[Football] Russell Martin, De Zerbi's eventual successor?

[Brian Fantana]

Parking the ludicrous Potter suggestion, the other candidates mentioned (Martin, Lallana, McKenna, Rosenior etc) all need an extra step before managing us - if we continue to inhabit the higher reaches of the PL, IMO.

 

[rippleman]

I believe when the day comes, for RDZ to move on. Then a certain Adam Lallana will slip straight into his seat, with the minimum of fuss.

With absolutely no managerial experience whatsoever. Anywhere. At any level.

No thanks!

 

[rippleman]

Worked well with Poyet.

Ummmm

Poyet had been at three clubs as assistant manager before he joined us. And where were we? In League One. A world away from managing a top half PL club.

 

[American Seagle]

Ummmm

Poyet had been at three clubs as assistant manager before he joined us. And where were we? In League One. A world away from managing a top half PL club.

The original post was that Brighton wouldn't give a manager their first position. All I was saying is that is false as we have done so in the past.

 

[Surf's Up]

Russell Martin, De Zerbi's eventual successor?​

No

 

[Lurchy]

The original post was that Brighton wouldn't give a manager their first position. All I was saying is that is false as we have done so in the past.

We were in a very different position as a club then.

Tony will want someone in who has a track record that matches our playing principles and club philosophy.

Francesco Farioli and Matthias Jaissle will be on our short list.

 

[Brian Fantana]

The original post was that Brighton wouldn't give a manager their first position. All I was saying is that is false as we have done so in the past.

The original post was mine and I was fully aware when making that Brighton had previously given first managerial roles to others, but it was clearly meant in the context of doing so in the PL, rather than the lower divisions. I would bet my mortgage on RDZ's successor not being a first time manager.

 

[American Seagle]

The original post was mine and I was fully aware when making that Brighton had previously given first managerial roles to others, but it was clearly meant in the context of doing so in the PL, rather than the lower divisions. I would bet my mortgage on RDZ's successor not being a first time manager.

I would bet Bloom will hire the right person for the job regardless of prior experience. Why dismiss a potentially good manager? I think Bloom will look at the evidence in front of him and not dismiss a candidate based on the assumption they will need experience.

 

[Albion my Albion]

I would bet Bloom will hire the right person for the job regardless of prior experience. Why dismiss a potentially good manager? I think Bloom will look at the evidence in front of him and not dismiss a candidate based on the assumption they will need experience.

Yes, it goes back to the saying "how does one get experience (in the PL) if one is not given their first experience (in the PL) in the first place."

 

[Brian Fantana]

I would bet Bloom will hire the right person for the job regardless of prior experience. Why dismiss a potentially good manager? I think Bloom will look at the evidence in front of him and not dismiss a candidate based on the assumption they will need experience.

It is not an assumption that someone needs experience before they get a PL managerial job. That's borne out by the number of times a PL job has gone to someone with no managerial experience, excluding short caretaker spells. Without looking it up, I'd guess it has happened less than 5 times before.

 

[American Seagle]

It is not an assumption that someone needs experience before they get a PL managerial job. That's borne out by the number of times a PL job has gone to someone with no managerial experience, excluding short caretaker spells. Without looking it up, I'd guess it has happened less than 5 times before.

If you look at the clubs recruitment it is exactly this sort of myth we don't take notice of.

 

[Brian Fantana]

If you look at the clubs recruitment it is exactly this sort of myth we don't take notice of.

I'm interested to explore this further. I'm struggling to see the connection between managers very rarely getting PL jobs without experience and our club's recruitment stance.

At a very obvious level, if you look at the two managerial appointments that Tony has made whilst we've been in the PL, neither were appointed as first time managers. Both had built their careers and reputations in a variety of leagues and countries.

I'm guessing you're probably referring to our transfer policy of being very data-driven and managing to unearth a collection of players who have performed at a PL level whilst not coming with a PL price tag or reputation. Whilst that is clearly something that we do differently to most clubs, my argument is that you have much more room for error when pursuing that policy at a player level because you're always going to have a mix of tried-and-tested squad members and very experienced heads like Welbeck, Lallana and Milner etc to balance things out.

The idea that we'd apply the same process when choosing a manager isn't something I'm really prepared to back. There's far less room for error if the gamble doesn't pay off. Yes, can you easily pay someone off and find a replacement, but often a pre-season/transfer window has been wasted in the process.

Whilst I'm fully on board with the idea of choosing less "fashionable" or obvious managerial candidates (let's be honest, RDZ came out of the blue for many people in terms of who he was, his style and what he'd achieved etc), I genuinely don't believe that whilst we're in the PL at least Tony will appoint someone as manager who hasn't done the job before at first team level anywhere else.

 

[American Seagle]

I'm interested to explore this further. I'm struggling to see the connection between managers very rarely getting PL jobs without experience and our club's recruitment stance.

At a very obvious level, if you look at the two managerial appointments that Tony has made whilst we've been in the PL, neither were appointed as first time managers. Both had built their careers and reputations in a variety of leagues and countries.

I'm guessing you're probably referring to our transfer policy of being very data-driven and managing to unearth a collection of players who have performed at a PL level whilst not coming with a PL price tag or reputation. Whilst that is clearly something that we do differently to most clubs, my argument is that you have much more room for error when pursuing that policy at a player level because you're always going to have a mix of tried-and-tested squad members and very experienced heads like Welbeck, Lallana and Milner etc to balance things out.

The idea that we'd apply the same process when choosing a manager isn't something I'm really prepared to back. There's far less room for error if the gamble doesn't pay off. Yes, can you easily pay someone off and find a replacement, but often a pre-season/transfer window has been wasted in the process.

Whilst I'm fully on board with the idea of choosing less "fashionable" or obvious managerial candidates (let's be honest, RDZ came out of the blue for many people in terms of who he was, his style and what he'd achieved etc), I genuinely don't believe that whilst we're in the PL at least Tony will appoint someone as manager who hasn't done the job before at first team level anywhere else.

It is probably unlikely, but I really wouldn't rule it out. Especially an in-house appointment.