[Albion] Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Bodian]

I'm worried that good managers have rumbled de Zerbi ball, and have worked out how to beat it (are we allowed to criticise de Zerbi on NSC yet without being shouted at?)

Yes - this is what concerns me a bit. Getting better at when and when not to press - and added physicality.

And now they are above us.....

 

[Ethelwulf]

Now above us

 

[Munchkin]

Do you think the philosophy is to concede 6 and expect to score 7?

The philosophy is fine but don’t neglect the basics. Defending is one of those basics

 

[HangletonGull]

Webster is woeful

 

[JustJack]

Bad news guys, our 5-1 smashing is still up for grabs.

 

[perth seagull]

Worst performance since being promoted six years ago.

 

[Bridcutt]

Webster losing watkins again

 

[Wardy's twin]

Think we need a bit of a reality check, everyone was getting a bit carried away.

You can’t lose the likes of Caicedo and MacAllister from your starting XI and see Hinshelwood and Gilmour as your replacements and expect to go to a decent PL side and get a result.

Estupinian, March, Webster, Welbeck and Ferguson are bang out of form and we’ve had a relentless run of games.

A personal opinion but just don’t think you can continue to make the changes that RDZ does and expect any consistency. None more so that in the goalkeeper position where Steele looks a bit exposed as of late.

However….

We are almost in October, likely to go into the international break in the top 6 and a much needed result in Marseille on Thursday would see a pretty solid start to the season.

Spot on .... and I would add , when playing out from the back is not working you need to use plan B not just persist with plan A.

Any reason why Baleba was not playing, we really needed a bit of steel in midfield.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just the 6 then

 

[Washie]

Webster is woeful

Who scored rate webster the highest of our starting defence today

 

[Icy Gull]

Every attack is a goal

Bounce of the ball, deflections, the post have all conspired against us today

 

[Durlston]

Takes the pressure off Luton later.

 

[Djmiles]

Losing 5-1 but not allowed to criticise? Give it a rest.

There’s criticism and then there’s comments like “Pathetic”. We’ve lost a game of football. Get over it.

Also, wondering where I mentioned you can’t be critical?

 

[Ethelwulf]

Webster very poor today

 

[Bodian]

Worst performance since being promoted six years ago.

No. Cardiff / Bournemouth etc

 

[Mustafa II]

Horrible result. Horrible perfromance. Horrible refereeing. Horrible day.

Just horrible.

 

[WhingForPresident]

It's pretty obvious that he is trying to get the balance right between developing & resting our players, while getting results.

It's not an easy thing to do.

I'm sure this won't be the last performance like this during this long, congested season.

I think he's trying to be too clever. Making 9 changes every game, rotating keepers every two games, chucking in a teenager to make his debut away at one of the in-form teams in the league... we're just going to end up with two teams that lack any form of cohesion.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Worst performance since being promoted six years ago.

2nd worst the 5-0 at home to Bournemouth was worse

 

[Bridcutt]

Our fans still making noise after losing 6-1

Incredible

 

[Hamilton]

We simply don’t have the strength in depth. If I were Bloom and RDZ I’d start focusing on the PL and play the kids in Europe. We’re not going to win the Europa so we want to play our strongest team week in week out in the PL.