Roberto De Zerbi & Johan Lange Watch

[Citizen Kane.]

This appointment has utter disaster written all over it.

Huge section of the fan base in opposition to him and I'm not even sure he is THAT good as well. Championship here we come lads!!

It is obvious that he wasn't our first choice or we would have appointed him the day after sacking Frank.

We clearly hoped to scrape through to the end of the season with an interim and then approach Poch or any number of good managers who will reportedly be available, but we ballsed that up by appointing Tudor to do the scraping.

 

[Citizen Kane.]

Meanwhile we get to suffer Romano's four dozen "Here we go"s before an official announcement is actually made.

Joy.

 

[Tilly'sowner]

In hindsight, perhaps getting rid of levy was a daft decision. ENiC and Vinai are seriously fecking the club.

 

[Left on the Shelf]

Winless in first 4. That sounds hopeful

I saw that too and thought - yep, that's just what we're looking for!'

 

[Left on the Shelf]

This is a complete ****ing disaster.
We're ****ed - good as down - and probably have been for weeks to be honest.

De Zerbi won't hang around if we go down and we will then have spaffed a few million that we can't afford.

Poch would probably be a great fit for us in the Championship - someone with faults, but the skills and emotion to get us back up. Certainly something that I could get behind.

So the better option would be to have thrown in a Ryan Mason or somehow 'tweaked' Ben Davies certification to get us to May and then lineup Poch to start the day that USA depart the WC.

 

["Thanks for that Brian"]

In hindsight, perhaps getting rid of levy was a daft decision. ENiC and Vinai are seriously fecking the club.

Really...?

 

[KingHotspur]

Here's the thing.

I'm not in favour of this. In fact I think we're beyond the point of salvation.

But the hard truth is, stacked up against every other name being mentioned, which let's be honest included people who haven't managed a game in a decade or more, De Zerbi is the biggest name. By a distance. For the fact that he has very recent PL experience and has also managed a big club who are also run a bit like an asylum, Marseille.

I'd imagine it was between him and Dyche and from the sound of it, both wanted a proper contract to do it. Granted De Zerbi wants longer than Dyche but I make them pretty even in terms of securing our survival, and beyond that De Zerbi is the clear favourite to be a success in the long run.

And yes, this is where we are right now. We've snookered ourselves so badly that the only two shots remaining are Dyche or De Zerbi. I can't see our arrogant tosser players listening to a word Dyche says in his salt of the earth east midlands accent. And there is also the very real concern that he totally failed at Forest.

So the choice has been made for us. By a combination of our own incompetence and circumstances beyond our control.

You could be right and if De Zerbi keeps Spurs up then it’s a good appointment regardless of what happens afterwards.

 

[KingHotspur]

This is a complete ****ing disaster.
We're ****ed - good as down - and probably have been for weeks to be honest.

De Zerbi won't hang around if we go down and we will then have spaffed a few million that we can't afford.

Poch would probably be a great fit for us in the Championship - someone with faults, but the skills and emotion to get us back up. Certainly something that I could get behind.

So the better option would be to have thrown in a Ryan Mason or somehow 'tweaked' Ben Davies certification to get us to May and then lineup Poch to start the day that USA depart the WC.

Surely Poch wouldn’t drop to the championship even for Spurs?

 

[Citizen Kane.]

A few Brighton fans I know have messaged to emphasise De Zerbi's insistence that his teams play out from the back instead of going long.

I think we may need to upgrade the DVD of Vicario's blooper reel to a Blu-ray.

 

[Left on the Shelf]

Surely Poch wouldn’t drop to the championship even for Spurs?

You might be right, but I reckon he would. It's a challenge that I think would appeal to him.
And he does genuinely love the club (****ing idiot!!)

 

[humanbeingincroydon]

A few Brighton fans I know have messaged to emphasise De Zerbi's insistence that his teams play out from the back instead of going long.

I think we may need to upgrade the DVD of Vicario's blooper reel to a Blu-ray.

That's arguably better for Vic, he just rolls it to Romero or Mickey Van and they do the rest

Playing it long is a bigger problem, since his distribution at any distance longer than 15-20 yards is...well about the same as Lloris' for any distance longer than 15-20 yards

 

[Left on the Shelf]

There is an upside, guys!!
With this appointment it means we are only one letter from completing the alphabet in managers names since 2012!

Xabi Alonso next and we are sorted!

 

[KingHotspur]

That's arguably better for Vic, he just rolls it to Romero or Mickey Van and they do the rest

Playing it long is a bigger problem, since his distribution at any distance longer than 15-20 yards is...well about the same as Lloris' for any distance longer than 15-20 yards

Until teams figure that out and mark the centre backs. Vic will do his usual and panic and fluff his clearance.

 

[KingHotspur]

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[Citizen Kane.]

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The length of the contract is just background noise.

We're offering him whatever it takes for him to say yes.

Rumours point to a £10m bonus if he keeps us up, which would make him the best paid manager in the world.

That plus the cost of sacking him a year or two into his contract still adds up to pennies compared to what relegation would cost us. £50m versus £250m.

We've snookered ourselves and at this point if he demands a toilet seat made of solid gold, he gets a toilet seat made of solid gold.

 

[Left on the Shelf]

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[humanbeingincroydon]

Until teams figure that out and mark the centre backs. Vic will do his usual and panic and fluff his clearance.

That's what the FBs are for

If they're actually in position for Vic to play it out from the back, of course

 

[PowerSpurs]

The length of the contract is just background noise.

We're offering him whatever it takes for him to say yes.

Rumours point to a £10m bonus if he keeps us up, which would make him the best paid manager in the world.

That plus the cost of sacking him a year or two into his contract still adds up to pennies compared to what relegation would cost us. £50m versus £250m.

We've snookered ourselves and at this point if he demands a toilet seat made of solid gold, he gets a toilet seat made of solid gold.

Given that all we have to do to stay up is to get about the same number of points per game as we've managed so far while playing slightly worse opposition with a squad with fewer injuries, a £10m bonus seems quite generous.

 

[Saf]

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[Left on the Shelf]

That's what the FBs are for

If they're actually in position for Vic to play it out from the back, of course

As long as when they are available he doesn't just pass it blindly to a MF player who he can directly see is just about to be closed down....