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Management Roberto De Zerbi
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I am convinced that part of the loan agreement is if he is fit he starts. I can't see any other reason why 3 managers would all see him as the answer.
Always starts like this. Mourinho was very charismatic and likeable at the start, so was Conte. Just give them all a bit of time and some adversity and the true colours come out. I suspect RDZ will be the same.
But for now at least, I agree, he's been what we needed and has been easy to get behind.
That's because we have now become an entertainment business facilitating other sporting and non sporting enterprises and events.
The actual football team is not the main focus. We were sold a lie, and unfortunately we bought it.
That's the beauty with having a dick of your own. You sort of like it, even with its shortcomings, and of course, don't want to get rid
Generally you need to be an absolute bell end to be a top manager - huge ego, uncompromising, and pathologically obsessed with winning.
It's when they start losing matches and they start to feel the pressure, that's when you aee the other side of them.
I liked both of them as well to be honest.
The only managers I never took to were George Graham for obvious reasons, Ramos because of the shameful treatment of Martin Jol (which I guess wasn't his fault really) and Andre Villas-Boas, who always came across as a bit of a wanker.
To me, even though it's been a short tenure so far he's the easiest manager to get behind since Poch.
One difference though is that I feel De Zerbi has that edge that'll make it less likely the club hierarchy will walk all over him. I was a little gutted initially that we were not going to see Poch return in the summer, but the more I see, the more it feels like we've gone with the best option we could.
I'm in the same boat with you. Initially was looking forward to Poch in the summer, but RDZ has completely won me over.
Pretty much every manager for every club acts this way after a couple of years.
I think he's the best fit for us as a club since Poch. He doesn't see himself as bigger than the club like Jose or Conte, and doesn't play shit football like Nuno or Frank. Ange was the closest, but his system flattered to deceive at the top level - felt very boom or bust.
I do think sparks will fly sooner or later, and if the board fuck him over he won't be here long term, but I think he's as close to the full package as we've found. We need to back him as he's the best hope we've got of being a competent club again in the short/medium term. The guys above him don't have a fucking clue.
Richy is equally maladroit with the ball anywhere on the pitch. I like him on the wing because he plays tenacious defense, and is less of a gaping hole where we need real hold-up play.
AVB had/has that mindset but was never really able to translate it onto the pitch. Probably because he never played himself at any professional level.
But he has transitioned brilliantly (so far) into the boardroom level since becoming president of Porto in 2024.
He'd probably do a much better job in that regard than our current three ring circus.
I honestly thought he’d go if we went down. Maybe not.
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This guy was meant to be a confrontational hot head but he’s been the opposite.
Not sure the club has had a universally liked and balanced vibe in a manager since Poch.
De Zerbi is a bit of a loose cannon so this is a typical case of "I believe it when I see it" but certainly positive if it's the case. Reminds me a bit of when Benitez was at Newcastle the season they got relegated. He had just been the manager for Real Madrid and I thought it was no chance he would stay with Newcastle in the Championship but obviously he did. Hopefully we will not get the chance to see whether he would follow us down or not.
Yeah and there's absolutely no chance Mike Ashley would've been paying Benitez anything close to what we're paying RDZ right now. Apparently he was on £4m down there, and even with the reported relegation pay-cut, De Zerbi will be on over double that, surely, given he's on £12m right now.
I was a bit iffy on whether RDZ would stick around if we went down when he arrived, but the more I've seen of the guy the more I think he's bought into the club and won't want to abandon us if the worst happens. He does seem like a bit of a romantic and clearly has bonded with the group.
I think the big thing that might make him walk is if the higher-ups start reneging on promises, selling players against his will and generally dicking him around. But given RDZ is clearly the club's best hope of getting out of this mess (either the Championship or the bottom end of the PL) they'd be mad to do that this summer.
They'd lose more money risking us getting stuck in the Championship when they can't attract a manager 1/2 as good as De Zerbi. If they truly care about the £££ their number 1 priority would be promotion at all costs.