potter and really not tracking where he goes anymore, so if he's turned down Ajax, good for him.....to each their own...
Silverhatch
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He is so going to United. Rated by Ratcliffe & Brailsford and a good working relationship with Ashworth. Wants to be a head coach rather than manager which is a key part of the Ineos strategy - because they’ll sort the players and GPott will just coach them. That’ll be made clear to the mass-whinging United fanbase when he’s appointed… maybe.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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That’s a lot of revisionism for one post.
The last year/18 months under CH in the Prem were an awful experience. I mean truly awful. The standard of football was horrible, the style was awful, we set up so negatively and hoped for a draw every game. There was no pace anywhere to be seen, no guile outside of Propper and Gross, and we desperately needed to change manager.
Potter did a fantastic job for us, even if he didn’t get everything right, and even if he didn’t leave in the best manner or ingratiate himself with us.
I personally think RDZ is a more rounded manager who took some of the players up one or two levels, but that shouldn’t undermine the job he did for us, just as my assessment of CH above isn’t my overall reflection of what he brought to our club for much of his time here, particularly the first 2-3 seasons.
Ah, so this is the now infamous 25 sec clip that so many have an opinion about! Must admit I haven't seen it before! I take it that he's protecting his players which I personally think is a good thing (and GP is known for it). I don't see any upsetting in that "history lesson bit" either, having just played the opponents of the pitch, overtaken Manure and sitting eight in the table (according to the text, don't know if it's correct). I know another manager that happily want everybody to know that "we have to remember we are Brighton" when he thinks it's suitable. A first world problem.
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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When does the monthly payment from Chelsea run its cause?Poor old Ajax just when they thought things couldn't get much worse after their 6-0 defeat at the weekend !!! Turned down by a geography teacher.
Graham Potter turns down Ajax head coach opportunity after talks with club
Former Chelsea and Brighton boss Graham Potter met with Dutch giants who made him their prime target; Potter not interested in Ajax role at this time; The 48-year-old is expected to be on Manchester Uniteds shortlist, should they decide to part company with Erik ten Hag this summerwww.skysports.com
2 or 3 years?
It apparently stops immediately if he gets a job, hence why he’s turned a few jobs down.
Older Albion fans will recall that Barry Lloyd’s ‘mutual consent‘ departure in December 93 consisted of him signing an NDA and 24 monthly payments finishing in January 1996, ironically they were still paying him after his successor Liam Brady had left.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Potter brought this on himself. The fact that he reacted to a few, and I mean a few fans dotted about, who booed, shows how insecure and unsuitable he was. The vast majority of us applauded the players off even though it was a frustrating match. For him to blather on about history lessons was pathetic. Most of us know very well where we had come from but to suggest that fans don't have a right to make their feelings known is simply ridiculous. I notice he never made a comment about the thousands of Chelsea fans booing frequently in his reign there. He either realised his mistake (if so it confounds your argument) or he was too cowardly to mention it. He's more suited to a smaller League like the Swedish or Championship as his fragile ego can't take the pressure of a few disgruntled murmurings. That's why there was carnage at Chelsea and that's why if he ever goes on to be the England manager or United, he will probably struggle with the same issues.
DavePage
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Scoobie strings can out in the 70’s and Scooby Doo in 1969, both still available in Amazon today, make yourself a key ring
- May 8, 2018
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Precisely. I was increasingly sitting in silence and leaving earlier and earlier, 70 minutes, 65 minutes.....
However....
We have had one decent and two excellent managers in the last 7 years. I find it difficult to seek out first world problems at the Albion when the club is largely bringing me massive chunks of pleasure on match days.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
OzMike
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This, why bother with all the aggro when you don't have to.
I wouldn't.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Several seasons of relegation battles? we have never been in the bottom three since returning to the top flight. The first four seasons not much difference in the points won.
We then had a mid table despite not winning a game for half a season a slight improvement.
Potter couldn’t get a team up to beat Palace our only PL manager not to, some people may have liked him for me I’ve never been so bored watching football it was that predictable.
dejavuatbtn
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Judging by today’s press report he is wanted by Manure. He could be manager but loves it in Brighton and Hove too much. He’s more likely to buy them.
We stayed up with 2 points in 2019 how is that not a relegation battle
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We didn't get relegated and didn't drop into the bottom three, to have to fight our way out again.