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







Sepulveda

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Mar 19, 2023
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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

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Jul 5, 2003
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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.
 




Neville's Breakfast

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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.
 






Sepulveda

Notts County's younger cousins' fan
Mar 19, 2023
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Northern Italy
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

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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.
 








Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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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.
 














smillie's garden

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Aug 11, 2003
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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

Notts County's younger cousins' fan
Mar 19, 2023
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Northern Italy
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.
 
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Guinness Boy

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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.
Unlikely. Lallana is contracted as a player so attracts a transfer fee currently. Once out of contract he could theoretically go anywhere.

However, his kid is in Southampton’s academy which is why he splits time between Bournemouth and Hove. Can’t see him moving abroad or away from the South Coast. Next step is a coaching job with us.
 




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