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[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Sheffield United *** Official Match Thread ***
- Thread starter Dick Head
- Start date
Arthritic Toe
Well-known member
Trossard is looking like one of those players who can only play as an impact sub. He's been hopeless every time he's started.
Miami Seagull
Grandad
I don't see it sorry. He looks almost a liability on the ball. Accident waiting to happen..and it has happened a few times already.
hoof hearted
New member
- Sep 14, 2019
- 591
Even Liverpool struggled to break them down and only won by a late penalty. They deserve their 5th place in the league. Wilder has done a fantastic job with them.
Weststander
Well-known member
Propper, Gross and Mooy complete an outclassed quartet. Aimless flicks mopped up with ease by a far superior midfield.
SollysLeftFoot
New member
At fault for the first goal and thankfully Barndoor McGoldrick can’t score otherwise it’d have been 2 goals at fault.
I genuinely don’t understand why he’s in the side ahead of Duffy.
Green Gull
New member
- Feb 25, 2018
- 258
What the actual **** is “GraPott”
Is it really difficult to say Potter
What makes one shortening better than another? GraPott=2 syllables GPott=2 syllables Potter=2 syllables
I like GraPott!!!!
Washie
Well-known member
Dunk looks the same though. Both were as bad as each other today.
Would be amazed if he starts the next one
hoof hearted
New member
- Sep 14, 2019
- 591
This is why it's a mystery that Alzate was dropped. He's the one player (other than Trossard I guess, but not today) who is capable of dribbling past players and making things happen.
Washie
Well-known member
You've added an extra letter. So your 'shortening' is ****ing pointless.
Grombleton
Surrounded by <div>s
- Dec 31, 2011
- 7,356
I think the disappointing thing was the lack of movement, even when on top.
At times we could have thrown a flannel onto the pitch that could have kept the midfield warm and dry, such was their confusion over what space to occupy, and the strikers didn't really want to stretch the backline either. We didn't help that we kept overplaying unnecessarily too.
Credit to Connolly, Propper and Bissouma in the 2nd half who made good positive contributions, but in the 2nd I thought Stephens was just getting in the way and sadly Murray offered very little.
At times we could have thrown a flannel onto the pitch that could have kept the midfield warm and dry, such was their confusion over what space to occupy, and the strikers didn't really want to stretch the backline either. We didn't help that we kept overplaying unnecessarily too.
Credit to Connolly, Propper and Bissouma in the 2nd half who made good positive contributions, but in the 2nd I thought Stephens was just getting in the way and sadly Murray offered very little.
Absolutely dreadful. Comfortably the worst performance under Potter.
Potter is a brilliant, intelligent manager though and sometimes a game like today can be a good thing in the long run when it confirms a few issues in the manager’s mind. In my mind:
1. Murray shouldn’t feature at all anymore;
2. Burn has been a revelation in many ways for me this season but isn’t the long term left back solution - it’s just not his natural position. Either Bernardo needs to come in or we get someone else;
3. Stephens is nowhere as good as many on here say and he should not be guaranteed a start. There’s no way he should have come back in to start today after Monday night. He’s just a very average defensive midfielder who doesn’t make players around him better like the best defensive midfielders do;
4. We desperately need to sign another attacker, a right back, a left back and ideally another defensive midfielder in January.
Potter is a brilliant, intelligent manager though and sometimes a game like today can be a good thing in the long run when it confirms a few issues in the manager’s mind. In my mind:
1. Murray shouldn’t feature at all anymore;
2. Burn has been a revelation in many ways for me this season but isn’t the long term left back solution - it’s just not his natural position. Either Bernardo needs to come in or we get someone else;
3. Stephens is nowhere as good as many on here say and he should not be guaranteed a start. There’s no way he should have come back in to start today after Monday night. He’s just a very average defensive midfielder who doesn’t make players around him better like the best defensive midfielders do;
4. We desperately need to sign another attacker, a right back, a left back and ideally another defensive midfielder in January.
He's certainly not in the side on merit. loses concentration and his man too often. not great in air considering his height. looks nervous.
Washie
Well-known member
We need another CB as well, as none of our defenders are actually very fast or can handle being run at.
pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,690
I see that they have the third best defence in the league; not surprising after seeing that.
Superphil
Dismember
Well that’s not going to happen is it?
