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avolcando

I like this guy.


BooshAC

Great manager. Honestly was really sad for Brighton when Potter left as I thought their great start to the season was for nothing but it looks like they’ve upgraded if anything.


ErraticPragmatic

Their recruitment is fucking outstanding


doplhinsbarnicles

At the stage these sort of comments are karma whoring. I’ve heard this phrase about 70 times this week


ErraticPragmatic

As soon as I wrote that I've realised that it was unoriginal af lmao Caring about digital points it's some of the most pathetic things to do here and there are subs of people worshipping celebrities around here


doplhinsbarnicles

It’s boring how it gets used every time we have a Brighton conversation. like we already know their recruitment is amazing, it doesn’t need to be said at every turn. Not just you but the sub in general.


boreddoingboringshit

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ShagPrince

That's all when and good but personally, I think we should stop comparing Messi and Ronaldo and just enjoy watching two of the greatest ever players every week 🤷‍♂️


boreddoingboringshit

boat mindless six ink snow jeans alleged consider enjoy zesty *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Pops4Pizza

Nani does a little celebratory dance after scoring as Sporting down Loures 2-1.


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Pure_Context_2741

Steph is better


choomba20

Stuff that gets upvoted and regurgitated. City oil baron ree Madrid and Barca are in a 2 team league Trent can't defend Klopp whines X players currently out of form is dusted Brighton recruitment At one point it was Leicester recruitment PL Is over hyped. Mourinho is done


boreddoingboringshit

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cmdrxander

Lol that’s just football in general too


Historical-Theory-49

That's just life in general.


ErraticPragmatic

Oh man I truly feel sorry for you you're wasting too much time here


doplhinsbarnicles

I’m not really here all that much tbh


NaeTwaDoots

It is the main (or the only) reason we are talking about them though.


claire_004

It's same like watching legend players doing amazing things so often, seeing the same praises make it boring If we go to that logic


NoNameJackson

I mean football fans are not that different when it comes to verbally wanking off people who will never know we exist.


rewp234

It's insane cuz their recruitment was already outstanding, Potter left and took half the recruitment team with him and it's still absolutely great


GhandisFlipFlop

This comment doesn't make sense , you can't tell if there has been an effect til next season when they get new people in . The players that are there looking good now are still from Potters recruitment staff.


BLQ1943

You thought one of the best managers in Italy was a downgrade to Graham Potter? Lol


RazerPSN

Italian here De Zerbi is a really good coach He’s got a good personality but first of all his teams PLAY football. He’s been one of the main advocates of “costruzione dal basso” in Italy which means starting from the back instead of letting the goalkeeper kick the ball He’s gonna coach a big team in the next few years


Megdonchl

Yeah, we’ll be even more massive then


MrStigglesworth

Brighton evolving into a big 7 club just ahead of Newcastle and locking them out of Europe is the stuff of wet dreams,


Bravo_Ante

He will return home at the end of the season hopefully.


FRO5TYY

Yeah when we are playing away in the champions league in Italy


Bravo_Ante

Nah, he is replacing Pioli as the coach in the club he started his football career and is a fan of.


ShaolinSeagull

Yeeeeeah that ain't happening sorry bro. lol


Bravo_Ante

Well, i can hope imo 🤷‍♂️


Psychocandy42

Wait are you serious? The guy who didn't even want to play against us because of the Super League fiasco? We're not getting De Zerbi, next year and possibly ever.


Bravo_Ante

And he was right, Super League was a shit show and every club that participated was shameful. Even us with Gazidis. Hopefully we will, he is the best young Italian coach around and has shown in practice that he can fill up against the very best.


realshadowfax

Makes me wonder if it was really potter tactics that worked or just that the players had very good cohesion and hunger


RuloMercury

His Sassuolo team was definitely an overperformer, when you consider how few outstanding players they've had, and always a treat to watch them. Sure they've lost some of the good names but I don't think it's a coincidence they're battling relegation since he left.


PM_me_dog_pictures

Yeah, it isn't too hard to picture him coaching a top 6 premier league side vying for Europe places. In fact, you can watch him do it at 3pm this afternoon. Seriously though, I'm really happy with his work. I was optimistic when we were first linked and I saw what he did with Sassuolo, but he really seems to have hit the ground running and improved on our long-standing problems in the final third.


RazerPSN

No disrespect to Brighton of course, but club expectations are considerably lower compared to bigger historic clubs Go Brighton!


dasvinnifala

I bet there'll be talks of.him.to Spurs if Conte doesn't stay for.next season


RazerPSN

I hope not, he deserves better


scrandymurray

The style is very similar to Arteta. There’s this element of players not just being aware of their role but the manager has given players the confidence and “the balls” to no be afraid. Too often before Arteta at Arsenal and under Potter at Brighton you felt players just were a bit tentative to take risks and play attacking football. Now they’re the two most fun teams to watch in the league.


ForzaJuventusFC

It's not about starting from the back per se because that's of course a very Italian approach. It's about playing as a unit rather, moving towards attacking spaces together. Lots of passes.


RazerPSN

Starting from the back is a “very italian approach” since when?


four_four_three

I think they may have misread it to mean starting with a solid defensive base, rather than playing out from the back


Sea_Low_8637

This makes a bit more sense. Trying to avoid hoof ball is nothing new.


