[Albion] De Zerbi was NOT “sacked”

[One Teddy Maybank]

RDZ left the club on very good terms with the huge number of fans who stayed behind to give him a proper send-off after the ManU game. His farewell address in the North West corner was quite emotional.

RDZ = Legend

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This.

 

[jcdenton08]

Tempted to just delete this thread if it wasn’t for newbies finding it and reading the OP.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I thought he was a stroppy and disrespectful git from the January window on. He reined it in about a month from the end of the season and performances improved due to him not continuing to play suicide football after a couple of stuffings and it becoming clear that no BIG club was coming for him. I was very pleased when TB announced he was leaving by mutual consent. He gave us the best of times but his ego led him to turn into a dick when he couldn’t impose his will on TB. I think this dawned on him too late.

He does himself no favours with that interview to the French press either.

Not that bad IMO
Nothing that we weren’t aware of…..
Passionate Italian, got hammered in his own country….
Reacted badly.
Not the greatest tactically once rumbled…..

But still one of my favourite ever managers.

I still love it when he threw the ball away from the Liverpool player and shrugged his shoulders….

 

[Flounce]

Not that bad IMO
Nothing that we weren’t aware of…..
Passionate Italian, got hammered in his own country….
Reacted badly.
Not the greatest tactically once rumbled…..

But still one of my favourite ever managers.

I still love it when he threw the ball away from the Liverpool player and shrugged his shoulders….

Hmm, another knock at TB. I am not a fan of that!

He knew what he signed up to and it was not to an option to try and bully TB by media whinging.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Yeah, never mind all that.



Was he sacked? Or not?

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Hmm, another knock at TB. I am not a fan of that!

He knew what he signed up to and it an option to try and bully TB by media whinging was not part of it.

It’s the same one as far I’m concerned….
He wanted something that wasn’t going to happen.

 

[Flounce]

It’s the same one as far I’m concerned….
He wanted something that wasn’t going to happen.

Fair enough, I am glad he’s gone but I will take an interest in what happens at Marseille!

 

[ManOfSussex]

@ManOfSussex

I get the feeling Swansman/Han Solo wants to take Graham Potter to see his brother in Leeds. Have that pint.

“I’m just a fan, Graham… your biggest fan”

It took 14 hours. I fainted 3 times.

 

[jcdenton08]

Yeah, never mind all that.



Was he sacked? Or not?

I expected better from you…

No. Actually no, I didn’t

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Fair enough, I am glad he’s gone but I will take an interest in what happens at Marseille!

Me too.

 

[jcdenton08]

It took 14 hours. I fainted 3 times.

I see the Swedish National Team is losing the battle for wall space…

 

[MTSeagulls]

It’s the same one as far I’m concerned….
He wanted something that wasn’t going to happen.

Could make a film about that.
Fotball tactical genius has just completed his book on emotional intellience but crashes his car in the snowy roads of Sweden.
Luckily his No.1 fan is on hand to rescue him.

 

[jcdenton08]

Could make a film about that.
Fotball tactical genius has just completed his book on emotional intellience but crashes his car in the snowy roads of Sweden.
Luckily his No.1 fan is on hand to rescue him.

Swansy Bates

 

[ManOfSussex]

I see the Swedish National Team is losing the battle for wall space…

It's certianly more Kathy Bates in 'Misery' than Jed Maxwell in Alan Partridge.

 

[Swegulls]

Some of you are just too much.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Poyet syndrome for me. RDZ and Poyet both had us playing the best football in our history but both blew it by letting their own ego take over and that tarnishes their reputation for me.

I just hope for RDZ his future turns out better than Poyet but at the end of the day the moral of the story is 'Don't think you can win against the lizard'

 

[London Irish]

Poyet syndrome for me. RDZ and Poyet both had us playing the best football in our history but both blew it by letting their own ego take over and that tarnishes their reputation for me.

I just hope for RDZ his future turns out better than Poyet but at the end of the day the moral of the story is 'Don't think you can win against the lizard'

It’s really a shame that Poyet is such a non-person these days, his many achievements should be celebrated. It’s fairly normal stuff for a manager and owner to have argy-bargy, honestly you read about it on here and you think Poyet murdered someone

 

[HeaviestTed]

Graham Potter will always be remembered by a particular sort of very precious Albion fans as a Judas, that is correct and goes for most individuals who were good enough to get picked up by better clubs.

Which is odd as potter and his continued 200k a week has done more to f*** chelski than any other single person in the last couple of years

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

It’s really a shame that Poyet is such a non-person these days, his many achievements should be celebrated. It’s fairly normal stuff for a manager and owner to have argy-bargy, honestly you read about it on here and you think Poyet murdered someone

So true.

Same for Potter, RdZ (for some), and even Hughton (who apparently made the mistake of keeping us up by playing defensively) .

Everyone moves on, we should just celebrate the success they had whilst with us….

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Poyet syndrome for me. RDZ and Poyet both had us playing the best football in our history but both blew it by letting their own ego take over and that tarnishes their reputation for me.

I just hope for RDZ his future turns out better than Poyet but at the end of the day the moral of the story is 'Don't think you can win against the lizard'

Maybe not. But full respect to both for fighting tooth and nail for the resources needed to improve the football model. Rather have a passionate guy in charge that reflects the passion of the fanbase any day than a vanilla Yes Man that does his Master's bidding without ever daring to rock the boat