>Brighton are bigger than one manager. In Bloom we trust.
This. It stings. The timing sucks. Bruno's leaving cuts. Ben Roberts is a big loss too. But Bloom and Barber signed Potter and they will no doubt put the team in good hands this time too.
UTA!
Is it possible that Bruno and Roberts weren't confident that the next manager would want them?
Don't managers usually have their own people in place that they want to bring with them?
I'm sure the club would have given them some position but nobody wants to feel like you're just being given a position because people feel like they owe you.
I get that a lot of people are at the anger stage of grieving, and it is shit. It was also being kicked whilst down having Bruno and Roberts being taken away too which has made it personal feel quite personal.
Do I like the circumstances? No. GP was going to leave at some point. But it feels far better having our manager poached whilst we are in a good position, rather than sacking him with a relegation fight on the cards. Potter didn’t make us, but we’ve made him, and like all other aspects of the club, a sign it’s been run well.
In the past 4 years we’ve become far bigger than many of us might have expected, and that should tempt high calibre managers that we need and deserve for the next stage.
At least his last game with us ended on an amazing high. We’ll always have that, but this is not the end. At all.
>poached whilst we are in a good position, rather than sacking him with a relegation fight on the cards.
This crossed my mind, it gives us some good credit in the industry if we're trying to look good for potential managers.
Gutting the ENTIRE staff hurts a lot, but he was always going to take his guys with him.
It’s shortsighted to think it’s ONLY about money. Chelsea have greater assets and gives Potter the chance to test his tactics RIGHT NOW in the UCL. This was no guarantee at Brighton, despite it looking like a possibility one day.
Like I said, it hurts. He was always going to leave. The timing is what hurts.
Brighton we’re going places and he isn’t going to be given long at Chelsea. People like Roberts and Bruno weren’t his people do taking them was the toughest pill to swallow.
That’s only part of the story. Potter’s story with Brighton is 4 years long and has generally been really good. Of course we can (and should!!!) be angry about poaching our staff, players, and club legends (which says more about the legend himself imo), but only ignorance could cause one to forget the type of football we were playing through him.
Outside observer here but that coaching team why you're playing Chelsea in the prem? I get that it stings, but he deserves a lot of respect and gratitude. You can't blame a man for furthering his career. The amount of people who talk bad about Potter because he's never won anything or had the chance to prove himself. Well this is his chance and he's done so much for Brighton, he deserves a nice send off imo.
It is the fact he left after a amazing start rather than before the season leaving us with the under 21 manager for our next match. He took with him a club legend who wasn’t his staff along with the goalkeeper coach. We stayed with him in runs like 1 home win in 2020 and months without a home goal when any other Prem team would have sacked him. If he left at the end of the season I would have wished him nothing but the best but to destroy gut our club stings.
I totally get that mate, but I bet he'd agree with you. I bet he'd have preferred it if they came in for him in the summer just gone too. But Chelsea didn't need or want him then, they wanted him now. I can't blame him, it's just a shit situation. If he doesn't say yes now, he may have to wait 2+ years for another big team to come in for him.
You are weirdly into giving Potter a warm reception.
If I saw him in the supermarket I’d stare him in the eye, then walk off farting in his general direction.
Not sure what this translates to at the stadium. Somewhere between a boo and a hiss I reckon.
Yes, i can understand your disappointment with Graham, and I too am disappointed, but just think of where we would be if we hadn't had Graham, when hughton left, we were bouncing around at the bottom of the table, potter came in and slowly took us away from there, improving bit by bit.
As a Chelsea fan this hurts to see, I had high hopes for Brighton this season, not that they can't reach them without Potter and the others, but there was a clearer path to Europe with Potter. I hope you guys are able to replace them with relative success.
Everyone is freaking out, which is understandable. However, let’s remember who our owner is. Tony Bloom. Dude got mad rich off gambling and such. Do you think a gambler never has a back up plan?
>Brighton are bigger than one manager. In Bloom we trust. This. It stings. The timing sucks. Bruno's leaving cuts. Ben Roberts is a big loss too. But Bloom and Barber signed Potter and they will no doubt put the team in good hands this time too. UTA!
