[Albion] Gut feeling - RDZ staying or going after this season?

[Exilegull]

It doesn’t seem to be the majority view on here but if RDZ goes in the summer my contempt for him will be far greater than anything I ever aimed at Potter.

Potter did three full seasons with us, he left us sitting in a Champions League spot into his fourth season.

RDZ for all his success won’t have even done two seasons with us if he left in the summer. That for me is totally unacceptable. He would jump right to the top of my snake list.

Didnt have a problem with Potter leaving and wont have a problem when RDZ goes theyre all careerists and while it would be nice if they supported the club forever like we do it isnt realistic. If Liverpool or Barca or anyone offer Roberto a new glorious job he cant just say no Ill go next year instead. They need to take the chances when they come unfortunately. Klopp had the Liverpool job for nine years and if they do the right call it could take another nine years before Roberto gets the question again. At that point hell be in his mid 50s and less attractive to progressive clubs

 

[Flounce]

Sorry, why?
It is us, the fans who owe Bloom.

De Zerbi has made comments about how proud he is to manager this side and group of players in most press conferences.

De Zerbi is young and ambitious. In his eyes, he's given us a 6th place finish, but then not been adequately backed to improve on that despite in that time the club having recouped something like nearly a hundred million quid more than they've spent. I am not sure what planet people are on when they think managers should be desperate to stay at a club that's seemingly happy to finish 10th. Some will be, great. But others have had a taste of Europe and want more. You don't get that with a squad lacking im wide options and depth in the middle of the park, that is topped up by a number of senior players who can barely manage playing 90 mins twice a month, let alone twice a week.

Because it would have been made very clear to him when he arrived about how we operate, arrogant of him to think one decent 3/4 season gives him the right to make demands and then moan when it doesn’t happen. Maybe he should jump to a “big” club, he’d be sacked in less than six months if he continued in the way he’s behaved, with his sniping, since January, just imo

The injuries and failures of Dahoud and to a lesser degree Fati are not down to Bloom and to expect TB to open the wallet wide enough to satisfy RDZ’s demands because of them is unreasonable, again just imo

 

[jonny.rainbow]

I worry far less about losing RDZ to Liverpool than I do about that fact that our key players such as van Hecke, Mitoma and Jason Steele will likely soon follow him.

 

[Stat Brother]

It doesn’t seem to be the majority view on here but if RDZ goes in the summer my contempt for him will be far greater than anything I ever aimed at Potter.

Potter did three full seasons with us, he left us sitting in a Champions League spot into his fourth season.

RDZ for all his success won’t have even done two seasons with us if he left in the summer. That for me is totally unacceptable. He would jump right to the top of my snake list.

That is an odd take, after all, staying would go against RDZ MO.

With GPott we had 3 seasons of dull, monotonous drivel punctuated by occasional moments of pure ecstasy (the title of my sex tape) and stuck by him.
Even against West Ham when at halftime the team looked like anything other than Top 10'ers.
Then seemingly it all came together.

At which point the couldn't run away fast enough, the moment he caught glimpse of the barmaids ankle (the sequel).

For a few weeks GPott owed us, right up until the point we realised we'd seriously upgraded.

 

[Hometownglory]

What I don't understand about all these rumours of clubs having talks with RDZ or at planning too in the coming weeks. Don't they first need to ask Bloom for permission first a.k.a like Chelsea did with Potter?

 

[Reddleman]

That is an odd take, after all, staying would go against RDZ MO.

With GPott we had 3 seasons of dull, monotonous drivel punctuated by occasional moments of pure ecstasy (the title of my sex tape) and stuck by him.
Even against West Ham when at halftime the team looked like anything other than Top 10'ers.
Then seemingly it all came together.

At which point the couldn't run away fast enough, the moment he caught glimpse of the barmaids ankle (the sequel).

For a few weeks GPott owed us, right up until the point we realised we'd seriously upgraded.

That’s not how I saw Potter reign at all. We played some lovely stuff which was a huge upgrade on the awful second season under Hughton. We also had some fantastic wins in his first two seasons, Anfield, Man City, Spurs etc . Then in his third season we really clicked towards the end. That run of beating Arsenal, Spurs away then thrashing Man Inited was phenomenal.

He left us flying high, scoring goals and in the Champions league spots. According to Barber in that podcast Potter had been approached a number of times and Chelsea was the first time he ‘took the call’.

Less than two seasons to me is totally disrespectful to our club.

P.s. that sex tape name was pure gold!!

 

[Right Back]

That’s not how I saw Potter reign at all. We played some lovely stuff which was a huge upgrade on the awful second season under Hughton. We also had some fantastic wins in his first two seasons, Anfield, Man City, Spurs etc . Then in his third season we really clicked towards the end. That run of beating Arsenal, Spurs away then thrashing Man Inited was phenomenal.

