Nah. Even removed Frank Lampard just to try and save some people from FURIOUSLY groaning at the 0.2% chance he gets the job.Absolutely. I can only think there are a few names on that list that the OP put on as a hilarious “joke” to prove Brighton fans don’t know anything about football.
Wait. You think Brighton - sorry “we” - would employ Beale, OGS, Cocu or Parker to name but four?Nah. Even removed Frank Lampard just to try and save some people from FURIOUSLY groaning at the 0.2% chance he gets the job.
You don't mean they have a.... plan b?They play direct football against better teams and dominant football against worse teams. They are top 5 in Ligue 1 both in terms of avg possession and long balls.
Anyone who says we didn’t, didn’t watch us against Newcastle and Villa.You don't mean they have a.... plan b?
As it happens, I didn't, but I wasn't being serious anyway.Anyone who says we didn’t, didn’t watch us against Newcastle and Villa.
Unless, of course, playing one way against one type of opponent and another against a different type is really, in combination, a single Plan A.
Fair enough.As it happens, I didn't, but I wasn't being serious anyway.
Hence the enormous row of laughing emojis.
I stand corrected.
At 54%, Brest actually had 1% more possession than McKenna’s Ipswich last season as an average over all games.
If he can combine possession and then directness in a game (which RDZ rarely did) like McKenna, I guess I’m in.
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My interest has been perked.
I’ve deleted my search history.The idea of you googling “Brest Characteristics” is tremendous
There’s one clear conclusion we can draw from that table; staring us in the face.
Anyone who says we didn’t, didn’t watch us against Newcastle and Villa.
Unless, of course, playing one way against one type of opponent and another against a different type is really, in combination, a single Plan A.
Yes, completely changing tactics with half the squad injured and games on Thursday and Sunday should be a complete doddle,The annoying thing is that plan B got activated very late in the season when the stropping surliness had also been reined in. Shame it didn’t happen earlier in the season, we might then be going into next season with the same manager and a higher placed finish
Yes, completely changing tactics with half the squad injured and games on Thursday and Sunday should be a complete doddle,
The real frustration for me is that we spent a good chunk of the season not playing in the Europa league (and also not in either of the other cup competitions) and still didn't improve.Yes, completely changing tactics with half the squad injured and games on Thursday and Sunday should be a complete doddle,
Which is fair enough.The real frustration for me is that we spent a good chunk of the season not playing in the Europa league (and also not in either of the other cup competitions) and still didn't improve.
Partly because I obviously want us to do well, but also in large part because there was a golden opportunity to support my longstanding argument about the Europa league not making as much difference as most people insist it does.
This is hilarious. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Wow. The fact that there so many random names on this list only proves the point that you’re trying to counter… that there are absolutely no standout candidates for the Brighton job and that the club will be betting the house on the next appointment. What will the bookmakers make of the betting market now?!"Dear God! Do we have to choose between Graham Potter and Steve Cooper? We're missing out on everyone else!"
There's maybe a 5% chance of something that one of those two are coaching us next season...
See this as the anti-panic thread.
This is my (incomplete, because if I spend another hour on it I'd find a couple more) list of non-Cooper/Potter managers who I could imagine us appointing (in most cases to much excitement):
Unemployed
Gerhard Struber (last club RB Salzburg)
Mark van Bommel (Antwerp)
Gio van Bronckhorst (Rangers)
Stefano Pioli (Milan)
Pascal Jansen (AZ)
Javi Gracia (Leeds)
Quique Setién (Villarreal)
Bruno Genesio (Rennes)
Niko Kovac (Wolfsburg)
Will Still (Reims)
Scott Parker (Club Brugge)
Rafa Benitez (Celta Vigo)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United)
Laurent Blanc (Lyon)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV)
Liam Rosenior (Hull)
Marcelo Gallardo (Saudi somewhere)
Michael Beale (Sunderland)
Philip Cocu (Vitesse)
Wouter Vrancken (Genk)
Employed
Thorsten Fink (St Truiden)
Luke Williams (Swansea)
Michael Carrick (Middlesbrough)
Carlos Corberan (West Bromwich)
Kjetil Knutsen (Bodö/Glimt)
Eric Roy (Brest)
Vincenzo Italiano (Fiorentina)
Hein Vanhaezebrouck (Gent)
Jindrich Tripsovsky (Slavia Prague)
Feel free to add to the list or tell me if someone snuck off and found himself a new job or something.
That the names are random to you really has no impact on their quality.This is hilarious. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer? Wow. The fact that there so many random names on this list only proves the point that you’re trying to counter… that there are absolutely no standout candidates for the Brighton job and that the club will be betting the house on the next appointment. What will the bookmakers make of the betting market now?!
Good grief no and thrice no!There’s one clear conclusion we can draw from that table; staring us in the face.
We should play in red.
Ex Brighton, and his wife, Jo (nee Wilson) - who he met while he was here, was the leader of ‘Gullys Girls’ - the club’s cheerleading squad!Oh yeah, sorry - thats the name. Fixing it.
He had a rough start with the results (because their squad is a really poor one) but the football instantly improved and by the end of the season they looked strong, dominating games and creating lots of chances.
Swansea possession in their final 10 games:
Watford 63%
Bristol City 72%
Cardiff 55%
Sheffield Wed 68%
QPR 68%
Middlesbrough 58%
Stoke 50%
Rotheram 70%
Huddersfield 67%
Norwich 58%
Millwall 67%
Didn't know he was ex-Brighton but makes him even more interesting.