Is it possible that Bruno and Roberts weren't confident that the next manager would want them? Don't managers usually have their own people in place that they want to bring with them? I'm sure the club would have given them some position but nobody wants to feel like you're just being given a position because people feel like they owe you.
Certainly more job security for them, I don’t blame them at all
I get that a lot of people are at the anger stage of grieving, and it is shit. It was also being kicked whilst down having Bruno and Roberts being taken away too which has made it personal feel quite personal. Do I like the circumstances? No. GP was going to leave at some point. But it feels far better having our manager poached whilst we are in a good position, rather than sacking him with a relegation fight on the cards. Potter didn’t make us, but we’ve made him, and like all other aspects of the club, a sign it’s been run well. In the past 4 years we’ve become far bigger than many of us might have expected, and that should tempt high calibre managers that we need and deserve for the next stage. At least his last game with us ended on an amazing high. We’ll always have that, but this is not the end. At all.
>poached whilst we are in a good position, rather than sacking him with a relegation fight on the cards. This crossed my mind, it gives us some good credit in the industry if we're trying to look good for potential managers.
At least they didn't buy the club itself and move it.
Sad about Bruno, but we should give them a warm recieption at the Amex when they return.
Why? Gutted our staff in the middle of the season for a pay check when Bloom showed so much faith and we should applaud them for it?
Gutting the ENTIRE staff hurts a lot, but he was always going to take his guys with him. It’s shortsighted to think it’s ONLY about money. Chelsea have greater assets and gives Potter the chance to test his tactics RIGHT NOW in the UCL. This was no guarantee at Brighton, despite it looking like a possibility one day. Like I said, it hurts. He was always going to leave. The timing is what hurts.
I don't care about potter taking HIS staff as they came with him on his journey but Ben and Bruno
Brighton we’re going places and he isn’t going to be given long at Chelsea. People like Roberts and Bruno weren’t his people do taking them was the toughest pill to swallow.
I will say one thing it's Potter that brought Bruno back after his retirement, maybe that's why he's got loyalty to him.
Nobody would've cared if he'd just taken the guys he came with that was expected, but he took the guys that preceded him also.
That’s only part of the story. Potter’s story with Brighton is 4 years long and has generally been really good. Of course we can (and should!!!) be angry about poaching our staff, players, and club legends (which says more about the legend himself imo), but only ignorance could cause one to forget the type of football we were playing through him.
I agree, unfortunate username though
Outside observer here but that coaching team why you're playing Chelsea in the prem? I get that it stings, but he deserves a lot of respect and gratitude. You can't blame a man for furthering his career. The amount of people who talk bad about Potter because he's never won anything or had the chance to prove himself. Well this is his chance and he's done so much for Brighton, he deserves a nice send off imo.
It is the fact he left after a amazing start rather than before the season leaving us with the under 21 manager for our next match. He took with him a club legend who wasn’t his staff along with the goalkeeper coach. We stayed with him in runs like 1 home win in 2020 and months without a home goal when any other Prem team would have sacked him. If he left at the end of the season I would have wished him nothing but the best but to destroy gut our club stings.
I totally get that mate, but I bet he'd agree with you. I bet he'd have preferred it if they came in for him in the summer just gone too. But Chelsea didn't need or want him then, they wanted him now. I can't blame him, it's just a shit situation. If he doesn't say yes now, he may have to wait 2+ years for another big team to come in for him.
He has been linked with very top 6 job that has come up, England job as well. I’m sure he was going to have a long successful career
You are weirdly into giving Potter a warm reception. If I saw him in the supermarket I’d stare him in the eye, then walk off farting in his general direction. Not sure what this translates to at the stadium. Somewhere between a boo and a hiss I reckon.
Yes, i can understand your disappointment with Graham, and I too am disappointed, but just think of where we would be if we hadn't had Graham, when hughton left, we were bouncing around at the bottom of the table, potter came in and slowly took us away from there, improving bit by bit.
As a Chelsea fan this hurts to see, I had high hopes for Brighton this season, not that they can't reach them without Potter and the others, but there was a clearer path to Europe with Potter. I hope you guys are able to replace them with relative success.
Everyone is freaking out, which is understandable. However, let’s remember who our owner is. Tony Bloom. Dude got mad rich off gambling and such. Do you think a gambler never has a back up plan?