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

[Sid and the Sharknados]

They're all Liverpool and Celtic fans.

Says all you need to know.

Let's be fair.

Some of them support Man U.

 

[The Fits]

Andrea Maldera seems really interesting. Great experience and obviously a very thorough mind. Looking forward to hearing from him.

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[um bongo molongo]

Catching up on my football podcasts. Both James Horncastle and Nicky Bandini are Italian football experts and seem excited by the appointment. They both said that he plays very attacking football, and that his teams score loads and concede loads. Sounds like it won't be dull.

The bit that’s keeping me up at night is just how we become a team that scores loads. I love Solly but if RDZ can teach him to shoot then he’s nothing short of a miracle worker. And turning us in to a side that concedes loads without the scoring loads bit is not a great formula. Hopefully he can adapt, but I suspect (as with Potter) we’ll see a regression before he does work out how to make his ideas work in the PL. it took GP two years. We’re going to need to be patient I think.

 

[amexer]

I am sure I read within days of Potters departure he was making it clear he had been watching many Albion games and was ready to be interviewed. May have been on PBs list but we were certainly on his

 

[Baldseagull]

I am sure I read within days of Potters departure he was making it clear he had been watching many Albion games and was ready to be interviewed. May have been on PBs list but we were certainly on his

I imagine PB first contacted his agent to say we are interested, his agent says I will get him to check you out. He watches a few of the recent games, hopefully not Fulham away first or he might not have bothered checking the rest, liked what he saw so delved deeper and thought this was a team he could do well with, and says I am ready for an interview. I doubt he just started watching our games and put himself forward for the job on the off chance, without some knowledge we may want him.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Just watched the interview.
I must say there is something of a twinkle in De Zerbi's eye, that gives me the impression that we have someone special on our hands.

 

[Mental Lental]

Lol this thread. A bunch of monolingual Brits barely literate in ONE language, criticizing the new manager’s uptake of what is probably his 3rd or even 4th language.

Classic.

 

[Baldseagull]

His criteria for how to spend big money on players would also rule out signing Haaland

- played in your league before
- scored goals in your league
- consistently performed in your league
- no injuries

What a clown!!

We all know he is thinking ‘British jobs for British workers’ the walking anachronism

We just got dead lucky with Cucurella, Veltman, Gross, Moder, Mwepu, Trossard etc.
We have 4 players in the squad that had been at PL clubs before coming here, Steele never made a PL appearance before, has only made 1 here, Lamptey had 30 minutes at Chelsea, and then Welbeck and Lallana, who Souness wouldn't fancy on injury record.
We have literally no one at all that fits Souness' criteria in our squad.

 

[brighton_tom]

The bit that’s keeping me up at night is just how we become a team that scores loads. I love Solly but if RDZ can teach him to shoot then he’s nothing short of a miracle worker. And turning us in to a side that concedes loads without the scoring loads bit is not a great formula. Hopefully he can adapt, but I suspect (as with Potter) we’ll see a regression before he does work out how to make his ideas work in the PL. it took GP two years. We’re going to need to be patient I think.

Scoring loads but also conceding loads scares me. If you're a team that concedes loads its very difficult to stop that, and the goals scored can quickly dry up if say young dont have a prolific stiker or Premier League defences figure out a way to nullify you. I hope its not like Leeds last season. If he's going to make things work in the Premier League it needs to be the neat quick passing going forward but always with a strong base, so we're not caught out with endless counter attacks.

 

[Weststander]

Telegraph article tonight.

 

[US Seagull]

I am scratching my head to think of one single Irish football club. Dublin United? Cork Unstoppered? Do they even play the game? Isn't the native game something like 50 a side, on hands and knees, chasing a cabbage? "Gabh cabáiste dom le haghaidh mo dhinnéar álainn" I think it's called.

In other news, Liz Truss delivers a condescending lecture on socialism.

I have, or at least had if the misses threw it out 'cos I'm too fat, a University College Dublin shirt.

