Brighton's Hurzeler on Gomez signing, Arsenal challenge and hopes for second half of season (Full Presser)

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Brighton and Hove Albion boss Fabian Hurzeler on Diego Gomez signing, the challenge of facing Arsenal and hopes for second half of season  Amex training ground, Lancing, UK

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00:00Any New Year's resolutions for you then Fabian do you set goals for the start of the year you're that kind of person?

00:07No

00:09So I think

00:11Generally life. It's important to have goals, but especially in football the season starts always in summer

00:16so in summer, I think it's time to

00:19to set individual goals team goals and

00:23Therefore I'm not the biggest fan of doing this in the winter break

00:27Probably new year

00:28We've got a bit of a fresh start because you've got Daniel Nieszkowski's come in as a coach and you've got a new player

00:34Through the door already as well in Diego Gomez. He's now officially a Brighton player

00:39See someone that comes straight in to selection or does he need some time of course he he had no

00:47two three weeks off of holiday because in in the MLS the the season is finished, so

00:54He needs for sure a little bit time, but I'm sure he's in a great shape. He trained hard during

01:00during his holiday what I heard and

01:02That's I'm really looking forward to to see him as quick as possible on the pitch

01:09That's too early yes

01:12Any new injury issues or anyone back this weekend?

01:18Adam Adam will be back. Hopefully checkers is close

01:24And I think the rest will will stay the same. Okay. It's 30 any closer to coming back

01:33unfortunately not

01:35Would it be a while? I think so okay, and and you know we're asking this question every week about Danny Welbeck

01:42And it must be frustrating for you just dealing with the fact you don't have him available at the moment

01:46And I was asking the questions to you every week, but is he going to be?

01:50Absent longer term it's a chance. He could be back soon. That's that's the thing like I

01:56Can't say clear schedule when he will be back so it can be

02:01Next week it can be real quick, but it can also take

02:04Two three four more weeks, so they really have to go day by day

02:09He is without any pain so that's a really good thing and he's back on the on the pitch

02:16But then we have to go really day by day, and hopefully he will be back soon. Yeah, and then with Danny out

02:21there's obviously an opportunity for

02:24Which our patrons been playing a bit more further forward, but Evan Ferguson is you know?

02:28There's so many rumors about him, but he's got big part to play potentially hasn't he for you in the next few months

02:34if he

02:36Would be fit yes

02:38He is he out this weekend as well. Yeah, he will be also this like the last weekend

02:43It's not longer

02:45Also, there. It's like not an easy not an easy

02:50issue

02:51but I hope that it doesn't take too long, so

02:54Let's see how it's going also there. I don't want to make or say

02:58Any clear predicts because I don't know it and we really have to go week for week and hope that he's a good healer

03:08It's a silly time of year transfer speculation for weeks or so of it coming up

03:13Do you think anyone else is likely to come in this month, and can you guarantee that you'll keep hold of your best players?

03:21So I think we

03:23That's the policy from the club that we never comment any any rumors and

03:28any

03:30transfer

03:32Issues, so I think we will keep it like that okay, and then just finally for me almost one at Arsenal earlier this season

03:38They're in a fantastic run of form on a 12 games. I'm beating in all competitions

03:42What do you have to do to try and get a positive result?

03:46How hard is it to play that they wanted the most difficult teams to play against at the moment?

03:51Push our limits and in every phase of the game continue

03:55To play with courage continue to play intense

03:58I think that's what we showed the last games of course the results were not were not good, but in the end we

04:05We showed really good performances. We

04:08Showed that we are able to beat every team in this league, and we already proved it

04:13So I think it's very important that we that we play with our identity our identity means to play intense if you don't play intense

04:20We have no chance against

04:22Arsenal if you don't play with courage in possession we we have no chance

04:26So I think these two fit two things are the main thing and of course

04:31Another big part of the game are set pieces, so when you see how

04:35How much danger they can create by a set piece then we have to take care of these things and

04:43It's also part of the football game and a big part so these three things are very important for the game

04:50I

04:52Think the two goals you conceded at Villa came immediately after corners

04:57So you know what what are your thoughts on defending set pieces at the moment with Arsenal coming? I think

05:04goals of the set piece always can happen and

05:08How we concede the goals is more like a second wave so it was not like that they had a

05:14direct chance after after cross

05:17I think we we weren't clean enough after we we won the ball so in both situations. We won the ball

05:23but we weren't clean enough to

05:25to find the right exit and

05:28Find the right exit ball, and that's why I think that we have to prove there

05:31We have to find a clear strategy how we want to how we want to proceed after we win the first

05:38Personal jewel in the in the set piece, and that's something what we what we can work on

05:43Any team's always going to miss a world-class player

05:47But so much of Arsenal's attacking threat came down the right with Bukayo Saka

05:52How different are they with him on the sidelines?

