[Albion] Will RDZ be Brighton manager first game of the 24/25 season?

[Stat Brother]

I wonder if today will be a practical interview for a job swap with the young scamp in the other technical area?

 

[raymondo]

I think he'll be off. Similar to the quote above there was something said either by him or one of his coaching team around the time he joined about how he has a 2 year shelf life before his intensity is too much, probably for him as much as anyone else.

He said it himself in a presser months back I think.

 

[atomised]

I think we get one more season

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

I think that statement that he admits he's a strain on the players says a lot. His demands seem high, the amount of injuries have to in part be attributed to his high intensity training methods. Several players are on the record saying as much.
I also always doubted his excessive player rotation strategy at the beginning of the season. Four or five player changes a match didn’t make any sense when we had only played half a dozen games.
And I know it's been said elsewhere, his inability to pick a number one goalie shows weekness.
Still it's been an amazing 15 months since he joined and stay or go he will go down as a legend in Albion history.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I’ve found the recent negativity about De Zerbi and this week's wailing about the team and how terrible everything is, to be absolutely pathetic. Take a look at the league table, take a look at where we are in the two major cup competitions. Like the rest of us, RDZ just needs a good win today and we’ll all be smiling again.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Hang on I’ll just go get a coin…..heads or tails

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I always remember what someone once told me about indispensability;

“You can stick your hand in a bucket of water thrash it about, create waves and splashes, but the size of how much you’ll be missed is the size of the hole left when you take it out”

 

[tigertim68]

Makes me laugh those who think it will be easy to replace RDZ because of our succession planning and recruitment. Yes, we upgraded from Cucurella to Estupinan, and Potter to De Zerbi - BUT the hole left by Mac Allister and Caicedo has been bloody hard to fill. As people keep pointing out on here when anyone questions why Caicedo wasn't replaced adequately, it's because once you get to a certain standard, better or like for like replacements aren't always available, don't work within our financials or are just unwilling to come to us.

As I keep on saying it’s was not only MacAllister and Caicedo we have not replaced Enoch either who was looking like a really good player

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Makes me laugh those who think it will be easy to replace RDZ because of our succession planning and recruitment. Yes, we upgraded from Cucurella to Estupinan, and Potter to De Zerbi - BUT the hole left by Mac Allister and Caicedo has been bloody hard to fill. As people keep pointing out on here when anyone questions why Caicedo wasn't replaced adequately, it's because once you get to a certain standard, better or like for like replacements aren't always available, don't work within our financials or are just unwilling to come to us.

Mac Allister and Caicedo didn’t come into the club as world beaters. They developed with us, even going out on loan at first.
In my opinion, Caicedo has gone backwards since leaving us.

It’s part of a manager’s remit to develop the players he has.

 

[AmexRuislip]

For the Albion realists YES
For the Albion bedwetters/ entitled YES

I'm convinced RDZ will be at the helm next season and all this negativity is way way way way over the top.
IMO of course.

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

I'm going to vote after the game today

 

[Oh_aye]

He'll definitely be off one way or another.

I'm alright with it! They all go eventually.

There is plenty to play for this season yet.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Maybe he will, maybe he won't, but god, NSC is collectively so needy over this. Probably there's less anxiety on a mothers group chat when they find out a pedo has just moved in next to the local school

How many times has the fella said how lucky he is to have this group to manage?

Just chill out about it. You can't do anything to affect this situation, but if you're really concerned about the future of your club there's something you can do today. Get behind the team. Keep your phone in your pocket, stop leaving the singing to others, forget about your shit excuse why you need to leave early and properly support the lads

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

It's defiantly our lopsided recruitment policy that needs changing, it's been a disaster

Not as disastrous as your spelling

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Lopsided? Blimey. The policy which has seen us to our most successful period in our history. Tough crowd.

The policy is good, but it is lopsided, it’s so heavily weighted towards turning a profit in 24 months time rather buying for the here and now, and that’s fine, but this season RDZ has had the rug pulled from beneath him. The club sold the nucleus of his team and didn’t do enough to strengthen the squad. All season there’s been a huge weakness in the middle of the park, we were able to disguise with the relentless attacking, but now we’ve lost 5 wingers the fragility is exposed.

 

[doogie004]

Nah, I don't think so.

As I've said elsewhere, in response to those who say "which club will he go to then?", I think the walk-off-into-the-sunset outcome is more likely, particularly after the January transfer window. And I said that with no knowledge of his Sassuolo exit.

I hope not, obviously - he's almost certainly the best manager we've had and great entertainment with it. He's taken the club to heights that few thought possible, and we may go higher still...

I doubt we will ever go higher without the manager being backed like De Zerbi asked for .

 

[Simster]

He appears to be pissed off right now. Fair enough, my job is annoying me too, but it doesn't mean I'm about to walk out.

I get that he doesn't have the same financial obligations as me but the point surely is that nobody walks out the minute things go a bit awry. He's only been here a year

A couple of big wins in the league followed by another epic European triumph and we would probably get the feeling he'll never want to leave.

 

[pocketseagull]

And I know it's been said elsewhere, his inability to pick a number one goalie shows weekness.

TBF you may not agree with the tactic but going against the long established way of doing things strikes me as the opposite of weakness.

 

[METALMICKY]

Dahoud was RDZ signing….

This!

 

[Weststander]

When we were flying in the PL, I thought he’d stay until summer 25 at the latest.

Now we’re mid-table meh, and he’s lost that 100% sparkle for all things Albion including club decisions, I think he’ll leave. New job or not.

Newcastle?