ohboy!!! wrote:
Qwiss! wrote:
His in game management is excellent, as is his general coaching. He's a very smart manager. Agree I'd like him get the job here, I think he'd really suit our squad too. If Brighton had a half decent striker I think they'd be pushing for the top 4.
Yes it sounds crazy, but Brighton with a top striker really would be pushing for those positions.
I don't think it's crazy, just look at what he did in Sweden. I don't think he ever quite received the reputation he should have internationally after that stint, but it was absolutely insane. In 2011 he took over a team that was formed in 1996 and was prediced to face relegation in the 4th division, and without any kind of investment he earned promotion three years in a row to the highest league division, and once he was there he won the Swedish cup and qualified for Europa League where he proceeded to knock out clubs like Galatasaray and Athletic Bilbao. He nicked a win against us on Emirates too.
I think what's most remarkable about it is the complete lack of any competitive edge that club provided for him. He really had nothing going for him there. He didn't make a single big-money signing during his time in charge for them; it was all done with guys he picked mainly from lower divisions in Sweden and sometimes England. He made scrubs like Jamie Hopcutt play so well that representatives from the English national team came over to watch him. Never seen anything like it since Wenger's heydays. I doubt he could have attracted good players even if he had the cash. Östersund is a tiny shit hole on the northern part of the map where temperature regularly drops below -20 in the winters. There's no money, no industry, no investment opportunities and no cultural life. Virtually nothing to appeal to anyone. Their home crowd was less than 1000 people before Potter arrived. If you can thrive under circumstances like that then you can do it anywhere.