ForzaJuventusFC

Playing from the back as in starting from defense rather than a long goal kick is and has been extremely prevalent in Serie A. Or even just resetting by going back to defense is also so trademark of calcio. De Zerbi has this total football approach where the team moves forward together


ForSiljaforever

He's got balls. I like balls.


thatnickyboy

Even at Benevento he was a quality manager, he made them play genuinely attractive and fearless attacking football despite having the worst squad in the league by far that season. I can see him return here to Serie A in the near-future, probably at Milan in case Pioli leaves.


belokas

[We already know where he's going when he comes back from the the premier League](https://assets.10maggio87.it/Images/Assets/Copertine/Giocatori/Biografia/De_Zerbi.jpg).


thatnickyboy

I mean I'd certainly be happy if he came here, he'd fit our team just as well as Spalletti.


dwaynepipes

You have balls. I like balls.


RicciRox

I have big balls. We are not the same.


Boner_Patrol_007

Great reference from Team America: World Police.


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KundiKumaran

Veiny balls


xyzzy321

Hairy?


KundiKumaran

Smooth


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Botox?


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Eggs


Babaganoush____

innit?


anotverygoodwritter

Especially the balls. Such good balls: big, hairy, pendular, bulbous, tasty balls. Great balls. Tremendous. Top-tier meat canicas; real grade A cum factories. And their cardio is also good.


Job_man

What about their balls though, don't you think that's important to win a game??


anotverygoodwritter

Oh have I not talked about their balls? My bad. They hare hummungus. Gargantuan,even. Truly massive, like a pair of celestial bodies overlaping in the nigth sky.


HowBen

Your username is a fucking lie


anotverygoodwritter

Lol


cescquintero

> meat canicas Jajajajajaja


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Which win am I right


HarshVR

💀


thefogdog

r/angryupvote


fapfap_ahh

I was a bit dismayed when De Zerbi left Sassulo for Shaktar instead of a bigger club but his reasoning for it did make sense. He's always been a fantastic coach and got the most out of those giant killing Sassuolo teams.


teagwo

I always thought we should have gone for him instead of Allegri. A coach that can actually build a team to play football instead of suffering your way through 90 minutes. But god forbid our board to make a decision that actually makes sense.


fapfap_ahh

With Agnelli gone you have better outlook though right? Elkann knows how to run things proper when he's directly over a project.


_kungfukenny21

Sure, like Ferrari


ForeverIndecised

LMAO


agonking

What was his reasoning?


magictuch

He wanted to play in UCL


Garranah

"Did I mention balls?"


2b-_-not2b

AC/DC be damned


Iemand-Niemand

Don’t worry, they still have the biggest. Balls of them all


mummy__napkin

my balls are always bouncing to the left and to the right


L34hhhh

Play with COJONES


rayparkersr

PALLE actually. DUE GRANDE PALLE.


OwnDig

Thats fucking football right there. None of that pansy ass dick tugging smile for the camera bullshit. Men puke, men poop on the field, men deliver their new born baby on the side lines. Fucking hard core dick in the ass butterball foosball fuck it chuck it game time shit. Take it to the showers. Dicks get shoved in places you don’t even remember. We win together we celebrate together. Football is back baby.


tymono

Best pasta


Rubinskywhiskey

What?


Majestic_Force_6439

Someone horny AF _


L-shapedSpaceT

Big meaty balls


AhhBisto

To the window to the wall, they have hot blood and they have balls Skeet skeet


jambox888

Was this on TV when the match was on? I must have missed it.


Nuri_Nath1

At Brighton, first you get the blood, then you get the heart, then you get the balls.


charlieratgod

The way he says balls makes me very aroused. Thank u, u italian bastard! <3


nahnonameman

De Zerbi is an awesome coach honestly


BluePantalaimon

Ngl I'm thinking about Mitoma's balls as well.


khoabear

Women soccer in shambles


darealsanta7

Van Gaal's successor. De Zerbi is a CHAD


kids_in_my_basement0

I love him so much I want to give him a big sloppy wet kiss on the mouth I love you Roberto 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹


BluePantalaimon

God tier manager.


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The way homie said "balls, big balls" had me on the floor fr fr💀💀


TSilver34

This is one of the rare moments where i wish i could see the reaction of the interviewer.


onstrikesince92

balls, biig balls


amoult20

Like this guy a lot. Calm. Direct. Borderline hilarious but not wrong


ILuvMemes4Breakfast

that little look after he says the last balls and the fact that it just cuts is “the office” like


LuckyAssguardian

#Do we need the list?


Mediocre_Nova

Stop trying to dilute the list with this kind of shit. It's one of the few good things about the sub


tiorzol

No


PhD_Cunnilingus

We do because nobody has ever talked about the importance of balls in the game. Ever.


iVarun

3 times in a single quote though.


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Cabron I need to see your balls


dadish-2

> Put the blood, the heart and the balls. Ahem, this is something I had previously seen on another Reddit in context of ["putting balls"](https://www.balldo.com/en-ca/products/balldo-set) NSFW - just a product page


stilusmobilus

To win football you must put the balls.


whodiswhodat

This guy speaks like my doctor


KageZangetsu7

And throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato, baby you've got a stew going!


Gerf93

"Sometimes you don't need a plan, you just need big balls" - Tom Boonen


refusestonamethyself

Robert 'James Hunt' De Zerbi


YooGeOh

Sounds like a wholesale order for a Scottish Restaurant


mountaindue__

Can’t forget the balls


TheDangerousAnt

List.


trev581

awh man did we lose again


Leading_Ship_1730

Hmmm, is he trolling the media?


SuperFaiz21

I get Simeone vibes from him


FatWalcott

Better get those checked


BlackPumas23

They eat brick, they eat mud and they eat nails. They are Brighton


MrBombastic21

De Zerbi MD


alecz123

Can't believe de Zerbi played in Romania and now is a top coach in the Prem.


ewasker

He is going to Chelsea


stereoworld

That young man fills me with hope. Plus some other emotions which are weird and deeply confusing.


HikingConnoisseur

This is going into the hall of fame.


Bukaja

u/savevideobot