METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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If he was a woman he'd be one of those volatile but passionate ones where you know you really shouldn't, not marriage material but the sex is too good to dump!
We’ll agree to disagreeI think he’s underachieved - he had the squad - even with the injuries - to convert some of those 11 draws to wins . If he had so - we’d be a win or two away from Europe part 2.
I’ll agree to agree with you on this one.We’ll agree to disagree
What is there to love? He’s one of the best, and most passionate, managers in our history! Get a sense of perspective for fucks sake. It makes me mad!Been bit of a rollercoaster for me. Didnt like him at first solely because I have a problem with men in their 40s who shove grease in their hair to look like I did in 3rd grade. I´d even rather have a baldie. Maybe not a redhead there needs to be some reason. But then I was engulfed in the football and fell in love with Roberto like everyone else.
Petty disputes with key players, saying "were not Barca or Real Madrid" when losing against Charlton saying our players deserve better clubs and then moaning endlessly about selling them, not really winning any games or scoring any goals or seeing much improvement of any kind just slowly getting worse each month for about a year now only exception the start of this season. What is there to love really
He’s not on the pitch, half the problem is we haven’t invested in strikers we signed Welbeck to fill a hole and he’s now leading the line he’s just not going to score the goals needed. We are a club that doesn’t believe in buying players just because they are better than what we have.I think he’s underachieved - he had the squad - even with the injuries - to convert some of those 11 draws to wins . If he had so - we’d be a win or two away from Europe part 2.
Get off the fence man!What is there to love? He’s one of the best, and most passionate, managers in our history! Get a sense of perspective for fucks sake. It makes me mad!
Petty disputes with key players? Do you mean dropping proven wankers Trossard and Sanchez? Also, literally every Manager has had fallings out with players at some point. It's part of the job! Not winning any games? We're tenth in the f***ing Premier leauge!!!!!! We topped the group of death!!!!! Getting worse every month? Our injuries have increasingly decimated the squad as the seasons progressed.
Who ‘writes’ this f***ing shit? Worse, who reads it?"The goodwill is running out for a manager who has lost his habit of winning just as he is being linked with a move away"
Brighton fans are falling out of love with Roberto De Zerbi
The goodwill is running out for a manager who has lost his habit of winning just as he is being linked with a move awayinews.co.uk
Third option for me if only because I don't fall in love with any manager; they are all more like ships bobbing with the waves than people seem to realise; a cog in the wheel. Funds, transfers, injuries and serendipity all play a part; only managers who can exert a wider influence through other people around them (think Emery and Guardiola) really make THE difference, and they are reliant on owners staying well out of it.
RDZ got lucky with the squad he inherited (one that took 29 points from its previous 14 PL games, an achievement he was never near). The only tests you can fairly give is whether a coach: a) makes the whole larger than the sum of the parts; b) improves players. IMO RDZ fails on first test, has limited impact on second but equally several players have gone backwards this season (maybe not his fault, but he hasn't managed to salvage it).
Also airbrushes out the fact that under RDZ at the end of last season and the start of this one we took 28 points in 14 games (6-0 win over Wolves to the 3-1 win over Bournemouth). I think that’s getting bloody damn close to 29 points in 14 games (although i’m also pretty certain Potter actually got us 30 points in those 14 games).Airbrushing out:
- incredible football from Oct 22 to Sept 23.
- Steele, Dunk, MacAllister, Caicideo, Enciso, JPVH, Colwill, Verbruggen, Solly, Mitoma and Hinshelwood all improved under RDZ. Solly a great example, he finally believed in himself.
The Summer window gutted the squad. Two world class midfielders were sold and replaced with cheap dross and a kid who is nowhere near ready. We refused to sign any depth at fullback, which caused massive issues early on in the season. We lost all our wingers to injury at the same time. We entered the January window with these issues and did nothing to help RDZ overcome them. We actually weakened the midfield further and loaned out Sarmiento instead of keeping him as a wide option.I think he’s underachieved - he had the squad - even with the injuries - to convert some of those 11 draws to wins . If he had so - we’d be a win or two away from Europe part 2.