[Albion] Graham Potter joins on four-year deal

Triggaaar said:

Excuse me - 1910 Charity Shield, which was the top honours of the time.

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Brighton Lines said:

Since the war:

Division 2: Albion- 21 seasons, Swansea City- 28 seasons
Division 1: Albion- 6 seasons Swansea City: 9 seasons

Prior to the war Albion were in Division 3 South and Swansea City were mostly in Division 2.

Major Honours: Swansea City- League Cup 2013, Albion- None

Highest positions: Swansea City- 3rd Division 1 1981, Albion-13th- Division 1 1982.

Europe (excluding Welsh Cup qualification) Swansea City 1 (2012/13- Europa League last 32) Albion 0

Historically they are above us in achievements.

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Kosh said:

I’ve made it out of bed, had a herbal tea, read every single viewpoint on here, considered all sides of the respective arguments re what this appointment might bring and...

And...

I think it’s important to state I don’t wish GP any ill fortune and I would never wish to see my club struggle or lose games just to prove or score ‘internet’ points on a pointless forum. However, next season will, I suspect, be one of significant transition, painful long goodbyes to players loyal to and integral to the CH years. It’s going to take a reasonable amount of time to GP to assemble a squad suited to his expansive and athletic style. Just about surviving is therefore about as much as we can aspire to... we could be deep in it or comfortably out of it, my hope is that we just survive. Thus I pray those jumping for joy are able to temper runaway expectations when the harsh reality of the PL (re)-bites.

If this is indeed the will of the board, then so be it. The club has my support and so will the new manager, but with expectations in line with sodding reality.

The style may change, the results may not. I hope people remember this when (perhaps) clamouring for a more pragmatic and safety first approach to get points on the board...

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Triggaaar said:

I was just kidding, following the panicking when he hadn't signed in the first few days.

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Nobby said:

Top, top post.

Explains all the agonies of the last week.

The loyalty to Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club fighting with the loyalty to Chris Hughton.

And in the end, over time, the Football Club will always emerge victorious, there is no choice.

History will judge whether losing loyalty to Hughton was misplaced.

But in the end, and after a very difficult week, I’m now looking forward to next season again.

Kosh’s post will probably need to be bounced when we have lost our first four games 3-5, 1-4, 0-6 and 3-4 and fans will be hankering back to the dull 0-0 draws 0-1 and 0-2 defeats and occasional 1-0 fluke wins.

Hey, at least it will be exciting!

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Nobby said:

Top, top post.

Explains all the agonies of the last week.

The loyalty to Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club fighting with the loyalty to Chris Hughton.

And in the end, over time, the Football Club will always emerge victorious, there is no choice.

History will judge whether losing loyalty to Hughton was misplacled.

But in the end, and after a very difficult week, I’m now looking forward to next season again.

Kosh’s post will probably need to be bounced when we have lost our first four games 3-5, 1-4, 0-6 and 3-4 and fans will be hankering back to the dull 0-0 draws 0-1 and 0-2 defeats and occasional 1-0 fluke wins.

Hey, at least it will be exciting!

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Nobby said:

Kosh’s post will probably need to be bounced when we have lost our first four games 3-5, 1-4, 0-6 and 3-4 and fans will be hankering back to the dull 0-0 draws 0-1 and 0-2 defeats and occasional 1-0 fluke wins.

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Icy Gull said:

I will never hanker for what we saw the second half of last season. If that means relegation to the Championship, so be it. A team scared of it’s own shadow doesn’t deserve to be at the top table.

The occasional backs to wall is 100% acceptable but when you are scared of every team in the division, the time for a change has come, we reached that point imo. Potter may be a disaster but what was the second half of last season?

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Hugo Rune said:

Well if last season is anything to go by. . . .

Harry had his Swans primed from the beginning of last season winning two then drawing two including blunting the mighty blades and taking two points off European Giant and Championship pace maker Leeds.

Things then were up and down for our Harry as you would expect from a team finishing 10th. However - the Swans conceded 3 goals at home to Birmingham, relegated Ipswich and relegated Rotherham.

You see, that ‘attacking football’ comes at a price. That price might be our Premiership status if our defence is as leaky as his Swans set-up. Our defence has looked horrific this season when the team has stepped out to attack (Fulham away and Bmuff at home being prime examples), he has work to do.

