[Albion] Who do you want to become our new manager?

[keaton]

If RDZ had left to join another a club I could see why Potter's return made sense. But I can't see any sense in sacking/binning off RDZ and giving Potter back the job

 

[Frutos]

Rumour has it Xavi was sacked because the Barca president caught him Googling "How much is it to go on the Palace Pier?" and listening to a playlist of Terry Garoghan songs.

Make of that what you will.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Rumour has it Xavi was sacked because the Barca president caught him Googling "How much is it to go on the Palace Pier?" and listening to a playlist of Terry Garoghan songs.

Make of that what you will.

Any excuse.

 

[Mancgull]

Franck Haise is now available after leaving RC Lens. Was he already on our list, is he any good, its hard to keep up at the moment.

Interesting as he was rumoured as a potential Potter replacement when Potter left.

 

[peterward]

33/1 on Skybet. The 45 yo manager of Lyon, Pierre Sage looks a decent fit.

How Pierre Sage Took Lyon from Last Place to the UEFA Europa League

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Pierre Sage Transforms Olympique Lyonnais' Fortunes

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www.ligue1.com

 

[wehatepalace]

I think Tony Bloom deserves more respect than that, but if this is what happens then I guess Potter will be a failure and we get relegated. Shame.

Nah, sorry…..it’s got nothing to do with the respect I have for Tony Bloom and everything to do with the disrespect I have for Graham Potter.
The man’s a weasel.

 

[MJsGhost]

You're right, they have lined up Herr Flick.

General von Klinkerhoffen lined up as DoF?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If Potter didn’t have ambition, he wouldn’t have left for Chelsea, as above. I don’t think a cattle prod is needed, maybe a caffeine boost to get Potter running up and down the touch line!

He was probably surprised that BHA fans didn’t sit back and applaud him for getting the Chelsea job. It’s a testament to our progress that his departure was met more with anger than sadness. That shows the level of expectations from fans, he cannot accuse fans of lacking ambition and if he wants a demanding job, here it is. Achieving success without cheating Financial Fair play should be more satisfying than working for a club that just spends spend spends.

The club does not express such high expectations itself, due to keeping the club on a sound financial footing, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t want trophies.

Now he has seen what this club can deliver, he should have the appetite to exceed De Zerbi’s achievements (reaching quarter finals of Europa League might be a bit tough, but why not strive for that).

It‘s not unrealistic for BHA to at least reach a cup final. We’ve come close in recent years, once under Chris Hughton with a much less talented squad. It was criminal not to beat Wolves and reach a semi-final again this season. Manchester United were for the taking and an FA Cup Final was within reach.

Potter is the best jobless manager with Premier League experience, like it or not Potter haters.

Why the divisive language? Nobody is a Potter hater nor a Potter lover. It doesn’t help the debate by exaggerating.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

33/1 on Skybet. The 45 yo manager of Lyon, Pierre Sage looks a decent fit.

How Pierre Sage Took Lyon from Last Place to the UEFA Europa League

On the 30th November 2023, unknown managerial rookie Pierre Sage was appointed as Lyon’s third manager of the season. Les Gones were only 12 games into the season but sat bottom of the league with just three points. Meanwhile behind the scenes, in-fighting and threatened lawsuits between new and...

breakingthelines.com

Pierre Sage Transforms Olympique Lyonnais' Fortunes

Olympique Lyonnais found themselves in a relegation battle for the first half of the Ligue 1 season while going through Laurent Blanc and Fabio Grosso as their managers. Pierre Sage took over the mana

www.ligue1.com

I'd imagine we'll want someone with more than 6 months' management experience!

 

[HyperTony]

Xavi would be amazing. I don't know if it could get more FLAIR.

 

[MJsGhost]

Why the divisive language? Nobody is a Potter hater nor a Potter lover. It doesn’t help the debate by exaggerating.

I respect the point you're making, but there are definitely some whose posts suggest otherwise

 

[peterward]

I'd imagine we'll want someone with more than 6 months' management experience!

