[Albion] RDZ pre-Liverpool press conference

[Sergei's Celebration]

He sounds bored to the back teeth with the same old question about his future. He has not changed his answer for months.

If I was him I'd be banging my head against the table right there in the press conference.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Absolutely not true. He was asked a question and he replied with complete honesty, leaving no one in any doubt about his desires. YOu might call this undermining I rather see it as refreshing to know exactly where we stand nd how to go forward.

I was going to post something similar. Refreshingly honest.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

This is simply the default condition of a middling PL side. You either hire a dull manager off the radar of big clubs, or you hire a manager that is going places and will be on their radar. There isn’t much middle ground.

Who are the longest serving managers of the mid table, Marco Silva, Moyes, Howe? It’s not long is it. You’re either like Moyes and not in the radar, like Silva and Howe rebuilding their reputations, or like RDZ fresh on the scene with instant success and on the radars.

If people are going to get this angst ridden, maybe we need to scrap the plan and go dull football again with a safe pair of hands who feels Brighton is their pinnacle?

Did someone say Thomas Frank? Probably not because he doesn't manage BHA.

 

[RandyWanger]

you have to wonder what the f*** is going on in training - i think of all the injuries only 2 have been 'in game'.

Bielsa's Leeds were always injured during training. RDZ is a fan, maybe there's a link in the way they train. Do we know if they're stress/fatigue related injuries?

 

[Mr Bridger]

Just catching up with the press conference, two things I took from that that I liked…
The Tony project & Coolio Ncheezo, sounds like a good gig that. The rest is bollocks.

 

[Flounce]

Did someone say Thomas Frank? Probably not because he doesn't manage BHA.

Or Emery

But then both of them just get on with the job and don’t spend pressers bitching and moaning, whilst alerting others clubs to their dissatisfaction and potential availability.

Some find the above refreshing and understandable because RDZ is honest and doesn’t speak good English. I find it disrespectful to the owner and the club

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Starting to get pissed off with RDZ and his disrespectful comments.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

you have to wonder what the f*** is going on in training - i think of all the injuries only 2 have been 'in game'.

Or international duty?

 

[El Turi]

It feels to me like De Zerbi has given up on this season. If we suffer another heavy defeat today, do we start to question his position?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I was going to post something similar. Refreshingly honest.

Refreshingly honest, or remorseless, relentlessly, boringly negative. Guess that depends on how you see the world.

(Can you guess my take on it?)

 

[dazzer6666]

Or international duty?

Not sure it’s only 2 in game anyway - Joao was v Palace, March, Mitoma’s first long injury, Pervis plus Hinshelwood we don’t know (and doubt anyone does) etc…….

 

[Change at Barnham]

It feels to me like De Zerbi has given up on this season. If we suffer another heavy defeat today, do we start to question his position?

No, he remains the best manager we have ever had. He's a winner who is honest and realistic.

 

[philgull25]

RDZ is what he is, like it or lump it. He has always spoken about honesty being important with his relationship with the club and the fans.

He’s said here simply what is going on, not in a vindictive way or a critical way, actually sounds very respectful to me.

But quite simply, if RDZ does have Liverpool and/or Bayern trying to take him off our hands, we are never going to match that level of ambition, no matter what Bloom or Barber say to him and no matter what the club’s “plan” is.

 

[dwayne]

No, he remains the best manager we have ever had. He's a winner who is honest and realistic.

The free flowing attacking football of last season is the best buttttt as others have said numerous times , at the end of the season before Potter left he was doing similar and then started last season on fire.

Right place right time for zerbi. He will invariably fail at a Chelsea next then off to Italy or Spain but Brighton have been amazing in his career progression. Lucky guy. Shame he’s not a bit more grateful and can’t keep his mouth shut. Honesty is great but miserable , negative , sly digs at bloom honesty ain’t great .

 

[Garyoldfan]

Not quite sure why I dropped by, but I remember why I haven’t been this way a while…!
Some things, and some people, don’t change. It’s all rather tedious.

Oh the irony ….

 

[Change at Barnham]

The free flowing attacking football of last season is the best buttttt as others have said numerous times , at the end of the season before Potter left he was doing similar and then started last season on fire.

Right place right time for zerbi. He will invariably fail at a Chelsea next then off to Italy or Spain but Brighton have been amazing in his career progression. Lucky guy. Shame he’s not a bit more grateful and can’t keep his mouth shut. Honesty is great but miserable , negative , sly digs at bloom honesty ain’t great .

You may be correct, but at the moment I absolutely love what he has achieved at our club and his desire to achieve more.
He has our little Brighton playing some of the most exciting and talked about football in the world game. He has made people sit up and take notice of us. The likes of Guardiola and Klopp are no mugs and they both speak of him very highly.

RDZ is unproven at the highest level but he hasn't yet had the chance to manage a club with a squad of players like at City, Liverpool, Bayern or Barcelona.
In future years history may show that RDZ is another Marcelo Bielsa, admired around the world but winning little.
Someone will eventually take a punt on him, but I hope it isn't until after next season at least.

I reckon we will look back and realise how amazing and exciting the performances he helped us produce were.
He's not negative, he's a very frustrated positive person who loves the club and its players.
However we all know that he's not going to win the Champions League at Brighton.

Viva Tony Bloom and Roberto De Zerbi. Both are legends.

 

[bluenitsuj]

I tend to think the stated ambition of the club is top 10 and I think we are on course for that, probably finishing just outside Euro qualification. RDZ I reckon wants top 5/6, an important difference that I don’t know can be resolved any time soon. With RDZ a wearing heart on sleeve type, it’s also a difference hard to hide, I’ve no idea how it will be resolved or if it necessarily means a parting of the ways, and I imagine few do know at this early stage

If RDZ wants top 6 then he needs to get in a defensive coach, work on our defensive tactics and adopt a plan b.

 

[Beach Hut]

Starting to get pissed off with RDZ and his disrespectful comments.

All very Poyetesque

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

All very Poyetesque

Agree. One criticism of RDZ is he does air a lot of his dirty laundry in public.

 

[Change at Barnham]

Agree. One criticism of RDZ is he does air a lot of his dirty laundry in public.

Don't forget that he is forced to do press conferences.
And also that he has openly stated that he will always be honest.

These two facts are not compatible with people always liking what they hear.