I literally typed you weren't directly calling for Steele to replace Sanchez - I couldn't have made that any clearer.
Other people were endorsing that through the thread though, in answer to your point that 'no one' was.
There were. I'm not going to dig them out, but after some very decent cup performances, there were calls for Steele to be given a go.
I mean, you weren't posting directly for Steele to replace Sanchez, but you were posting positively about giving him a go back in 2022...
Steele is here until summer 2026 and won't be going anywhere. He's settled in Brighton, and is the model professional and elder keeper you are describing. We've conceded 44 league goals, that is the same or better than 12 other sides in the division, only 7 teams have a better record, only 6...
It doesn't matter why. Players get dropped and they have to deal with it.
I don't think he was a big problem, RDZ wanted to try Steele in goal to suit the tactics he was deploying. There is no narrative to sit right, he got dropped, players have to react to that in the right way.
Even then...
All the time you insist your opinion he was better than our current keepers is correct, you create a narrative to fit that opinion.
You suggest a permanent and irreversible dropping from a manager who only a few months later is taking the bold decision to rotate keepers and has done so all...