Let’s hope he focuses on clean sheets as much as attractive progressive football.

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Hugo Rune said:

Well if last season is anything to go by. . . .

Harry had his Swans primed from the beginning of last season winning two then drawing two including blunting the mighty blades and taking two points off European Giant and Championship pace maker Leeds.

Things then were up and down for our Harry as you would expect from a team finishing 10th. However - the Swans conceded 3 goals at home to Birmingham, relegated Ipswich and relegated Rotherham.

You see, that ‘attacking football’ comes at a price. That price might be our Premiership status if our defence is as leaky as his Swans set-up. Our defence has looked horrific this season when the team has stepped out to attack (Fulham away and Bmuff at home being prime examples), he has work to do.

Let’s hope he focuses on clean sheets as much as attractive progressive football.

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Triggaaar said:

"But that match seems to have been a turning point because their record since then is awful.

They’ve played 22 league games since that goal-less draw at the DW Stadium, conceding 36 goals. Only four teams in the entire division have conceded more in that period and three of them are currently in the relegation zone"

Not sure I'd call it interesting. Worrying, yes. Our Achilles heal is letting in goals on the break.

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Lifelong Supporter said:

I found this an interesting read

www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cant-ignore-swansea-citys-elephant-15905704

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Hugo Rune said:

I remember the rage of NSC with Sami Hyypiä’s full backs bombing forward. This sort of stuff about Harry’s former team is very worrying:

“At the start of the season the Swans were rock solid at the back but struggled at the other end of the pitch. They may have only conceded six goals in the opening 11 games but they were also scoring less than a goal per game.

That situation has since been reversed. The Swans have scored in 19 of their last 22 games but it may be that Swansea’s increased success at one end of the pitch is having an adverse effect at the other.

Swansea are trying to play a very open game, involving the entire team in attacks. Full-backs bomb forward, centre-backs are encouraged to dribble through the middle of the pitch, and while this is very exciting to watch it seems to have unbalanced the side.

We can’t say for sure what kind of impact the constant chopping and changing of formations and starting XIs is having on the defence but it can’t be easy to form strong partnerships when those partnerships keep getting broken up.”

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Hugo Rune said:

I remember the rage of NSC with Sami Hyypiä’s full backs bombing forward. This sort of stuff about Harry’s former team is very worrying:

“At the start of the season the Swans were rock solid at the back but struggled at the other end of the pitch. They may have only conceded six goals in the opening 11 games but they were also scoring less than a goal per game.

That situation has since been reversed. The Swans have scored in 19 of their last 22 games but it may be that Swansea’s increased success at one end of the pitch is having an adverse effect at the other.

Swansea are trying to play a very open game, involving the entire team in attacks. Full-backs bomb forward, centre-backs are encouraged to dribble through the middle of the pitch, and while this is very exciting to watch it seems to have unbalanced the side.

We can’t say for sure what kind of impact the constant chopping and changing of formations and starting XIs is having on the defence but it can’t be easy to form strong partnerships when those partnerships keep getting broken up.”

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Hugo Rune said:

I remember the rage of NSC with Sami Hyypiä’s full backs bombing forward. This sort of stuff about Harry’s former team is very worrying:

“At the start of the season the Swans were rock solid at the back but struggled at the other end of the pitch. They may have only conceded six goals in the opening 11 games but they were also scoring less than a goal per game.

That situation has since been reversed. The Swans have scored in 19 of their last 22 games but it may be that Swansea’s increased success at one end of the pitch is having an adverse effect at the other.

Swansea are trying to play a very open game, involving the entire team in attacks. Full-backs bomb forward, centre-backs are encouraged to dribble through the middle of the pitch, and while this is very exciting to watch it seems to have unbalanced the side.

We can’t say for sure what kind of impact the constant chopping and changing of formations and starting XIs is having on the defence but it can’t be easy to form strong partnerships when those partnerships keep getting broken up.”

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Driver8 said:

The thought of Duffy dribbling out from the back fills me with dread!

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One Teddy Maybank said:

Then turns round and plays a ‘blind’ back pass, after doing the Cruyff turn.


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Driver8 said:

The thought of Duffy dribbling out from the back fills me with dread!

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Icy Gull said:

I’m looking forward to seeing him play Widow Twankey in Potter’s Xmas Pantomine production to take the players out of their comfort zone

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