Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ Brighton & Hove Albion 2020/21

[Farzadfarhangni]

I don't think Potter doesn't know that JB can perform the way he did, or that this was only a fluke or something. For a reason he doesn't seem to like what he sees. What that reason may be, only he and God knows. But it's clear that he thinks something is missing. I don't think that changes if JB plays a good 30 mins or a whole game for that matter. Maybe he doesn't like the way he runs or the shoes he wears, whatever reason, I don't think JB can do anything to be a starter.

I think Jahanbakhsh competes with Trossard and Mac Allister for a starting spot. Typically only one of them starts. I think Potter ranks them in different categories differently. Defensively, order is Mac Allister, then Trossard and Jahanbakhsh equally. Offensively, if they are trying to be compact and attack through the middle, order is Trossard and then Mac Allister and Jahanbakhsh equally. If he is looking for a winger, than it is Jahanbakhsh and Trossard equally and then Mac Allister.

Yesterday's game may have changed the winger order to Jahanbakhsh, then Trossard and then Mac Allister.

The problem is he usually does not want a pure winger and leaves that job to the wingback. Next game Veltman will go back to being the right wingback as White comes back to central defense. So I am pretty sure Jahanbakhsh is gonna start on the bench... He may get 20 or 25 minutes depending on the score...

[The]

I think Jahanbakhsh competes with Trossard and Mac Allister for a starting spot. Typically only one of them starts. I think Potter ranks them in different categories differently. Defensively, order is Mac Allister, then Trossard and Jahanbakhsh equally. Offensively, if they are trying to be compact and attack through the middle, order is Trossard and then Mac Allister and Jahanbakhsh equally. If he is looking for a winger, than it is Jahanbakhsh and Trossard equally and then Mac Allister.

Yesterday's game may have changed the winger order to Jahanbakhsh, then Trossard and then Mac Allister.

The problem is he usually does not want a pure winger and leaves that job to the wingback. Next game Veltman will go back to being the right wingback as White comes back to central defense. So I am pretty sure Jahanbakhsh is gonna start on the bench... He may get 20 or 25 minutes depending on the score...

Spot on analysis of the situation

[teammelli91]

Graham Potter doesn’t care for Alireza Jahanbakhsh as a starting player. Plain and simple.

If he did he would have enough trust in him to start him as his winger/right midfielder. Or at the least give him more minutes than bringing him on late in the game, only to waste time.

I think he views him as an EFL or lower caliber player which is why the most playing time he’s gotten this season has been in the Carabeo Cup.

I’m not sure why he won’t have faith in him to replace one of his current starters. There is NOTHING a player like Match did that Ali can’t do. There’s NOTHING Trossard offers that Ali wouldn’t be able to deliver.

The only reason Potter played him yesterday was to save his own ass if the shit hits the fan next month and they drop. Alireza needs to leave Brighton this summer and sign with a club whose manager will use him the right way.

And for those of you who think “Alireza only player well yesterday because they played vs Sheffield, because they’re weak.” Go watch his overall performance vs Chelsea last season. He was just as threatening and effective yesterday as he was vs a club like Chelsea.

Graham Potter is just an idiot who doesn’t see Ali’s worth. He doesn’t respect Ali enough to start him.

Ali could climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and bring back golden eggs for Graham Potter. He could mine diamonds for him and he still wouldn’t give a shit. To Graham Potter Alireza is a B player.

[teammelli91]

God I hate this thread..

[teammelli91]

I pray to and beg every deity from every faith in this existence, that Fulham somehow manage to grab 10-11 points from their next 5 matches.

[Prowess]

I think us, as team melli fans, should feel rest assured that ARJ is a talented footballer.

Ignore the criticism, and don’t strain your brain to figure out why he barely gets any minutes with Potter. He’s made it very clear it’s not based on any justified logic.

I hope Brighton gets relegated and ARJ leaves. In the meantime, I think ARJ should be as selfish and aggressive as he can (taking shots, taking on defenders).

