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

[Bakero]

are we now saying that an Italian would chose to manage Brighton over one of the biggest clubs in Italy?

Well, that's what our resident Italian is saying. I'm not going to argue.

Eh, I really don't think he'll leave the money heaven that is the PL to come back to Serie A this summer, especially at Inter.

 

[Sepulveda]

Would Inter be able to afford his compensation? Aren't they in a huge financial mess at the moment?

They have been for a while, but the authorities aren't in a hurry when it comes to investigating them

are we now saying that an Italian would chose to manage Brighton over one of the biggest clubs in Italy?

I'm saying he'd choose a PL club rather than one in Serie A right now, as in recent Italian interviews he didn't seem keen on returning so soon. I personally think he'll stay at least another year at Brighton regardless, but he'll certainly stay if you make it to the CL. Inter are 4th in Serie A (and this is not counting us, they'd be 5th if we get our -15 points penalty revoked), and they don't really play the kind of football that he likes, besides also having some lumbering expensive players like Lukaku that wouldn't fit him that well.

 

[Clive Walker]

i find that hard to believe. If one of the top 4 Italian teams come calling I would suggest he would be off as quick as a pair of essex girls knickers.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

are we now saying that an Italian would chose to manage Brighton over one of the biggest clubs in Italy?

I am saying that Inter won't be able to afford him.

 

[Sepulveda]

i find that hard to believe. If one of the top 4 Italian teams come calling I would suggest he would be off as quick as a pair of essex girls knickers.

We believe different things then haha, neither of us has a crystal ball so who knows, just fans making predictions. I'm curious though, if you get to the CL (meaning getting 4h place) why do you think he'd leave you for Inter?

 

[Icy Gull]

We believe different things then haha, neither of us has a crystal ball so who knows, just fans making predictions. I'm curious though, if you get to the CL (meaning getting 4h place) why do you think he'd leave you for Inter?

Without meaning to be negative, I think our chances of CL this season are pretty small, love to be wrong. I agree though IF we pulled it off I really doubt he'd want to leave, not that he does anyway.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

i find that hard to believe. If one of the top 4 Italian teams come calling I would suggest he would be off as quick as a pair of essex girls knickers.

Do you mean an Essex girl's pair of knickers, or the knickers of a pair of Essex girls ?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I could see him giving you 1 more year then going to big Italian team. I'm sure he enjoys the competition in England.

And when that happens he will take his coaching team with him. That is likely to include Adam Lallana, if I’m reading the ‘second father’ interviews correctly. I hope people will be better emotionally prepared this time for the wholesale departure of non Albion fan employees.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Do you mean an Essex girl's pair of knickers, or the knickers of a pair of Essex girls ?

Has the apostrophe ever been more necessary?

 

[Sepulveda]

Without meaning to be negative, I think our chances of CL this season are pretty small, love to be wrong. I agree though IF we pulled it off I really doubt he'd want to leave, not that he does anyway.

I mean, he stayed 3 years at Sassuolo where they finished 11th, 8th and 8th. It's true that in his first year there he wasn't as well-known and sought-after as he is now, but from how he talks about his teams he seems to like a project, and you have the potential to be a really good one. If the project stagnates and he thinks he can't do anything more to improve it, he leaves (like he did after 3 years at Sassuolo.)

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

We believe different things then haha, neither of us has a crystal ball so who knows, just fans making predictions. I'm curious though, if you get to the CL (meaning getting 4h place) why do you think he'd leave you for Inter?

I suspect @Clive Walker doesn't realise how MASSIVE we are these days.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

next post please

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I suspect @Clive Walker doesn't realise how MASSIVE we are these days.

I've heard we are so MASSIVE now that we might have to relocate to Yorkshire.

 

[Triggaaar]

We believe different things then haha, neither of us has a crystal ball so who knows, just fans making predictions. I'm curious though, if you get to the CL (meaning getting 4h place) why do you think he'd leave you for Inter?

We won't get 4th place, no chance.

 

[Sepulveda]

We won't get 4th place, no chance.

Alright, I still don't think he'll go to Serie A in the summer. It's obviously just what I personally think, I don't have any inside knowledge or anything.

 

[Bakero]

We won't get 4th place, no chance.

~10% chance.

 

[Rookie]

We won't get 4th place, no chance.

Of course there is a chance. A small (minuscule) chance but there is a chance

 

[Triggaaar]

Of course there is a chance. A small (minuscule) chance but there is a chance

Nope, I've checked, and apparently it's completely impossible.

 

[smillie's garden]

I haven't seen Roberto's Bournemuff conference analysed on here yet - sorry if fixtures. It's the most straightforward admission I've seen from him that the goal is European football - we want to play three times a week! Also, I loved him talking about how much he loves winning away - it seems to give him a real buzz. Not really drawn into discussion re the departures of Potter and Rodgers, only saying that coaches are given too much importance in the game. Hmm, a little coy there, maybe?!

 

[Sepulveda]

saying that coaches are given too much importance in the game. Hmm, a little coy there, maybe?!

To be fair he's often said in press conferences that players are what's really important, and that he doesn't control them with a joystick and wants their decisions on the pitch to be their own.