[Albion] Roberto De Zerbi - JOINS AS NEW HEAD COACH (4 year contract)

[GT49er]

Ben Jacons is a ****. End of.

Yes, he may well be all of that. Nowt nuch wrong with that article though.

 

[smillie's garden]

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Exactly - lighted hearted Saturday Night fluff as I said - but I’ve been stuck in an an isolation ward since last Sunday with severe Covid - pumped full of anti-inflammatory steroids, it’s Saturday night and I’m fcuking bored

Yuck. Get well soon mate.

 

[rogersix]

There's a club that knows how to treat a top keeper.

what did happen with the great dane?

 

[Grizz]

Sanchez is only 25, barely cooked as a Goalkeeper, so plenty of time for him to fight for his place and figure out how to cut out the bloopers that get highlighted so often. He's a cracking goalkeeper, getting dropped in favour of the excellent Steele could be motivation he needs to take his game to that genuine elite level. All this talk of selling him is daft.

 

[Javeaseagull]

Sanchez is only 25, barely cooked as a Goalkeeper, so plenty of time for him to fight for his place and figure out how to cut out the bloopers that get highlighted so often. He's a cracking goalkeeper, getting dropped in favour of the excellent Steele could be motivation he needs to take his game to that genuine elite level. All this talk of selling him is daft.

Agree. I think it is known in the game as a “Kick up the arse” that he probably needs and shows him that Steele is genuine competition for the shirt. He will rise to the challenge, I’m sure, because he won’t get to keep for Spain if he is not getting game time.

 

[Icy Gull]

Agree. I think it is known in the game as a “Kick up the arse” that he probably needs and shows him that Steele is genuine competition for the shirt. He will rise to the challenge, I’m sure, because he won’t get to keep for Spain if he is not getting game time.

Agreed, I think Sanchez is a player who probably needs a kick up the arse rather than a cuddle, Steele however is probably in the needs a cuddle rather than a kick up the arse type. Didn’t he have a torrid time in the North East at Sunderland (?) before he came here?

Steele making a much bigger cock up than Sanchez last week.

 

[Stat Brother]

Sanchez is only 25, barely cooked as a Goalkeeper, so plenty of time for him to fight for his place and figure out how to cut out the bloopers that get highlighted so often. He's a cracking goalkeeper, getting dropped in favour of the excellent Steele could be motivation he needs to take his game to that genuine elite level. All this talk of selling him is daft.

It stops being daft when he's holding up the production line.
I have no idea where the club is at with that, and the skillset therein.

But for us, on the outside, to be dismissive of 25 year old Bob is as you say daft (and very much on brand!)

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

For the manager too. The English image of Italy is that if you lose three matches in a row you get the sack. It's not quite the same here. Managers tend to get time. There are some exceptions, Watford being a famous one. Watford are owned by an Italian..

A question. My Italian team is Lazio. This pre-dates Gascoigne. I kind of stopped following them a little bit because I was told that their fans were right wing fascists and somehow liking them made me a bad person. How true is this ?

I'm not saying they are fascists, but Paulo is a typical Lazio ultra.

And Mussolini's grandson, Romano Floriani Mussolini, is on their books.

They are the antithesis of cute and cuddly BHA.

 

[brighton_tom]

I'm not saying they are fascists, but Paulo is a typical Lazio ultra.

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And Mussolini's grandson, Romano Floriani Mussolini, is on their books.

They are the antithesis of cute and cuddly BHA.

Went to the Bologna vs Lazio game a few weeks back and saw a fair few fascist style salutes amongst their fans who’d gathered in the city pre-game, presumably their ultras.

 

[Wozza]

No. Leicester didn't offer him a proper new contract. The agent has a PhD in after-timing.

They couldn’t afford to keep him.

Was on a whopping £6.7m a year…

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

They couldn’t afford to keep him.

Was on a whopping £6.7m a year…

Crikey!

£128K a week.....

Still.....this is Schmeichel though...

And 6.7 million is about half the amount of 'prize' money you miss out on by finishing 15th instead of 5th....

Position	Prize money
1st	£44 million ($54.4 million)
2nd	£41.8 million ($51.7 million)
3rd	£39.6 million ($49 million)
4th	£37.4 million ($46.3 million)
5th	£35.2 million ($43.6 million)
6th	£33 million ($40.8 million)
7th	£30.8 million ($38.1 million)
8th	£28.6 million ($35.4 million)
9th	£26.4 million ($32.7 million)
10th	£24.2 million ($29.9 million)
11th	£22 million ($27.2 million)
12th	£19.8 million ($24.5 million)
13th	£17.6 million ($21.8 million)
14th	£15.4 million ($19.1 million)
15th	£13.2 million ($16.3 million)
16th	£11 million ($13.6 million)
17th	£8.8 million ($10.9 million)
18th	£6.6 million ($8.2 million)
19th	£4.4 million ($5.4 million)
20th	£2.2 million ($2.7 million)

 

[Wozza]

Crikey!

£128K a week.....

Still.....this is Schmeichel though...

And 6.7 million is about half the amount of 'prize' money you miss out on by finishing 15th instead of 5th....

He wasn't their only highly paid player...

Leicester City announce club-record loss of £92.5m in latest accounts for 2021/22 season

The figure is almost three times the loss they made the previous year (£31.2m) although is unusually high in part due to the Covid pandemic; Leicesters owners were prepared for the large deficit after deciding to increase their losses and maximise investment in the squad

www.skysports.com

 

[JBizzle]

Pretty definitive from Naylor on De Zerbi's "release clause":

 

[dadams2k11]

Pretty definitive from Naylor on De Zerbi's "release clause":

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But potter had one, and it was activated

 

[JBizzle]

But potter had one, and it was activated

Nope, apparently not:

 

[dazzer6666]

Pretty definitive from Naylor on De Zerbi's "release clause":

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Release ? Buyout ?

 

[jcdenton08]

Pretty definitive from Naylor on De Zerbi's "release clause":

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Very interesting from Naylor. It wasn’t what I was told but I’m guessing his ITK’s are solid.

 

[Springal]

Very interesting from Naylor. It wasn’t what I was told but I’m guessing his ITK’s are solid.

But Naylor says Brighton would never put release clauses in, yet we did for Potter so go figure ?!

 

[Swansman]

Just a case of Naylor not having a clue, unfortunately.

 

[jcdenton08]

But Naylor says Brighton would never put release clauses in, yet we did for Potter so go figure ?!

Yeah, sorry just seen that. It’s strange that he’s being so hostile, I’m sensing he enjoyed his moment of infamy with the Arsenal fans and Caicedo saga perhaps a little too much.