RE: Blame It On The Glazers
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I was actually using Brighton's decline to corroborate how hard it is to stay winning after a brilliantly surprising season. Yes, they sold players but did reasonably well after losing the likes of Trossard and even Maupay. By the way, they've been struggling even before their injuries mounted.
In all, De Zerbi is an excellent coach. He's proved his point and all. However, I'll like to see him in a top 4 team in the next five years. Let's add some tough man management job to his tactical expertise and see if he crumbles or thrives.
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Oh I didn't even remember Maupay. So you see that's a lot to leave in thesame period– Caicedo,Sanchez the goalkeeper, Mac Allister,Andy Zeqiri a striker and maybe one or two I may not recall now. So that's their entire midfield engine gone! So within a few months they lost all that, not just Trossard and Maupay.
Even Wenger struggled when players began to leave in quick succession. If in one year, Arsenal lost Saka, Xhaka and Saliba(which is way below the number Brighton lost) and replaced them with MUCH YOUNGER players, bro they would struggle, it's no prophesy it's normal. Liverpool lost first team players(not close to Brighton's number),though majorly through lack of form and you see they replaced them this season and not with teenagers like Brighton.
So if you say Brighton struggled before the injuries, why not? The reason is contained in my very first note. A team had about 30 departures IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME and they brought in roughly that same number(fringe players are also important),should be close to the relegation zone now and have no business advancing in Europe.🤷♀️
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