[Albion] Who do you want to become our new manager?

[Justice]

Maybe not a lie but he said it in a presser at the time he questioned the ambition and backing (lack of) from Bloom after the heavy defeats at Roma and Luton

Loads of fans said the same at the time.

 

[Justice]

Potter signed Caicedo, Estupinan, Trossard, Enciso, Gilmour, Adingra, Undav, Mitoma, van Hecke, Veltman and several other players who were all instrumental in qualifying for Europe. In fact, we had a great start under Potter in that season (22/23) which De Zerbi would benefit from - not trying to undermine the great work that De Zerbi did.

The club sign players, the coach is the coach.
Surely this is common knowledge now.

 

[The Wookiee]

The manager merry go round Summer 2024

Chelsea - Thomas Frank
Brentford - Potter
Man Utd - McKenna
Ipswich - Rob Edwards
Brighton - Enzo Maresca
Leicester- David Moyes

 

[Krafty]

The club sign players, the coach is the coach.
Surely this is common knowledge now.

Surely the coach has an influence over the players he signs, no? De Zerbi did with Fati and Dahoud; both would inevitably be transfer flops.

Even if not, Potter transformed Brighton from a team flirting with relegation to a top-half side and some people still can’t accept that. I don’t think you can deny that without Potter, we wouldn’t be in the great position we are in currently (Europe, etc.)

 

[oldboyroy]

Oh sod it, getting ready for the famous "Graham Potters blue and white army" chant again

 

[The Fits]

Someone who actually wants to be here for at least two years and isn't already thinking about his next move.

 

[Hometownglory]

Potter signed Caicedo, Estupinan, Trossard, Enciso, Gilmour, Adingra, Undav, Mitoma, van Hecke, Veltman and several other players who were all instrumental in qualifying for Europe. In fact, we had a great start under Potter in that season (22/23) which De Zerbi would benefit from - not trying to undermine the great work that De Zerbi did.

He did not sign those players. He probably hadn't even heard of most of them.

 

[GloryDays]

The manager merry go round Summer 2024

Chelsea - Thomas Frank
Brentford - Potter
Man Utd - McKenna
Ipswich - Rob Edwards
Brighton - Enzo Maresca
Leicester- David Moyes

I’ve seen this banded around a bit re: Frank.

The most wild take ever. Can’t see why Chelsea would do this, esp now. Like…why wouldn’t they have done it with any of their previous Clearlake appointments? If anything it’s the worst stock TF has had. Maybe cheaper for comp but makes no sense to me. Just lazy 2+2.

Please someone tell me why it makes sense.

Does he work with a notoriously young squad? Is Brentford a particularly head coach based system? Chelsea talk about long termism but are evidently “top 4 or failure”. Frank hasn’t proven, at least IMO, any tactical naus to suggest he can achieve that. Even Kompany managed to inexplicably blag that while getting absolutely mullered, all season. Frank seems to be definitively beige atm. Am I being harsh?

 

[The Fits]

I’ve seen this banded around a bit re: Frank.

The most wild take ever. Can’t see why Chelsea would do this, esp now. Like…why wouldn’t they have done it with any of their previous Clearlake appointments? If anything it’s the worst stock TF has had. Maybe cheaper for comp but makes no sense to me. Just lazy 2+2.

Please someone tell me why it makes sense.

Does he work with a notoriously young squad? Is Brentford a particularly head coach based system? Chelsea talk about long termism but are evidently “top 4 or failure”. Frank hasn’t proven, at least IMO, any tactical naus to suggest he can achieve that. Even Kompany managed to inexplicably blag that while getting absolutely mullered, all season. Frank seems to be definitively beige atm. Am I being harsh?

Yup. Not a chance Frank is going to Chelsea.

 

[Justice]

For all those wanting Potter back why would he have any fire in his belly this time around? Genuine question.
It would be an absolute disaster we need a hungry coach who wants to prove himself.

 

[The Wookiee]

I’ve seen this banded around a bit re: Frank.

The most wild take ever. Can’t see why Chelsea would do this, esp now. Like…why wouldn’t they have done it with any of their previous Clearlake appointments? If anything it’s the worst stock TF has had. Maybe cheaper for comp but makes no sense to me. Just lazy 2+2.