He’s got nothing to lose—go out with a bang.

[diz]

Brighton's turn around under the stewardship of Sir Potter these past two seasons has been nothing short of miraculous. Magnifique!

[Roozbeh-G2006]

Graham Potter is a bully. He was likely bullied when he was a kid so he has become a bully and bullies anyone he can. In a subtle but sneaky way of course. So the bigger and more important his victim the more satisfaction for him. ARJ has allowed Pothead to bully him. Personally I would have reacted badly to the MF in the first week of his arrival. I would have either put the fucker in his place or would had left this shitty club. simple as that.

[Taz]

Now talking about Graham Potter's personality as a child

Keep calm and enjoy the fact ARJ showed in his 20+ minutes that he retains his ability and on that form, will deserve a starting spot in June. Azmoun and Mehdi ain't missing those Maupay/Welbeck chances.

[Keshwardoost]

Hope its not been posted before. id like this to be a question to ARJ if PFDC does another intervjuew with him, "whas this a part of you being cut, refusing to sing?"

Its says in the text, " the players hated it first", i bet some more than others..

At Ostersund Potter used unconventional method, as dancing singing etc infront of the group.
Maybe ARJ wasnt comfortable with that, lets say singing and refused (rightfully) and thats why he got cut?

You will se Saman Ghoddos in the vid aswell.

