liam82
Onwards and Upwards
I'm no JCL, not that it matters, I fully appreciate where we have come from and what Gus has achieved but we are here in the present and that's what matters.
The club is sowing the seeds for a successful future with or without Gus, he is not the messiah and neither is he invulnerable from criticism.
I like many other are not particularly bothered we are 10th in the championship, neither am I bothered if we don't achieve promotion this season, I do believe slow progress in the long run serves you better.
BUT
it is becoming increasingly frustrating watching the Albion, at least at home. In my humble opinion it is hard to see how we have progressed at all in the last 12 months with a supposedly better squad.
Our football is for the large part totally boring and flatters to deceive, we pass with no pace and conviction, we are clueless in the 18 yard box, we don't score from corners or free kicks if we are lucky to score at all.
4 wins at home stretching back to April, all of those bottom sides, no come from behind win since Doncaster in August 2011, these statistics should not be overlooked and are shameful.
Poyet is one of these modern days managers that wants to over complicate what is a simple game, I'm all for possession football, the basic idea we have right but it's executed in a poor fashion, we've all seen it and most of you know what I'm talking about whether you agree or not, we move so slowly forwards we are easy and predictable to defend against.
In football you have to have a plan B, you must be able to adapt to a changing situation and you must be able to mix up Play.
After 15 minutes against Watford it was a downward spiral and we pretty much got what we deserved.
Poyet's transfers have all been questionable, Murray we know about with the benefit of hindsight, however to be fair if we had a choice between him and Mackail-Smith back in 2011 most of us would have been happy enough at the time.
What is Crofts adding to the side, Dobbie?? ( never the player we needed ) Hammond?, Harley? Mackail-Smith constantly played out of a position, he should be picking up the ball through the middle he aint gonna score working in from the wings, total waste of money which I blame Poyet for, last season Paynter and Vokes!!
January is going to be make or break, Poyet can't afford any more light weight failures and I think just saying we need a player or 2 and we will be all right is crap, the fundamental problem is the way we set up to play and how we approach and adapt to games, it worked in league 1, to a degree it worked here but teams have now worked us out and we make it easy for them, we have been saying the same thing all season and nothing has changed.
How many games this season have you really enjoyed? 2 or 3? I'm a mug and have been coming for years and no doubt will continue to do so even if there are only 5000 of us rattling around in the West stand, what do the other 20,000 who come each week to be entertained think? maybe they don't care? and those of us that really do have been swallowed up and are not visible.
Where I sat at Withdean the air would have been blue today based on that performance but by and large where I sit now people accept it.
I wish I could see another way around this I like Poyet, I want him to be a success and I have held back but at this moment I'm struggling.
The club is sowing the seeds for a successful future with or without Gus, he is not the messiah and neither is he invulnerable from criticism.
I like many other are not particularly bothered we are 10th in the championship, neither am I bothered if we don't achieve promotion this season, I do believe slow progress in the long run serves you better.
BUT
it is becoming increasingly frustrating watching the Albion, at least at home. In my humble opinion it is hard to see how we have progressed at all in the last 12 months with a supposedly better squad.
Our football is for the large part totally boring and flatters to deceive, we pass with no pace and conviction, we are clueless in the 18 yard box, we don't score from corners or free kicks if we are lucky to score at all.
4 wins at home stretching back to April, all of those bottom sides, no come from behind win since Doncaster in August 2011, these statistics should not be overlooked and are shameful.
Poyet is one of these modern days managers that wants to over complicate what is a simple game, I'm all for possession football, the basic idea we have right but it's executed in a poor fashion, we've all seen it and most of you know what I'm talking about whether you agree or not, we move so slowly forwards we are easy and predictable to defend against.
In football you have to have a plan B, you must be able to adapt to a changing situation and you must be able to mix up Play.
After 15 minutes against Watford it was a downward spiral and we pretty much got what we deserved.
Poyet's transfers have all been questionable, Murray we know about with the benefit of hindsight, however to be fair if we had a choice between him and Mackail-Smith back in 2011 most of us would have been happy enough at the time.
What is Crofts adding to the side, Dobbie?? ( never the player we needed ) Hammond?, Harley? Mackail-Smith constantly played out of a position, he should be picking up the ball through the middle he aint gonna score working in from the wings, total waste of money which I blame Poyet for, last season Paynter and Vokes!!
January is going to be make or break, Poyet can't afford any more light weight failures and I think just saying we need a player or 2 and we will be all right is crap, the fundamental problem is the way we set up to play and how we approach and adapt to games, it worked in league 1, to a degree it worked here but teams have now worked us out and we make it easy for them, we have been saying the same thing all season and nothing has changed.
How many games this season have you really enjoyed? 2 or 3? I'm a mug and have been coming for years and no doubt will continue to do so even if there are only 5000 of us rattling around in the West stand, what do the other 20,000 who come each week to be entertained think? maybe they don't care? and those of us that really do have been swallowed up and are not visible.
Where I sat at Withdean the air would have been blue today based on that performance but by and large where I sit now people accept it.
I wish I could see another way around this I like Poyet, I want him to be a success and I have held back but at this moment I'm struggling.