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[Albion] Roberto De Zerbi - A work in progress







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Oct 18, 2006
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He does look like a member of a drug/crime family….. He could punch the waiter at the boy’s curry night out.
 


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Oct 12, 2022
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I was thinking of Roberto De Zerbi today, picturing him smoking incessantly in between phone calls with his agent and Marseille’s representatives. And while there were plenty of RDZ threads to choose from, the title of this thread summed him up for me.

My great fear is that he appears dogmatic, unwilling to make pragmatic changes that would somehow (to him) seem to sacrifice what he sees as his core principles. Unless he is able to introduce a greater degree of flexibility into his lineups and play, he/his teams won’t progress.

I retain a lot of respect for him, and wish him well at Marseille, but I honestly feel it was the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. It wasn’t a perfect fit. A bit more tact with the media, and a greater willingness to develop what we have rather than reach for the transfer market was required.

I’ll keep an eye on Marseille’s results next season, and especially how quickly/well they pull themselves out of any slump they get themselves into. If he manages to succeed there we’ll know that he’s learning, if he’s out of work again by his third season we’ll know that it’s Marseille that have been doing the learning.
 


Seagull's Return

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Nov 7, 2003
862
Brighton
I was thinking of Roberto De Zerbi today, picturing him smoking incessantly in between phone calls with his agent and Marseille’s representatives. And while there were plenty of RDZ threads to choose from, the title of this thread summed him up for me.

My great fear is that he appears dogmatic, unwilling to make pragmatic changes that would somehow (to him) seem to sacrifice what he sees as his core principles. Unless he is able to introduce a greater degree of flexibility into his lineups and play, he/his teams won’t progress.

I retain a lot of respect for him, and wish him well at Marseille, but I honestly feel it was the right decision to part ways with him at the end of the season. It wasn’t a perfect fit. A bit more tact with the media, and a greater willingness to develop what we have rather than reach for the transfer market was required.

I’ll keep an eye on Marseille’s results next season, and especially how quickly/well they pull themselves out of any slump they get themselves into. If he manages to succeed there we’ll know that he’s learning, if he’s out of work again by his third season we’ll know that it’s Marseille that have been doing the learning.
I did wonder if, latterly, his apparent unwillingness to deviate from his style of play might have been less dogmatism and more "imagine if I had access to better players, your kind of players, imagine how great this would look" - a kind of shop-window display for The Big Boys. Too cynical? Possibly so. To be fair, it might be that his relative inexperience meant he just couldn't adapt effectively enough to our injury problems. Should point out I'm a huge RDZ fan, and wish him nothing but the best; I agree with you that a parting of the ways was probably the best outcome all round, however.
 










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ozzygull

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Oct 6, 2003
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I hope we don't descend into slagging off RDZ. He did great things for us and was a very likeable "CA-RACK-TER "
The only time I might say bad things about him if he joined Palace, Chelsea or another Premier League team and did a knee slide if they scored against us. If he does none of those things then he will always have legendary status and wish all the best for what ever comes next.
 


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