Graham Potter interview: Brighton boss on Swedish fourth tier, rap concerts and ballet
Brighton and Hove Albion boss Graham Potter explains how taking his players out of their comfort zones - including a rap concert - helped to forged his footballing beliefs;
Monday 7 December 2020 20:15, UK
Ahead of facing Southampton on Monday Night Football this week, Brighton boss Graham Potter explains to Sky Sports his dream of getting the Seagulls in 'perfect alignment' and how Swan Lake, a rap concert and Swedish culture have shaped his management style.
The word has become somewhat of a footballing cliché, a buzzword of questionable meaning. Often a banal explanation of something largely intangible and entirely subjective, be it a style of play or a focus on youth. When times are tough, the idea is normally cast aside regardless as results rapidly become a greater priority.
In Graham Potter's career, identity has meant a lot more than passing sequences, six-second transitions or academy graduates. That's not to say his Brighton side aren't built in his image; the stats don't lie about the expansive, easy-on-the-eye philosophy which has changed perceptions around the Amex Stadium in the past 18 months, with
Potter's beliefs are more holistic, something difficult to achieve in a world of directors of football, increasingly convoluted boardrooms and axe-swinging owners. His own philosophy has always been unorthodox, certainly open-minded, underpinned by an unwavering belief in the long game. Thankfully, it is a worldview his chairman shares.
Brighton sit 16th but have had more shots than leaders Tottenham and only Manchester City have faced fewer, while off the pitch, they are in better shape than ever under Dan Ashworth, the man credited with England's international success across a number of age groups in recent years.
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The Seagulls' position will not shake their manager, who tells Sky Sports the only way to improve results is to "keep doing what we're doing," borne from a steadfastness which stems back a long way.
Soon after retiring from playing, Potter coached Leeds Met and then Hull University sides while himself completing two degrees. They were times he admits were a "tough period" in his life after leaving the professional game, but ones he freely admits changed him for the better as he began to cement a faith in avoiding the shallowness of short-termism.
"It was a time where you could make mistakes, try again, fail," he tells Sky Sports. "Your job isn't under pressure in terms of being sacked, which is the reality of professional management.
"Being there five years gave me a chance to learn from the other sports, a lot of the Olympics sports were based at Leeds Met, and the university sides I was coaching were at a good level."
That freedom, without the managerial axe hovering over his head, allowed him to build his own identity, as well as a willingness to try new ideas. Those beliefs would follow him to his first senior job as manager of Swedish fourth-tier Ostersunds FK, a side few in Scandanavia, let alone England, had heard of at the time of his appointment in 2011.
Although results had become a necessity, flying under the radar allowed Potter to continue to pioneer a style which his sides have kept to this day while developing the club at the same time, as their rapid ascent to the Swedish top flight would attest.
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"We needed something which differentiated ourselves from the conventional football in Sweden at the time; 4-4-2, lots of straight lines, long balls, crosses," he says. "It's about making a choice.
"We just thought if we competed on those terms, it would be very difficult for us. The technical players conventional football didn't appreciate so much, we were able to pick up and develop.
"We appeared to be more of a development club as well, and eventually if you can align a good recruitment process and identity with a good environment, you can gain belief and momentum and that's what happened with us."
Building that environment played as much of a role for Potter as any of his tactics sessions. While in charge, Ostersunds developed a 'culture academy' to bring players and staff out of their comfort zones and challenge them outside of football, under the eye of local artist Karin Wahlen, who became what may have been the world's first culture coach.
Their manager had proven himself open to new ideas, and now it was their turn.
Graham Potter led Ostersunds to become the first Swedish team to beat Arsenal in Europe with a Europa League win at the Emirates in 2018
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Graham Potter led Ostersunds to become the first Swedish team to beat Arsenal in Europe with a Europa League win at the Emirates in 2018
You could probably count on one hand - or none - the number of players across the English leagues who have taken part in a performance of the ballet Swan Lake, or put their art on display in an exhibition, but this soon became par for the course for Potter's squad.
"Scottish born in 1986, not from the streets but the Highland sticks, that's all I can say to the audience, hey, over and out from Kyle Macaulay," was the rap performance of one of his scouts during a concert held alongside one of Sweden's native tribes, in front of 1,600 of the club's fans, months before their famous Europa League win at Arsenal two years ago.
"The players hated it at first," Wahlen tells Sky Sports. "But we ended up having a lot of fun and life time memories. And it gave them courage, too. It's not always the one who is the bravest on the pitch that is bravest on stage.
"It was controversial having a football club in the Swedish top-flight working with culture. People assumed that men can't or won't have the possibility to think about anything besides football, or perhaps FIFA when they get home.
"There was something exciting about getting a group of men to do ballet. The risk is that if we assume that men don't have the capacity to do anything besides play football or video games, then it can becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
"Graham was a true inspiration to work with - and he always took a lead role, even if he thought it was scary."
The methods may not have followed Potter back to these shores - thankfully so, in the case of the raps - but the identity behind them certainly has.
"It was about being open to new things, stripping away the barriers which sometimes exist in a team, all the hierarchies, and developing players as people," Potter recalls. "You get to see people at a human level.
"It would be wrong for me to pick up that and copy and paste it here. I've kept the theoretical reasons why we would do that and tried to apply them in a different way.
"It's fundamentally about whether you can build an environment which is empathic, where players can appreciate the differences amongst us, sometimes we want everyone to think how we think. Teams and groups can be better when there's a difference.
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"We've got a multicultural environment here, which is a gift, something we should cherish and appreciate. Just because we see the world one way doesn't mean the guy sitting next to us does, and we talk about that a lot."
Perhaps Potter and Brighton are the ideal match. Leaving survival until the final day in Chris Hughton's final season played a part in his departure, but despite more than £50m of investment, safety was only assured one game earlier in 2019-20.
Owner Tony Bloom, who made his fortune in betting and poker, was the perfect man to see past the results, much like his manager, with Brighton's sea change on and off the pitch never an overnight job. Looking below the surface was the same thinking which brought Danny Welbeck, a man with 42 England caps but without a club after release by relegated Watford, to the Amex this summer.
"Injuries are part of football, it doesn't necessarily mean it's the end and Danny wanted to prove that, we want to help him," Potter says.
"He's trained really well with us, conducted himself fantastically, looks like he's enjoying playing with the team and the players, and he's got qualities. The past is the past, but he hasn't had the career he's had without the quality he brings."
Danny Welbeck has played all-but four minutes of Brighton's last three Premier League games, having started only eight times for Watford last season
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Tariq Lamptey's story chimes a similar note of thinking outside the box - the English youngster arrived from Chelsea last January with only three appearances to his name - but has already cemented his place in the Brighton ranks and has become an outside bet for next summer's European Championships squad.
Sooner rather than later, the results will have to tally up with the underlying groundwork, even if Brighton's transfer outlay has been rather more frugal this year. Will that dream of aligning recruitment, environment and, of course, identity come to fruition on the south coast?
"We know we have to get results, that's the business we're in," he admits. "I always think, though, that if people can recognise the team, what you're trying to do, people can recognise that clarity.
"You can't win all the time, but it's important people have a belief in what you're trying to do - and that's the ultimate challenge. Hopefully we can get to a point where there is a clarity, an identity, everything's aligned, there's belief among supporters and players, and then you can achieve.
"Of course, it sounds easier sitting here, but it's not so easy in the Premier League. That's why football's so great, it's the hardest game in the world."
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[Nokhodi]

