From fan boos to legend whispers, Fabian Hürzeler's rollercoaster season demands a decision. Weigh the arguments: one reason to keep him, one to let him go.
Fabian Hürzeler has had one of the most confusing seasons for nearly any head coach in top-flight history. To go from being booed and jeered by your own fans to being hailed as a potential legend by the end of the season takes some doing.
So, what should happen? To keep it balanced, we will do one thing:
One reason why Fabian Hürzeler should stay, and one reason why Hürzeler should go...
The consistently inconsistent issues
Albion may be in impressive form at the moment, but fans will hope this form can be more than that.
Fabian Hürzeler has struggled with implementing a style which works on a basis beyond moments and individual quality.
The fact remains, with that quality at his disposal, it has helped bail out an incredible number of results. While it can look pretty at times, the ugly moments can be very ugly. The main part of this is, they shouldn't.
It isn't unreasonable to say there are a lot of better head coaches out there at the moment. When you look at the gulf in quality between English sides and European sides in the Champions League this season, that fact becomes even clearer.
Brighton have a lot of good players, and it feels like some of them have been wasted. Players like Carlos Baleba could walk away for a cut price this summer.
This consistent inconsistent issue has rung true throughout the entirety of the season.
Form turnaround is undeniable
While it'd be easy to go back throughout the season and find the worst parts of it, one thing is for absolute certainty, form is undeniable proof that something has changed.
Whether or not Brighton have had a good season or not is up for debate, but to hide from the facts that they are combating for Europa League football while wiping teams off the pitch would be disingenuous.
Since they changed the system, utilising the second ball more effectively and not solely relying on individuals to carry out results, things have certainly changed.
The reintroduction of Pascal Groß has helped with the stability of the side. Having someone who will understand Hürzeler's messaging and help portray it to those who may not be on board will be significant.
His love from the senior players has been evident throughout the process, and if it is to guide Brighton to European football, it becomes difficult to argue against it.