I imagine our board couldn’t get a cast iron guarantee about him staying for next season, our chairman Tony Bloom, is always decisive and decided to part ways now with plenty of time to get fixed up for the summer and next season rather than have this rumble on and lose him in August.
Roberto De Zerbi
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Martin’s definitely an option as well, but links with McKenna have been rumbling for a few weeks.
He should have left and retired after Brighton beat football and went out on a high. Instead his last game will be a home defeat to the worst Utd team in a long time. What a way to go.
Feck him and feck Brighton.
Feck him and feck Brighton.
This sort of bitterness isn't good for you in the long run.
Surely it’s the other way around? Nothing screams ‘United loss’ more than the opposition manager departing. Thoroughly expect a Brighton win tomorrow - well, I did before the announcement but still.
Off to Sunderland apparently.
Is this An Meme?
Ah, it was tongue in cheek. I just want Utd to win. I got tired of the crazy overhyped love in very quickly. Nobody was talking about George Burley getting big jobs when he took Ipswich up to 6th or whatever it was. He's taken Brighton from where Potter left them to where Potter left them, granted he's lost a few big players, but I don't think he'd last the season at a top club.
How when he got them their highest ever PL position?
Because Potter had them in 9th in his last full season, he had them 4th/5th when he left for Chelsea. De Zerbi will leave them in 10th.
Any chance he goes to Juve?
Milan are also on the hunt for a new manager, although they seem to be after Fonseca. Maybe with De Zerbi on the table one of them will have a rethink.
What about this season though?
Damn it. Read it as United Confirmed
Thank feck it isn't.
Funnily enough Martin lives in Brighton aswell. Rumours Southampton will sack him if they don't win the play off final so he might not even have the opportunity to jump ship.
No thank you
I think Juve's in for Motta from Bolonga and Fonseca to Milan. Don't think RDZ will go to either. Its still early, more managers will leave their respective clubs in the coming weeks. RDZ will probably end up at PSG or somewhere random?
He had them in 4/5th after 6 games. That doesn’t count for anything. What a weird way to look at it. Ole had us in 1st at one point, same with Jose. Did they ever win us the league?
If one of the main tasks part of the new structure that's been bought in by SJR and co is to pick the identity in type of playing style the club will need to play going forward maybe Di Zerbi type of football could be it.
Has Berada and Wilcox been the ones to decide that Di Zerbi is the one to use.
Start controlling games and dominate possession.Playing out from the back under pressure.
This type of football is to be used throughout the club from academy to 1st team, isnt that part of Wilcox's job to ensure this will be done.
Watching this, could this be the direction we go with playing:
Has Berada and Wilcox been the ones to decide that Di Zerbi is the one to use.
Start controlling games and dominate possession.Playing out from the back under pressure.
This type of football is to be used throughout the club from academy to 1st team, isnt that part of Wilcox's job to ensure this will be done.
Watching this, could this be the direction we go with playing:
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I felt we could get a good result at Brighton but now this announcement and they'll probably be motivated to win in his last game. Feck.
Where is he going anyway? And will Brighton go for McKenna now?
Where is he going anyway? And will Brighton go for McKenna now?
Typical of this to happen before our game against them. Teams get new managers before playing us aswell.
Do we want that type of football though? He’s a bit open like ETH. When De Zerbi loses he loses ugly. He doesn’t know how to keep it tight at the back.
Or they won't give a shit because he's bailing on them. You never know!
Ok, so the season ended they finished 9th, he then had them 5th and left for Chelsea. De Zerbi rode a wave and took them to a 6th place finish and will now finish 10th and leave, right back to where they finished the season before he took over.
He lost important players and he had to navigate the Europa league as well… And still ha can match Potter’s last season (51 pts and -2 p). Finishing 10th-12th (48-51 pts) this season would be a good result for Brighton, no matter how you look at it. Don‘t forget the goal difference, they’ve never had a positive goal difference before him. They weren’t scoring enough despite all the good football Potter played.
You can not possibly look at this and think he is a failure.
He lost important players and he had to navigate the Europa league as well… And still ha can match Potter’s last season (51 pts and -2 p). Finishing 10th-12th (48-51 pts) this season would be a good result for Brighton, no matter how you look at it. Don‘t forget the goal difference, they’ve never had a positive goal difference before him. They weren’t scoring enough despite all the good football Potter played.
You can not possibly look at this and think he is a failure.
Never said he was a failure, I've already stated he lost players. But we all heard all the shite about how Brighton beat football and De Zerbi was this and that etc etc etc...
Reality is they are right back to where they were before he joined.
Maybe just maybe, Man Utd bounds?
McKenna to Brighton 
De zerbi is highly rated by INEOS he was earmarked by Barrada at city to take over from Pep whenever he left.
De zerbi is highly rated by INEOS he was earmarked by Barrada at city to take over from Pep whenever he left.
He's gonna switch seats with Ten Hag by the end of it. Along with Sir Brailsford announcing if it was just a prank and that 'muppets should be patient'.
I'm actually surprised that Bayern are so decisively against his appointment. Wonder if they know something or if they really want someone more short term to get Alonso next year.
Rode a wave for 32 games?
come on, you know that ain’t possible in the premier league.
finishing in six is a great position for a club like that
You guys aren't concerned that he only got them scoring that much with the xG, that are very comparable to Brentford and Bournemouth? I didn't use United because the excuse would be that our players are more talented and expensive. As crap as we are, Brighton is there with those 2 clubs.
Yep! We’re always every teams last game at their stadium before they move too
He’s just a living version of that Bart Simpson meme where he’s playing chess against 3 different people, but then loses them all
Bored of people hyping up the fact Brighton pass it a bit. Fantastic. Problem is they fecking lose all the time
I’m personally over losing all the time. Get a winner in
Why are you so bitter about the shite spouted by the media (which they do in general?)
Yeh it's weird. De Zerbi obviously took Brighton to another level and is a fun manager to have in football.
I thought the Press would be making more of this by hyping up he is on his way to Utd and saying that he will be replacing the outgoing Erik.
Don’t think we’ve been strongly linked with him have we? Think he’ll go either Bayern or Barca
I just....don't get too excited by him. I think the hair and beard combo, and how he's just done very averagely this season. Have Brighton had a lot of injury issues or something? What's the explaination.