25-million-euro-old man
I’ve read some harsh comments about AJ but none can top that
[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
Just thinking we’ve come a long way from the Six Million Dollar Man.... Steve Austin
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
[Albion] Alireza Jahanbakhsh joins Feyenoord
- Thread starter alexanderhills
- Start date
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
Just thinking we’ve come a long way from the Six Million Dollar Man.... Steve Austin
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's funny how we've already seen at least 7 players flourish, this season, playing Potterball.
Yet Ali still isn't afforded the right or ability to make that 8.
Yet Ali still isn't afforded the right or ability to make that 8.
the right footed denilson
New member
We all want him to succeed. I trust Potter implicitly, but if there’s any truth in Ali J being seen as a wing back this would surely be his biggest miracle to date- he looks lightweight and too slow to play there, and all we have been told by Iranians and the Dutch is he’ll come good if he plays high up the pitch.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Who outside of NSC has Ali as a wing-back?
As for the "We all want him to succeed" line that always sounds so hollow.
'I'm going to slag off one specific player at every conceivable opportunity or just shoe horn in abuse despite said player not even being discussed'
But
'I hope he comes good, after all I am a 'supporter' of the Albion'.
All a load of bollox.
the right footed denilson
New member
People use this place to vent. Most supporters want our players to succeed or at least start paying back the millions we paid for them even if they hurl dogshite abuse at them on NSC.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Frankworthington
Well-known member
This,Unfortunately.
Happy for that narrative to transfer around the ground as with a Stephens or Bong misplaced pass.
'It's ok I can moan, groan, shout abuse at them because I know everyone (in my bubble) agrees with me'.
Second choice right wing back - who’d have thought that!![emoji23]
Get ready for the anti-Ali League (who all think the ultra slow Bruno would have been ideal as a right wing back) castigating our Ali for not having enough pace to play this role or the role that Groß currently holds.
Postman Pat
Well-known member
I would expect Ali to be one of the front 3 replacing Trossard or Gross, but as he isn't even making the bench he isn't getting a chance. Maybe once we see the famous flexibility of GP formations, or after an outstanding game against Bristol Rovers in the Carabao, then he'll get his chance.
Personally speaking I want every single Brighton player to be the greatest player in the history of football, Ali included, and I hope with a new manager and a new approach he shows us the player we saw in the Eredivisie, the countless highlight videos and the player the Iranian supporters expecting him to be (Ronaldo/Messi and Beckham rolled into one). However.....there is a point where you have to stop wishing and realise it just isn't going to happen. Lets hope Ali isn't at that point just yet.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh signs on a 5-year deal for a club record fee
Great post.
Potter was tactically superior to Gracia & Pellegrini. At that level, he needs to be light years ahead of the folk on NSC and he’s proved it again. Even the Potter experts are struggling to work out what he’s doing.
I’m very much looking forward to what tactical gems he’s got up his wizard’s sleeve for Stains.
What a wonderful start to the season we are having.
“Has he gone on loan yet?” Ha ha ha ha ha. [emoji51]
Great post.
Potter was tactically superior to Gracia & Pellegrini. At that level, he needs to be light years ahead of the folk on NSC and he’s proved it again. Even the Potter experts are struggling to work out what he’s doing.
I’m very much looking forward to what tactical gems he’s got up his wizard’s sleeve for Stains.
What a wonderful start to the season we are having.
“Has he gone on loan yet?” Ha ha ha ha ha. [emoji51]
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
In terms of value for money, quite possibly BHAFC's worst ever signing
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
Unless he turns it around this year.
ifightbears
Well-known member
Seen as the second RWB ! Interesting.
I agree, despite that being heavily laced with subtext!
There most definitely is a point where losses have to be cut, and chances are that conversation is soon rather than later.
But it most certainly isn't on the back of the last dour season.
Failing to make the grade under Potter, when so many other have almost instantly kicked on, doesn't give Ali much time to impress.
I guess many of us had GP appointment as turning an oil tanker around.
Plenty of time.
Ship out the deadwood.
Promote yoof.
Instead we might just be sat at on a speedboat.
Instant change.
Not an inch of fat in the squad.
Promote yoof.
Ali's gonna have to hit the ground running when he does get an opportunity, because that chance isn't going to be open ended.
As I've frequently said:-
Let's give him the chance to fail with his boots on.
Better that than assuming he's going to fail whist simultaneously lavish praise on all the other previous 'failures'.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
If Potter didn't see potential in AJ surely he'd have pushed to get him loaned out? The potential for an Ashley Barnes level bounce of this thread is exciting for me 
Normally players improve dramatically according to NSC if they aren't playing, AJ is the exception to this rule clearly!
Normally players improve dramatically according to NSC if they aren't playing, AJ is the exception to this rule clearly!
That didn't age well.
Seemingly Mr Potter is looking upon Ali as a wing back.
[tweet]1164441862482079745[/tweet]
ewe2
Well-known member
AJ is not a defender.......or winger.....or striker........but just maybe that luxury number 10.........IMO obviously......
Graham Potter, apparently
It isn't 'bollox' at all. We all want ALL of our players to be good. But to suggest that we all must pretend that they ARE good / HAVE BEEN good, despite all the evidence of our eyes, is just nonsense.
I've never seen one poster, ever, type anything that suggests they WANT Jahanbaksh to fail. If people watch him over the course of 20 appearances, and opine that they think he is slow or lightweight, and they don't think he'll succeed at this level, doesn't mean they don't want him to. If 10 players in the Albion squad are playing at their best, we'll do okay. If 25 are playing at their best we'll fly. Who doesn't want that?
The only time I've seen mention of him in threads not dedicated to his stuttering Albion career, are the 'Team for xxxx' threads, when a couple of blind-faith AJ fanbois like to try to inexplicably shoe-horn him in, and inevitably people respond, appropriately.
Meade's Ball
Well-known member
A wing back? Me no thinky so, from the less than fully alert mannerisms he's shown us thus far.
I thought him an ace signing, obviously with a whizzbangeroo in his boot, and i don't think it impossible to find his feet, but it seems to be about tempo and slow reading of situations. Maybe Potty thinks that the wing-back role will awaken his urgency and reaction time. If so i would think the result of that would be in being the attacking player he was rather than a sometime defender.
I thought him an ace signing, obviously with a whizzbangeroo in his boot, and i don't think it impossible to find his feet, but it seems to be about tempo and slow reading of situations. Maybe Potty thinks that the wing-back role will awaken his urgency and reaction time. If so i would think the result of that would be in being the attacking player he was rather than a sometime defender.