[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Bromwich Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[The Fits]

Alzate can be a proper holding midfielder. He is tidy in the tackle. He and Bissouma are a great pair.

 

[nicko31]

Well - I thought it was a 7.30 kick-off. So, quickly scanning this, I'm not too upset at missing the game to be honest.

Yep, lucky you

 

[Is it PotG?]

Alzate can be a proper holding midfielder. He is tidy in the tackle. He and Bissouma are a great pair.

Results will judge that.

 

[neilbard]

I’m still supportive of GP and wouldn’t lay all of the blame for tonight’s woeful performance on him. We only played well for 25 minutes in the first half. For the rest of the game the decision making and skill level were awful. We slowed it down when we needed momentum. We rushed when we had time. We kept trying to make difficult passes when better and easier options were available. The initial defending for their goal was dire, even if they benefited from a fortunate deflection.

IMHO Alzate and Connolly should both have started. I was baffled by the substitutions. The prospect of a second goal disappeared on 60 minutes, which handed the initiative even more to WBA.

Very disappointing, but it needn’t be season defining.

You are entitled to your opinion, but I think you are wrong! Potter ain't up to this and neither are the players.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Penetration of a micro dick

 

[Mike Small]

Haven’t read the probable like minded comments but fuming. We are so gutless and spineless. I’m not saying we have any right to beat WBA but Potter should be under a much bigger microscope than present. Starts the game with 4 centre backs? We had to keep our best player on the pitch for the whole game (even if it rules him out V Spurs as we’ve much better chance of getting 2 more points here than anything V Spurs). Keeps Maupay on the whole game and last week? There was one moment when the ref gave a throw in our way then changed his mind based on their protests. Potter looked pathetic. I just find us all a bit focused on footballing purity and good sportsmanship. These don’t help you when your 1-0 at home and under pressure. The players aren’t leaders and we were so passive in that second half appearing content that it’s ok to be outplayed for the whole half. It’s pathetic and inward looking. We won’t beat Spurs and Burnley will be licking their northern lips. Love the way we pass it under Potter but he just comes increasingly across as a personality hoover and unable to motivate or demand more from his players in certain.

 

[vagabond]

I’m still supportive of GP and wouldn’t lay all of the blame for tonight’s woeful performance on him. We only played well for 25 minutes in the first half. For the rest of the game the decision making and skill level were awful. We slowed it down when we needed momentum. We rushed when we had time. We kept trying to make difficult passes when better and easier options were available. The initial defending for their goal was dire, even if they benefited from a fortunate deflection.

IMHO Alzate and Connolly should both have started. I was baffled by the substitutions. The prospect of a second goal disappeared on 60 minutes, which handed the initiative even more to WBA.

Very disappointing, but it needn’t be season defining.

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Some balance finally..

I get it though, I’m hurting tonight, it feels like a loss.

 

[peterward]

Hmmmm not great, a game of two halves between to very average PL squads.

We’ve got some quality, but not enough for one or two to have an off night or even a half.

I think we’re in trouble this year, sadly, and that spells a long hard faith sapping slog with very little to brighten our winter months.

Here’s hoping we turn up against a superb Spurs, but (alas) I rather suspect certain defeat and yet more confidence lost conceding an average of 3 per game against good teams isn’t a particularly good base from which to build.

If the club moved to replace GP btw, which I sincerely hope they don’t, it’ll be Phil Neville - almost certainly... gulp. I say we stick with GP no matter the outcome.

Why Phil Neville? I dont want or expect the club to bin Potter (and we saw how loyal Bloom was to Hyypia who was totally out of his depth), but if Bloom did pull the trigger, no way he'd go for Neville imho..... hes already failed with the England womens and never managed mens team.

Smug would be the best out there imho

 

[vagabond]

In no way was that second half performance acceptable. In. No. Way.

Potter moves from “safe as houses” to “must do better” IMO and he’s not far from a Tier Two “on thin ice”.


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Because of one second half performance?

I’m gutted too, but at what point do you give the opposition any credit? West Brom were immense in that second half. They drew with Chelsea too right?

 

[Higham Seagull Army]

Interesting Lallana went off after exactly 60 mins , which makes me think that was always the plan , whats worrying is how we fell apart in his absence , confidence went to pieces.
Needed him to stay on tonight.

 

[vagabond]

Hmmmm not great, a game of two halves between to very average PL squads.

