Jamie Redknapp
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They've got used to a system and they've got used to playing in a certain way.
And I can understand why we play that way.
But over time, hopefully that will change.
Well, he alluded to it at the end there when he was saying about they've been used to playing in a style and what he means by they've been playing in a defensive style.
I have to be honest, over the last few years under Rafa, they stayed up, but I didn't enjoy watching them.
And I'd come to watch them playing against Chelsea last year and
and they sat back, got men behind the ball, and it was so difficult to watch.
But it was a style that worked, and they stayed up, and obviously the fans loved him here and adored him for it.
And Steve, to a certain extent, is battling trying to become an attacking side and bringing new players into the team and playing more on the front foot in a more of a...
I would say, more of a fashionable way now.
And it will take time for him.
And I said to him, I do believe it will be his biggest achievement keeping his team up.
They were the favourites to stay in the Premier League.
It hasn't changed in my mind at all, having watched them.
It's all on for this side.
But they're going to need everyone behind them, everyone pulling together.
And if they don't, I can't see a situation where they stay up.
No, I...
I think what Brighton's and Graham Potter's done is very quickly, I must admit, and I was very impressed with him today, but I think Steve Bruce has got a slightly different problem, and the expectation levels are so high.
And I don't think that having not all of his players fit, and I've seen it today, Steve will now, I'm sure, tonight, think, how can I get all these players into the team?