Tommo_b Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Peter Griffin said: That depends on what his ambition is but if he wants European football, Champiosn League and to compete with the top 6 then he has no chance at Brighton. He could get a league cup win which would give a one off season in the Europa but when I say 'European Football', I mean qualifying for it regularly via league position I disagree. Guess time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: I honestly disagree, he can achieve his ambitions at Brighton, possibly within the next 3-4 seasons. Not disrespect to Brighton but its a seaside town! The next step up is a job with huge pressure, if he succeeds at Aston Villa he will get a top 4 job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: And that’s why they will eventually become a regular top 6-8 side. Well they finished 9th last season lets not jump the gun Sold two of their best players. Edited August 29, 2022 by messi11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daft Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 55 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said: I don't think they have a point. Villa is a bigger club and has more potential and money than Brighton. Any ambitious manager that doesn't have a personal connection with Brighton would leave them for us We’ve done jack shit for decades and we keep tossing our supposed potential in the bin. Not all teams can be top 6 or even 8. We’ll be competing with them for scraps for decades, until one or both of us falls away indefinitely. Fun tImes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdistheword Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 22 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: 1) It has taken him several years of hard work to get them where they are now and he is starting to reap the reward. 2) They are currently much better than us at football. 3) He appears happy there. 4) Brighton is a stable, well run football club. 5) Villa is a club heading towards a crisis. 6) He would be heading to a potential relegation battle. We could offer him better money, a bigger transfer budget, more expectation and more pressure. It’s not impossible but we are a difficult sell. 1. Won’t matter one bit. 2. For now yes, but money talks. 3. Money talks. 4. So are we. 5. Crisis? We are about to have a stadium expansion, have increased the wage bill, improved the training facilities, have some great youth team players coming through. 6. We are 4 games in. Too early to say who’s in a relegation battle. In 15 games time we could easily be above Brighton. And money talks. And that’s not mentioning the fact we are a bigger club historically, he had a fondness towards the club, we probably have the better squad overall (the current manager is mismanaging it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, messi11 said: Not disrespect to Brighton but its a seaside town! The next step up is a job with huge pressure, if he succeeds at Aston Villa he will get a top 4 job! An hour away from London, that’s a huge draw! Leicester nearly got relegated and then won the league. Lost two good players, already replaced them with two good players, possibly better players. I’d love Potter but the lack of knowledge about Brighton on this forum I guess shouldn’t come as a surprise but it is frustrating, can he achieve his ambitions with Brighton, absolutely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: An hour away from London, that’s a huge draw! Leicester nearly got relegated and then won the league. Lost two good players, already replaced them with two good players, possibly better players. I’d love Potter but the lack of knowledge about Brighton on this forum I guess shouldn’t come as a surprise but it is frustrating, can he achieve his ambitions with Brighton, absolutely! It’s an hour and 15 on the train from Birmingham… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) Potter or Rodgers for me. Potter would need certifying if he left Brighton for us at the moment, but I feel Rodgers would be up for coming here. I dont care who it may be, as long as they can pick a bloody coherent midfield Edited August 29, 2022 by StewieGriffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Peter Griffin said: Potter would be a much easier fit from a strategy and finance perspective and would fit in with current budgets. I think we are paying SG about 5m a year, I don't believe we would have anywhere near 12m+ in our budget for a new manager's salary. As I am sure u know, budgets get approved and signed off and cannot easily be changed. Very often it is impossible to change a budget by any meaningful amount. For us to get Poch, I think Purslow would need to go to NSWE and say 'Hey guys, u know that budget u approved, the one I said was set in stone, well, guess what, I now want to change it'. That is a very difficult conversation for a CEO to have, particularly when he was the one pushing for SG Not as difficult as telling them he has relegated their club. If he can get Poch, all this will be done don’t you worry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 14 minutes ago, messi11 said: Not disrespect to Brighton but its a seaside town! The next step up is a job with huge pressure, if he succeeds at Aston Villa he will get a top 4 job! Don’t think he has to go via Villa first to get a top 4 job. Could also see him take a job abroad again, maybe some CL or EL club in Italy or Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Lion Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 If Purslow has anything about him we should be waking up to a announcement of his dismissal and the appointment of Pochettino. Levy didn’t mess around with Nuno and look at how that’s worked out. Throw the Sarr money towards the best available manager and paying off Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 minute ago, macandally said: Not as difficult as telling them he has relegated their club. If he can get Poch, all this will be done don’t you worry Indeed. You don't do as well in business as our owners have if you can't make hard decisions and make big adjustments to a budget when you need too. A £7 million adjustment now is a hell of a lot easier than having to change all their stadium redevelopment plans because the club is stuck in the Championship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, picicata said: I just get the feeling with Potter, as well as loyalty, he has spent the last few years building something that has led to Brighton looking like an excellent team. I'm not sure he'll want to leave just as his hard work is really paying dividends to start a new project. If that’s the case why isn’t he still at Swansea? These guys don’t get to be where they are without backing themselves, look at the squad he would inherit, why wouldn’t he want to coach Coutinho, Kamara and Bailey amongst others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, WallisFrizz said: 1) It has taken him several years of hard work to get them where they are now and he is starting to reap the reward. 2) They are currently much better than us at football. 3) He appears happy there. 4) Brighton is a stable, well run football club. 5) Villa is a club heading towards a crisis. 6) He would be heading to a potential relegation battle. We could offer him better money, a bigger transfer budget, more expectation and more pressure. It’s not impossible but we are a difficult sell. We are not a basket case, we made a bad decision and he has 34 games to fix it? He should back himself to do that. If he is interested then I would imagine one of the questions asked right up front would be “what do you need before the window closes” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 59 minutes ago, messi11 said: Not disrespect to Brighton but its a seaside town! The next step up is a job with huge pressure, if he succeeds at Aston Villa he will get a top 4 job! If he succeeds at Aston Villa he’ll already have a top 4 job. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 Just now, DaveAV1 said: If he succeeds at Aston Villa he’ll already have a top 4 job. Booooom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 3 hours ago, messi11 said: Brighton fans are confident Potter stays and rejects any Villa approach. What we saying Villa fans? Well they know fa, but may yet have a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, messi11 said: Not disrespect to Brighton but its a seaside town! The next step up is a job with huge pressure, if he succeeds at Aston Villa he will get a top 4 job! If he succeeds at Villa he will already be in a top 4 club 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Tommo_b said: An hour away from London, that’s a huge draw! Leicester nearly got relegated and then won the league. Lost two good players, already replaced them with two good players, possibly better players. I’d love Potter but the lack of knowledge about Brighton on this forum I guess shouldn’t come as a surprise but it is frustrating, can he achieve his ambitions with Brighton, absolutely! I haven't noticed any lack of knowledge about Brighton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said: If he succeeds at Villa he will already be in a top 4 club I only saw Dave's comment after I posted this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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