[Albion] De Zerbi

[Hiheidi]

In this article, from when he joined, Lallana says being coached under Potter is less intense with more time off than he was used to:

Life’s a beach for Adam Lallana under Brighton boss Graham Potter

Adam Lallana believes Graham Potter’s “different philosophy” could help extend his career.

www.fourfourtwo.com

 

[Sea Cider]

Just one De Zerbi
He’ll do for me.
He came to Brighton
From Italy.
You might score one,
but we’ll score three.
Just one De Zerbi
From Italy.

Perfection no?

This is absolutely excellent!

 

[B-right-on]

He did call him a world class manager

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

He's gone.

 

[Weststander]

The only one that seems to work at the moment is feigning injury in order to disrupt our play.

My solution would be to run a training session each week where we practice our best moves, then randomly interrupt the session repeatedly by having the assistant manager blowing a whistle while BDZ holds his hamstring and calling for First Aid.

Greek football came up with a solution. Stretcher-bearers employed by the aggrieved (non time wasting) club, have priority in getting the cheat off the pitch.

 

[Swansman]

In this article, from when he joined, Lallana says being coached under Potter is less intense with more time off than he was used to:

Life’s a beach for Adam Lallana under Brighton boss Graham Potter

Adam Lallana believes Graham Potter’s “different philosophy” could help extend his career.

www.fourfourtwo.com

No doubt that was the case. No teams train as intensely as Jurgen Klopps teams... possible exception Bielsa.

All good until it breaks the players.

In football there is - today - basically two camps of managers: one that feels that more training and more intensity is always better in every situation. Klopp, Bielsa, Pochettino, Conte and Mourinho belongs to that category. Then there is a another camp more interested in training with different intensity according to a very specific schedule to optimise long time benefit while reducing injuries. Pep, Potter, Ten Hag, Van Gaal and others are in that camp.

Of course this does not mean that one style is tough and the other slack or one style cruel and the other likeable. Watch a Pep training sessions (there are or used to be some on Youtube) and you can see the intensity. Difference from Klopp is that Pep think there is a time to chill and a time to run whereas Klopp is known for doing high intensity-drills in every single session.

Looking forward to when we in the summer might get some more in-depth information about RDZs training approach etc.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Overall I think Lallana has had a lot of luck (?) with the managers he's had a chance to work with and he seems a sucker for soaking up every bit of knowledge. "Teachers pet" in Liverpool, "teachers pet" under Graham, and now "teachers pet" again.

If he can take the best parts of De Zerbi, Potter, Klopp, Rodgers, Pochettino and of course Alan Pardew, he can become a complete monster of a manager in the future.

Pards is the clincher.

What a guy.

 

[tronnogull]

Another review of De Zerbi's tactics....but somewhat more analytical than most of the earlier ones.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Just one De Zerbi
He’ll do for me.
He came to Brighton
From Italy.
You might score one,
but we’ll score three.
Just one De Zerbi
From Italy.

Perfection no?

That’s the one.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Another review of De Zerbi's tactics....but somewhat more analytical than most of the earlier ones.

Interesting video. Leeds very obviously set up with a coordinated pressing square of 4 players. It seemed to work well in the opening stages but as explained in the video we had a lot of joy releasing March and Mitoma. Pervis and Pascal finding space in wide areas also deserves mention.