[Brighton] Graham Potter

Icy Gull said:

I have no problem with people bringing up CH, why not? He gave us some of our best ever times. Those two Championship seasons and our first year in the PL are my best memories of Albion achievements, topping Mullery and Poyet imo. I just don’t get why liking GP is in some way disrespectful to CH. It’s not a competition, I like both of them and follow how Forest are doing under him.

I think TB got it spot on with sacking CH and employing GP though

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keaton said:

Then we're almost agreement though I don't see why liking CH is disrespectful to GP.

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rogersix said:

also, would these players have signed for hughts?

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Icy Gull said:

No disrespect to CH from me but GP is a step up at this level imo

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keaton said:

Other than Bissouma I'd say our best players have been Veltman,Gross and March. Who are the Potter signings other than Veltman that are in the running?

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albionalex said:

Why wouldn't they?

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albionalex said:

I think in terms of playing style, it's pretty clear GP is a step up from CH at this level.

Not in terms of results, though.

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BLOCK F said:

I reckon Adam Webster has been excellent this season and certainly one of our best players.
Looking forward to seeing him back in the team.

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BLOCK F said:

I reckon Adam Webster has been excellent this season and certainly one of our best players.
Looking forward to seeing him back in the team.

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Weststander said:

I reckon that a lack of whinging home crowds allowed him to blossom.

Prior to that, any errors were met by noisy lambasting.

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albionalex said:

I think in terms of playing style, it's pretty clear GP is a step up from CH at this level.

Not in terms of results, though.

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b.w.2. said:

Solly has benefited from empty stadia the most IMHO


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b.w.2. said:

Solly has benefited from empty stadia the most IMHO


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albionalex said:

Why wouldn't they?

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albionalex said:

Not in terms of results, though.

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Guinness Boy said:

That we weren't "competing with everyone" is complete revisionism.

In Hughton's first season in the PL we beat Man Utd and Arsenal at home, beat West Ham 6-1 on aggregate in doing the double over them and drew at home to Everton and Spurs, We deployed a low block against Man City because everyone below 10th did that season but we attacked Chelsea at home with wingbacks and the Greyhound on a licence to thrill, though it lost us the game 4-0. We had a dig at Liverpool and got taken to bits by Coutinho.

The difference was probably in how we tackled those below us. Swansea were dispatched 4-1 and West Brom 3-1 in the first season. It was the capitulations to Cardiff and Bournemouth that lost CH his job.

There are other anomalies of course. Many complained about CH's approach away, yet Potter has won FAR too few home games. CH was better against Palace, which are the two games that personally mean most to me each season as a fan. The one time CH attacked them we lost 3-2. He didn't make that mistake again.

A lot of our "too open" mistakes in that era were due to playing the Greyhound. Both Lamptey and Veltman are infinitely better players, and only available to Potter.

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albionalex said:

I think in terms of playing style, it's pretty clear GP is a step up from CH at this level.

Not in terms of results, though.

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rogersix said:

beacause an attack minded player won't relish playing in a low block, 6-3-1

i think it was tross who said he signed for the manager

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albionalex said:

Yet we managed to sign Izzy, Ali J, Locadia, Andone, Bissouma and Gross.

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rogersix said:

those 6 didn't actually play very often tho, not sure why

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