The point is, I'd rather win ugly than lose pretty. As a nuetral, you may think it's good to watch that kind of football, but when it's your team having 70% of the ball and losing 1-0 you will be bored and annoyed very quickly.
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And I get that. But Brighton we’re doing really well when Potter left and De Zerbi walked into that. I don’t know if it’s a case of De Zerbi outperforming Potter or him being able to continue what Potter built.
Or maybe Potter is not a good coach when comes to finishing off moves. It follows him around. You can't blame a 600mn shopping spree at Chelsea for Swansea and Brighton struggling to score goals.
Obviously I would rather win then lose but that dichotomy doesn’t exist anymore. The best teams are all possession based now.
You can’t just sit back, let the opposition create chance after chance, hope to hit them on the break and expect to win anything.
Responded well to that pressure though.
Argentina looked well set up and flexible in the WC. Not married to the idea, more just a suggestion really.
It's going to be Poch anyway.
A manager can’t put the ball in the back of the net. I’m not really sure how that’s his fault tbh. It is his fault if they aren’t creating many chances to get into scoring positions to begin with but they were getting into those positions at Brighton.
We didn't do that last night and we lost.
We had more possession, more shots, more shots on target, more of the ball in the final 3rd and still lost last night.
I hate to say it, but the best possession teams spend a hell of a lot of money on elite players to unlock stubborn defensive teams. We don't. I think part of the way we play is based on who we have and can get.
No one is suddenly going to get this crop of players playing Champaign football. And Levy isn't going to buy Champaign footballers.
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We had more possession because they let us have possession. They knew we wouldn’t create any good chances anyway. I think last night was down to the mentality and not knowing how to break teams down which is down to the manager.
The way we play is down to conte, this is how he’s always played. It’s not like we’re playing like this due to a lack of quality. We’d still play the same with better players.
Obviously the best teams pay the most but I look at Fulham and Brighton and they’re able to play that way and punch above their weight. We have bigger budgets than them so it’s not an excuse for me.
When Potter left Brighton they were 4th, averaging just over 2 points a game, averaging nearly 2 goals a game (and just under 1 a game against). Since DeZerbi has come in they would be 11th (actual position 8th), averaging 1.3 ppg, averaging 1.75 goals pg, 1.5 against pg.
I like both managers, and neither sample size is significant, especially Potter’s 6 games (DeZerbi 16), but it’s categorically not true that they are now scoring more goals. (They are scoring more goals this season than they did last season, maybe, but that’s a different issue)
DeZerbi inherited a team in peak form and condition, Potter inherited one in terrible form and bad condition.
Well, if that’s the case and based on the Mourinho and the league cup final then he’ll sack him before that happens if it means paying out a bonus. Isn’t that what was meant to have happened with Mourinho?
They had a great start to the season under Potter, wouldnt dispute that and i also wouldnt argue he did a good job their overall. I just never got the hype they were a fluent attacking team though. Tactically ok and decent defensively but absolutely not what i want from our next manager. He is also cutting a very sorry figure at Chelsea and quite frankly looks like he cant cope. It seems to me he is a manager for a well run club who have a low to medium expectation level not Chelsea or our basket case of a club.
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when's he getting the xSack?
when's he getting the xSack?
Agreed. If you replace one of his players with a pure finisher I bet his teams would look and play alot worse. Never been a fan of Potter
I'm not sure on the ins and outs of it, but if true then I'm surprised any of the players stuck around.
To be fair to Potter, there was a reason Tuchel was sacked. They were playing really badly. And Potter hasnt been able to turn it around. I think with time, they will be very good under potter but he wont get the time to do it.
I honestly don’t think he can, the players don’t seem to be playing for him. If they haven’t bought into his philosophy at this point I don’t see that changing.
Unless they double down and send a message to the players that he’s here to stay, but I don’t see that happening.
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