The Sun says we are in talks with Coppell

[Commander]

So it MUST be true.

Seagulls call Copp | The Sun |Sport|Football

 

[Marshy]

Its almost a done deal.

 

[Bald Gull]

Its almost a done deal.

How do you know? When you say 'almost', do you know what the sticking points are?

 

[Marc1901]

if its almost a done deal , then what backroom staff is he going to bring in ?

 

[Tooting Gull]

I'd be very surprised if that was wrong. Doesn't mean 100 per cent he'll get it, but he's obviously first choice. The Sun's main man did a big interview with Bloom, so they've got his number and a call will have gone in.

 

[simon195]

god help this club, its going backwards again, appointing an ex has been, who if i remember walked out on brighton... when will this club learn its leason not to appoint ex albion managers, it just dos nt hack...you telling me he is best man for the club, dont think so somehow... this club will never learn. !!!!

 

[Icy Gull]

appointing an ex has been, who if i remember walked out on brighton... QUOTE]

You've got a selective memory then, as he did not walk out

 

[burrish-gull]

god help this club, its going backwards again, appointing an ex has been, who if i remember walked out on brighton... when will this club learn its leason not to appoint ex albion managers, it just dos nt hack...you telling me he is best man for the club, dont think so somehow... this club will never learn. !!!!

Totally 100% wrong there I'm afraid, the club did'nt do enough to stop him leaving and so he left for Reading.

 

[SamPeters]

appointing an ex has been, who if i remember walked out on brighton... QUOTE]

You've got a selective memory then, as he did not walk out

actually you have a selective memory because he walked out on us to go to reading even though we finished top of the division ??

 

[Icy Gull]

actually you have a selective memory because he walked out on us to go to reading even though we finished top of the division ??

Pushed not walked and it's hard to finish top of the division with less than a quarter of the season gone.

 

[sam86]

Spelling mistake. Capello, surely?

 

[Rookie]

'Walked out' are you sure about that one, think the money Reading were chucking at DK to gets his release had something to do with it

 

[SamPeters]

ok well he left us at the top of the division...and he didnt get forced to go...he wanted to go...he was intrested in reading and brighton didnt want a manager who would look at different clubs to take over

 

[Icy Gull]

ok well he left us at the top of the division...and he didnt get forced to go...he wanted to go...he was intrested in reading and brighton didnt want a manager who would look at different clubs to take over

DK/the club needed the 250k and Coppell would not have gone if DK had wanted him to stay...allegedly

 

[SamPeters]

if he wanted to be loyal to the club he would not have gone no matter what the money was...there is a thing called declining a job ?

 

[Icy Gull]

if he wanted to be loyal to the club he would not have gone no matter what the money was...there is a thing called declining a job ?

You may be a paragon of virtue but in most jobs if your boss is happy for you to go and the job you are being offered is about 10 times better than the one you have, I suggest most of us would go.

I'm not sure that a single person on here is suggesting that SC is Brighton through and through so I had no problem with him leaving us last time and certainly wouldn't use it as a reason for not wanting him back.

 

[Triggaaar]

god help this club, its going backwards again, appointing an ex has been, who if i remember walked out on brighton

Hiring an ex often doesn't work, but I don't blame Coppell for leaving given the situation we were in (no proper ground, no money etc). What decent manager would have wanted to stay with us in the last dozen years? Now that our new ground is becoming a reality rather than a pipe dream, there's good reason for a decent manager to want to be here.

 

[simon195]

actually you have a selective memory because he walked out on us to go to reading even though we finished top of the division ??

ok i stand corrected but surely we dont want another ex manager,, look what happened with ole micky !!!

 

[k2bluesky]

I would certainly hope the deal was done for the new manager before Slade was sacked, so an announcement this week is certain, unless they want to see if Hinshelwood can beat his 10 in a row record!!

 

[Commander]

if he wanted to be loyal to the club he would not have gone no matter what the money was...there is a thing called declining a job ?

If a bigger, better employer approached you and offered you a much better job with much better prospects and much more money, and your current employer was pushing you into it as well as they would get some money out of it, what would you do?