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Is it the same as Tonali? I can’t find anything online that suggests Tonali was deliberately manipulating events in games for a betting syndicate. Tonali has been caught betting on Newcastle games but as his bets were for Newcastle to win it’s not as serious.

A betting addiction with straightforward betting going on and deliberately getting booked to help others fraudulently win bets are two very different things. Also those found guilty of the regular betting charge have been given pretty hefty punishments. For example an 8 month ban to Toney...

The charge is that he deliberately got booked as part of a betting scam. If true then while he might not have placed the bets he’s in some serious trouble.

Surely all managers are stepping stone managers. It just depends how patient they are for the next move or if they’re good enough to get the next move.

I love this city. I would also highly recommend Ortigia in Sicily (stay in Ortigia itself not in another part of the wider city of Syracuse).

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The club has been on an upward trajectory for the whole of Tony Bloom’s time in charge. There have been dips (post Poyet until Hughton came in) and what has been demonstrated time and time again is that the club provides a brilliant opportunity for good managers to do very well. Basically TB’s...

The problem is any manager that does well (e.g. qualify for Europe or win a cup) will end up with speculation around them leaving.

I’m going for Francesco Farioli. Don’t really know why, just feels like an us type of appointment.

I agree with this, except I think the list of clubs who could retain them is slightly longer (but that’s not really important to the point - it’s still a list Brighton are miles away from).

I think that we are an extremely attractive club for prospective managers. Potter’s time earned him a move to a ‘big’ club and enhanced his reputation no end. RDZ has been linked to no end of top jobs and if he’d held things together a bit better during our injury troubles he’d probably get...

Wow. Almost 7am and only 1 reply. Is everyone having a lie in or has everyone forgotten that there’s a game today. It would be nice to end RDZ’s time with a win and ensure we remain above Palace.

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RDZ. Think absolute terms not relative to budget or anything like that.