Quite simply the players are subject to FIFA rules whereas managers arent
Graham Potter | turns down Ajax job
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
He's dead to me.
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Could they have not found one picture of him where he doesn't look like he's heading into a daunting situation? Weird choice.
Such a bad short term move for him. I’d have kept working away and held out for Liverpool or City.
I don't think there's a single manager in the world that should be judged on how he did at PSG.
I agree though, it's still a pittance if you look at the kind of influence a manager has on a clubs success compared to a backup LB
If they give him time I can only see him being a success. His football is up there with Pep and Klopps, when you consider the players he had in comparison. Kind of a mix of both really.
Too bad. It's a bummer as I really liked watching Brighton under Potter, and also because I think he'll do well at Chelsea. Brighton must be devastated to lose him at this stage of the season.
Was it a big payoff then to Brighton? In one fell swoop they've picked up Potter and *all* his backroom staff. At least we had the decency to poach a manager with a whole summer for his predecessor to get some good work done. Proper cnutish from Chelsea tbh.
Clueless todd thought it's wise idea to rely on a coach to bring in players worth 300 mn and in the process he didn't allow the coach time to work on his squad to prepare for the season.Who else has been interviewed for the job? You’ve literally hired Potter within 24 hours of sacking Tuchel
Then finally window was over in next five days he sacked the coach and appointed Potter. Because he think Potter is new hair having pep.
.Yeah, must be hard having the greatest football team ever assembled to play against amateurs week in week out.I don't think there's a single manager in the world that should be judged on how he did at PSG.
£16m to Brighton and £15m to Tuchel and his staff.
Would you have said the same thing if we hired him when we sacked Ole last year?
Managers don't have any power over anything in PSG
Hey, at least we didn't have him going on strike!
It’s very strange how it’s all unfolded. What do you think has happened?Clueless todd thought it's wise idea to rely on a coach to bring in players worth 300 mn and in the process he didn't allow the coach time to work on his squad to prepare for the season.
Then finally window was over in next five days he sacked the coach and appointed Potter. Because he think Potter is new hair having pep.
Properly fecked Brighton's season.
So why is there a manager? That's ridiculous, they still coach the team, pick the tactics, may have some influence, but pick the team.
stupid bastard
Dont like this at all. His assitants and other coaches should be joining him I guess. Where does that leave Brighton though?
Chelsea have torpedoed Brighton's season...brutal.
Could be beneficial to us in fairness
Gotta hurt your closest rivals!
Well they can go feck someone else’s season then. Isn’t that how this works?
That's a lot of staff to lose. Interesting they're taking the recruitment staff too
I'm not surprised, lost Dan Ashworth to Newcastle and now Potter, his backroom staff and assistant head of recruitment. They have a lot of big shoes to fill if they're going to carry on on the upward trend.
Personally I felt they'd drop a bit in the next few seasons as they didn't have Ashworth identifying talent, now I feel they definitely will.
Brighton paying the price for Chelsea having a maverick like Todd at the helm
I like Brighton, I hope they don't struggle too badly.
I think taking the head of recruitment is more evidence that there’s not been a plan from Chelsea. Just make it up as they go.
Fits in with the stamford bridge faithful beautifully.
What a shame. I like him. He’s going to fail miserably there.
And what happens when he goes into Chelsea and isn't immediately successful? They going to give him a few seasons to really establish himself like they did with Tu... never mind.
Why do you like him if you think he would fail at his first big job?
Did fantastically well with Brighton and if he can somewhat replicate that with Chelsea then it'll be a smart appointment, unfortunately.
Of course there's going to be plenty of new challenges for him, having a lot less prep time in-between games and opposition being less inclined to go toe to toe with his team will take some adjustments but he's got the advantages of a much deeper squad and much more resources to call upon so if he can get the players onboard and build something I think he'll do very well.
Here's hoping he crashes and burns though.
Of course there's going to be plenty of new challenges for him, having a lot less prep time in-between games and opposition being less inclined to go toe to toe with his team will take some adjustments but he's got the advantages of a much deeper squad and much more resources to call upon so if he can get the players onboard and build something I think he'll do very well.
Here's hoping he crashes and burns though.
One thing that's often thrown around with managers like Potter who have done really well with lower/mid table teams is can they handle the egos and with past experience that Chelsea dressing room is full of it.
I'm delighted we got Ten Hag, but I must admit Potter would've been one of my preferred picks if we didn't land Ten Hag.
Be interesting to see how it pans out.
I'm delighted we got Ten Hag, but I must admit Potter would've been one of my preferred picks if we didn't land Ten Hag.
Be interesting to see how it pans out.
There's big job and the Chelsea job. He won't get the time there that he would at other big clubs. It's a pressure pot.
In fairness to Chelsea, it's a completely different club now. Their summer seems almost more disastrous than ours, however them hiring Potter does give the impression there is some sort of plan where they want to build something long term, which does coincide with a lot of their summer signings.
Pretty annoying that this took place after they took 3 points off us.