05:57Yeah of course

06:00He's a easy player who makes a difference for sure but in the end we saw it also yesterday

06:06They have enough world-class players to to replace him, so there's not only one world-class player in the squad

06:12there are several world-class players especially in the

06:15in the offensive line so

06:17for sure they have different opportunities and possibilities to replace him and

06:22It's a different game with him for sure because he's a he's a left footed player

06:27Tries to always come inside the pitch has good one against one situations good crosses

06:33But it doesn't mean that it's an easier game for us found him

06:38You told us when you first arrived how you have a long-term target of challenging and breaking the establishment

06:45So when you go up against these teams, do you feel an iota of extra?

06:51anticipation or excitement or anything I

06:53I

06:55Think every Premier League game is something special to be honest and it's a

07:00Experience against every Premier League team, and that's why of course Arsenal's a world-class team at the moment

07:07maybe

07:08One of the best teams in the world and it's a challenge for us

07:12And it's a possibility for us to to prove ourselves how far we are and our procedure how close we are

07:18To challenge really the establishment and that's something where we can prove ourselves and that should be motivation enough

07:24and with Brighton's form or

07:27Results at the moment. I looked back at your first season at st

07:30Powley, I think you had a similar run of seven eight games without a win and then in January you won ten in a row

07:37What did you learn from from that experience? Are there any similarities with what's happening here today? I

07:43Think you can't compare

07:46The situations and in football because they're so different

07:51things happen because of different reasons, but in the end you had experience and

07:57These opinions you made it gives you

08:00Gives you like help and gives you orientation how to how to behave in these situations how to come back to the

08:07to the results and

08:09That's why of course you can't compare them because all the situations are

08:13Different but in the end you have some

08:16Clear patterns you can trust and clear patterns in your own behavior clear patterns in the team behavior that might help and therefore

08:23we just try to to continue our work because we think that we are in the right way we

08:30Are able to beat everyone. We showed it also in the last games that

08:35Despite from the bad results. We had some really good performances and that's what I always try to say

08:41It's like just the process and also during the period where we had great results

08:46I said always trust the process because you should be always predictable in your behavior, especially as a coach you

08:53Should give this feeling also to the whole club that we're on the right way and we are on the right way

08:58I will be more concerned if we if you don't have these performances

09:02so in the end

09:03I'm sure that when you work hard when you

09:05When you get this game luck back

09:07And you have really have to invest and work for it to get this game luck back. Then the results will come again

09:13Good stuff rich did a great job going through all the injuries. Just wondered about purpose as he recovered from illness

09:19Hopefully I can't say it

09:22now, but

09:23We have to wait today and tomorrow if he's available

09:27Thank you

09:28Fabian we're we're at the halfway stage of the season

09:33What have you learned from the first half of your first campaign and or is there anything particular that's maybe surprised you or

09:40a bit more challenging than you maybe thought I

09:45Think I already said it it's the intensity

09:50from the Premier League and also

09:53Like that it's so unpredictable

09:55it's so competitive so everyone is able to beat another team and

10:00You see it every weekend so that also the the teams from

10:06from lower position in the table can beat a top team and that's something was very special and I really like the

10:14the quality from all the teams because it's always challenging to prepare your own team all the

10:19The coaches have like great ideas all the coaches have like a good style of play

10:23And it's always a big challenge to prepare myself to prepare the team to this game

10:28and that's something what I what I really see as a challenge and I really like it because I

10:34improve every day I can learn from it every day and

10:37That's something what what makes me a lot of fun. And that's something what I'm also a bit surprised. Yes

10:44Because when you look at your results

10:46You've actually got more points against the top six teams than you have against the bottom

10:49Six things does that illustrate exactly what you're saying?

10:52And how maybe is your is your glass half full or glass half empty perhaps? It's a difficult one

10:58That's exactly how you see the situation so you can

11:01Say we are not able to to win games against these teams on that

11:06Perspective you can say we are really difficult to to beat because in the end, I think there are only one or two teams in the league

11:13who

11:14Where the less lost and then we have so I think you always can see it from that or that perspective

11:21And in the end, I'm very positive guy

11:23So I see that the class is half full and

11:26I see more the positive things and then a negative thing general in in my life and I try to stay positive. I try to

11:35to

11:36give the trust and the belief to the club and and to the players and then I'm sure that

11:43The class will be also really really full one day

11:47And

11:49Just run on Arsenal Paul mentioned about set pieces, but in terms of their overall package

11:55What do you make of Arsenal particularly two good strong centre-backs? Are they real title contenders? Do you think this season?

12:02Yeah, they're always so

12:06Because of the squad because of the journey they made with a theta because of their style of play I think they

12:15They are really good in all phases of the game

12:17So they understood that the defensive phase is important that the offensive phase is important that set pieces are important

12:24and they are really good in all phases of the game, so

12:29They proved

12:31What it means to really just the process. I think when I look back back at the start with a theta day

12:37they struggled they had problems, but

12:40They just keep going on they improve the details they improve themselves in every phase and now you see the output so

12:47I have a huge respect for for him and his team and the work and the journey they went through

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