I visited there for work once (the college, not the football club), and they gave me one.

 

[jcdenton08]

Souness is making it sound like a concern because he keeps getting sacked and if he was any good clubs would have wanted to keep him, however the reason he's had a lot of jobs is because he's moved up the footballing ladder quite quickly as a manager.

Started at Serie D Darfo Boario which is semi pro and then left to take over as manager of Foggia in Serie C, he left there after 2 years due to a disagreement with the board and was quickly snapped up by Palermo in Serie A. That didn't last long, just 12 games, but Palmero were a car crash at the time and sacked the next two managers after him even quicker. He then joined Benevito after a year out of the game and despite being relegated he was praised for his possession based attacking football. After relegation he left to take over Sassuolo and led them to two 8th places finishes missing out on Europe on goal difference one season. He then left there to manage Shaktar but obviously left because of the war in Ukraine, however he was very reluctant to leave and wouldn't do so until his players were all safe.

Obviously the concern should be more about him getting snapped up by a bigger club should he do well here, he was on Juventus radar when we gave him the job, but if managers are doing well here it's something we are going to have to get used to.

Your write up, when read objectively, isn’t that encouraging.

 

[rool]

FWIW: I don't know if anybody here ever watches the Irish Guy, but he absolutely hated Potter (and still does) and hates us for some reason (he thinks we are all hipsters). Still, he is sometimes entertaining. Here are his thoughts on De Zerbi (starting around 7:11)



To be fair, he's whole schtick is complaining about how much things failing. The only thing he ever seems positive about is José Mourinho

Irish, hates Potter, it's Jolly Red Giant isn't it?

 

[Bakero]

Your write up, when read objectively, isn’t that encouraging.

What part in particular?

Palermo were going through managers like fat kid goes through Pringles. Foggia had problems off the pitch and were being punished for financial irregularities, including tax evasion and money laundering. Benevento were completely out of their depth so no surprise that they went down but by all accounts he improved them greatly when he took over midseason.

 

[Bakero]

https://www.skysports.com/football/...zlEaUNDOFl4TUh4dnB4TXQ5UmJia3doRHRuQ2NIdE55aQ..

. "So what is De Zerbi's style and what will he offer Brighton? We explore the data from his final season in charge at Sassuolo and take a look under the hood..."

 

[oldboyroy]

I fancy us to turn Liverpool over on their own patch week Saturday! Although i could be very wrong. How long before the ya don't know wot ya doing chant

 

[Clive Walker]

I fancy us to turn Liverpool over on their own patch week Saturday! Although i could be very wrong. How long before the ya don't know wot ya doing chant

I fear if we try RDZ brand from the outset we will get spanked by Liverpool.

 

[Seasider78]

Stuck with Potter during the 14 game winless home run and 6 defeats on the bounce as we could see he was building towards something better so will show the same patience with De Zerbi.

It took Potter 2 seasons to refine that system and we looked well coached and incredibly strong in these past 6 months but expecting that to carry on with the run of fixtures and only weeks in the job is unfair on de Zerbi.

Seems a hungry manager who really wanted to come here and has some interesting ideas and systems which the players will have to adapt to as he adapts to the league

Really excited to see how things develop over the remainder of the season

 

[Icy Gull]

Irish, hates Potter, it's Jolly Red Giant isn't it?

Jesus that was a hard listen, I’d drink up and leave the pub if I had to listen to him holding court in the background. So De Zerbi is another Hyypia, we’ll soon find out

That guy would do well to expend some of his energy sorting out that khazi he’s broadcasting from.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Jesus that was a hard listen, I’d drink up and leave the pub if I had to listen to him holding court in the background. So De Zerbi is another Hyypia, we’ll soon find out

That guy would do well to expend some of his energy sorting out that khazi he’s broadcasting from.

**** in the video contradicts himself.

He’s another Hyypia, but he should have held out for the Juventus job according to that video.

So he’s either shit and going to be found out at Brighton or he is so good should be managing a Champions League side, which is it? Cause it can’t be both.