[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City *** Official Match Thread ***

[jimhigham]

There was quite a good reader's comment as well talking about how ruthless we're becoming: "We're the Seagulls. GIVE US YOUR CHIPS!"

Should we be nicking that as a chant?

 

[Brovion]

Should we be nicking that as a chant?

Actually that could work, to the same tune as "Premier League? You're having a laugh!" - "We're the seagulls, give us yer chips, we're the seagulls, give us yer chips."

 

[jimhigham]

Actually that could work, to the same tune as "Premier League? You're having a laugh!" - "We're the seagulls, give us yer chips, we're the seagulls, give us yer chips."

Why are we even asking for the chips? We should just be taking them.

We’re nicking your chips
We’re nicking your chiiiiiiiiips
We’re the Seagulls
We’re nicking your chips

I seem to have got off topic. I’ll get my coat.

 

[Eric the meek]

I was thinking about how we fared against Leicester yesterday. I used to look up to them as a top championship side. Before we got promoted, we used to compete with clubs like Leicester, Newcastle, Watford, Cardiff, Reading, Norwich, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, Burnley etc.

Having improved the most, we are the pick of the bunch.

Is this #peakalbion? No, I don't think so. It's much more likely that we are still a work in progress.

Given that we've been improving for years, and that we've improved more than all those clubs mentioned, and many others, it is quite possible, perhaps probable, that the best is yet to come.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Obviously we don’t have the decorated history or the gravitas or the absolute massive pile of dosh that other clubs can muster, but the way we run this club completely works for us.

If we continue in the same vein with the people in place that we’ve got, we’ve got such a great shot at grabbing a European spot, and wouldn’t that be incredible. From where we’ve come from.

 

[sydney]

It’s funny, as this afternoon I commented Leicester were missing Schmeichel, and this evening, I’m watching Schmeichel in goal for Nice. I’m in a campsite bar, just glanced up at the large tv, just as he was taking a goal kick.
He has a clean sheet so far.

Nice...

 

[sydney]

I was thinking about how we fared against Leicester yesterday. I used to look up to them as a top championship side. Before we got promoted, we used to compete with clubs like Leicester, Newcastle, Watford, Cardiff, Reading, Norwich, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, Burnley etc.

Having improved the most, we are the pick of the bunch.

Is this #peakalbion? No, I don't think so. It's much more likely that we are still a work in progress.

Given that we've been improving for years, and that we've improved more than all those clubs mentioned, and many others, it is quite possible, perhaps probable, that the best is yet to come.

i think the odd one out of the ones you mentioned is Newcastle , obviously with their oil and blood money they are going to be top 4 in a few years but **** em , just **** em ......the Bloom family have been Brighton fans for years , his money comes from comparatively ethical sources and he doesn't behead people for pinching sugar lumps ......so yeah you're right and did i mention , **** Newcastle.

 

[Brok]

Well you deserve a couple of points for that prediction.

Not really, I predicted 'Other'

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Potter has improved so many players. Mac Allister, March, Gross, Welbeck, Trossard, the list goes on.

Yep.

This thread highlights a lot of revisionism in recent times on here. I was truly gutted he left and am enjoying the Chelsea meltdown as much as anyone but some of the ‘fraud’ type comments about him are ridiculous. He’s a good coach, did a great job for us and I do feel a bit sorry for him now, he looks haunted.

Really wish he hadn’t joined Chelsea, horrible club on so many levels.

 

[B-right-on]

Yep.

This thread highlights a lot of revisionism in recent times on here. I was truly gutted he left and am enjoying the Chelsea meltdown as much as anyone but some of the ‘fraud’ type comments about him are ridiculous. He’s a good coach, did a great job for us and I do feel a bit sorry for him now, he looks haunted.

Really wish he hadn’t joined Chelsea, horrible club on so many levels.

Oh I know. Lets take a thread that's 4 months old that's peak Potter and use it to bash fellow fans that have stayed loyal to the club, over a previous manager who did a very good job but has now LEFT.

Yes he did a good job.

He's GONE. Under very disrespectful circumstances for BHAFC and Mr Bloom

Get over it FFS.

 

[Weststander]

Potter definitely did do a good job for us, especially once it finally clicked into gear from April.

But I’ve realised these things aren’t binary, there’s something in the DNA of our set up that gives a constant for players to improve. Estupinan, Caicedo, Mitoma and Mac Allister are better players than they were on 4 September.

Potter and RDZ were/are just part of our playing side success.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Potter definitely did do a good job for us, especially once it finally clicked into gear from April.

But I’ve realised these things aren’t binary, there’s something in the DNA of our set up that gives a constant for players to improve. Estupinan, Caicedo, Mitoma and Mac Allister are better players than they were on 4 September.

Potter and RDZ were/are just part of our playing side success.

This! This! THIS!

