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[Albion] Fab OUT







trueblue

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
11,027
Hove
We ought to remember that, a bit like RDZ, we have a trailblazing boss that others are already trying to emulate.

There can be no greater compliment than Pep Guardiola himself adopting the ‘spectacular collapse while cruising to victory at 87 minutes’ tactic.
 


HangletonGull

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Apr 10, 2023
2,387
There would be two problems there. Firstly, we would be a laughing stock. Not even Manchester United and Chelsea sack their managers as early as that, and in such a competitive position as ours. Secondly, who would he be replaced by mid-season ? Albion operate in the middle upper band of management appointments and would have to drop lower on a speculative option.

He's here for the season at least. Rightly so. We talk about how strong the squad are, but the morning light reality is that other clubs also seem to have equally strong sides. It's the reality of the league.

Seems that the team are in a bad period of results and, as expected, he's not getting the slack others did. It was always expected to be an issue.
Having been to every home game and missed 2/3,aways, the fella has zero tactical nouce I’m not not backing him and wait till see what arsenal do to us in a few weeks time
 


HangletonGull

Well-known member
Apr 10, 2023
2,387
There would be two problems there. Firstly, we would be a laughing stock. Not even Manchester United and Chelsea sack their managers as early as that, and in such a competitive position as ours. Secondly, who would he be replaced by mid-season ? Albion operate in the middle upper band of management appointments and would have to drop lower on a speculative option.

He's here for the season at least. Rightly so. We talk about how strong the squad are, but the morning light reality is that other clubs also seem to have equally strong sides. It's the reality of the league.

Seems that the team are in a bad period of results and, as expected, he's not getting the slack others did. It was always expected to be an issue.
Competitive?? We won’t finish in top 10
 


DJ NOBO

Well-known member
Jul 18, 2004
6,866
Wiltshire
Bloom happily hired the youngest manager in premiership history.
He is not going to sack him anytime soon for showing signs of inexperience.
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
56,719
Faversham
Has he left yet?
 


Justice

Dangerous Idiot
Jun 21, 2012
21,129
Born In Shoreham
How often did we, for example, win away at Newcastle, come back from behind against Man City and Spurs? With the highest amount of injuries in the league and the impossibility of playing a settled team we are doing ok. Trust me, I'm as gutted by today and our bad run as anyone but calling for a manager's head at this stage is so mind bogglingly stupid that I almost can't comprehend it.
It’s wearing a bit thin we beat City everyone is beating City🤣
 


Krafty

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Apr 19, 2023
2,121
But you can see it’s not working , would rather part ways early than prolong it wait till arsenal vist in a few weeks
How is it not working? We are ninth with 24 points from 16 games, it seems like it is working fine. It has been four matches since our last win, which is merely 10% of the Premier League season. Let's see what happens in these next few games, shall we? I'm sure you will be regretting your comments.
 




HangletonGull

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Apr 10, 2023
2,387
How is it not working? We are ninth with 24 points from 16 games, it seems like it is working fine. It has been four matches since our last win, which is merely 10% of the Premier League season. Let's see what happens in these next few games, shall we? I'm sure you will be regretting your comments.
I hope I am but i honestly can’t see it
 


Milano

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Aug 15, 2012
4,037
Sussex but not by the sea
Bloom happily hired the youngest manager in premiership history.
He is not going to sack him anytime soon for showing signs of inexperience.
He absolutely will if the players he invested huge sums of money on are seen to be depreciating and as a team we’re going backwards.

Way too soon though, if we get nothing out of West Ham or Brentford then I’ll start to worry.
 






Mancgull

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Nov 28, 2011
5,636
Astley, Manchester
There’s help coming in the new year. We need it.

It’s a young team with a young coach, lots of inexperience and the wrong players currently injured.

I loved peak RDZ but he did turn up with half of Italy to help. We’ve basically said to FH ‘off you go’. He’s got a lot to learn about England and the Premier League but he can only do that on the job.
I didn’t think the new guy was going to directly be involved in helping coach the first team. More of a person who organises coaching across the different teams including u21s, and youth teams. I’m sure he can support Fab but ultimately the buck stops with Fabian.
What concerns me about Fab is that the passing structures we had with RDZ seem to have gone totally.
Coaching, from clips that I’ve seen, seem to be fitness drills and practice games played at break neck speed.
We seem to have lost the control that we had under Potter and RDZ and our ability to pass around teams has diminished.
We seem to have gone from a passing team to a helter skelter team who don’t have the defensive structure or defenders to play that way.
I’d like to see us play a more sensible midfield with Wieffer playing as a defensive midfielder and have Baleba playing a freer role to give us greater physicality and barrier in front of the back four. Almost like a back to basics stance as I think we have the attackers to change games but at present we are just Too open at the back and are conceding too many.
 


John Byrnes Mullet

Global Circumnavigator
Oct 4, 2004
1,316
Brighton
'What concerns me about Fab is that the passing structures we had with RDZ seem to have gone totally'
Agree with comment in previous post. We seem to be trying to play direct balls most of the time. Was awful to watch compared to RDZ ball. Sad to watch us play this new style.
 


Zeus

Well-known member
Jan 10, 2022
693
I’m a long way from Fab out and it’s highly unlikely it would happen even if we end up on a relegation battle but Jesus am I sick of his post match interviews. Four weeks running he’s said we will learn our lessons and again going back to the f’ing process. Change the record. He didn’t even sound like he believed it himself today.
 




Arrid

Active member
Jul 26, 2004
504
He might be closer to the sack than we think, those subs were very desperate people say Bloom gives time although he’s never spent £200m before.
Set plays are a mess, pressings a mess, defensively it’s a mess.
We had a kind fixture list and failed every hurdle shambles.
Do you really think so? (Closer to the sack). Bloom will stick with him unless we're dragged into a relegation scrap but we won't be. We probably only need another 5 wins to stay up .
Your ambition is overwhelming.
 


Terry Butcher Tribute Act

Well-known member
Aug 18, 2013
3,752
Sadly however OTT the 'out' posts are I think they are probably right. We have 24 points despite this bloke, not because of them. The algorithm has broken.

Seems a great bloke but I can't see any other positives of him in charge
 


Arrid

Active member
Jul 26, 2004
504
I genuinely don't know how some people get by in life with such immediate jumps to panic/doom and gloom without even considering, you know, patience and calmness. It's so w

Are people seriously considering Fabian out? The state of some fans. Pathetic.
I’ve considered it. I’m very disappointed with what I’ve seen. Desperately disappointed. No patterns, no structure, defensively naive. So there, bad fan, but yes I have “considered“ it.
 


Milano

Well-known member
Aug 15, 2012
4,037
Sussex but not by the sea
Putting a 31 year old in was a bloody big risk, the main risk being that you don’t know how he’ll react under pressure. Not just match pressure, he would have been under big pressure to put Dunk back in.
Injuries haven’t helped him at all. Not just the RB position but the fact he can’t pick the same 11 week to week. Where was Welbeck today? Where was flipping O’Riley?
 




Mancgull

Well-known member
Nov 28, 2011
5,636
Astley, Manchester
We’ll see won’t we. Next couple of games are really important for our progress and belief in the manager. Surely by Saturday we’ll have Veltman, Welbeck and Jack H back and possibly Ferdi.
If we don’t see an improvement over our last 4 games then we are on a real slide and the pressure will build.
 




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