Joel Veltman: Brighton Defender talks about a 7-0 nottingham forest loss response and European prospects | Football news

How to deduct from a defeat of 7-0?

Well, the return to the return against Chelsea and a bold 4-0 victory over Southampton is a good way to start interfering with the seven in Nottingham Forest ulcers.

Bright’s hitting in the city ground has provided seagulls with its biggest defeat for almost 70 years and loss of the club in Gornji flight. But it also proved to be the end of the painful running in 11 games where seagulls recorded only two wins during the festive period.

“Sometimes you just have to forget that and throw that game,” said Joel Veltman, who started the game in Forest, but missed Saturday’s victory over the saints with a foot injury, he said Sky Sports.

“The message of Fabian Hurzeller was to just forget her in the past. Obviously, you learn from her and take that losing sense with you to prepare for the next game. Because of this, our motivation was heavenly to beat Chelsea twice.”

Messages of the main coach paid off with Brighton, suddenly, looking at preparing to challenge the teams above them.

At the end of November, Hurzeler was sitting fourth in the Premier League, but a difficult two -month spell saw them in the middle table.

During this time, like Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest -Ai Fulham gained praise for their shape and among the sides that are said to be fighting for European places, but among Brighton fans, it was the feeling that the first season of Hurzeller was disappointment.

However, Brighton is four points in fourth place and could move on to points with Bournemouth in fifth place when they hosted cherries on Tuesday night. However, unlike his opponents, Brighton flew under the radar because of his efforts this season.

Brighton’s highest ending in the Premier League campaign was sixth in 2023, and this deserved a place in the next year of the Europa League for the first time in the club’s history.

Although in the past their current position of ninth place may have been enough for a club that finished 20 years ago in 20th place in the championship, fans want more. For Veltman, the growing expectation is a reflection of how much the club has developed in the Premier League.

“It’s a little crazy how football is going,” said Veltman, who seems to miss the Bournemouth game in the middle of the report that he could be out for a few weeks with the injury.

“We ended the sixth with Robert de Zerbi, the ninth with Graham Potter. We are now at the place where you are in the first 10, and then before the season they already say that we want European football. If you said seven years ago we would fight for European places, they said You would probably not!

“But now we are here and every year we want to go every year. I like the expectations that they will get us at least in the first seven, top six European football places because players want it.

“We know where we are capable, it tells us and the gaffer. We have to fight the best six, we have the potential. There is a feeling that we can do much better than we show now.

“We had several games where we weren’t alone and we’re still close. Our potential is much bigger than we are now. Trust is in the locker room.”

The leading Brighton’s late push to Europe is Hurzeler.

After his appointment, it was a lot from his age as the youngest manager who was constantly borrowed by the Premier League Club. Veltman is one of the five current Brighton players older than his 31-year-old manager, but his appointment only adds the excitement that the team feels in the future.

“It’s not a 31-year-old for me. It’s just a coach for me,” Veltman continued.

“And he has that respect from us. We are excited (to have it here). He always tells us that we have to dispute the establishment.

“It’s his way of thinking and that’s what brings us. In every training, he continues to say the same things, like running, help his teammates, do one and a half. The excitement is there because we know what we can achieve with him.”

Not only does the management excite Veltman, who sees the potential in the locker room that would justify the greater ending. The goal of Kaora Mitoma against Chelsea during their 3-0 victory he captured his eye for his execution.

Heavenly sports’ Jamie Carragher compared the touch of a 27-year-old and finished with Lionel Messi and Dennis Bergkamp. High praise.

It took a mythoma for a while to settle in the season after his future had been pushed into uncertainty during January window with the offer of Saudi club Al Nasr. Brighton saw that the big names had been leaving in the past because of the sublime fees, but for the wardrobe of Jeleb, holding mythomas was a signal of intent.

“I think mythoma remains a lot about the club,” Veltman said Sky Sports.

“Now we are going to the Premier League. He may not have played his best way to play before Chelsea, but he was still on the team.

“We know that he can create a chance just like that or to score so naked. With that confidence, he scored that goal against Chelsea. It is really, really important for us to stay.”

From playing to coaches, ambition in Amex is largely a buzzword. Brighton’s next 12 games will decide whether these ambitions can turn into reality.