[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City *** Official Match Thread ***

[Sussex Nomad]

Our game plan seems to really impact the play of all the attacking players we bring in.

CH style means any naturally attacking players all of a sudden have to waste half of their game tracking back to build the ultra negative walls we love to build down back.

If I was a skilful attacking footballer I wouldn't want to come play here under this manager.

I believe Izzy (and yes he was awful today) did speak in the past couple of days about his defensive training which doesn't come natural to him, well, not the way it is drilled into him at Lancing anyway.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Our game plan seems to really impact the play of all the attacking players we bring in.

CH style means any naturally attacking players all of a sudden have to waste half of their game tracking back to build the ultra negative walls we love to build down back.

If I was a skilful attacking footballer I wouldn't want to come play here under this manager.

If you had the choice of a team focussed on surviving in the EPL where you were paid 10 x more than you would elsewhere, I bet you would.

 

[zefarelly]

Which is probably why Locadia wants out?

Our game plan seems to really impact the play of all the attacking players we bring in.

CH style means any naturally attacking players all of a sudden have to waste half of their game tracking back to build the ultra negative walls we love to build down back.

If I was a skilful attacking footballer I wouldn't want to come play here under this manager.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Kayal is to blame for this one

Partially, but if you sit back and invite play on this will happen.

 

[Springal]

Kayal is to blame for this one

Kayal is to blame for our lack of anything remotely resembling a chance at goal for 70 minutes ?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Kayal is to blame for this one

The tactics are to blame for this one, if we were 2 or 3 up it wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Bodian]

I just don't not understand the mentality where it appears Hughton winds them down at halftime, why would you do that?

It's built in him and one thing the Albion fans needs to understand he is not prepared to change his style. Fortunately, I am not shelling out time and money to watch a negative side at home against 10 men.

He was pretty animated quite a few times in the second half - urging the back four to defend higher up the pitch. It's not all down to him - the players have to accept quite a bit of the responsibility as well.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Which is probably why Locadia wants out?

Can't blame him. Maybe Ali J will be the next one to want out of this system.

March used to show great attacking promise, now he's regressed into a wing who tracks back more than he goes forward.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Can't blame him. Maybe Ali J will be the next one to want out of this system.

March used to show great attacking promise, now he's regressed into a wing who tracks back more than he goes forward.

To be renamed wing backs

 

[Deleted member 2719]

He was pretty animated quite a few times in the second half - urging the back four to defend higher up the pitch. It's not all down to him - the players have to accept quite a bit of the responsibility as well.

I would agree with you on that, but he has either employed a bunch of negative players or it's been coached into them as this is on constant loop IMO.

I don't feel you can give 11 players the responsibility of that, I think if CH shouts from the side they jump and then ask how high.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Can't blame him. Maybe Ali J will be the next one to want out of this system.

March used to show great attacking promise, now he's regressed into a wing who tracks back more than he goes forward.

I am glad someone else has seen this, I suppose yet again because he defends so much now he has had more games, I bet he is gagging to use his forward ability.

Poor lad is being stifled, I will give it that he is a better defender, but how many can you have.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Well

 

[A1X]

Have we turned up for the second half yet?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Have we turned up for the second half yet?

Shhhh... they all went to bed at half time, don't wake them up.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Have we turned up for the second half yet?

Waiting til the 137th minute of the game to make the decisive subs.

 

[Dick Head]

Yeah, ignore the second part of my post eh? Nice one.

People pay their money, they can quote half a post if they like.

 

[Noah All]

Watched on a stream.
Not sure it's all down to tactics.
We seem unable to deal with teams that really press us, as Leicester did in the 2nd half especially after Vardy came on.
We panic and can't pass or retain possession.
Our response is to pass the ball backwards or sideways and that invites teams on to us.
We've got to deal with the press better. It's crazy that a 10 man team can do it successfully against us.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Watched on a stream.
Not sure it's all down to tactics.
We seem unable to deal with teams that really press us, as Leicester did in the 2nd half especially after Vardy came on.
We panic and can't pass or retain possession.
Our response is to pass the ball backwards or sideways and that invites teams on to us.
We've got to deal with the press better. It's crazy that a 10 man team can do it successfully against us.

So it’s down to tactics then!

 

[Noah All]

So it’s down to tactics then!

Yeah, it's negative tactics that we can't deal with a press!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Trouble is, our negative tactics are shit and we lose points through them. We aren't the 1-0 to the Arsenal that knew how to do it, we are shocking at it and today was more proof.