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Management Poll: Who do you want most as our next manager?

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Who would be your first choice?

  • Graham Potter

  • Scott Parker

  • Ten Hag

  • Rafa Benitez

  • None of the above - comment below

  • *Marcelo Bielsa

  • *Ralf Rangnick

  • *Ralph Hasenhüttl

  • *Steven Gerrard

  • *Julen Lopetegui

  • *Christophe Galtier

  • *Marcelo Gallardo

  • *Oliver Glasner

  • *Ryan Mason

  • *Maurizio Sarri

  • *Gian Piero Gasperini

  • *Mauricio Pochettino

  • *Antonio Conte

  • *Eddie Howe

  • *Gareth Southgate

  • *Nuno Espirito Santo

  • *Paulo Fonseca

  • *Gennaro Gattuso

  • *Ernesto Valverde

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ElTel said:
It's not shit posted on twitter, it's shit written by journalists who are paid to source and write shit. Their shit was right about Mourinho was spot on when none of us fans would believe Levy would go there, again they were right about Levy talking to Ten Hag, is it unreasonable to assume he has approached Rodgers and been rejected like has happened twice before?

I can genuinely believe our search for a manager is chaotic because of the types of managers we have employed before
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"Journalists" are just as bad.

Its May 1. We've already said Mason would finish the season. Any manager we're likely to appoint is currently employed and thus a bit busy.

Human patience is getting pretty sad. When we appointed Poch, we weren't running around at the end of April screaming the sky was falling because we didn't have the new manager under contract. Hell, we all wanted de Boer or van Gaal - both of whom would have been a disaster.

Maybe just let things play out before deciding its all gone wrong. And stop reading gutter press journos trying to gin up clicks in a dead rubber closing of the season, FFS.
 
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To Dare Is To Do. said:
Nah the debate with Potter is that he's got Brighton playing great football and creating many chances; but their actual results and goal scored tally aren't very good. So the question is how much is he to blame for the latter. I don't think there's any bias against him because he's English.
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They're creating chances, and we have some of the most efficient goal scorers on the planet whose biggest weakness at the moment is a dearth of chances created. Seems a match made in heaven to me.

I'm much more interested in chances created in a manager's style of play than whether those chances end up in the back of the net - he can't score them from the touchline, and you can't teach talent.
 
stevee said:
Whoever gets the job is going to have to turn things around. I only hope that we give him time to do that.

Our scouting and recruitment system is dreadful. I know I keep saying it but our best signing would be a footballing DOF.
Question is would the new manager want one?
Would Levy appoint one?
If so, who would advise him on who to get?
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How long is enough time?
Silly question I know but did Jose get long enough?
Was he backed sufficiently?

We don’t want rinse and repeat with another manager
 
MemphisWill said:
"Journalists" are just as bad.

Its May 1. We've already said Mason would finish the season. Any manager we're likely to appoint is currently employed and thus a bit busy.

Human patience is getting pretty sad. When we appointed Poch, we weren't running around at the end of April screaming the sky was falling because we didn't have the new manager under contract. Hell, we all wanted de Boer or van Gaal - both of whom would have been a disaster.

Maybe just let things play out before deciding its all gone wrong. And stop reading gutter press journos trying to gin up clicks in a dead rubber closing of the season, FFS.
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I just don’t understand this mass panic to get someone in. It’s rare enough to sack a manager in April/May let alone appoint one with the season still being played out. People need to chill the fuck out.
 
MemphisWill said:
They're creating chances, and we have some of the most efficient goal scorers on the planet whose biggest weakness at the moment is a dearth of chances created. Seems a match made in heaven to me.

I'm much more interested in chances created in a manager's style of play than whether those chances end up in the back of the net - he can't score them from the touchline, and you can't teach talent.
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This is a fair point. Cravenspurs Cravenspurs has been arguing this with me too.
I don't fully trust xG though, as they take into account shot distance and angle, but not the amount of space the attacker is in when shooting. In a way, I'd prefer a panel of neutral football fans to subjectively decide xG rather than any computer algorithm.

A second issue with Potter is that he's not a big name- so may not gain the respect of our squad of inflated egos. I doubt they know about Brighton's xG stats, so they may be like 'why the fuck has a manager who seems to have done an average job with Brighton (in terms of league position) randomly become manager at a supposed elite club?'.

I would certainly prefer Potter to Parker; you have to take into account Potter's great achievements in Sweden.
 
Any manager is a gamble.

I’m actually coming round to the idea of Potter. Young manager, proved himself in another country, presently doing on at a South coast club, plays attacking football.

A few ticks in the Poch boxes there.
 
To Dare Is To Do. said:
This is a fair point. Cravenspurs Cravenspurs has been arguing this with me too.
I don't fully trust xG though, as they take into account shot distance and angle, but not the amount of space the attacker is in when shooting. In a way, I'd prefer a panel of neutral football fans to subjectively decide xG rather than any computer algorithm.

