Provide me a source that says he wasn't drilling any defensive tactics? He played a high pressing game, went man to man both high up the pitch and in the defensive third. The changes were blatantly clear from the off. And I'm not saying he was better or worse than Potter, as I rated his work there too, but it was completely different. Potter was more cautious, liked his team to recycle the ball more and play the odds better with their passing. He also would often use 3/5 at the back.
De Zerbi played a high risk game but something much more in line with what other top coaches are doing. This high risk (drawing the press) became their undoing more when they had key players missing or sold, and the level of ability in his team dropped. He came in and unlocked Brighton in attack, and I believe with better players his football could be very good. The praise he had from the likes of Klopp and Pep is a testament to his football. But I don't look at it black and white like you. I saw a brand of football that could be something special with a better squad of players. You really, really want to ignore the injuries to try to make a daft point about his defensive issues being down to the players seemingly forgetting how to defend because of him, but you simply can't be taken seriously if you won't acknowledge it.
I'd have loved to have seen what you would have said about Jurgen Klopp after his spell at Mainz. Dortmund saw the potential and the rest was history. Even after he got them relegated and failed to get them promoted. Football isn't black and white, and sometimes managers have good ideas that are held back by players (or injuries and sale of key players, in this case). When he had his team with less injuries, he took them into Europe for the first time in their history. Everybody knew they would struggle the following season due to their depth, or lack of, but seemingly not you. This was only compounded by injury right across the team.
Besides, the story at the moment is that we did look at him but the money was an issue. So hopefully Ineos are able to recognise potential. It is seemingly beyond you, given you keep asking us to name a suitable replacement for a poor coach, and then find fault with every option. Even though there's coaches available, who are proven to be better than Ten Hag (eg Tuchel). You hide behind this facade of saying you'd be open to replacing him with the right option, but really you're just not as brave a certain other posters who are clear in their support of Ten Hag. Which I believe is actually the motivation behind your deluded posts, as you've kept this nonsense up throughout this shit show that has been the last 12 months.