He left us flying high, scoring goals and in the Champions league spots. According to Barber in that podcast Potter had been approached a number of times and Chelsea was the first time he ‘took the call’.

Less than two seasons to me is totally disrespectful to our club.

P.s. that sex tape name was pure gold!!

Potter left us in Champion league spot only as it was so early in the season. No way was he keeping us there. I also don’t think we would have got as high as 6th. De Zerbi changed the mentality.

 

[Stat Brother]

That’s not how I saw Potter reign at all. We played some lovely stuff which was a huge upgrade on the awful second season under Hughton. We also had some fantastic wins in his first two seasons, Anfield, Man City, Spurs etc . Then in his third season we really clicked towards the end. That run of beating Arsenal, Spurs away then thrashing Man Inited was phenomenal.

He left us flying high, scoring goals and in the Champions league spots. According to Barber in that podcast Potter had been approached a number of times and Chelsea was the first time he ‘took the call’.

Less than two seasons to me is totally disrespectful to our club.

P.s. that sex tape name was pure gold!!

Sure, obviously I'm grandstanding for the crowd a little, but to leave the moment it all finally clicks has to be way worse than appointing a serial leaver only for them to leave (and certainly act like they really want to leave).

I can't reply to comments along the lines of 'he wasn't backed in January' with 'nobody is backed in January, that's not what the club does'.
Only to then be upset were Souness' take proven to be correct (on it's very basic level)

 

[Silverhatch]

What I don't understand about all these rumours of clubs having talks with RDZ or at planning too in the coming weeks. Don't they first need to ask Bloom for permission first a.k.a like Chelsea did with Potter?

Of course they do. It's all f***ing made up bollocks. And RDZ is under contract.

 

[Justice]

That’s not how I saw Potter reign at all. We played some lovely stuff which was a huge upgrade on the awful second season under Hughton. We also had some fantastic wins in his first two seasons, Anfield, Man City, Spurs etc . Then in his third season we really clicked towards the end. That run of beating Arsenal, Spurs away then thrashing Man Inited was phenomenal.

He left us flying high, scoring goals and in the Champions league spots. According to Barber in that podcast Potter had been approached a number of times and Chelsea was the first time he ‘took the call’.

Less than two seasons to me is totally disrespectful to our club.

P.s. that sex tape name was pure gold!!

That first season under Potter was horrific

 

[Baldseagull]

Most players have gone backwards this season individually. Maybe he’s to intense which also explains why his spells at clubs are so short

I think there is something in this, but I also think De Zerbi may be starting to recognise it and might need to change something in himself or his methods. If that's true it makes more sense for him to stay here with players he knows, than to move on.

 

[Stat Brother]

To replace Klopp will be like Moyes after Ferguson. Mission impossible.

No chance.

Ferguson absolutely screwed Utd with his desperate attempt to squeeze out one last title.
The squad he left behind wasn't good enough for National League let alone Premier League.

Klipperty would had done exactly the same had he left last season.
Instead going now, he's done the rebuild, has an abundance of yoof and leaving them with only 2 (massive) potential holes to fill Salah and VVD.

 

[Exilegull]

That first season under Potter was horrific

Media had us down for relegation ahead of that season and we stayed up while removing a lot of deadwood struggle to see it as horrific

 

[BiffyBoy100]

I worry far less about losing RDZ to Liverpool than I do about that fact that our key players such as van Hecke, Mitoma and Jason Steele will likely soon follow him.

Jason Steele to Liverpool

The only time that happens is when I take over Liverpool on Football Manager and buy him off us for 100m.

 

[tstanbur]

That first season under Potter was horrific

It really wasn’t.

He came in and the change was instant. Watford away first game, won 3-0. Two strikers off the bench at 1-0. Both scored. That set the tone.

We played lovely football in the majority of his games in charge, yes even in most of the games during the bad runs. There was only the odd game here and there where there wasn’t a decent performance and plenty of “big chances” to win games. The finishing let him down big time.

And if you actually think it was horrific then surely the season before under Hughton was even more horrific?

 

[Questions]

If De Zerbe goes to Bayern then I’m going straight over to their fans forum to tell them just how great he is …. Imagine?

 

[fly high]

I think there is something in this, but I also think De Zerbi may be starting to recognise it and might need to change something in himself or his methods. If that's true it makes more sense for him to stay here with players he knows, than to move on.

I'm sure when he first arrived he said something like 'in the end players find me too intense if I stay too long'.

 

[fly high]

Jason Steele to Liverpool

The only time that happens is when I take over Liverpool on Football Manager and buy him off us for 100m.

They have made some odd signings in the past but this would be the weirdest

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

If De Zerbe goes to Bayern then I’m going straight over to their fans forum to tell them just how great he is …. Imagine?

Questionsman?

 

[Questions]

Questionsman?

Yes Harry. I can smoke the weed trust me.