I had a very high regard for Potter. When the news first broke of Chelsea's interest, I was utterly convinced he was too clever and conscientious, to make such an obvious mistake. The timing was wrong - the club was wrong - he would get better opportunities given time and he would get all the time he needed with us.

He had a supportive senior management team, who had developed a system providing him with a conveyor belt of talented, young players, to be moulded into an existing team ethos, where players and management were completely aligned in their goals and core values.

When he went through his long winless runs, he would often mention how good the set up was at Brighton and how he was just 1 part of the process.
Then when he got his chance at Chelsea, he took all that for granted and assumed his genius would carry him through.

The way it has fallen apart so quickly is hilarious, but not surprising.
He's made £60m from it, so he's done more than ok, but he sacrificed his reputation for it.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Potter definitely did do a good job for us, especially once it finally clicked into gear from April.

But I’ve realised these things aren’t binary, there’s something in the DNA of our set up that gives a constant for players to improve. Estupinan, Caicedo, Mitoma and Mac Allister are better players than they were on 4 September.

Potter and RDZ were/are just part of our playing side success.

Absolutely it’s not binary. Potter, like Hughton before and RDZ now was very lucky to work for what most of us would agree is the best run club in the country with the best owner/chairman, CEO and previously best Director of Football in the league (and let’s not forget that Ashworth is the reason we got Potter).

One of the things they do well is identify excellent coaches/managers and that is what Potter is yet I’ve read on here comments that he actually isn’t very good and is a fraud which is nonsense.

I’m excited about the football we’re playing and the future under RDZ building on Potter’s legacy and unlike most on here, I watched his Sassuolo side at the time too so I know how good his football can be. I really like the guy but ultimately his only PL wins have come against what we’d all agree were dreadful, off form teams so far - the unique Chelsea game and then the three teams currently in the relegation zone. I don’t think we’ve hit the heights of some the performances under Potter yet. Hopefully tomorrow can be a real statement result for us and he can continue the promising start.

But our success at the moment is massively thanks to the excellent Potter work too despite some of the stuff written on here about him.

 

[B-right-on]

his only PL wins have come against what we’d all agree were dreadful, off form teams so far - the unique Chelsea game and then the three teams currently in the relegation zone. I don’t think we’ve hit the heights of some the performances under Potter yet. Hopefully tomorrow can be a real statement result for us and he can continue the promising start.

But our success at the moment is massively thanks to the excellent Potter work too despite some of the stuff written on here about him.

Oh FFS. Let's give Potter the freedom of the Amex and build a statue so we can move on.

And maybe give RDZ a little bit more time than a few months before you slag him off any more.

Serious Potter-love-in selective memory going on here. The first 3 years of Potter were dreadful if you only look at the results. Permanent relegation candidates until he got it together.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Oh FFS. Let's give Potter the freedom of the Amex and build a statue so we can move on.

And maybe give RDZ a little bit more time than a few months before you slag him off any more.

Serious Potter-love-in selective memory going on here. The first 3 years of Potter were dreadful if you only look at the results. Permanent relegation candidates until he got it together.

you ok hun?

Where have I slagged off RDZ and allow me to offer a different opinion which is that the 3 and a bit years under Potter were my most enjoyable watching the Albion in the 33 years I’ve been supporting the club.

 

[cjd]

The major problem with Potter , was that it took him almost three years to work out what most of us knew after 6 months.

We would have been better playing with 10 men rather than having Maupay on the pitch f***ing it all up.

 

[ac gull]

Leicester was last home game I made it to, off to first once since then tomorrow

Only change is back then we all knew Alexis Mac was world class - now whole world knows it too

 

[Machiavelli]

Oh FFS. Let's give Potter the freedom of the Amex and build a statue so we can move on.

And maybe give RDZ a little bit more time than a few months before you slag him off any more.

Serious Potter-love-in selective memory going on here. The first 3 years of Potter were dreadful if you only look at the results. Permanent relegation candidates until he got it together.

 

[Mr Phil]

The first 3 years of Potter were dreadful if you only look at the results

And if you only look at the results you miss the point of football.
The first 3 years were categorically not dreadful and were some of the best football we’ve ever played

 

[maresfield seagull]

This! This! THIS!

I had a very high regard for Potter. When the news first broke of Chelsea's interest, I was utterly convinced he was too clever and conscientious, to make such an obvious mistake. The timing was wrong - the club was wrong - he would get better opportunities given time and he would get all the time he needed with us.

He had a supportive senior management team, who had developed a system providing him with a conveyor belt of talented, young players, to be moulded into an existing team ethos, where players and management were completely aligned in their goals and core values.

When he went through his long winless runs, he would often mention how good the set up was at Brighton and how he was just 1 part of the process.
Then when he got his chance at Chelsea, he took all that for granted and assumed his genius would carry him through.

The way it has fallen apart so quickly is hilarious, but not surprising.
He's made £60m from it, so he's done more than ok, but he sacrificed his reputation for it.