Could be a smoke screen. Article doesn't really mean anything.
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[Albion] If Graham Potter is re-appointed...
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Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
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If the club wanted a smoke screen they wouldn't have Naylor dismissing Steve Cooper but confirming Potter, would they?
I took the article to be Naylor asking the club "have you considered Potter?" to which the club have replied "we haven't ruled anyone out (except Cooper)" but in reality they will be looking elsewhere whilst everyone babbles on about Potter.
Hometownglory
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- Jan 12, 2014
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I bloody hope so!
We know Naylor is already a signed up member of the Potter fan club but FFS are we really thinking the best way to move forward is to rewind two years?
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Not with Spurs and Man utd champing at the bit.
Mustafa II
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Potter will be one of, if not the, main candidate for the job.
He's exactly what we need. He's free. He knows the club. He's proven quality, and possibly the best English manager in the world right now.
The big question is, does he want to come here?
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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He won’t be a candidate at all. He won’t want to come back and Bloom doesn’t want him to come back.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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It's happening.
Dorset Seagull
Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
Looks like our resident roving reporter needed to hand over a piece and went for the easy option. The only thing we gleaned from that was the board meeting at the Grove
Rewinding two years we were in a better place than we are now! Two places higher in the league, the long term plan was coming to fruition and we were looking forward to the next season with real hope and enthusiasm. We had just cracked the top ten for the first time ever, and looking like a PL team in every way.
Yes, I'd happily 'move forward' to where we were to years ago!
True but we didn’t have a striker. Now we have Pedro and Ferguson (I know he was there but he’s older now and a genuine first team option. I’d be excited to see what spotter could do with Baleba.
you think?
Baldseagull
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I wouldn't if I were him.
I am now convinced Potter is top of the clubs list and they have enlisted Naylor to start smoothing the waters. There is so many other names he could have written about or even speculated about but fact he dedicated a whole one to Potter isn’t because he’s bored it’s because he’s been asked to.
Grim.Oh sheeeeeet
Brighton and Graham Potter: Why the club have considered an unlikely return
A return to the Amex wouldn't go down well with all fans but Potter's candidacy has its merits as Brighton move to replace Roberto De Zerbiwww.nytimes.com
macbeth
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yeah this is definitely on now. naylor isn’t much of a speculator, if he’s writing about potter being given consideration it’s because that’s what he’s been told, and the club are asking him to effectively start the job of rehabilitating his image amongst the fanbase
And now we have another set of previously unknown youngsters ready to go through the same development under Potter (if he's appointed). Good times.
However, I don't do wishful thinking and remain firm in what I've said for the 5 years I've been here: Andy Naylor knows nothing apart from the odd, unimportant detail the club mind sharing with him.
Mustafa II
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I find it pretty disappointing that so many of our fans are so butt-hurt about:
- The fact he went to Chelsea to earn silly money at what is considered to be a top 6 team - something 99.9% of managers in his position would have done as well.
- The 'history lesson' thing. A poorly timed thing to say, granted... but it's hardly the crime of the century.
He's a TOP TOP manager. The best we can get right now, surely. He has proven success here and at other clubs. If we can get him we should be absolutely REJOICING, as the good times will be back. He has already contributed to the development of our best EVER players, and undoubtedly he will do the same with our current batch of young prospects.
- The fact he went to Chelsea to earn silly money at what is considered to be a top 6 team - something 99.9% of managers in his position would have done as well.
- The 'history lesson' thing. A poorly timed thing to say, granted... but it's hardly the crime of the century.
He's a TOP TOP manager. The best we can get right now, surely. He has proven success here and at other clubs. If we can get him we should be absolutely REJOICING, as the good times will be back. He has already contributed to the development of our best EVER players, and undoubtedly he will do the same with our current batch of young prospects.