Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Orlandi doesn't need luck he needs to stop shooting straight at the keeper and be a little more wiley. The midfielders should be chipping in with goals and not just leave it all to Buckley and our lone striker.
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Orlandi doesn't need luck he needs to stop shooting straight at the keeper and be a little more wiley. The midfielders should be chipping in with goals and not just leave it all to Buckley and our lone striker.
blue and white stripes45
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- Nov 19, 2012
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Barnes is shit thats why we lost 2 points
W.C.
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- Oct 31, 2011
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This.
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
If we hadn't blown it in the last minute of the game yesterday, I'm sure most of us would be saying that was one of the best games we'd played so far this season.
As long as we keep creating good chances in front of goal like we have been lately, it will come good soon.
I'm not a Barnes basher, but he really has got to have a stint on the bench and not be allowed to take any more penalties for a while. He also wastes a good few chances.
His composure in front of goal is not the best at the moment and it's very frustrating when he just blasts good opportunities wide.
As long as we keep creating good chances in front of goal like we have been lately, it will come good soon.
I'm not a Barnes basher, but he really has got to have a stint on the bench and not be allowed to take any more penalties for a while. He also wastes a good few chances.
His composure in front of goal is not the best at the moment and it's very frustrating when he just blasts good opportunities wide.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Correct Daffy, i like Barnes but replace him with Hoskins or Dobbie for Tuesday, why not rest CMS as well......both could come on as subs if all does not go to plan.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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When we have 13 shots on goal in the first 40 minutes I don't think this excuse can be used. I would put it down to his poor finishing/composure and lack of footballing brain which would see him be in the right place at the right time.
Sussex Nomad
Well-known member
I don't think 'getting over it' is the point. We mugged ourselves and one change HAS to be made. We are playing with ten men, we start with our hands tied and as has been said by just about everyone, we cannot finish teams off. It has nothing to do with 'getting over it'.
How long do we have to go back to find an Albion team that missed so many chances?
Gary Nelson and Kurt Nogan both had barren spells when they missed chances and could not score at all, but we weren't creating many then.
I have to go back to the sixties with the two separate teams with Charlie Livesey who used to score regularly and then the goals dried up. And the best example is Alex Dawson who was a prolific scorer and prolific misser as well (I remember him missing an open goal twice hitting the post from three yards and two yards).
But football was different back then. Primitive really.
Middlesbrough came unstuck because they played more direct than usual (not that they could see in the mist), and Hull because they only played three at the back from the start.
I think it will definitely be unchanged at the start. I am getting closer to forecasting the team every week. One day I will get it right.
PS: I agree with Gus. It was a well engineered goal and it could have come at any time during the game.
Barnes was running into good positions but could not get direction. The Jutkiewicz miss for Middlesbrough was awful! Worse than Barnes miss (hitting the post) against Swindon from the Vicente corner.
Gary Nelson and Kurt Nogan both had barren spells when they missed chances and could not score at all, but we weren't creating many then.
I have to go back to the sixties with the two separate teams with Charlie Livesey who used to score regularly and then the goals dried up. And the best example is Alex Dawson who was a prolific scorer and prolific misser as well (I remember him missing an open goal twice hitting the post from three yards and two yards).
But football was different back then. Primitive really.
Middlesbrough came unstuck because they played more direct than usual (not that they could see in the mist), and Hull because they only played three at the back from the start.
I think it will definitely be unchanged at the start. I am getting closer to forecasting the team every week. One day I will get it right.
PS: I agree with Gus. It was a well engineered goal and it could have come at any time during the game.
Barnes was running into good positions but could not get direction. The Jutkiewicz miss for Middlesbrough was awful! Worse than Barnes miss (hitting the post) against Swindon from the Vicente corner.
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Bloody well said Ms Krabappel - but it's just incredibly frustrating to be so close and yet ....... actually not that far away either. I really think we've already got the players to turn 'nearlys" into "mostlys" but Gus has got to take a deep breath and give Dobbie and Hoskins runs in the side, probably at the expense of Barnes (to be replaced by Dobbie) and Hoskins to get much more game time in place of CMS
Guy Fawkes
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- Sep 29, 2007
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To say that after we were playing a team that was in the Premiership last season just shows how far we have progressed. Who would have thought we would perform like that against that sort of side 2 years ago??
Rookie
Greetings
- Feb 8, 2005
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And for a £2.5 million player a truly dreadful first touch
brightonbaz
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- Feb 22, 2009
- 181
So your blaming Barnes.......unbelievable....there are 10 others in the team....and yes penalty's (and the rebounds) do get missed....but to blame just Barnes......incredulous
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
You weren't that cretin walking down the WSU stairs after the game inanely swearing about Barnes being a disgrace to the club were you ?
Mellor 3 Ward 4
Well-known member
That's the problem.
We play, out of a team of 11, 3 and half attacking players.
CMS, Buckley, Orlandi, and the half being Barnes.
Im not knocking Barnes, he does a lot of of good defensive work, especially with Painter at left back, but it does mean if Buckley, CMS or Orlanii don't score who will?
We need our midfielders, and even centre backs to start chipping in with goals.
maltaseagull
Well-known member
At the end Bolton fans sang 1-0 and you f**ked it up. Pretty accurate I would say. It was one of those days, and you could see them stealing it if the score stayed 1-0.
But I do agree with the glass half full brigade in that we played really well and with a little luck and a lot more clinical finishing we would be in the automatic promotion places.
Soon it will all click into place. Go back to last season we were having 4-6 shots at goal in some away games.
Dobbie's been known to score a few goals ... bit tricky sitting 3 rows back in the West Stand though
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
We played most of the game in their half, numerous crosses, through balls, possession in and around the box, Hammond, Orlandi, Barnes, Buckley all getting shots off and getting involved. How much support does CMS need - someone to hold his hand through the game!?
For what it's worth, I thought he did okay, but he just seems to have these games where he doesn't look like getting on the end of anything. It's like his radar is out of sync with where the ball is going to be. It is that mercurial strikers instinct. With CMS, he seems to have it for a couple of weeks, then it goes again.
Del Fenner
Because of Boxing Day
I wouldn't put any weight on anything that Dougie says about the Weed at a press conference. Particularly when he has just mugged ya. He has come out with some very weird stuff of late!
