[Albion] BRUNO please read

[Guinness Boy]

Bruno leaving hurt the most of all of them because he was such a legend of the club and the city. Normally I'd be happy to take back a legend and have "love in 2.0" but @Chicken Run is correct. De Zerbi and his coaching gang are doing brilliantly and Crofts has earned his position. We can't go upsetting that balance just because Bruno has a few regrets.

Can't imagine it's much fun at Chelsea at the moment, mind.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

And convicts to join the Police

And the Police to become convicts.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

I’ve absolutely no idea what went on, but I can’t buy into the idea that the Albion would have dismissed Bruno.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Well I am pretty sure I read on here that someone posted over the last few days, that they had heard Bruno is regretting his decision to leave.
I wonder if there is any truth in that, will the door be open to him I wonder.

Time is a great healer, we all make mistakes, I would welcome him back with a bit of banter, no malice towards the legend.

How do you feel now ?
Is there any truth in this ?
would you welcome him back ?

Not bothered.
Don't know.
Meh.

In this instance, I'm in the 'why does everyone have to come back' camp. Set aside his credentials, ultimately it's down to RdZ and his group. Does he rate Bruno? Does he NEED Bruno?

I wouldn't mind him coming back, if he was the best person for the specific job he came back for. But begging/pleading (as I have seen) him to come back just because it hasn't (yet) gone to plan, is a bit OTT.

Also, the guy had a large number of people slagging him off and calling him 'Judas'. Now they want him back? I'd steer clear for the time being if I was the bearded wonder himself...

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I’ve not heard of that. What clubs are doing it?

Not Chelsea?

 

[Chicken Run]

Bruno leaving hurt the most of all of them because he was such a legend of the club and the city. Normally I'd be happy to take back a legend and have "love in 2.0" but @Chicken Run is correct. De Zerbi and his coaching gang are doing brilliantly and Crofts has earned his position. We can't go upsetting that balance just because Bruno has a few regrets.

Can't imagine it's much fun at Chelsea at the moment, mind.

They lose

Bruno leaving hurt the most of all of them because he was such a legend of the club and the city. Normally I'd be happy to take back a legend and have "love in 2.0" but @Chicken Run is correct. De Zerbi and his coaching gang are doing brilliantly and Crofts has earned his position. We can't go upsetting that balance just because Bruno has a few regrets.

Can't imagine it's much fun at Chelsea at the moment, mind.

they lose tonight and Potty and his cohorts are going to feel like a 6 month old who hasn’t had his nappy changed for a week!!! Very uncomfortable

 

[Commander]

I really don't understand the dogs abuse Bruno got when he left. He was put in an awful position of not knowing if there would be a job here for him when the new Manager arrived and thus really didn't have a choice but to go... He has a family to support after all.
I would welcome him back with open arms should there be a suitable role for him and of course RDZ wanted him. A true club legend in my eyes.

I don't really buy that. I can't see how that is an awful position. If we'd hired De Zerbi and he'd said absolutely not, get rid of Bruno right now, then he would surely have just gone and joined Potter at Chelsea then. I also really can't believe that if Bloom had said to RDZ 'the one non-negotiable is that Bruno stays at the club in this role' I really can't see RDZ saying no, he wouldn't take the job then. So I'd say there are all sorts of different perceptions of what the situation was here. I've also been told a couple of times that Bruno's wife was really pissed off about him taking the Chelsea role, and didn't want him to.

I think everyone would welcome him back if he decided he's made a mistake, but that's not going to happen.

 

[brighton_tom]

If he wanted to come back, and If Roberto/Tony was happy with it, and if there actually a required position for him (not just giving him any old job for the sake of it).... then I would welcome him back. Potter and the others have burnt their bridges, managers come and go, but I feel with everything Bruno has done for the club (player, coach, albion in the community etc) he has enough credit in the bank for us all to look past what happened and welcome him back. But that's a lot of ifs and maybe.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Bruno leaving hurt the most of all of them because he was such a legend of the club and the city. Normally I'd be happy to take back a legend and have "love in 2.0" but @Chicken Run is correct. De Zerbi and his coaching gang are doing brilliantly and Crofts has earned his position. We can't go upsetting that balance just because Bruno has a few regrets.

