[Albion] If Graham Potter is re-appointed...

[South Stand Bonfire]

I wouldn't be so confident of that given the way we treated him! Particularly if he's already landed the England job!

We treated him?

 

[holybanjo]

His ability to coach will be hampered by the baggage he has. But ignoring that, if TB has an algorithm for coach success, relative to ability of their squad, Potter wouldnt show up anywhere near the top on it.

Good point but I think the algorithm is smarter than that

 

[Han Solo]

He’s achieved about par in each tournament so far given the squad he had.

I think he’ll achieve about par here as well, which probably equals a narrow semi final defeat to a very decent side, whilst playing well and scoring a few, but conceding too many to win a tournament

But I guess there are other threads to discuss this. This one is to organise the printing of the Potter out banner before he’s even appointed

I can't wait for your next attempt to copy European tifo culture. It was very, VERY cute the last time.

 

[holybanjo]

We treated him?

I stand corrected. “Continue to treat him.”

 

[Chicken Run]

He even said he would retire if England win

Great so we are lumbered for the next 20 years then?

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

I stand corrected. “Continue to treat him.”

Because he got the first train to London at the sniff of more money and left us in the lurch after 5/6 weeks into the start of a new season saying if he wanted an easy life he would have stayed at little old Brighton?

 

[holybanjo]

Because he got the first train to London at the sniff of more money and left us in the lurch after 5/6 weeks into the start of a new season saying if he wanted an easy life he would have stayed at little old Brighton?

Maybe I need a history lesson but we wouldn’t have got to Europe without him.

 

[Insel affe]

Great so we are lumbered for the next 20 years then?

and the rest.....

I will be dead and gone, at least my wordle average won't get any worse then.

 

[Justice]

Yes we sure have! We will only lose 5 of the remaining 32 so it's not a big deal

Under a new manger

 

[Justice]

Maybe I need a history lesson but we wouldn’t have got to Europe without him.

He didn’t get us to Europe. If you are going down that path then we wouldn’t have got to Europe without Hughton.
You can only credit the guy who got us there.

 

[holybanjo]

He didn’t get us to Europe. If you are going down that path then we wouldn’t have got to Europe without Hughton.
You can only credit the guy who got us there.

Which guy is that, Tony Bloom?

 

[JBizzle]

He didn’t get us to Europe. If you are going down that path then we wouldn’t have got to Europe without Hughton.
You can only credit the guy who got us there.

But we wouldn't have got into Europe without Hughton, because we wouldn't have been in the Premier League

 

[Insel affe]

He didn’t get us to Europe. If you are going down that path then we wouldn’t have got to Europe without Hughton.
You can only credit the guy who got us there.

Correct, Potter went long spells of dirge, RDZ motivated the squad to Europe ultimately is was all his hard work.

 

[Swegulls]

Under a new manger

Yeah, pret a manger!

 

[holybanjo]

So Hughton and De Zerbi got us to Europe. End of. Right?

 

[Flounce]

So Hughton and De Zerbi got us to Europe. End of. Right?

Well GP did help us by not getting Chelsea there, credit where it’s due FFS

 

[jcdenton08]

Yeah, pret a manger!

PRAT a manger

 

[Swegulls]

So Hughton and De Zerbi got us to Europe. End of. Right?

Potter really did everything to drag the club down but thanks to those the club went on a European tour people will talk about for ages. Not bad!

 

[GT49er]

So Hughton and De Zerbi got us to Europe. End of. Right?

For some people, yes!

The fact is, we won the right to a Europa League place by finishing 6th. in season 2022-2023. We were managed that season by Graham Potter and Roberto de Zerbi.

 

[um bongo molongo]

Whenever he does better than expected at tournaments (e.g. 2018 World Cup, 2020(1) Euros) it's because the easy fixtures got him as far as they did and it was definitely his fault we lost the vital game (even on penalties). When he does badly, of course, it's all his fault.

For me he was quite exciting at the start of his England stint but at some point he lost his a***hole and started playing incredibly safely. 2 CDMs even in easy games. Maguire and Hendo the trusted lieutenants. Recently he seems to be coming out of that and once again picking on form and setting the attackers a little freer. You can only think that's because it's his last tournament whatever and the fear of the sack has disappeared.

He's got decent tournament results in the main and, IMO, is more sinned against than sinning.

That said, I'd rather have Potter back than have him here

I’d add that, like it or not, good defences tend to win the Euros. Portugal, Greece, Italy. Even the great Spain sides didn’t concede many (largely because they didn’t let the opposition have the ball)