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Being fair to Palace, I'm not sure that many are in the mood for laughing at the moment, regardless of parochial football rivalries. Today shows that any club outside the big 6 that has a successful manager is likely to have them poached Even as an Albion fan, I'll concede that Vieira has done...

With Chelsea fans attending matches and who've followed the side for years, there's not much difference. But when it comes to big clubs with a global fanbase, it's a whole lot different to the likes of the Albion. We've seen a temporary influx of supporters from various countries on social...

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People are of course free to comment as they see fit within moderator reason, although outré comments in circumstances like these often say far more about the individual than their opinions. One would hope that regardless of what one's views on the monarchy are, a degree of decorum might be...

A big 'thank you' from me. And it'll be the same tomorrow. And every other day following. Even if he goes, he'll have left the club in a much better place than when he found it. In a business as uncertain as football management, that's really all we can ask for. Chelsea isn't his best...

He can console himself with the fact that Southgate will probably still pick him. :wozza:

That's where I'm at. Leicester won the league against the odds, reached the UCL Quarter-Finals and then won the Cup. The likes of Southampton, Burnley and West Ham have all qualified for Europe in the last decade. For any Albion fan who knows their history or, like most of us on here, went...

Sussex by the sea. Not Sussex then Chelsea.

Don't take it to heart, Icy. Like the aftermath of Middlesborough and the Palace Play-Off, it's feeling like one of those days on NSC. But I'm still hoping that Potter's work/life balance appreciation will keep him in good old Sussex by the sea for now at least. Let's see how it plays out...

Sep - Dec 2022: Caretaker Manager January 2023: Graham Potter (following his sacking by Chelsea)

I think not allowing him to speak to Chelsea might well have backfired in terms of perceived stifling of ambition and holding him back. Hopefully the Albion's utter professionalism will contrast perfectly with the trigger-happy chaos that is Chelsea. Potter can make his own decision based on that.

Plenty of fans of other clubs don't think he should go there. Top 2 highest rated comments on the BBC's Tuchel sacking piece: "Potter should stay, finish the season with Brighton. He'll always be thrown in the mix for the big jobs so he's got nothing to lose by staying put." "I'd hate to see...

Top 7 and European qualification. Outside the 'big 6', being the best of the rest. Dyche did it with Burnley. Koeman did it with Southampton. Moyes did it with West Ham. Potter can do it with Brighton.

Money aside, no. Transfer window closed. No chance of building his squad by bringing in new players and moving on surplus to requirements. A bad start and with a worldwide fanbase going crazy with UCL qualification at stake, he wouldn't be there in January. I'll concede that it might've...

That's true. And I'm not myopic enough to believe that GP will stay with Albion forever. Other clubs sniffing around our staff is the unavoidable price of Albion success. But if we have to lose him, I'd rather we lost GP to country rather than club. And especially not one that won't give him...

Why go to a trigger-happy Chelsea now when the England job will be available in around 3 months time? It's not the right club for him. When Pep leaves Man City, their style of play would suit. We saw what happened to Nuno at Spurs at the start of last season. These clubs don't give managers...

I'm sure you'll enjoy it, even more so if England win. With a number of influential players like Rapinoe (37) and Morgan (33) getting on, it might be a decent time to play them. Canada beat them last summer in the Olympic Semi-Final, so I'm not convinced they've got that same invincibility as...

Home Euro success aside, the USA next month at Wembley will provide a real benchmark of where the Lionesses are. Clearly they've moved forward significantly since they were outplayed in the Semi-Final last time around. Turn them over and there's every chance of success down under.

There's much more of a gulf in women's international football qualification between the haves and have-nots than in the men's. The women's game development is still light years behind the men's, and the investment in the game globally has yet to catch up. But if you think it's not a level...

"We will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver." If being PM doesn't work out, at least she'll have a job at Deliveroo.