Yikes.
How Brighton BEAT Football
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The wheels are really starting to come off now.
Football seems to be beating Brighton back
De Zerbi looking more like the ideal Utd manager by the day...
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What’s going on? Interested to hear your thoughts of RdZ, especially as both he and Potter keep featuring as a possible replacement for Ten Hag.
Are the current struggles due to something he’s done/isn’t doing or limitations of the squad? Admittedly not seen much of you guys this season.
What’s going on? Interested to hear your thoughts of RdZ, especially as both he and Potter keep featuring as a possible replacement for Ten Hag.
Are the current struggles due to something he’s done/isn’t doing or limitations of the squad? Admittedly not seen much of you guys this season.
That David Guest lookalike gig could be a nice little earner should things get worse for him.
Wouldn't look out of place at Chelsea
Someone must speak up. The madness has to end.
You simply cannot be a top manager with this haircut. You just can't.
You simply cannot be a top manager with this haircut. You just can't.
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Dezerbidly beaten by Roma.
I'm not a massive fan of De Zerbi but to be fair, XI vs XI, I'm not sure a single Brighton player gets in the Roma team:
If you look at the team for what it is, it's really not a good starting 11.
If you look at the team for what it is, it's really not a good starting 11.
I'm not a massive fan of De Zerbi but to be fair, XI vs XI, I'm not sure a single Brighton player gets in the Roma team:
If you look at the team for what it is, it's really not a good starting 11.
Yeah, I don't mean to Dunk on Brighton here, but that team is Gross. Hecke knows they could use more Steele, that's for sure.
I follow both teams and the only one would be Lamptey over Celik/Karsdorp/Kristensen imho (and, outside that S11, Mitoma over EL92)..
Brighton are very decent but Roma simply have better players.. Just for example in that line-up alone there are some players that won either EURO2021 (Spinazzola, Pellegrini, Cristante), World Cup2022 (Paredes, Dybala) or African cup 2024 (N'Dicka) among others..
Brighton are very decent but Roma simply have better players.. Just for example in that line-up alone there are some players that won either EURO2021 (Spinazzola, Pellegrini, Cristante), World Cup2022 (Paredes, Dybala) or African cup 2024 (N'Dicka) among others..
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You’re not seriously suggesting that to be successful tonight Brighton needed better players?
How tactically inept is De Zerbi if he needs better players to beat Roma?
Has all the hallmarks of a United manager.
Eh. They're in the EL R16 and still fighting for european places in the PL aren't they? Nights like this actually strenghten the point of this thread if anything
Like this Brighton squad should be aiming to finish 10th in the PL at best. Nevermind playing a EL R16 tie...
Like this Brighton squad should be aiming to finish 10th in the PL at best. Nevermind playing a EL R16 tie...
Tbf they're 1 point ahead of Wolves in 10th.
They finished 6th last season and 9th the season before.
They've won just five of their last 21 league games, lost 3-0 to Fulham on the weekend and 4-0 to Luton at the end of January.
They're going backwards in the league under him (which I'd say is understandable given the injuries they've had, but I've been led to believe that doesn't matter).
Regardless of their latest form Brighton and de zerbi are still having a decent season.
People need to look at circumstances and losing best players each season. Also trying to manage a smallish squad in their first campaign in Europe is going to be a challenge.
On top of that hearing that a couple of your fans have been stabbed before the game can’t be good for concentration either.
People need to look at circumstances and losing best players each season. Also trying to manage a smallish squad in their first campaign in Europe is going to be a challenge.
On top of that hearing that a couple of your fans have been stabbed before the game can’t be good for concentration either.
Grown ass man with spikey hair. Insaneo behaviourSomeone must speak up. The madness has to end.
You simply cannot be a top manager with this haircut. You just can't.
Ah allright. Nevermind then
Finishing 6th last season and 9th the year before were serioisly impressive though
"You're telling me he's a top manager when he's taking time out of his day to delicately craft those spikes in the morning? No."Someone must speak up. The madness has to end.
You simply cannot be a top manager with this haircut. You just can't.
"You're telling me he's a top manager when he's taking time out of his day to delicately craft those spikes in the morning? No."
And then Jamie spits out about 200 words in a second
How come Barco hasn't featured much?
He didn't scan so they have to try another register.
Are they not just kind of falling back to the level somewhere nearer where they should be at with the players/resources they have?
It was the media who decided to start talking about them as if they were the rebirth of 2008 Barcelona.
Their first European game this season was amusing when their players were trying to showboat playing 100mph one touch football while a supposedly no mark Greek team picked them apart on the break. Can't blame them for getting a bit over excited though.
It was the media who decided to start talking about them as if they were the rebirth of 2008 Barcelona.
Their first European game this season was amusing when their players were trying to showboat playing 100mph one touch football while a supposedly no mark Greek team picked them apart on the break. Can't blame them for getting a bit over excited though.
Here's the "I follow neither teams" reply.
Hair police out in force
Or should i say constables
Or should i say constables
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No it was the “What would be said about him were he United manager” reply. It’s not my serious view of him or the club.
I’ve said many times De Zerbi is a good manager but Roma are where they deserve to be in Serie A.
They aren’t anywhere a title challenge and I’d argue levels below still even Juventus and AC Milan. They’ve been playing better under De Rossi (still struggling against better sides) but last night Brighton weren’t unlucky they were just outclassed.
You cannot judge him until he has every single player healthy for at least 10 consecutive games.
Well well well. How the turned tables..
I guess we wont go for him.
Feels like a bit of Southampton about Brighton now. Even with a seriously impressive recruitment/development strategy, every club will be affected by losing their best players/key personell several summers in a row. Then again they have had a lot of injuries to key players and too many games to handle for a club of that size, so they might return to winning ways soon.
I think they'll have these seasons. Theyll qualify for Europe after next season but be unable to fight in both and they'll drop.
Is this the Gareth Southgate thread or where
where do I go for that?
where do I go for that?
Brighton are currently experiencing the worst injury crisis in history of European football.
On a serious note, De Zerbi is far from a certain thing, I think anyone is going to be on the same page here. He's very young, has done well with Sassuolo and Brighton but that's a level or two below what would be expected from him at United or City. I find it quite hard to assess him on his Brighton spell alone because of how turbulent things are there. I like the football they play, even in games they lose heavily they still produce some very good moments where it feels like 1 or 2 quality players could turn things around, however his inability to produce results when dominating games is concerning and I think he meddles with the team a little too much. They've still overperformed this year relative to what realistic expectations should have been, but they've been in a similar place for a while even under Potter i.e. playing well but struggling to see off games.
Basically you wouldn't really know what you are getting into with him, much like many other young managers.