In the interview Roy and Steve gave Roy pointed out that midfield was our weakness and that is what they have worked on. It makes sense I think Decoure was doing his little dutch boy impression under PV desperately trying to plug holes where he could and getting frustrated. With a more settled midfield he is showing us he is not just a kick the opposition player.

Edited by Badger11 (21 May 2023 11.15am)

One more point

Agreed and massively disrespectful of Roy and his achievement. We now know 37 points was enough for safety and Roy secured that in his first 4 games back in charge, arresting what was beginning to look like a terminal downward fall to the Championship.

Personally (and I'm sure this is the case with 99% of fans). I wouldn't care if our manager was pink with blue spots, looked like Mr Blobby and had a mother who was a hamster and a father who smelled of elderberries! All I wont is to be competitive and win as much as possible.

The fact is PV (as with most fantastically gifted ex players- ie Lampard, Gerrard, Charlton the list is endless) could not relate to his players. There are exceptions, and if they manage to make the jump then they tend to be exceptional (Guardiola, Ancelotti, del Bosque). Roy has taken years to perfect this and it really shows when the chips are down. And it has been pointed out before that the previous season, the results were starting to tail off, and CG not signing probably caused us significant problems on and off the field (ie getting a solid replacement)

The fact that some of these pundits cant seem to drop the sacking (as they have with other sackings and appointments in the same period), does seem to point to an agender. They must know the rumour that it was the players that probably put the final nail in that particular coffin. There will eventually be more coloured managers of that there can be no doubt (just like there eventually became more coloured players over time). But they need to get their jobs and keep them on merit, not just because of age, creed, culture or gender. Either way I'm so glad the decision was made and we started winning again (in style). COYP

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.

Archie Griffen

Hating Brighton since 1974

Roy made Wardy score. The debate is over.

I wonder how PV would have coped with the current injury crisis we have.

Not very well I suspect.

Roy isn't often exciting, but I don't think there is a manager in world football I'd rather have at the helm at present.