Please someone tell me why it makes sense.

Does he work with a notoriously young squad? Is Brentford a particularly head coach based system? Chelsea talk about long termism but are evidently “top 4 or failure”. Frank hasn’t proven, at least IMO, any tactical naus to suggest he can achieve that. Even Kompany managed to inexplicably blag that while getting absolutely mullered, all season. Frank seems to be definitively beige atm. Am I being harsh?

Does anything Chelsea do make sense ?

 

[GloryDays]

Surely the coach has an influence over the players he signs, no? De Zerbi did with Fati and Dahoud; both would inevitably be transfer flops.

Even if not, Potter transformed Brighton from a team flirting with relegation to a top-half side and some people still can’t accept that. I don’t think you can deny that without Potter, we wouldn’t be in the great position we are in currently (Europe, etc.)

I agree that Potter did a great job with the tools he had, at the time. But also with hindsight there were some players that flourished when he left.

If he were to return, and I’m chucking with excitement and irony at the prospect, some players (Solly, Steele) might not be buzzing. But also maybe GP will have a new appreciation for their skills.

Joking aside, I guess it is very possible, but it’s also a very complex appointment for TB if he were to come back. I’m not too sure why GP would even entertain it. Let’s not fool ourselves. He didn’t seem to like it much here in the first place.

 

[Justice]

Surely the coach has an influence over the players he signs, no? De Zerbi did with Fati and Dahoud; both would inevitably be transfer flops.

Even if not, Potter transformed Brighton from a team flirting with relegation to a top-half side and some people still can’t accept that. I don’t think you can deny that without Potter, we wouldn’t be in the great position we are in currently (Europe, etc.)

We wouldn’t. be in the PL without Hughton either.

 

[GloryDays]

For all those wanting Potter back why would he have any fire in his belly this time around? Genuine question.
It would be an absolute disaster we need a hungry coach who wants to prove himself.

I think the added layer of 50% of fans thinking he is a f***ing massive f***ing piece of shit would be a big distraction. The fire in his belly would be tempered by the £20m+ he got for 6 months work at Chelsea. Any job prospect would be a bit meh after that.

 

[Justice]

I think the added layer of 50% of fans thinking he is a f***ing massive f***ing piece of shit would be a big distraction. The fire in his belly would be tempered by the £20m+ he got for 6 months work at Chelsea. Any job prospect would be a bit meh after that.

This, if he wanted just to coach a team for the love of the game Ajax was perfect. If you are good you are in the champions league within a season.

 

[Krafty]

For all those wanting Potter back why would he have any fire in his belly this time around? Genuine question.
It would be an absolute disaster we need a hungry coach who wants to prove himself.

Not necessarily. I think we need to bring stability to the club as we are currently in a problematic situation. Potter seems to be the best manager in the list to achieve such aims as he has experience in the Premier League and at Brighton - this is all my personal opinion.

He may create another period of transition for another manager to benefit from.

 

[Hometownglory]

Surely the coach has an influence over the players he signs, no? De Zerbi did with Fati and Dahoud; both would inevitably be transfer flops.

Even if not, Potter transformed Brighton from a team flirting with relegation to a top-half side and some people still can’t accept that. I don’t think you can deny that without Potter, we wouldn’t be in the great position we are in currently (Europe, etc.)

You prove my point. That is why we don't have a system of letting managers sign their own playes. Fati and Dahoud.

I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, he is. However, it's worth noting that he had us fourth after 6 games, not 20!

 

[Krafty]

You prove my point. That is why we don't have a system of letting managers sign their own playes. Fati and Dahoud.

I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, he is. However, it's worth noting that he had us fourth after 6 games, not 20!

You don’t believe that Potter could’ve achieved Europe if he had stayed? I know he is a good coach who has Premier League experience; that is why I wouldn’t be against him coming back.

 

[MJsGhost]

I wonder if Paul Barber and Kieran Mckenna's time together at Vancouver may have some influence in this deal.

I thought their time at Spurs overlapped?

 

[oldboyroy]

It's not Rooney anyway, he's on Plymouth radar