Uncle Spielberg
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It is like a surgeon doing open heart surgery and then going to the pub half way through the operation
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[Albion] Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
- Thread starter Dick Head
- Start date
No, I am saying we are seventh which feels about right.
It is never about what we should have done.
Hopefully we will get better from here on.
Or luckier.
Hang on another 606 caller..... James is nervous...."season has been amazing....".... oh wants to ask Chris where we ill finish..... <sigh>
May as well ask the cat.....
Here goes:
"need to be more clinical"
Marvellous scenes...... and Robbie cuts him off...
"Everything is alright at Brighton"
So there you have it
But we didn’t deserve to beat Newcastle, but for a bizarre red card we wouldn’t have got a point against Arsenal or a truly unique offside we would have almost certainly lost to Man United.
You can’t have it both ways and say we haven’t got what we deserved in some games while completely ignoring where we have got more than we deserved in others.
Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
I'm remarkably sanguine, despite my earlier comments. While we seem a bit naive in terms of seeing out the wins, we do seem to have a good habit of keeping the defeats to a minimum.
You are picking the few occasions where we had some luck , as you say we all have some be it good or bad . I am talking about the games where there was no luck as such , but there was bad tactics and game management - something FH seems to want to blame the lads for today .
We don’t deserve to win those because we didn’t do enough to win them.
Where does this idea come from that somehow we deserve points from games where we didn’t do enough to score the goals we needed or defend against goal we lost? That’s what matters in games.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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At least we're not Spurs
That`s my point exactly , it`s FHs job to make the requisite subs if needed to see the game through , that`s what a managers tactics are
I agree with you but tbf some of those games you listed weren’t just about subs. Some, like the forest game, was bad defending/getting caught out with the high line. Thinking we deserved a draw in that Chelsea game is a bloody massive reach there
oldboyroy
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Europe again Europe again ole ole ole ole ole.........at 3 nil next time not after 1 or 2
Sorrel
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Having just got home I have mellowed a little on the way. Once it became 2-1 everyone around me was saying "oh 'no', not again".
I really wish we hadn't had any "Europe Again" chants and that we practiced "last five minute hoofing" skills. Apart from the unmentionable we played well. Should have scored more, as usual.
I really wish we hadn't had any "Europe Again" chants and that we practiced "last five minute hoofing" skills. Apart from the unmentionable we played well. Should have scored more, as usual.
- Oct 20, 2022
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Finally a sensible post on tonight’s game.
It’s hard picking them out this evening - ‘delete-me-Mustafa‘ does have a point
I agree - it’s very hard to unpick it all really. I think just blaming the manager or one or two individual players is a cop out for understandably plssed off fans that need scapegoats but I think the issue is broader.
I wonder whether part of what we are seeing is the aftermath of busy summer transfer window with lots out and lots in - ending up with an almost completely new dynamic of players who hadn’t worked together before, topped by a manager who hadn’t worked with any of them before. The speed and intensity of the EPL is different to every other and the whole team need to be up for the task not just our better players - why is it so hard to find more than 2 or 3 players who have stood out in most matches? We have had some good results but we are not yet consistent because the players are not yet consistent.
I think we are too affected by goals, scored by us or the oppo tbh - it’s influencing our game in ways it shouldn’t. I know that sounds odd but IMHO we need to effectively ignore the scoreline while playing - the only team member concerned with the scoreline should be the manager with a view to tactical adjustments. The manager needs to constantly change what is not working which he is mostly doing but this is the Premier League where teams can pull rabbits out of the bag with 2 minutes to time - we should never think we have won a game with a 2 goal cushion until we have! In other words, not let it distract us if we concede nor distract us if we are winning - we just have to focus on the football at all times and in every moment until the final whistle - we know this so why isn’t it happening?
I made the Chelsea game clear , we played almost on the halfway line , if we had played as we were prior , we would have got a draw at least . Even after the first goal FH didn`t drop the defence back 20-30 yards , what the heck did he think was going to happen ?I agree with you but tbf some of those games you listed weren’t just about subs. Some, like the forest game, was bad defending/getting caught out with the high line. Thinking we deserved a draw in that Chelsea game is a bloody massive reach there
You can’t say we would have got a draw, that’s my point. Football doesn’t work like that, yeah we might have played differently and been better, but if we did, they may have played differently and adapted to us as well.
You only deserve the points when you do what’s needed and earn them.
TottonSeagull
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And the most patronising post goes to......
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I met Sir Paul in Walkabout, I get 10 points for the trip.......a draw is a more than icing in the cake to a fun day in the East Midlands
Without sounding childish your argument works equally in reverse .