We’ve got some quality, but not enough for one or two to have an off night or even a half.

I think we’re in trouble this year, sadly, and that spells a long hard faith sapping slog with very little to brighten our winter months.

Here’s hoping we turn up against a superb Spurs, but (alas) I rather suspect certain defeat and yet more confidence lost conceding an average of 3 per game against good teams isn’t a particularly good base from which to build.

If the club moved to replace GP btw, which I sincerely hope they don’t, it’ll be Phil Neville - almost certainly... gulp. I say we stick with GP no matter the outcome.

Ludicrous to even discuss this now, so early in the season, but I would personally stick with Potter even if we went down.

And I bet the club feel the same.

 

[Blue3]

Well that was a game of two halfs if ever there was one, I thought first half we played well not great but well enough where we struggled was getting enough players into the box, at least I got one thing correct in predicting Webster as stand in Captain

 

[The Fits]

Results will judge that.

They started in our only win this season.

 

[peterward]

Haven’t read the probable like minded comments but fuming. We are so gutless and spineless. I’m not saying we have any right to beat WBA but Potter should be under a much bigger microscope than present. Starts the game with 4 centre backs? We had to keep our best player on the pitch for the whole game (even if it rules him out V Spurs as we’ve much better chance of getting 2 more points here than anything V Spurs). Keeps Maupay on the whole game and last week? There was one moment when the ref gave a throw in our way then changed his mind based on their protests. Potter looked pathetic. I just find us all a bit focused on footballing purity and good sportsmanship. These don’t help you when your 1-0 at home and under pressure. The players aren’t leaders and we were so passive in that second half appearing content that it’s ok to be outplayed for the whole half. It’s pathetic and inward looking. We won’t beat Spurs and Burnley will be licking their northern lips. Love the way we pass it under Potter but he just comes increasingly across as a personality hoover and unable to motivate or demand more from his players in certain.

And dare you say it, just too nice to be a top manager. Needs a bit of hair dryer tonight, no 'never mind lads theres always next week' softly softy bollocks.

It was embarrassing.

 

[Is it PotG?]

They started in our only win this season.

As I say, it's a results business.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Bromwich Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

He got a bit lost second half neither playing close to Bissouma, or the CBs, in the end he was covering no-mans-land, and his part in their goal looked like a player who's head was in a spin as well as his body.

The whole thing with Leeds has turned him into the asset we’re determined to use no matter how inappropriately.

It’s like when you’re at a mad relative’s house having a cup of tea and discussing Uncle Brendan’s new job and she’ll just break out a brand new skateboard and leave it in the middle of the floor with the words “only cost me three hundred quid. I use it for the cat”


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[Sarisbury Seagull]

Is it me or is white not really all that? Complete nonsense having him in midfield instead of Alzate - just trying to force him into the team, when he isnt really justifying his place in defence.

He is a good player and did ok tonight after being MOM against Palace. But he isn’t a midfielder, he is a centre back and needs to play there every game to get even better.

Ridiculous decision to play him there with the far superior midfielder Alzate on the bench. Bissouma looks far more comfortable alongside Alzate, they’re a brilliant pair and should start in centre midfield every single game they’re available.

 

[Mike Small]

So disapppinting. 4 points:

1) Game totally changed when Lallana went off. He’s crucial to the way we play now, need to keep him fit;

2) With Welbeck and Connolly on the bench, how on earth did Maupay play the full 90?! Will usually defend him but shocking today, obviously missed another good chance but the biggest problem was that he couldn’t hold the ball up at all;

3) Alazate needs to start and White drop back into defence. Back 3 of White, Webster and Veltman next for me - White and Veltman were our 2 best players other than Lallana when he was on;

4) Waste of time playing Gross these days, not good enough anymore. And Mac Allister should have been on the set pieces the moment he came on.

This and 5) Potter is a bore to us all but more importantly the players.

 

[Weststander]

And how can the team with the 'most strength in the league at CB' be so utterly dross at the back?

It’s about quality, not quantity. All our CB’s have critical errors or going to sleep in them, including Dunk this season.

Everton fans yesterday couldn’t believe how annoyingly great the Stains CB’s were, fairly bullying their forwards out of the match.

If only.

 

[Mackenzie]

Lallana was great tonight, real quality. I can understand the manager wanting to protect his fitness but we really did miss him when he went off. Hopefully Welbeck will have a similar influence if we can get him on the pitch.