[Albion] Potter- what’s he up to?

[jcdenton08]

You know what I'm talking about. The whole "I accidently saw Aaron Connolly smoking a cigarette in his bathtub when I was starting through his window"-ish kind of stuff that just makes a man go down on his knees and pray it isn't as sad as it sounds, which it luckily isn't most times.

Me not believing a word you say is not a "diss", but a benefit of doubt. A belief in that you're not the tabloidic gossip girl you present yourself as.

You’ve had this explained to you so many times…

People know people attached to the club. They aren’t A-list celebrities hanging out at exclusive members only establishments. They’re regular people who shop at the local Tesco (quite a few go to the Tescl on Church Road, Hove actually - because the club own properties near there they rent to the players). Aaron Connolly was a regular at Shoosh nightclub in Brighton, people saw him all the time and he was photographed regularly there, usually extremely drunk.

I don’t mean to be unkind, as I appreciate you are a self-confessed recluse with poor social skills.

But people on here know players, ex-players, ex-managers and coaches, physios, the kit man, the tea lady. This is very common and normal in our country.

I’ve ended up in the same pub at the same time as ex-players over the years, and even a mate of a mate brought one along. It happens.

For someone so knowledgeable about the technical aspects of football, you are completely clueless yet confidently incorrect about our city, our club and our supporters.

Get out and touch grass - and I don’t mean weed.

 

[Han Solo]

You do talk some nonsense. I passed on what he said to someone I know. I wasn't there, I don't know the tone of the reply, I don't know whether it was more "Why would I go to that shit club" or "I'm hoping to hold out for something a bit higher up than that but let's see" type response- it could be either, or somewhere in between. No idea. For you to decide that this isn't 'realistic' or 'anywhere in character' from that is just weird, however much you think you know your hero. And as it was when they were still in the Championship it seems a perfectly fair response to me.

Potter still lives in Hove, and I know we are back to this completely bizarre point yet again that you just can't fathom that Premier League players / footballers don't live in caves and do interact with members of the public in Sussex, but here we are again.

The idea that I would pretend that someone I know had a brief chat with him about the Southampton job so I could post it on the internet is really f***ing weird. It's hardly the greatest ITK claim in the world, is it?

I know man. Someone told you Joao Pedro fell out with the club. Connollys hairdresser told you about his poor lifestyle. The night club owner at some night club told you the same thing. Your Graham Potter-friend told you.

Apparently everyone and their mother are talking Brighton-related stuff with you 24/7, or you are a weird man travelling through the city asking people what this or that 20-year-old is spending their Friday nights doing, or you're just lying. Whichever it is, it is sad.

I live in a city with a similar population as Brighton. This doesn't mean that I know where Malmö FF players eat their kebab, get their hair cuts or if they drink four beers rather than three, because I'm not bizarre/sad/pathetic like that. In a lot of other ways I am, but not like that. You're 40 or something and should either cut out the compulsive paparazzi-wannabe-shit or the compulsive lying. Just a thought.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Well this thread has taken a turn for the entertaining, has to be said

 

[Commander]

I know man. Someone told you Joao Pedro fell out with the club. Connollys hairdresser told you about his poor lifestyle. The night club owner at some night club told you the same thing. Your Graham Potter-friend told you.

Apparently everyone and their mother are talking Brighton-related stuff with you 24/7, or you are a weird man travelling through the city asking people what this or that 20-year-old is spending their Friday nights doing, or you're just lying. Whichever it is, it is sad.

I live in a city with a similar population as Brighton. This doesn't mean that I know where Malmö FF players eat their kebab, get their hair cuts or if they drink four beers rather than three, because I'm not bizarre/sad/pathetic like that. In a lot of other ways I am, but not like that. You're 40 or something and should either cut out the compulsive paparazzi-wannabe-shit or the compulsive lying. Just a thought.

I think you need help.

 

[Zeberdi]

A genuine question, other than @Han Solo, would anyone here take Potter back as our head coach at some stage?

I've realised that my annoyance with the bloke lasted exactly 2 years .

I don't think he's a coaching/man-management deity, still a work in progress.

No.

In case anyone hasn’t noticed our style and level of football has moved on over the past two seasons.

Starlizard had the opportunity to identify Potter as the best replacement for RDZ - but even though Potter was local and immediately available and despite getting us to 9th place finish in the League several seasons ago, it didn’t.

The Club wanted better.

 

[Commander]

A genuine question, other than @Han Solo, would anyone here take Potter back as our head coach at some stage?

I've realised that my annoyance with the bloke lasted exactly 2 years .

I don't think he's a coaching/man-management deity, still a work in progress.

Maybe at some point. Time heals and he is a decent enough manager. Would be surprised if Bloom ever thought he was the answer again though.

 

[Swegulls]

A genuine question, other than @Han Solo, would anyone here take Potter back as our head coach at some stage?

I've realised that my annoyance with the bloke lasted exactly 2 years .

I don't think he's a coaching/man-management deity, still a work in progress.

Yes!

 

[junior]

I live in a city with a similar population as Brighton. This doesn't mean that I know where Malmö FF players eat their kebab, get their hair cuts or if they drink four beers rather than three, because I'm not bizarre/sad/pathetic like that. In a lot of other ways I am, but not like that.

More likely because you don't go out, and spend your days sat at home behind a computer screen with your cock in one hand and a spliff in the other.

 

[Kosh]

More likely because you don't go out, and spend your days sat at home behind a computer screen with your cock in one hand and a spliff in the other.

Blimey - what's he typing with ? If he's mushing his head against the keyboard, it's surprisingly articulate stuff...

 

[Commander]

More likely because you don't go out, and spend your days sat at home behind a computer screen with your cock in one hand and a spliff in the other.

Indeed.

I still find it incredible that somebody who has never been to Sussex thinks he knows the place better than hundreds of people who live here.

Are you Hurzeler OUT yet mate? It’s about this time of a new manager’s reign when you start to turn, isn’t it?

 

[BBassic]

Well this thread has taken a turn for the entertaining, has to be said

It's gone the same way every thread SoloSwan posts in

 

[LamieRobertson]

More likely because you don't go out, and spend your days sat at home behind a computer screen with your cock in one hand and a spliff in the other.

Hang on wheres the pizza? Second thoughts don’t reply

 

[chickens]

A genuine question, other than @Han Solo, would anyone here take Potter back as our head coach at some stage?

I've realised that my annoyance with the bloke lasted exactly 2 years .

I don't think he's a coaching/man-management deity, still a work in progress.

Not me. Potter never got us anywhere near Europe, and seemed to think we needed a history lesson when we wanted to progress.

Subsequent coaches have shown what’s possible, and I’m far happier with the new chap, even if we do have to go through a slightly painful acclimatisation period.

 

[TugWilson]

Potter on SSN now and the Bournemouthy game tonight , comes across as feel sorry for me for some reason

 

[clapham_gull]

Can someone explain the middle age man thing with trainers with white contrasting soles ?

 

[Weststander]

Potter on SSN now and the Bournemouthy game tonight , comes across as feel sorry for me for some reason

He’s damaged goods from @Tom Hark Preston Park ’s online bullying during his time here .

 

[Guinness Boy]

“Sometimes teams underperform their xG”

Like every single f***ing one of yours.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Well he's been to Turkey

 

[Bish Bosh]

Turkey for teeth-whitening?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Well he's been to Turkey

Glow up almost complete. Just the light up “live love laugh” sign in the kitchen to go.