[Albion] AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[BBassic]

How long can we make the injuries excuse? Every other team has injuries!

It's part of the problem but not the whole story, clearly.

We have been, and continue to be, operating at far from full strength but that doesnt account for previously reliable players putting in less than stellar performances. Doesn't account for our manager coming across like a sullen toddler. Doesn't account for our terrible (again) record from set pieces, offensively and defensively.

Such a bizarre season. I'm genuinely staggered we're this poor.

 

[jimhigham]

Remember last season, when every day brought a press story about how we would have to beware becoming the new Southampton, selling the family silver and falling down and out of the division. We all scoffed. "We're too well run" we all said. And then if you take away the first 7-8 fixtures of this campaign, you can see all those pundits maybe had a point.

This isn't a dig aimed at anybody within the club, because I don't know the first thing that happens behind the scenes. Just an observation that the Premier League is really bloody hard!!!

 

[portlock seagull]

Possession is all well and good, but we have picked up a dogmatic adherence to possessing the ball which comes at the expense of any risk and adventure. If there is someone in front of you or you have the slightest doubt about getting past them, turn back and pass to someone open. There is always someone there or our players are so unwilling to be the one to drop the ball (so to speak) that we end up going precisely nowhere.

Totally this. Anyone NOT watching this ought to know we look absolutely hopeless. Bereft of any pace, ideas but not mistakes. Basic errors everywhere. RDZ not exactly happy!

 

[Krafty]

A manager who has given up. Unacceptable.

 

[The Fifth Column]

I know we have injuries but our style of play is totally unrecognisable from earlier in the season. Its dreadful to watch, we can't defend and leak goals for fun, end this twatty season now please its painful.

 

[London Irish]

RDZ literally going mad on the touchline, going to lamp someone soon

 

[nwgull]

How long can we make the injuries excuse? Every other team has injuries!

Absolutely, especially at this stage of the season. Besides, the sort of injuries we’re getting can’t just be down to bad luck. There has to be some issue with training intensity and workload.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

"It's all about the journey, I'd bite your hand off for 12th in the PL when we played at Priestfield, living the dream with a PL win every 6 weeks"

Just keep repeating the How Far We've Come mantra ad nauseum. That'll make things better shirley

 

[Ethelwulf]

The commentator just described our football as tippy tappy nonsense

We are just so slow and almost waiting to then f*** it up and let Bournemouth get the ball. Just now a classic attack into defence via midfield calamity. This is embarrassing.

Possession is all well and good, but we have picked up a dogmatic adherence to possessing the ball which comes at the expense of any risk and adventure. If there is someone in front of you or you have the slightest doubt about getting past them, turn back and pass to someone open. There is always someone there or our players are so unwilling to be the one to drop the ball (so to speak) that we end up going precisely nowhere.

RDZ literally going mad on the touchline, going to lamp someone soon

Hopefully himself with a bit of luck

 

[vegster]

No fight no passion what the f*** is going on

5 points from 18 from the last 6 matches and 12th in the table says it all... we have nothing to play for, not even pride at the moment !

 

[RandyWanger]

A manager who has given up. Unacceptable.

RDZ looks as frustrated as anyone.

 

[portlock seagull]

You're saying that, if every defender is shit, maybe the one who sets them up needs looking at.

Hang on, no manager can be blamed for the double calamity mistakes Igor made then. Entirely his bad. Not RDZ.

 

[AlexBH]

Possession is all well and good, but we have picked up a dogmatic adherence to possessing the ball which comes at the expense of any risk and adventure. If there is someone in front of you or you have the slightest doubt about getting past them, turn back and pass to someone open. There is always someone there or our players are so unwilling to be the one to drop the ball (so to speak) that we end up going precisely nowhere.

Basically Potter ball. Ineffective 80% of the time 20% the best football you ever saw.

 

[Albion my Albion]

A manager who has given up. Unacceptable.

I think he may have given up against Man City but I believe he is extremely frustrated this match. That doesn't excuse the management deficiency and player issues.

 

[London Irish]

hopefully a big wake up call for the board. to go from colwill to igor just summarises the downgrade in quality we’ve had this season. not that igor isn’t a decent player, i think he is, but he’s too slow, which is our big issue in defence, and progresses the ball through carries, when RDZ wants players who progress the ball through short passes. just incredibly lazy recruitment.

As discussed earlier, Igor is our second best signing of the season

 

[US Seagull]

Sadly not looking remotely like getting back into this game whatsoever

This. It used to be that I'd think come halftime De Zerbi will work his magic, make some changes and we'll come roaring back into this game.

It's been so long since that has actually happened.

 

[Marty McFly]

I know we have injuries but our style of play is totally unrecognisable from earlier in the season. Its dreadful to watch, we can't defend and leak goals for fun, end this twatty season now please its painful.

The leaky defence has been a constant…

 

[Seagull58]

zero ideas and zero creativity. by the time we've decided what to do, they have 11 men behind the ball. speed it up a bit!!

Yes, this is a huge problem. Barco and Offiah are breaking fast from midfield but then we slow it down, go backwards and start again.

 

[The Fifth Column]

Commentary going on about our bench, mention Fati...If he comes on we may as well go to 10 men.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Confidence has gone and that’s down to the Manager not committing himself for next season.