Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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Depends how you value success.
If he had stayed at Chelsea, and they had been relegated, he would have achieved godlike status.
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[Albion] The Potter in/out thread
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Depends how you value success.
If he had stayed at Chelsea, and they had been relegated, he would have achieved godlike status.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
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The 9th was incredibly lucky and relied on a series of results all falling for us on the final day. At HT v WHU we were 13th. 45 min later we were 9th. We got lucky. GP started the next season well and the rest is history. Top half made people sit up and take notice. 13th wouldn't have had the same effect. He wouldn't have gone to Chelsea and may still be here, improving his cv and looking like the next England mgr.
The press bigged GP up into something he wasnt and they have done the same with RDZ. Epithets such as ' great ' and ' genius ' should be reserved for those who deserve them, not those still learning their trade.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
It shouldn’t be forgotten that he left us a possibly the worse time in the season and it was something he had most likely planned over the summer. A big bouncing no from me.
bhadebenhams
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- Mar 14, 2009
- 343
Exactly. Grate should be kept only for Dean Wilkins. He finished 7th compared to Potter’s 9th and so is twice as gooder but no one mentions Wilkins because Dick Tight controls the MSM.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
He was covering his arse with history lesson rubbish he knew full well the fans were bored with yet another home draw.
Did Potter achieve top six? People are raving about 9th so what are we saying a poor season under RDZ in the league was Potters ceiling?
- May 8, 2018
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Handy for those who missed out
Potter did an excellent job, especially taking over a team with little appetite (or apparent aptitude) for passing football - and turning us into an accomplished ball-playing outfit.
But I was looking back at that game at the Emirates in April 2022 that turned it all round for him…what a team!
Sanchez
Veltman-Dunk-Cucurella
Gross - Mwepu - Bissouma - Caicedo - Trossard
Mac Allister
Welbeck
My God - what would De Zerbi have done with that team in the second half of last season?!
But I was looking back at that game at the Emirates in April 2022 that turned it all round for him…what a team!
Sanchez
Veltman-Dunk-Cucurella
Gross - Mwepu - Bissouma - Caicedo - Trossard
Mac Allister
Welbeck
My God - what would De Zerbi have done with that team in the second half of last season?!
No one really knows whether Potter would've achieved Europe if he had stayed, but it was looking promising before his departure. Nevertheless, Brighton were elevated to new heights during his tenure (achieving mid-table stability) then De Zerbi came in and took the club to even greater heights by qualifying for Europe.But I’d argue if Chelsea hadn’t sacked Tuchel, and Potter had stayed, and with no RDZ we would not have got into Europe.
Yes we were 4th, but in 1974 Carlisle United were top after three games, yet finished 22nd
I don't think our success can be put down to one manager, as it was the combination of all three Premier League managers (CH, GP, RDZ) that got us to this great position we are in currently.
And we know that RDZ just gave us a bottom half finish …
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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Won’t be tossing them back, it’s a 5 year agreement, family and work colleagues can go, and I will do the odd game if I fancy it, safe in the knowledge that GP, if it is he that’s in the dugout come August, is my 29th permanent Albion manager, so it won’t be forever
I’m still hoping this is all a bizarre homage to Kent Walton and Dickie Davies and this whole Potter returning saga is as genuine as Professional Wrestling
I don't think we ever saw Potter's ceiling. The season in which he left looked promising for us, we were fourth when Potter left which suggests that we could have exceeded that 9th place finish.
Perhaps fans' expectations have grown over time but 9th place is what I would call a successful season for us, and same with 11th. I would like to see Brighton continue with mid-table stability however TB will likely be much more ambitious than that.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Four points off Gpott’s 9th with an injury crisis and a sold off midfield. The only thing we can deal with here is facts RDZ top 6 Potter 9th the rest is all speculation.And we know that RDZ just gave us a bottom half finish …
RDZ top 6 with the help of Potter
And finished 11th in his only full season
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
I can’t see that many would do differently from our Graham, but we’d all understand there was some price to be paid. And that includes not being able to waltz back.
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Potter is unemployed so surely he would be in the door by now if he was coming
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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A fact I’m clinging on to
Tony Pulis’s blue and white army it is then!
Mustafa II
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Hopefully we're just ironing out the final details, getting his team ready, etc, before the big press conference.
He is clearly far from 1st choice but then again, better than the vast majority of managers the bookies are linking us with who have never managed at the top level anywhere.
Things will could start to get emotional and difficult for the Potter Out Brigade if McKenna goes to Manure next week and we’ve not filled our vacancy.