The passing game - should The Albion maintain this?

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Too PEDESTRIAN. Most teams three or four passes and then they carve us apart. We fanny about too much and get caught. Its now a trend and trends are worrying. We will stay up thats about it.

 

[pork pie]

Fishing or a moron?

C unt!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Serious question adkins planned fo the championship did poyet?

 

[Surf's Up]

Serious answer - no, he didn't know what to expect, Adkins did but Gus is learning quickly

 

[pork pie]

Serious answer - no, he didn't know what to expect, Adkins did but Gus is learning quickly

He did know. He kept telling us. But did not act upon what he knew and got a bunch of lightweights in without the bigger stronger, faster players we need.

 

[shwoody1]

there is nothing wrong with the way we play only it needs to be quicker.how many times tonight we had greer or dunk or bridcutt with the ball at their feet with acres of space to drive into, going forward when they decide to stop think and play it sideways allowing west ham to get back, cover leaving us no other option but to gobackwards or sideways again.

 

[imissworthing2]

Whole heartedly YES, we've gotta persist with it, I don't give a shit if this season is a complete write off. Give this side a seasons experience in the championship, learn what works and what doesn't, experience the lows that come with the mistakes that we are making and have a season of playing together as a unit and I'm convinced we'll b a top 6 team next season...

I'm happy to sit back and enjoy the ride

 

[Lifelong Supporter]

We need to develop it rather than maintain it. We need to be sensible defensively and look to attack with more pace. Realistically we are going to be a bottom half of the table club this year and we cannot afford to gift the opposition goals.

 

[Shooting Star]

Passing works. When we don't pass, we lose abysmally a la Palace and Leicester. When we pass, we have more than half a chance a la tonight.

 

[trueblue]

Absolutely yes. But the midfield needs to be able to do it a higher tempo. If we could play the way we do with one or two touches, it'd be devastating. At the moment, maybe through a slight dip in confidence, I think we dwell on the ball a fraction too long when there's a break on giving opponents the chance to get bodies back. But that was a good performance - just lack a cutting edge. If we were a little bit more clinical, we wouldn't be in this difficult spell.

 

[Diego Napier]

Fishing or a moron?

Uber moron! No passing game, no Poyet

 

[Working class pride]

Attention seeker alert.

 

[Richard Hebberd's Syrup]

Of course we should

The thing that does need to change is the pace we play at. In the league below teams backed off so we were able to knock the ball about at quite a slow pace. At this level players get picked up quicker, teams are far more organised defensively and tactically aware and you have less time on the ball. Stroking it about in a pedestrian manner is therefore going to make it quite hard to break sides down.

Speed up the way we play and we'll cause more problems. Whether the personnel from last season are good enough to do that remains to be seen, but you'd imagine the likes of Buckley and Vicente who have played at this level and higher should be able to

 

[Rookie]

The doubts have taken longer to appear than I thought they would but suppose it was only a matter of time after the recent results. The passing game is fine just need to use cms better

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I'd suggest the pitch was far too wet to attempt anything very ambitious tonight. Absolutely pissed it down throughout.

 

[alan partridge]

C unt!

ah yes, a moron. Seen you're other shite posts on various threads tonight.

Perhaps you should scream at the players they're playing like a bunch of DAGOS. Gus, Tanno, Calderon, Vicente, Reyes, They'll all love that eh?

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

well i hope we can play as well as that other bunch of dagos ie the spanish national team

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

tom and they watered it half hour before kick off and 5 mins before as well

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

tom and they watered it half hour before kick off and 5 mins before as well

Yup, mind you the BBC website had today down as clear skies and the Argus said there was a 5% chance of rain

 

[Captain Sensible]

Pass pass pass, move move move. I love it! Firmly on the Gus Bus.