Never was third choice at Brighton . He did indeed get relegated to the bench but when he was fit he either played or was on the bench.
omg we're 2020-2023 West Ham
I guess you mean 22/23. And yes WHU won the ECL like us. Alas for them didn’t finish in the top 4; or come to that the top half or even the top 13 ! Can’t remember them playing in the CWC
Sanchez started the first 22 PL games and was then dropped for the rest of the season to the bench for Jason Steele. Brighton came to the conclusion that Jason Steele (7 years his senior and 1 PL appearance to his name before this) was a better option than Sanchez. At this point you would be correct that Sanchez was only 2nd choice (behind a Championship level 32 year old journeyman).
No i meant 2020-2023. in 2020/21 they finished on 65 points, only 4 points shy of our 1.5B super squads tally. in 2022/23 they won the conference league (unbeaten, unlike us).
You are second guessing what was happening as opposed to knowing. Verbruggen didn’t start his first season at Brighton as number one and whilst we know that Steele did replace Sanchez we do know that he signed for Chelsea before the start of the 23/24 season so other than guessing you have no idea who would have started or been on the bench if he had remained at Brighton . It just suits your narrative
The 20/21season was under the ownership of RA not BlueCo . So the point about the £1.5 b squad is irrelevant.
Do you think they signed Verbruggen for 20M to be 3rd choice? Its very basic logic and you're guessing just as much to suit your own narrative but you won't point that out.
I can’t resist it so here goes
After the Bournemouth game at home which we drew 2-2 thanks to a last minute free kick we were on the tube and a chap said to me “ Sanchez should get out of my club” He went on to say “ He is sh*t”
Not according to the clubs' own report on the Wrexham fixture :
That article is Maresca's pre season (18/07/2024). I know its painful to remember but Sanchez was here under Poch too.I can’t resist it so here goes
It’s actually worth looking at the timeline re Sánchez. He was already training and indeed playing in the US for Chelsea ( against Wrexham) weeks before his transfer was formally announced in early August .I suspect discussions, medical agreements etc were in train roughly the same time as Brighton were conducting theirs with their target.
The funny part for me in all this is that Brighton have the reputation for using data to inform their decisions yet the data when comparing the outcomes in 23/24 with Steele as number one was inferior. I would agree that they probably were not happy with either and when we started sniffing around they saw an opportunity and who wouldn’t
If you look at this article dated 17/7/ 23 it was announced that he was he was part of the squad travelling to the US.
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I don’t rate Sanchez at all and whilst I like most think that Petrović is likely a better keeper I am far from sure, and it seems be it because of ability or indeed attitude that the view at the club is the same.
Hey yesterday wasn’t my best day so at its end I was firing from the hip. I really don’t want to ignore any Chelsea supporter so in the spirit or “ reconciliation “ we are going to have to agree to disagree on no doubt this and possibly quite a few matters where views are based on opinion rather than fact
After the Bournemouth game at home which we drew 2-2 thanks to a last minute free kick we were on the tube and a chap said to me “ Sanchez should get out of my club” He went on to say “ He is sh*t”
My response was he isn’t that good. And he isn’t !
He's none of those things. Sanchez makes the occasional good save but he's a goalkeeper and as Roy Keane would say "that's his job".
Our definition of VERY GOOD is VERY DIFFERENT
VERY GOOD.....right?
VERY GOOD....still?