Brighton & Hove Albion have won six games in a row since their 7-0 crushing defeat to Nottingham Forest in February.
The Seagulls entered the clash against Nottingham Forest with three wins from 12 matches.
Merkur in Germany have had a chat with Brighton assistant manager Jonas Scheuermann. He spoke on various topics, including that loss to Nottingham Forest.
The German spent over seven years at VfB Stuttgart as an assistant manager and left them to become Fabian Hürzeler’s assistant at Brighton last summer. His friendship with the Premier League club’s manager was key in his decision to join him at The Amex.
Scheuermann has been a board member of amateur German club Waldeck Obermenzing since 2017.
Merkur asked the 38-year-old how his experience in amateur football helped Brighton to deal with their 7-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest or going without a win for eight games in a row [end of November to start of January].
“I’ve met many people in professional football who mourn or celebrate results for a long time, and who base their mood on them. I’m very adept at quickly putting results aside and looking ahead to the next game. I learned that in amateur football,” he said.
“At Waldeck, I coached three teams at the same time for most years and had three games on the weekend.
“Let’s say at 11am with the U13s and then at 2pm the next game on the same pitch with the U17s. Regardless of whether I won the first game, lost it, or conceded or scored a last-minute equaliser, I had to put it behind me because I then had to prepare a team as best as possible for the next game.”
Merkur asked him what it was like at Brighton after such a heavy defeat to Nottingham Forest.
Responding to that, Scheuermann explained: “Imagine the atmosphere after a 7-0 defeat, in the dressing room, on the journey home, and even the next day. We had training the next day, and it was clear to me that the session on the pitch could also be fun.”
Merkur pointed out some Brighton fans asked for Hürzeler’s sacking after their loss to Nottingham Forest.
The assistant insists he doesn’t focus on what media has to say when asked how he deals with these claims.
“I don’t read anything here, I don’t watch anything, and I don’t hear anything about it. Of course, I’m in a completely different role than Fabi. My job as his assistant coach is to make the 7-0 defeat disappear and focus on the next game,” he added.
“During my time at Waldeck, I lost by that much a few times. That happens. In the end, it’s just a football game.
“The media picking on it is their business. Our business is to train well the next day to come out as best as possible. Looking at the results since then, we haven’t done too much wrong.”
