[Albion] Andy Naylor on Albions dip in form.

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Andy Naylor, The Athletic: Why Brighton's form has dipped

The lack of a certain type of player in Brighton's side has been a significant factor in their drop-off in form, explains Andy Naylor, Brighton correspondent for The Athletic; following a positive start to the Premier League season, the Seagulls are winless in their last five outings ahead of...

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From the Brentford site

 

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Naylor having a pop at our fans. Knobber.

 

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• Tuesday at 3:59 PM

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What not calling for a new manager, or about five players to be moved on in the January window, totally out of touch.

 

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Fair comments from AN.

 

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He’s nothing if not a company man, our Andy.

 

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We miss Hinshelwood and Ferdi

 

macbeth

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• Tuesday at 4:52 PM

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Terry Butcher Tribute Act said:

Naylor having a pop at our fans. Knobber.

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i don’t particularly like naylor, but genuinely, where? can’t see anything along those lines. one section where he mentions that there is disappointment with the current situation, but i wouldn’t at all describe that as inaccurate, certainly not having a pop

 

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I am struggling to argue with any of that….and expecting the disappointment to continue of Friday

We look like rabbits in the headlights once we have a lead and the game management is as bad as I ever recall it, even in the days we struggled.

However I was very encouraged by the early subs against West Ham.

We need Lady Luck back on our side to regain some confidence imo

 

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ac gull said:

We miss Hinshelwood and Ferdi

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I think those two would make us more solid

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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• Tuesday at 5:17 PM

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'short of leaders' is the big takeaway from that piece

 

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macbeth said:

i don’t particularly like naylor, but genuinely, where? can’t see anything along those lines. one section where he mentions that there is disappointment with the current situation, but i wouldn’t at all describe that as inaccurate, certainly not having a pop

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No he doesn't, I swear it called us entitled when i read it earlier but it doesn't now.

Probably too much Xmas eve Sherry!

 

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

'short of leaders' is the big takeaway from that piece

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I wrote a thread about that straight after the Palace match! I’ll assume that my cheque from Naylor is in the post!

 

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• Tuesday at 8:06 PM

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Hugo Rune said:

I wrote a thread about that straight after the Palace match! I’ll assume that my cheque from Naylor is in the post!

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You were spot on although many of us shared the same view so don't hold your breath for that cheque! Hope we'll have Welbeck and Hinshelwood (future Brighton captain) back on the pitch soon and maybe even Solly at which point the leadership problem will be solved.

 

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

'short of leaders' is the big takeaway from that piece

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100% correct and a major failing in this seasons recruitment.

 

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Zeus said:

100% correct and a major failing in this seasons recruitment.

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Nah, the mistake is trying to find a (affordable) senior pro who can stay on the pitch for 30+ games; an impossible/improbable task

 

Justice

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• Tuesday at 10:10 PM

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So RDZ was correct in wanting to sign some experienced fitter 26-28 year olds to balance the side. As he said the club want to go a different way.
We have Dunk obviously no one in the middle of the park though Milner is to old now waste of wages.
Maybe Wieffer can do that job we were doing fine last Saturday until he went off.

 

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Terry Butcher Tribute Act said:

No he doesn't, I swear it called us entitled when i read it earlier but it doesn't now.

Probably too much Xmas eve Sherry!

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Are you on about this bit:

'It is almost like, among some sections of the fanbase, there is an element of disappointment because, if those results were more evenly spread out, then 10th place at Christmas, three points off fifth, is actually pretty good, with a new head coach.'?

Absolutely bang on and not in the least bit a pop at the fans.

 

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Justice said:

So RDZ was correct in wanting to sign some experienced fitter 26-28 year olds to balance the side. As he said the club want to go a different way.
We have Dunk obviously no one in the middle of the park though Milner is to old now waste of wages.
Maybe Wieffer can do that job we were doing fine last Saturday until he went off.

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To be fair, we did spend over £50m on Weiffer (25) and O'Riley (24). Age and fitness are two criteria, but you're missing the third criteria: established at PL level. That may not tak n the fee out of our range, but it certainly would on wages

 

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Silverhatch said:

Nah, the mistake is trying to find a (affordable) senior pro who can stay on the pitch for 30+ games; an impossible/improbable task

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Exactly, and one that won't cost a fortune in wages.

 

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• Wednesday at 10:32 AM

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Not one word in there that hasn't been uttered a million times on NSC.

Justice said:

So RDZ was correct in wanting to sign some experienced fitter 26-28 year olds to balance the side. As he said the club want to go a different way.
We have Dunk obviously no one in the middle of the park though Milner is to old now waste of wages.
Maybe Wieffer can do that job we were doing fine last Saturday until he went off.

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Naylor saying something doesn't mean RDZ was correct or incorrect in anything. Naylor is a person among others.

The club indeed wants another direction than buying 26-28 year old players who in their peak would come to us rathert than a big club because they're not good enough and never will be good enough to play in a top team.

Because that approach, we could call it "the Everton model", eventually leaves you sitting with a bunch of unsellable aging players on high wages. And we (well, the owner at leas;, many fans are in favour of signing expensive established players with no resale value despite the fact that it would be an existential threat against the club) don't want that so we don't do that.

Luckily there are other ways of getting experience, such as playing games, so our squad will be more experienced tomorrow evening and we didn't have to buy a single 28-year-old to make it happen. Magic!