[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham *** Official Match Thread ***

[Not Andy Naylor]

Just simply no, no it isn't. It's the same shite every game, the same basic chances missed. the same inane crap from the manager at the end. Nothing ****ing changes it's shite turgid same rubbish. Potter needs to stop the sucking teeth shite and start asking questions. I've seen a bowl of porridge more interesting

I reluctantly agree with this on a gut level.

Yes, I know that logic, the law of averages, call it what you like, dictates that if we keep outplaying teams, then sooner or later we will probably score more goals in a game than one or two of them. We did at Leeds. But FFS, it is soul-destroying to know that the odds seem always to be on a repeat of tonight. And I don't know how long I want to go on putting myself through it. It's almost worse to know that we deserved to win but didn't than to feel a point was all we were entitled to.

I'll tell you how bad it got for me this evening. At one point about ten minutes from time, one of our midfield players almost nicked the ball off a Fulham player in a great attacking position but didn't quite manage it. And I was relieved, because I knew that if we had got the ball and created a chance, it wouldn't have been taken and I'd have been throwing things at the TV again.

Normally I'd go to the barber's and Paul at Headroom would talk me down and fill me with his relentless positivity. But that avenue of therapy is closed off at the moment, of course.

 

[jamie the seagull]

If we don’t have a Centre Forward good enough then don’t pick them.
Play with a false 9.

 

[jimhigham]

Just read the phrase “turgid rubbish”. It’s not though. It’s generally good stuff, just really lacking end product.

This little nugget from The Guardian report seems fair...

“They are both well drilled, neat, orderly and, when they enter the box, utterly powderpuff.”

 

[jessiejames]

so that begs the question; why didn't he start them? then they would've bagged six each

It's easy this management lark.

 

[Javeaseagull]

All I have really wanted is to see my beloved Albion playing good football. Not expecting to win anything as we never have. Yes we came close in 83 but playing well and not being boring is what I thought we all wanted.
IMO this is the best football we have played since under Gus in the old third division. Still, you lot carry on moaning, it's what you are good at. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

 

[Albion Dan]

. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

I can tell you how it turns out. We dominate possession and fail to win. Again. And again. And again.

 

[vagabond]

All I have really wanted is to see my beloved Albion playing good football. Not expecting to win anything as we never have. Yes we came close in 83 but playing well and not being boring is what I thought we all wanted.
IMO this is the best football we have played since under Gus in the old third division. Still, you lot carry on moaning, it's what you are good at. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

Hear hear!

 

[jessiejames]

Potter does well at setting us up to match the opposition but the point is to win games, and we don’t win enough and that is down to him.


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We don't win enough games because we don't score, we created enough opportunities tonight. That is not the managers fault that the strikers don't score.

 

[jessiejames]

Wrong.

The system is not delivering results. I'm sure we'd all agree.

A Potter goal is like the one at Leeds - walk it into the net. That doesn't bring results.

I thought we beat Leeds 1 nil.

 

[essbee1]

All I have really wanted is to see my beloved Albion playing good football. Not expecting to win anything as we never have. Yes we came close in 83 but playing well and not being boring is what I thought we all wanted.
IMO this is the best football we have played since under Gus in the old third division. Still, you lot carry on moaning, it's what you are good at. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

Given the choice between playing good football and losing/drawing and playing rubbish football and winning, I know which one I'd choose. The latter.

 

[Hugo Rune]

All I have really wanted is to see my beloved Albion playing good football. Not expecting to win anything as we never have. Yes we came close in 83 but playing well and not being boring is what I thought we all wanted.
IMO this is the best football we have played since under Gus in the old third division. Still, you lot carry on moaning, it's what you are good at. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

This!

 

[jessiejames]

Do you know what it is, it's the predictability of the performance. We are almost like a very poor Manchester City.

A coach should recognise this and then work with what he has got. Our coach isn't doing that.

