[Albion] Anyone else concerned

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I've reached the healthy disinterest stage of the season

 

[birthofanorange]

I’d like to see us win a few more games this season.

I want to see us get better, not worse, and not just be satisfied with losing a truckload of games on the basis we don’t need to win them


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Oh, I fully concur, but I'm pointing out that the same could happen even if we dropped a division.
I'm not satisfied, either, but that's more to do with our recent run than anything else.
I still feel we'll end up with our highest points total and/or highest place - and that's 'getting better', in my world.

 

[Bold Seagull]

No.

 

[forumwayseagull]

Oh, I fully concur, but I'm pointing out that the same could happen even if we dropped a division.
I'm not satisfied, either, but that's more to do with our recent run than anything else.
I still feel we'll end up with our highest points total and/or highest place - and that's 'getting better', in my world.

trouble is in order to get those results we need to stop conceding goals (2 a match at present)AND find a way to score some goals 1 in however many games (which is ridiculous) sadly CH lowest ever points total of 36 seems a long way off for now. (and we are talking 3 points)

 

[Dorset Seagull]

We played pretty well against Newcastle, only last week - and scored. Our undoing was a mad few minutes, but the performance was actually okay.
As for today, it was probable that we'd lose and their first goal was well taken, but we'd had pretty much the better of the game until then.
It did take the wind out of a sails a bit, but hey ho....we didn't roll over for them at any point.

I thought Liverpool controlled the game today and had other gears if needed. Whilst we played it around nicely for the first 10 mins we never really looked threatening. The gulf in class was evident throughout and probably would have been reflected in the scoreline if Liverpool had been their usual clinical self.

Fairly predictable when you consider the status of the two sides

 

[Reddleman]

The balance of the squad is all wrong. Look at that bench today. 5 centre midfielders but not a single attacking wide player and absolutely zero pace. We have two strikers with nothing to back them up. We have no cover for our wingbacks and unbelievably we are actually short at centre half.

Serious re-work needed in the summer with some of the young players needing to come in.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

We had a free hit today. If Spurs turn up, we get another free hit on Wednesday. The Norwich game takes on a massive significance tho...

 

[birthofanorange]

trouble is in order to get those results we need to stop conceding goals (2 a match at present)AND find a way to score some goals 1 in however many games (which is ridiculous) sadly CH lowest ever points total of 36 seems a long way off for now. (and we are talking 3 points)

It really isn't, unless you think us incapable of scraping a mere 3 points from the next 10 games, which we are more than capable of doing, and I still reckon we'll finish with our highest total.

You can quote me on that, at the end of the season.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I’m concerned that having our best PL season we weakened in January. Perhaps forget players and manager - the club decided it was okay to weaken in the window.

Brentford have just scored and added Eriksen who got the assist.

Villa and Newcastle on great runs all added in January (I know we can’t compete with their buying power)

This run directly relates to Burn going, Dunk suspended, Webster injured.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

That is absolutely no chance of going down

Burnley are losing again and Leeds/Everton are in equally as poor form.

 

[Weststander]

That is absolutely no chance of going down

Burnley are losing again and Leeds/Everton are in equally as poor form.

You must be ultra confident of a Spuds win of Wednesday.

Countless £100m’s spent on players ready to destroy Albion on the counter.

0-4.

Are you a betting man?

 

[birthofanorange]

I thought Liverpool controlled the game today and had other gears if needed. Whilst we played it around nicely for the first 10 mins we never really looked threatening. The gulf in class was evident throughout and probably would have been reflected in the scoreline if Liverpool had been their usual clinical self.

Fairly predictable when you consider the status of the two sides

Yet until the goal, we'd had 3 attempts to their 1, and were looking the most likely to score....but then we often do, and it comes to nothing.

 

[WATFORD zero]

I am, thats 7 defeats in a row and its does not look good

I'm a little concerned that we have lost our last 5 league games in the same way I was quite content following our unbeaten run of 7 league games immediately prior to those defeats, but I guess that happens to Premier League teams who aren't in the battles at either end of the table

Having watched them all, I believe we are looking better in the last 2 than the first 3

 

[tigertim68]

I am, thats 7 defeats in a row and its does not look good

Yep agree , all down to losing Burn , has upset the balance of the team , also affected by Webster being injured , have lost 2 of our ball playing CH , and have not replaced them . That is White and Burn .
Big mistake from the management not to replace them

 

[WhingForPresident]

Reinforcements in January should've been a formality. Selling a player who had been playing regularly and playing well and not replacing him was criminal. It's all very well bringing in players for the future but ffs, we needed more quality straight away. The squad needs a proper clear-out in Summer along with 3 or 4 new signings to go along with the loanees coming back.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Yep agree , all down to losing Burn , has upset the balance of the team , also affected by Webster being injured , have lost 2 of our ball playing CH , and have not replaced them . That is White and Burn .
Big mistake from the management not to replace them

Said this a page or 2 previous.

Look at the teams suddenly doing well, strengthened. Even Burnley replaced what they lost. Brentford today inspired by Erikson who stuck the first straight on Toni’s head.

Even it it’s not a huge name / signing, you maybe need a fresh face to liven up the squad. We weakened ares with the loss of a key player.

 

[andys320]

I’m concerned that having our best PL season we weakened in January. Perhaps forget players and manager - the club decided it was okay to weaken in the window.

Brentford have just scored and added Eriksen who got the assist.

Villa and Newcastle on great runs all added in January (I know we can’t compete with their buying power)

This run directly relates to Burn going, Dunk suspended, Webster injured.

Completely agree with this, but not sure there was the realistic opportunity to strengthen significantly up front.

I think (hope) Undav may improve us next year and allow some proper striker rotation we shall see.

We potentially also have a number of players on loan that will have improved and perhaps be in contention next season.

With the games to play second half of the season Europe was always a long shot.

For me the sale of Burn (and Webster being injured) has cost us the opportunity to fully exploit Cucurella and Lamptey, Lamptey playing more as a right back than wing-back and Cucurella seeming to play more centrally depriving us of width and pace in the transition. I know we haven't always utilised this and broken quickly but this did allow us to stretch the oppostion, something we now lack.

I also think we look poorer without Mwepu playing.

 

[Springal]

Yep agree , all down to losing Burn , has upset the balance of the team , also affected by Webster being injured , have lost 2 of our ball playing CH , and have not replaced them . That is White and Burn .
Big mistake from the management not to replace them

Agreed.

While I don’t blame a man that has invested £500M into his local team , and trying to offset £67M account loses for trying to balance the books - selling Dan Burn looks every part a bad deal as selling Ashley Barnes in January for £500k

 

[Dave the OAP]

Panic theee not!

We have lots of exciting loaner youngsters in Europe who are just itching to come over to England to be sent out on loan to Rotherham and Coventry

 

[Robinjakarta]

Yep agree , all down to losing Burn , has upset the balance of the team , also affected by Webster being injured , have lost 2 of our ball playing CH , and have not replaced them . That is White and Burn .
Big mistake from the management not to replace them

Absolutely. Obvious, really.