Can't imagine it's much fun at Chelsea at the moment, mind.

The phrase 'marry in haste, repent at leisure' springs to mind here. They made their bed etc. No way should the Albion go providing a consolation prize for these people for the foreseeable future, it would be an insult to those who have done a magnificent job of picking up the pieces at the club and kicking on

 

[Dibdab]

I really don't understand the dogs abuse Bruno got when he left. He was put in an awful position of not knowing if there would be a job here for him when the new Manager arrived and thus really didn't have a choice but to go... He has a family to support after all.
I would welcome him back with open arms should there be a suitable role for him and of course RDZ wanted him. A true club legend in my eyes.

Very, very unlikely that he wouldn't have been in a key position in RDZ's team if he'd stayed. A new manager always wants someone on the team who knows the club inside out and TB has never ever left anyone high and dry in that way, especially if he'd shown loyalty, it's just not how he or the club operates. Brunos loss is Andrew Crofts gain though and he seems to be doing pretty well.

 

[hart's shirt]

It would no doubt be a chastening experience for Bruno to return to the Albion given the circumstances of his departure.

The Albion don't owe anyone a job, however much of a club legend they may be or more to the point have been.

A new broom sweeps clean. RDZ is doing a decent job, so why rock the boat?

All of that said, there is always the odd exception to prove the rule.

Plenty of us have made employment decisions in the heat of the moment that we later come to regret.

A few of us return to our former employers with more appreciation and less entitlement than we had before.

I wouldn't rule a return out in Bruno's specific case. This is El Capitan, the man who had a mural in Brighton. He's different.

If he did want to return but the club objected, I could perfectly understand that and wouldn't be in the least bit surprised.

The club should always be bigger than any individual, however much loved they were.

But even repentant prodigal sons sometimes come home in time.

 

[Wozza]

I binned my Bruno T-shirt. No going back.

 

[CheeseRolls]

As far as I am concerned Bruno is a club legend.

I would welcome back an older and wiser Bruno with open arms, when the time is right. With a few years of relevant experience he can come back with his head held high. We don't need him right now and he doesn't need the money, so neither side needs a swift reconciliation.

 

[Swansman]

Would be strange for just about everyone, including Bruno himself, if he went back soon. But give it a few years and its not going to feel as strange or bad for anyone important.

 

[HH Brighton]

Once a Seagull always a Seagull

 

[Springal]

Not bothered.
Don't know.
Meh.

In this instance, I'm in the 'why does everyone have to come back' camp. Set aside his credentials, ultimately it's down to RdZ and his group. Does he rate Bruno? Does he NEED Bruno?

RDZ already has 9 coaches, 8 were ‘his’ + Crofts. Double what Potter had so not sure there is room with the first team.

 

[Brian Fantana]

f*** him. He made his choice.

 

[Horses Arse]

100% THIS

It wasn't really an awful decision was it. You know the club, know the players and if you're any good at your job you are retained. If not then get another job, he's not on the breadline.

 

[A1X]

If he comes back I demand this be placed in his locker

 

[Superphil]

I'm surprised at the suggestion that Bruno wouldn't have been offered a job under RDZ, I think he was that highly thought of by the SMT at the Albion. My guess is it was a case of economics, as has been said by many, if you're offered a significant, life changing, increase in your salary, it is hard to say no.

I was Brunos shirt sponsor for his time as a Brighton player, and as such we had plenty of opportunities to speak, at matches, official BHA events, at the grounds (home and away) as well as outside of the club. He always said that he wanted to go into coaching in some form, and that to do it at Brighton would be perfect as his family was settled and his kids were at school locally. But, he also used to say that he would eventually move back to Spain at some point, either to work, or retire.

If it goes south at CFC, perhaps that move back to Spain might come sooner rather than later.