Yes, Trossard has let us down too many times and being hard, he should be dropped and not playing.

We need these points against a bottom side and yet Lallana can't get on; Tau stays benched when we need a goal and Propper is seen as the answer. This is not good coaching and not good judgement.

The commentators will just go through the same lines - played well, can't score. As a coach, if you keep seeing your system do this, you change it. GP seems slow in working out what to do.

Onwards and upwards (I hope)

The same Tau who many on here were moaning about last game.

 

[Javeaseagull]

Given the choice between playing good football and losing/drawing and playing rubbish football and winning, I know which one I'd choose. The latter.

And that of course is your choice. Forgive me, it's not mine. All I want is for us to play good football, and we are. I am proud of the way people talk about my club. We are growing. I am so grateful that we have a leader like Tony Bloom.

 

[tigertim68]

All I have really wanted is to see my beloved Albion playing good football. Not expecting to win anything as we never have. Yes we came close in 83 but playing well and not being boring is what I thought we all wanted.
IMO this is the best football we have played since under Gus in the old third division. Still, you lot carry on moaning, it's what you are good at. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

In all my 45 years of supporting the Albion , all I want is to see the team win and play attractive , progressive football, but that also means they have to win occasionally , we have not won a single home match this season , and only one match at home the whole of last year , and if you think that is acceptable you will soon be watching us playing in the Championship,
No point playing football if you don’t win matches

 

[Javeaseagull]

In all my 45 years of supporting the Albion , all I want is to see the team win and play attractive , progressive football, but that also means they have to win occasionally , we have not won a single home match this season , and only one match at home the whole of last year , and if you think that is acceptable you will soon be watching us playing in the Championship,
No point playing football if you don’t win matches

Well you say that but at least we might win in the Championship! Of course I don't want us to go down but it is not purgatory! I want us to stay up to save Tony some money but it seems that it is still costing him a fortune. You have to ask how long can he keep funding us?

 

[darkwolf666]

In all my 45 years of supporting the Albion , all I want is to see the team win and play attractive , progressive football, but that also means they have to win occasionally , we have not won a single home match this season , and only one match at home the whole of last year , and if you think that is acceptable you will soon be watching us playing in the Championship,
No point playing football if you don’t win matches

Strange, I didn’t realise you got relegated if you didn’t win your home matches, I thought it was done on the total number of points over ALL games!

Silly me. Guess the home fans must be really pissed off - oh!

 

[neilbard]

16 shots and only 5 on target and Sidwell gives Areola MOM

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

All I have really wanted is to see my beloved Albion playing good football. Not expecting to win anything as we never have. Yes we came close in 83 but playing well and not being boring is what I thought we all wanted.
IMO this is the best football we have played since under Gus in the old third division. Still, you lot carry on moaning, it's what you are good at. Me? I'll just enjoy the football and the excitement of never knowing how it will turn out. Boring? You don't know you are born!

The football under Poyet was also excellent in the championship and better than this IMO.

However, entertainment is secondary for me, winning is what matters. I don’t think we’ll ever win anything either [emoji2]


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[Napper]

After sleeping on it , on reflection was almost a perfect away performance from Fulham.

In many ways they deserved that to go in at the end for the organisation , staying in the game and then looking the most likely last 5 mins to win it.

I don't think they felt under the cosh one bit if I'm honest , alot of their recent games are like this. They looked like they fully believed they would win at the end.

Tactics very nearly spot on.

 

[willalbion]

After sleeping on it , on reflection was almost a perfect away performance from Fulham.

In many ways they deserved that to go in at the end for the organisation , staying in the game and then looking the most likely last 5 mins to win it.

I don't think they felt under the cosh one bit if I'm honest , alot of their recent games are like this. They looked like they fully believed they would win at the end.

Tactics very nearly spot on.

I don’t think the Fulham fans feel that way, their keeper and our wayward finishing (again) kept them in it. We were dominant.