[Albion] Is Potter 1 game away from being sacked?

[birthofanorange]

The fans no longer believe, it seems the players don’t either anymore, we have a carousel of injured key players, the manager has had his squad weakened and we have zero luck. Lack of backing has done for Potter, he should walk away and wait for a club with the finances to implement the style he wants to play. I am still a massive GP fan but he has taken us as far as he can as an Albion manager imo. We need a younger Roy Hodgson to play the type of football our budget is good for. I won’t like it but a pragmatic CH style football is what we need given our project’s finances. Most fans will be delighted with a backs to the wall 1-0 win at home

 

[zefarelly]

The fans no longer believe, it seems the players don’t either anymore, we have a carousel of injured key players, the manager has had his squad weakened and we have zero luck. Lack of backing has done for Potter, he should walk away and wait for a club with the finances to implement the style he wants to play. I am still a massive GP fan but he has taken us as far as he can as an Albion manager imo

I don't disagree with that.

GP could have and may still do himself a favour by trying a plan B or C . . . he doesn't have to play walk it in tic-tacs every week.

 

[jimhigham]

Potter clearly isn't doing alright at the moment.

Hughton's worst run of consecutive defeats during the shambolic 10 points from the last 17 games was 4.

Potter's now on 6 and counting.

That said, I don't think Potter will be sacked.

He's been let down by player sales of key defenders without adequate replacements.

And a failure to improve our striking options which has contributed 1 goal in the last 9 hours of football.

We've never properly replaced Glenn Murray.

Not yet but I can easily see him being given a card and a carriage clock the second the season is over, a la Hughton.

Bloom takes stock at the end of each season. We know this. I’d imagine he’s more than faintly underwhelmed with recent developments.

Such a shame. All the early promise falling apart. The chances are we shall come to look at those first five matches, with some frankly fortunate wins, as having done the heavy lifting for the entire season. Without that start we’d be right in the poop.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I'm getting a bit bored with all this 'should we sack the manager' after every defeat. We're Brighton, not Sunderland, or Manchester United. FFS.

 

[GT49er]

If he was to go then bring in Felice Mazzù the USG manager - ideal replacement

Yes, bring him in - but loan him straight back to USG for the season.


No?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm getting a bit bored with all this 'should we sack the manager' after every defeat. We're Brighton, not Sunderland, or Manchester United. FFS.

It’s not an isolated defeat. It’s a series of defeats.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

We sold Ben White and Dan Burn for 63M £ and didn't get any replacement

Agree.

I have said before, our preferred formation is 5 at the back which needs 5 or 6 players who can play at centre back. Selling two, and not replacing them, has turned out to be a stupid decision and means we can’t play our natural game. This, and Ashworth and Morley leaving, is clearly affecting moral. I’m not sure Potter is to blame for most of this.

 

[The Wookiee]

Yes, bring him in - but loan him straight back to USG for the season,


No?

Until they are out of the champions league!

Win win situation, we then get a manager with Champions League experience!

 

[GT49er]

I don't disagree with that.

GP could have and may still do himself a favour by trying a plan B or C . . . he doesn't have to play walk it in tic-tacs every week.

Unless that's so ingrained into the players now that they can't change?

 

[A1X]

I'm getting a bit bored with all this 'should we sack the manager' after every defeat. We're Brighton, not Sunderland, or Manchester United. FFS.

Out of interest, how many defeats in a row do we have to endure before we are allowed to start talking about replacing the manager?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It’s not an isolated defeat. It’s a series of defeats.

It's an isolated series of defeats.

A long series, I'll grant you, but....

 

[GT49er]

Out of interest, how many defeats in a row do we have to endure before we are allowed to start talking about replacing the manager?

The answer to this is - same as it's the answer to everything, I believe - is 42.

 

[Icy Gull]

He’d thrive at a Leicester or Newcastle with a proper budget. They’d give him players with pace and goals, the Albion either can’t afford that, or flatly refuse in 5 years to go down the pace route of Wolves/CP.

In essence, we’re a very poor man’s Citeh, a possession based team based on playing chess to make openings. Incredibly hard to achieve success in that mould with a budget that’s, for example, a third of Villa’s.

Sitting ducks for the 15+ clubs that craftily wait for our rope-a-duck mistake to destroy us on the counter.

Yep, so best if he quits and waits for a club who’ll back him. He is now on a hiding to nothing

He is likely to lose Biss and Trossard in the summer and be expected to promote from the squad and the under 23s.

I think his ambition may prove to be more than that

 

[doogie004]

Let’s sack him and get someone decent in ,we have top PL players, not good enough

Who is replacing him btw?

Let’s talk about his home record then !


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[Icy Gull]

Not yet but I can easily see him being given a card and a carriage clock the second the season is over, a la Hughton.

Bloom takes stock at the end of each season. We know this. I’d imagine he’s more than faintly underwhelmed with recent developments.

Such a shame. All the early promise falling apart. The chances are we shall come to look at those first five matches, with some frankly fortunate wins, as having done the heavy lifting for the entire season. Without that start we’d be right in the poop.

I’m pretty underwhelmed that he hasn’t been backed but it’s not my money so I am not complaining

 

[The Fits]

Out of interest, how many defeats in a row do we have to endure before we are allowed to start talking about replacing the manager?

What’s fairly obvious is that Bloom sees the long term in all this.
We haven’t been relegated so far and we will still possibly get a record haul this season. So he isn’t going to worry too much about immediate results. Overall he will see two things: survival and a relative improvement.
It’s frustrating for us that we haven’t pushed on from our good start and fortune this season, but he simply isn’t going to sack Potter unless overall he sees us going backwards. Right now it FEELS like we are going backwards but the reality is we aren’t, even if things are mind numbingly disappointing.

 

[OzMike]

And his replacement will be...........................

 

[Weststander]

Yep, so best if he quits and waits for a club who’ll back him. He is now on a hiding to nothing

If Blooms makes this summer a couple of first teamers out with some future potential bought in, even ever optimist Potter must privately lose the will.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's an isolated series of defeats.

A long series, I'll grant you, but....

6 consecutive defeats and only one goal scored, by a defender.

 

[doogie004]

And his replacement will be...........................

Let’s keep playing the same easy with the same mistakes then . Take another look at his home record over nearly three seasons then come back


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