[Albion] We are no better than last season

[Guinness Boy]

Fact? What metric are you using....performance? Well that’s opinion....points..well seasons not finished ...hmmm

Points. Said so several times in several subsequent posts. We need two wins and a draw to get to last season's total and more than that to beat it. Can't see that happening personally but will be delighted of they prove me wrong.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

A low block is a pretty clear description of a defensive set up, isn't it? To me it implies 2 banks of 4 (or even 5), sitting deep and restricting space. I'm not sure why a bit of terminology would rile anyone.

A low block is less about formation and more about positioning and engagement. Lets call it sitting deep shall we?

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/a...dard-and-high-block-tactical-analysis-tactics

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[This is me]

Points. Said so several times in several subsequent posts. We need two wins and a draw to get to last season's total and more than that to beat it. Can't see that happening personally but will be delighted of they prove me wrong.

Indeed. It’s about the points & Potter has failed.
No improvement this season.
If it were Chris Hughton he would be given an awful lot of stick - yet boring Potter peaking at 17th is ok with a number of people on here. Strange.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Points. Said so several times in several subsequent posts. We need two wins and a draw to get to last season's total and more than that to beat it. Can't see that happening personally but will be delighted of they prove me wrong.

Hope ..i always go to a match with hope .even if it’s just a smidgeon

 

[portlock seagull]

Hope ..i always go to a match with hope .even if it’s just a smidgeon

And that is what kills yer as a Brighton fan! Can handle the despair, it’s...

 

[Swansman]

There can’t be anybody who thinks we would be 3-0 up at Wolves at HT. That result and performance last night were shocking. I still think we have done enough to get away with it again this season but by goodness there needs to be improvement next year.

There also wasnt anybody thinking Burnley would be 3-0 up at HT.

 

[Bakero]

A low block is less about formation and more about positioning and engagement. Lets call it sitting deep shall we?

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/a...dard-and-high-block-tactical-analysis-tactics

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I think I did call it sitting deep.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Points. Said so several times in several subsequent posts. We need two wins and a draw to get to last season's total and more than that to beat it. Can't see that happening personally but will be delighted of they prove me wrong.

Yesterday was the opportunity to give us a really good chance of getting past 40 points. We blew it and with Burnley's romp today, we are now there to be shot at, two points behind the next nearest club. Seven wins in 33, the worst home record in living memory and now the goals are drying up again. Is this really progression?
Like you, I am hoping for a decent finish to the season but I'm not holding my breath. Could still be squeaky bum time.

 

[rogersix]

Indeed. And a manager with some passion as well ....

4th bottom now BHA. What a poor season ...... again.

is shouting at the fourth official passion?

 

[deslynhamsmoustache1]

I'm still with Potter, but should we finish in the bottom 4, how could anyone possibly say that we had a decent season? Especially after 4 seasons and 8 transfer windows.

Frighteningly, some would.

This. There's a clear need for some of the players, coaching and recruitment staff to have a good, long hard look at themselves over the next few days and weeks because a third Potter season without pushing on would make his position untenable in most fans eyes - assuming we survive this one. Most managers have a shelf life a lot shorter than 3 seasons when we start again 21/22. I see Potter ball at the moment based on possession and passing. To take it to the next level he needs to inject the next three football ideologies. Passion, purpose and above all, pace.

 

[vagabond]

I see Potter ball at the moment based on possession and passing. To take it to the next level he needs to inject the next three football ideologies. Passion, purpose and above all, pace.

Well, and finishing, surely....

 

[Farehamseagull]

[emoji2357]

As soon as someone brings the word passion into a debate about how to improve a football team then you know they don’t really have any ideas themselves.

 

[rogersix]

Indeed. It’s about the points & Potter has failed.
No improvement this season.
If it were Chris Hughton he would be given an awful lot of stick - yet boring Potter peaking at 17th is ok with a number of people on here. Strange.

wow! strangest post in a long time. potter, dull? hughton playing a 6-3-1 at home to cardiff in a game we need to score in, especially after we go 1 and then 2 down, that is flimmin boring

 

[deslynhamsmoustache1]

Well, and finishing, surely....

The word "Purpose" Vagabond encapsulates the want and will to win and not spend 60 minutes passing backwards from the edge of your opponents box back to your goal keeper on the edge of his.

 

[perseus]

There can’t be anybody who thinks we would be 3-0 up at Wolves at HT. That result and performance last night were shocking. I still think we have done enough to get away with it again this season but by goodness there needs to be improvement next year.

Who was the last Albion player to score a first half hatrick?

 

[portslade seagull]

Everything was just so slow lastnight with no urgency until Ali and Izzy came on. It seemed like the players already had their bags packed for their summer Covid hols.

How anybody can smack a ball over the bar from 4 yards amazes me but Maupay seems to be having one of those seasons

 

[hart's shirt]

Who was the last Albion player to score a first half hatrick?

No idea, but an excellent question.

Gordon Smith got a second half top flight hat trick at Coventry. (04/10/1980)

Not quite a 1st half hat trick, but Zamora got his 3rd at Chester in the 1-7 away win in the 54th minute. (26/2/2000)

Any excuse...

 

[Weststander]

wow! strangest post in a long time. potter, dull? hughton playing a 6-3-1 at home to cardiff in a game we need to score in, especially after we go 1 and then 2 down, that is flimmin boring

Were there really 3 as far forward as midfield?

In so many games, a deep Alamo block of 9, with the lone veteran Muzza 50 yards away trying to win ball against an entire defence.

 

[rogersix]

Were there really 3 as far forward as midfield?

In so many games, a deep Alamo block of 9, with the lone veteran Muzza 50 yards away trying to win ball against an entire defence.

desperate times indeed! at least we're creating the chances to miss these days

 

[Skaville]

How many times have we played badly this season. I’d suggest:

Everton (A) - had our moments but outclassed
Poor second half West Brom (H)
Burnley (H) - no cutting edge
The first half of West Brom (A)
Leicester (A)
The first half last night.

Compare any of that to the Bournemouth and Cardiff games under Hughton or Man City at home last season and we’re on another level. Even the very best sides play poorly occasionally.