A second issue with Potter is that he's not a big name- so may not gain the respect of our squad of inflated egos. I doubt they know about Brighton's xG stats, so they may be like 'why the fuck has a manager who seems to have done an average job with Brighton (in terms of league position) randomly become manager at a supposed elite club?'.

I would certainly prefer Potter to Parker; you have to take into account Potter's great achievements in Sweden.
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I think xG takes into account where there's an opposition player nearby vs a more open goal etc. But one thing I haven't heard is about things like how style can influence fitness which can influence clinicalness - eg. a player who runs himself into exhaustion via great hold-up play and movement might be less likely to finish sharply, and that's something I've heard said about Maupay from some quarters. So it's not just individual talent that could be the issue, maybe their style of play is physically demanding in the final third.

It's still amusing checking the xG of the Brighton players because I've never seen so many underperformers 😂 They are literally -18 below their expected goals. There's only like four or five that even match much less slightly outperform their xG and they are Brighton's best players - Dunk, Bissouma, Lamptey, March. So maybe it really is just about quality.
 
To Dare Is To Do. said:
This is a fair point. Cravenspurs Cravenspurs has been arguing this with me too.
I don't fully trust xG though, as they take into account shot distance and angle, but not the amount of space the attacker is in when shooting. In a way, I'd prefer a panel of neutral football fans to subjectively decide xG rather than any computer algorithm.

A second issue with Potter is that he's not a big name- so may not gain the respect of our squad of inflated egos. I doubt they know about Brighton's xG stats, so they may be like 'why the fuck has a manager who seems to have done an average job with Brighton (in terms of league position) randomly become manager at a supposed elite club?'.

I would certainly prefer Potter to Parker; you have to take into account Potter's great achievements in Sweden.
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Yeah, xG has its flaws. Its biggest problem is its interpretation - people bang on about it like its a wholly accurate predictor, which its not. Its a generalized indicator, like most efficiency stats - play an infinitely long series of infinitely long matches over an infinite time period and the team with the best xG +/- would likely rise to the top. Of course, we play a very abbreviated season comparatively and because the nature of the sport means only a handful of chances on either side will determine the outcome of an individual match - shit happens.

Its a tool, but its just a tool. If you try to drive a screw with a hammer, you're gonna fail.

I don't know that we should concern ourselves with the squad's egos and their approval. We just hired and sacked the biggest name in the past 20 years of management in the space of 18 months, largely because they just stopped playing for him.

Getting in a DoF (Rangnick) and a progressive manager that can develop talent and plays attractive modern football has to be the priority, because the squad has to be retooled no matter what. DoF is probably more important than anything because we clearly need a complete rebuild of scouting and recruitment.
 
The hate some have for xG is funny. We always had and used stats like average possession, shots, shots on target, shots allowed, clear cut chances created to put a measure on football per say.

And if you watch Brighton regularly you know that xG wouldn’t be the break point to want Graham here. They play well, they defend well and they miss clear goal chances like there’s no tomorrow. The xG stats just show it on a mathematical level.

and that style is the the style that would must likely than not work on a bigger team. “Oh but Brighton is a small team and teams don’t park the bus against them and they will against us”. That’s just the silliest of the arguments. Why don’t teams take points of Man City then? They all park the bus against them and still lose. Like Liverpool between 18-20. Brighton plays like a top 6 team with bottom 6 players and still outplays most of their opponents.
 
stevee said:
Yeah we did.

A squad good enough to reach numerous semi finals and finals, including the biggest club competition of them all and blew the lot.

Of course some will put all the blame on Levy which is unreasonable.
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Totally unreasonable yeah, but he made mistakes as did Pochettino they both made things happen that were for the good of the club but Levy has to take full responsibility for where we are now on the field at least.
 
We are an attractive club for a Manager to join. One of the 10 richest European clubs, a club invited to join the Super League, brand new stadium which we fill when allowed, brand new training facilities.
Our recent failures actually make it easier for a new Manager to succeed rather than try and follow recent success.
The message I am getting is that they are going to take their time appointing the Manager and are putting a list together. This involves sounding various Managers out which leads to Media Speculation but does not mean they are favourite.
We have appointed experienced Managers and inexperienced Managers in the past. 2 of the most popular were Burkinshaw and Poch who were pretty much unknowns. I did not expect Mourinho to be appointed but gave him a chance but it did not work out. The worst Managerial appointments were from Woolwich O'neil & Graham and I would not accept any new Manager with close previous links to Woolwich.
There will continue to be speculation and normally the favourites in the press are not appointed. My biggest worry is Levy who does not know football Management and is being guided by Hitchen who I do not rate.
My first 2 candidates are out of the running and from the list above they either are not known to me or not rated by me.
 
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