Hope its not been posted before. id like this to be a question to ARJ if PFDC does another intervjuew with him, "whas this a part of you being cut, refusing to sing?"
Ok guys, heres a theory on why ARJ isnt getting any playingtime worth mentioning.
At Ostersund Potter used unconventional method, as dancing singing etc infront of the group.
Maybe ARJ wasnt comfortable with that, lets say singing and refused (rightfully) and thats why he got cut?

ARJ isn't shy that way. One of the first things he did when he joined NEC is sing/dance the club song.
Most logical thing to me has been Potter wants to make himself look good by creating conditions such that ARJ would want to leave the club and save the team a hefty wages bill. Clubs are run by accountants now and they love that sort of thing.

[Keshwardoost]

My opinion of it all, yeah nice thought maybe but silly in a proffessional level, try standard teambiulding or take the guys out to the woods for 2 weeks survivalstyle..
And put the rest of the time on shot and finishing skillz training ( ) cuz they might be better singers now but they cant finish of an attack for shiiiiiiitttt...

[Keshwardoost]

ARJ isn't shy that way. One of the first things he did when he joined NEC is sing/dance the club song.
Most logical thing to me has been Potter wants to make himself look good by creating conditions such that ARJ would want to lave the club and save the team a hefty wages bill. Clubs are run by accountants now and they love that sort of thing.

Ahh i didnt know that! thought he was one of them shy calm guys..
Yeah i guess your right then!

Any vids of ARJ singing and dancing?

[Dubxl152]

Ahh i didnt know that! thought he was one of them shy calm guys..
Yeah i guess your right then!

Any vids of ARJ singing and dancing?

He's not shy, he's actually super outgoing and enjoys the starlight. He had some great interviews with dutch TV when he was with AZ & NEC and talked about playing with style and not only paying well but looking good while playing etc. He has sang on camera and during a festival in NL. He did a bunch of fan interactions etc. He is not a wall flower he is a professionl who doesnt speak out against the coach which might make him appear "shy".

[nisfejahan]

Hope its not been posted before. id like this to be a question to ARJ if PFDC does another intervjuew with him, "whas this a part of you being cut, refusing to sing?"

Its says in the text, " the players hated it first", i bet some more than others..

At Ostersund Potter used unconventional method, as dancing singing etc infront of the group.
Maybe ARJ wasnt comfortable with that, lets say singing and refused (rightfully) and thats why he got cut?

You will se Saman Ghoddos in the vid aswell.

Graham Potter interview: Brighton boss on S................

Yeah I have see this type of mumbo jumbo in the corporate environment many times. Typically, the incompetent managers would resort to such things to distract from their poor results (hmm... does that sound familiar?).

In management, and in football, nothing beats competence; an understanding of what the challenges are, what the opportunities are, identifying the skills and people who can help you overcome them, and most importantly having the humility to know that when something does not work, may be YOU are the problem.