And that's precisely what it's about really. Buy a promising player - blend him into the team and get him to learn and improve on the aspects the manager wants him to learn and improve upon - gradually give him more time, till he's the best option. The Brighton Model in a nutshell.
I've steered clear of the Steele v Verbruggen stuff. I quite like Steele, and admire what he's done in the last few years - but I must say I did feel more comfortable and confident with Bart in goal today. It just felt more solid somehow. And I also noticed that De Zerbi didn't keep the 2...