Guest Howaythetoon Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Rafa Benitez sends letter to Chris Hughton congratulating him on leading Brighton to promotion http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rafa-benitez-sends-letter-chris-12928051#ICID=ios_ChronicleNewsApp_AppShare_Click_Other One class act to another! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I see it as a nice gesture, but with the club sending the tweet the other day and with how they treated Hughton in the past I get the impression that it could be seen as condescending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Not sure you can be condecending to the team that have absolutely pissed the league like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 “Every year the transfer window, when it is open, it is quite busy,” “In this case, for a team who are relegated, you also have a problem.” “The players, they have a short memory of the Premier League. You think you cannot bring players who are not ‘good enough’ for the Premier League.” “Then you start making the mistake of trying to sign ‘names’, because we are coming from the Premier League.” “You don’t realise that the Championship is so difficult, that’s why you have to bring in players for the Championship.” “Then, after, you can get players good enough for the Premier League.” “Normally when you go to a club that has been relegated, it’s because something was wrong, quite wrong.” “Then you have to work even harder.” “Look at the other teams. Why over the last five years teams who were relegated they don’t promote in the first season?” “Because maybe it’s not the right approach, so you have to be sure that in a division like this one with 46 games and it is so difficult, you have to be ready.” “Then afterwards, you can think about the future.” “But the present is the priority.” “When you have to bring new players in, they have to be right.” “You also have to sell your players at the best price possible.” “Then, sometimes you make mistakes.” “Always I say 70% success in the signings is really, really good.” “If you can get 80%, it’s massive.” “When you have a couple of mistakes, it’s normal because you are signing lots of players.” “But also the main thing is to sell well and I think we did a great job in the summer.” “It was a great job because we had profit and new faces.” “If you asked the fans which players they didn’t want, then maybe they will say: ‘Listen, he’s done a great job this season.’” “The majority of fans will agree with this player, this player, another one.” “We made profit and we bought players.” “Some of the players we brought in are starters and are doing really well.” “In fact, some of the signings are actually the best players of this season.” “It means we have done something right.” “Still we know we have made mistakes, we are not stupid. “But you have to put everything in context and after you can analyse.” Love this wise man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Lazaar, Gamez, Selz, Diame and Atsu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Lazaar, Gamez, Selz and Atsu. Hanley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Clark, Hayden and Gayle have been top notch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I think Hanley has been fine for a back-up defender. I think Rafa's success rate is closer to 50% than the 70% he deems as a good window. Which is why we're in 2nd and were desperate to sign players in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Clark, Hayden and Gayle have been top notch. And Ritchie Hanley and Murphy are in the decent pile. 6 signings that have worked out versus 5 failures. Until someone reminds me of who I've missed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Lazaar, Gamez, Selz and Atsu. Hanley. I'd only really say Lazaar and Sels tbh. Sels was just garbage, Lazaar just hasn't featured so something isn't right. Gamez has been injured, so its hard to judge, Atsu while poor when starting has contributed this season, and Hanley has done a job when he's came in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Lazaar, Gamez, Selz and Atsu. Hanley. I'd only really say Lazaar and Sels tbh. Sels was just garbage, Lazaar just hasn't featured so something isn't right. Gamez has been injured, so its hard to judge, Atsu while poor when starting has contributed this season, and Hanley has done a job when he's came in. Gamez has been fit for 2 months now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 You could probably argue that Diame and Atsu have done a job of sorts for us, but neither have been an amazing success. They're below expectation but have probably contributed a similar amount to Hanley and Murphy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morla84 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 June 2016 Matz Sels Gent £5m tbc Mistake July 2016 Dwight Gayle Crystal Palace £10m tbc Success July 2016 Matt Ritchie Bournemouth £12m tbc Success July 2016 Jesus Gamez Atletico Madrid Free tbc Mistake July 2016 Isaac Hayden Arsenal £4m tbc Success July 2016 Grant Hanley Blackburn Rovers £5.5m Ok Aug 2016 Ciaran Clark Aston Villa £5m tbc Success Aug 2016 Mohamed Diame Hull City £5m tbc Ok Aug 2016 DeAndre Yedlin Spurs £5m tbc Success Aug 2016 Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town £3m tbc Success Aug 2016 Achraf Lazaar Palermo £3m tbc Mistake Aug 2016 Christian Atsu Chelsea Loan Ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 June 2016 Matz Sels Gent £5m tbc Mistake July 2016 Dwight Gayle Crystal Palace £10m tbc Success July 2016 Matt Ritchie Bournemouth £12m tbc Success July 2016 Jesus Gamez Atletico Madrid Free tbc Mistake July 2016 Isaac Hayden Arsenal £4m tbc Success July 2016 Grant Hanley Blackburn Rovers £5.5m Ok Aug 2016 Ciaran Clark Aston Villa £5m tbc Success Aug 2016 Mohamed Diame Hull City £5m tbc Ok Aug 2016 DeAndre Yedlin Spurs £5m tbc Success Aug 2016 Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town £3m tbc Success Aug 2016 Achraf Lazaar Palermo £3m tbc Mistake Aug 2016 Christian Atsu Chelsea Loan Ok Yeah, this is about right It was Yedlin who I'd forgotten. We signed so many players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hanley for me has been mainly fine, just form of Clark has kept him out as Lascelles can't be dropped too often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoTheAmeobi86 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Sels, Gamez & Lazaar (as we've seen nothing from them really), i reckon Diame has been quite poor although has scored a couple of goals just seems clumsy (bit of a poor mans shola) Ritchie, Gayle & Clark have been the best signings he's made Hanley, Hayden, Murphy, Atsu - good squad players nothing more than that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoTheAmeobi86 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Wonder who his "mistakes", were. Sels, Gamez & Lazaar (as we've seen nothing from them really), i reckon Diame has been quite poor although has scored a couple of goals just seems clumsy (bit of a poor mans shola) Ritchie, Gayle & Clark have been the best signings he's made Hanley, Hayden, Murphy, Atsu - good squad players nothing more than that Sorry forgot Yedlin - he has been a good signing as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hayden has been more consistent than Shelvey, for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hayden has been better than just a good squad player in my opinion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hayden's been a key player for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Sels, Gamez and Lazaar were each a gamble of sorts, having never played in England before. Buying Diame wasn't a "mistake" per se. He has experience of playing in the country and in this division, so we kind of knew what we were getting. It made sense to buy him, I just don't think he has performed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 We could have done will much better than Diame. Hope he's moved on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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