The DVD: Were we a better team last season?

[Lush]

Just finished watching the Albion DVD of last season.

Withdean WAS a shithole.
League 1 opposition was often poor.
We had Murray (and the Murray/Barnes partnership). We had Bennett. And Wood. And Lua-Lua on top form.

WERE we a better team then?

 

[clippedgull]

Good team in a poor division last season.

This season we are an average team in a tough division.

 

[Tux the albion Penguin]

You know Lush. I have often thought this myself.

 

[Kazenga <3]

No. There were only two other teams in that division who really pushed us. Last year we lost 3-0 to Stoke and this year we beat Sunderland and troubled a very strong Liverpool.
However we did lose to Watford this time round

 

[Diego Napier]

Just finished watching the Albion DVD of last season.

Withdean WAS a shithole.
League 1 opposition was often poor.
We had Murray (and the Murray/Barnes partnership). We had Bennett. And Wood. And Lua-Lua on top form.

WERE we a better team then?

This year we are better team, last year we played against weaker opposition.

I watched the DVD today as well, sometimes we were given soooo much time and space to develop our moves, that just doesn't happen in this league.

 

[Rambo]

I think we do miss Murray and Benno

 

[Dav]

Bennett was amazing for us last season. The amount of assists he got, it was because of him that Murray did so well I think.

 

[catfish]

Because of injuries Gus hasn't been able to field his best team. I do agree we miss Murray & Benno.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Good team in a poor division last season.

This season we are an average team in a tough division.

This. I agree we miss Benno as we haven't had a fit midfield playmaker to replace him. Hopefully we will get some game time out of Vicente soon. Murray hasn't done as well this season as he did in League 1, so no, I don't miss him.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Yes we were, purely because of Bennett.

The guy is just utter class and he would be tearing up the Championship now if he had stayed. We actually gave him away, should have got at least double what Norwich paid.

I still miss him.

 

[e77]

Mainly due to injury, CMS aside, the new signings have yet to make an impact. Also our full backs have actually had to do some defending this season.

Having said that they certainly have time to contribute and one of our first choice central defenders has still to come back.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I know it's just clips of goals, but what stood out most was how high up the pitch our defenders had the ball and how much time they had on it at the start of our attacks. Not the same this year!

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

After watching that, I feel that I cant hate Murray quite so much. I forgot how good he really was for us!

Though proves the gap in quality when Painter was matching winger for pace and getting the occasional cross in, as well as most defenders we were playing against being really quite pants!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

After watching that, I feel that I cant hate Murray quite so much. I forgot how good he really was for us!

Though proves the gap in quality when Painter was matching winger for pace and getting the occasional cross in, as well as most defenders we were playing against being really quite pants!

It's also worth remembering that although Murray got 22 goals at that level, Mackail-Smith got 35.

 

[crodonilson]

No, we'd be top of League One if we were still in it, we're just in a much tougher division.

 

[Commander]

No we weren't, but watching that did make me realise how much we miss Bennett.

 

[Lush]

I was surprised at how good a job Wood actually did as goal poacher, through size and good awareness. Obviously it's just HIGHLIGHTS though.

 

[Mellotron]

Miss Murray a painful amount. Utter class.

 

[bigcabboy]

I think we are a better team this season of course injuries list is paying a big part at the moment and also confidence when at the top confidence sky high now tougher division few injuries indifferent results confidence not so high im sure the club is moving forward though having said all that southampton are making the transition to the championship very well and peterborough are acquitting themselves well too!

 

[Common as Mook]

Can someone tell me how many goals Murray has scored this season?

No doubting he is a class act, but he is hardly setting th world alight elsewhere is he?