Just looked up how Lens did under him, and it's not shabby: Haise took over midway through the 2019-20 Ligue 2 season, in which Lens finished 2nd, one point behind champions Lorient; they finished 7th in Ligue 1 in 2020-21 and 2021-22; 2nd in 2022-23, qualifying for the Champions League, one...
Worth noting that that season Kalmar scored 41 goals (and shipped 39) for a GD of +2 -- the fewest goals of any team in the top eight and the worst goal difference of any team in the top nine.
This is brought up in this episode of the club podcast as well: https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/4010735/infiltrating-the-gritty-world-of-football-hooliganism
Indeed, was looking forward to the match as a palate cleanser after the end of our season only to suffer something of a PTSD episode :down: To wit, Atalanta scored three and kept a clean sheet with just 33% possession.
I was under the impression he had been placed on gardening leave and would not assume the job until the end of the transfer window. Was this never the case?
Missed opportunity to make a "Big in Japan" reference :down:
Gross, surely! Look at that jawline.
Not sure it would make a difference, really. Japanese fans would presumably be upset if he didn't play even if he didn't feature prominently in the promo materials.
Ding dong, the BBC's got it wrong: "Chelsea and Manchester United ... would no longer be required to pay a compensation package to Brighton [for RDZ]."