[Albion] Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[TottonSeagull]

When did we turn into such a Potteresque dull side? This performance is just a run of the mill league performance for us lately!

 

[Mustafa II]

Verbruggen has to be number one to learn his trade. No games, no development.

Steele is a League One shot stopper at best, we need to phase him out. He's great on the ball, but this will be learned by Verbruggen.

If we persist with a keeper who's not very good at keeping, we'll always have an achilles heel.

Be patient with Bart, as he's the future, but will make mistakes while so young and in this apprentice role.

 

[razer]

Just scrolling through the thread. Guess we're 7-0 down. Barber out!

No we're 1-0 down and shouldn't be because Palace have been as crap as we have. We gave them the opportunity through poor play.

 

[pasty]

Clutching at straws already but in recent games we’ve seemed to play a bit better after going behind

 

[AmexRuislip]

We can argue whether Steele or Verbruggen is better.

But, in reality, they have both been sh*t recently. What's the point?

You blame one you have to blame the whole team.
Not really been at the races recently.
It'll change, but its a team effort.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Every feckin time.

I cannot stand the slow play out the back.......wish they would feckin hoof it up sometimes.......

We are sooooooooo slow.

Maybe come back and support when De Zerbi has left? We don't know the philosophy his replacement will have but he won't change his due to a few fans watching at home criticising our style.

 

[swindonseagull]

Forgetting the goal, the amount of times we're in good positions but we go backwards to 'reset' is really bizarre. It's so safe for no reason

Exactly at the edge of their box 10 seconds later its back in our half without a shot.

 

[Mike Small]

That half was inexusable, embarrassing, naive, arrogant and shit. That's on RDZ as well. If we lose going for it no problem but pointless recycling of the ball for what? To wait for Palace to get back in their shape? It's the worse set of tactics I've ever heard and that's what I've just seen.

Hodgson is playing narrow and we can't cope. RDZ that's on you.

I hope we come out second half and play with some passion. f***ing go for it. They've got a week off after this. Such misplaced confidence.

I'd bring on Welbeck for Baleba and push Gross back. Hinshelwood has looked the most inventive player (he ducked at Gross cross didn't he? Not that he would have got it anyway) and that's saying something.

 

[GrizzlingGammon]

Never looked like scoring
Palace always do

Palace have never looked like scoring until gifted a goal.

 

[BN41Albion]

We are the MASTERS of playing perfectly into the hands of shithouse teams like Palace. We train to attack all week long. They train to defend and counter.

Get the ball to Mitoma and Adingra. Move it QUICKER, ideally before half f***ing time.

For f*** sake!

The amount of times we allowed palace get back into shape was infuriating. Really trying to hold off being overly critical because of the demands.of a europa season and the ridiculous injury list, but no excuse to turn back/slow the game down as often as we did in that first half

 

[jcdenton08]

Palace have never looked like scoring until gifted a goal.

I disagree, I think they’ve been very threatening

 

[Guinness Boy]

If players aren’t prepared to boot it out of play or upfield it’s because they are scared of a bollocking. If this was Potter we would be slaughtering him for this run of form and the same mistakes over and over. RDZ needs a kick up the ass .

Nothing wrong with the coach. He needs a bit of support from the boardroom

 

[chickens]

Did we panic by Beleba because he’s a bit crap at this level and needs a loan for a season

We’ll have bought him because the data we have suggests the potential is there. Were we expecting him to be our sole defensive midfielder this season? Probably not.

 

[peterward]

Watching this Brighton team this season feels at times like watching early Poyet teams. We clearly WANT to play it around at the back, and we do a lot. But there just isn't the ability there from players like Gilmour, Baleba, Dahoud to show for it, recieve it, turn & pick a pass at this level before being closed down. So we spend a lot of time recycling it with little purpose, energy or thought as to what doing so might achieve. I'm afraid we've spent a lot of time doing just that in this match, and been punished for it.

This.

The fannying about at the back is great, if we break the lines and the risks bring rewards, but right now it isn't. Its unnecessary risk without reward.

Yet again a team on a terrible run, (no win in 6, 1 win in 10 I was reliably informed), has Brighton rock up bearing gifts.

How many times.

On a terrible run, can't buy a win, no problem, we're here to accommodate.

 

[Washie]

Palace have never looked like scoring until gifted a goal.

There have been several instances where the really should have scored if the cross hit its target.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

I think take Baleba off, drop Gross back and bring on Fergie

 

[Justice]

Palace have never looked like scoring until gifted a goal.

Story of this season on the league since the injuries we have to buy some ready made players in January

 

[Mike Small]

Didn’t realise the game had finished.

Never said it had. Maybe he doesn't have to make such rousing half time speech all the time if his team were more solid and not bloody losing in the first half.

 

[Flounce]

Palace have never looked like scoring until gifted a goal.

They have looked like scoring far more than we have though because they don’t keep passing backwards when they have the chance to run at us. That was absolute shite

 

[Bakero]

Please enlighten us on how the thread should read?

You do you.

I just find the extreme doom and gloom every time we face a bit of adversity a bit pathetic. Most of our goals come in the second half so I'm not going to panic yet.