Maresca has 10 months now!

 

[GT49er]

If RDZ had left to join another a club I could see why Potter's return made sense. But I can't see any sense in sacking/binning off RDZ and giving Potter back the job

TB and PB didn't sack |Potter, nor did they want hm to go.

 

[Lawros Lip]

As managers on the lists for new manager go elsewhere, It’s going to be Potter isn’t it.

 

[The Fits]

We went from scoring 51 goals in 43 games under Potter, to 91 in 46 under De Zerbi and you think it was just because of Mac Allister and Caicedo being great, alongside Mitoma being allowed on the pitch? It was almost exactly the same squad. The only similarity between the two managers was a favouring for a Guardiola-style positional possession based tactic. How they implemented that is extremely different.

And if you think lack of goals was a Brighton problem, his Chelsea team, who the previous season under "pragmatic" Tuchel scored 76 in 38, scored just 21 in 23 games. This is with considerably better players than De Zerbi had at his disposal.

Potter did a good job at Brighton but he is a very strong defensive coach who deploys a system that is simply unable to get loads of goals. At the time we may have thought it was because of a lack of quality, but the evidence shows that Potter's style is the issue. Emotions aside, he would be completely the wrong choice. I've been shown what is possible at Brighton under a quality attacking focussed coach and I cannot believe anyone would want to go backwards from there.

Amen Brother/Sister. That should be the end of this Potter nonsense. We are meant to be a progressive club, ambitious, full of ideas.

 

[Beanstalk]

Amen Brother/Sister. That should be the end of this Potter nonsense. We are meant to be a progressive club, ambitious, full of ideas.

Absolutely. I just want the club to take a step forward - it doesn't have to be revolutionary, but it does have to be forwards. We have moved well past Potter and his style.

 

[dippy2449]

Nah, sorry…..it’s got nothing to do with the respect I have for Tony Bloom and everything to do with the disrespect I have for Graham Potter.
The man’s a weasel.

One should never let personal feelings get in the way of professional judgements.
If after the sifting process, GP is the best candidate then cold hard logic should prevail

 

[Beanstalk]

33/1 on Skybet. The 45 yo manager of Lyon, Pierre Sage looks a decent fit.

How Pierre Sage Took Lyon from Last Place to the UEFA Europa League

On the 30th November 2023, unknown managerial rookie Pierre Sage was appointed as Lyon’s third manager of the season. Les Gones were only 12 games into the season but sat bottom of the league with just three points. Meanwhile behind the scenes, in-fighting and threatened lawsuits between new and...

breakingthelines.com

Pierre Sage Transforms Olympique Lyonnais' Fortunes

Olympique Lyonnais found themselves in a relegation battle for the first half of the Ligue 1 season while going through Laurent Blanc and Fabio Grosso as their managers. Pierre Sage took over the mana

www.ligue1.com

Absolutely fascinating manager but... his incredible success at Lyon is very short term. Can we say that he would be able to replicate that at Brighton? Ligue 1 is putting forward some incredible short term performances by managers but there isn't huge amounts of evidence that it is sustainable in the long term - Will Still at Stade Reims, Eric Roy at Brest, Pierre Sage at Lyon, Farioli at Nice.

With such a quiet background before Lyon (a youth coach, and 13 games as manager in the highest amateur league in France) there probably isn't enough evidence to say he'd be the right choice at Brighton yet. Can't see him leaving Lyon and if he has a season like this one, then that would change everything.

 

[keaton]

TB and PB didn't sack |Potter, nor did they want hm to go.

I know

 

[heathgate]

I think Tony Bloom deserves more respect than that, but if this is what happens then I guess Potter will be a failure and we get relegated. Shame.

I think we respect Bloom enough to know that he will understand the strength of negative feeling this potential appointment will generate.... Potter and Bruno, plus the Bjorn/Benny combo can all sit this one out thanks.