[Albion] Fab OUT

[singing4seagulls]

I'm willing to wait, but I'm not confident Fab is our guy.

De Zerbi gave us fluid, one touch attacking football, with patterns of play which you could watch with confidence. Yes there were flaws (no plan b) but the coaching was clear for all to see.

We don't have any of that at the moment. It's a team of players playing together, vs being a team coached to be better than the sum of it's parts.

I'm not sure yet of what Fab is bringing the team. But he needs time and a chance to show it.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Amazed anyone can think anything other than sacking him. Tactically naïve, poor team selection, can't motivate the team for 90 mins, has clear favourites despite poor performances, no style or identifiable system. He's just out of his depth and we need to cut our losses while we are still within reach.

And yet they are 1 point off 6th at the (almost) halfway point.

Thank GOD the PL gave us all those points to start with or we'd be in BIG trouble.

 

[Chicken Run]

And yet they are 1 point off 6th at the (almost) halfway point.

Thank GOD the PL gave us all those points to start with or we'd be in BIG trouble.

Next week you’ll be here telling us to man up coz we are 1 point off eighth….

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

We've been average all season. Everton should have been 2 down in first 20 mins, Man Utd very lucky, poor draw at home to Ipswich before they started to show some grit, lucky to draw against Forest, battered by Chelsea, Spurs were Spurs, lucky not to lose against Southampton, well beaten by Fulham, dreadful game management against Wolves and Leicester, battered at home by Palace. Hardly lacking patience and calm, if we hadn't had a lot of luck in the opening few months we could be in a relegation scrap right now

But we aren't....so......

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Next week you’ll be here telling us to man up coz we are 1 point off eighth….

I would never say "man up" or "coz"

Take that back.

 

[Justice]

Do you really think so? (Closer to the sack). Bloom will stick with him unless we're dragged into a relegation scrap but we won't be. We probably only need another 5 wins to stay up .

This is a top 6 squad not let’s survive on 40 points. Its miss managed the players look tired of the tactics whatever they maybe. What are we holding out for with this guy? he’s out of his depth.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

We all know Bloom won't do anything yet and will only think about it if we tumble down the table and face a relegation battle(which we won't). It's gutting to lose today but its the points lost against wolves and Leicester which hurt just as much. We're in a rut that's for sure and Fab needs to turn it around quickly before our season is over by January.

I’m not sure if this is quite right. When we removed Melissa Phillips as women’s coach quickly and surgically it was because the data wasn’t pointing in the right direction, even though we weren’t in real danger in the WSL. I wonder if the same thought has been entertained high up in the West Stand.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

This is a top 6 squad

Lucky they are 1 point off 6th then. Nearly bang on target. You must be pleased.

 

[Yoda]

I'm ever so slightly starting to get Hyypia Mk.II vibes with players not really knowing where they're meant to be playing

 

[martin tyler]

Would I sack him - no he’s 15 games into a PL season and it was never an easy league no matter who you play. We are 9th and it’s very congested up there. Palace had lost just one of 7 before today.

In terms of the team - balance is not good at the moment.
Defensively to many games we conceded one we often quickly conceded another. Liverpool, Leicester, wolves, today we have not managed the shifts in momentum at all well. We conceded far to many goals
CM personally Hinch is the biggest miss. Balaba is brilliant but passing can get sloppy. Ayari has been good this season but he’s not ready to start every week.
Up front we have no central focus without Welbeck. We don’t occupy the palace 3 CB at all today.

 

[HCxUK]

I genuinely don't know how some people get by in life with such immediate jumps to panic/doom and gloom without even considering, you know, patience and calmness. It's so weird.

Some really embarrassing posts on here.

We always knew this would be a transitional season, we are 9th. He’s a victim of his early success.

He’s also been given an embarrassingly imbalanced squad… if you’re calling for his head you’re an idiot

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Where do we function very well? There are problems and questions marks all over the pitch. That means it’s hard to fix.
I’m not saying it’s as bad as Hypia, or he’s as bad as Hypia, but take away some fortunate wins and that’s the most obvious comparison .
Anyway Let’s see how fab copes with adversity. If it isn’t the making of him he wont be here next season .

I’d say it’s worse. Tactically we’re absolutely all over the place. He’s not improved anyone. Players look confused about their roles. I do partially blame the recruitment, which has been poor, based on what we’ve seen so far (I hope that turns around, obviously), but he’s yet to show he’s even close to good enough. He’s being out thought in almost every game, too. A L2 manager managing a squad worth hundreds of millions.

 

[SlickHenry]

Ridiculous to be calling for this. The guy is new to the league and has a really new squad. A little patience and humility is what is needed

 

[maltaseagull]

I agree with your intimation. B&HA are on a bad little run but seem to be having terrible luck with injuries. I'm confident form will pick up dramatically when enough of the absentees return.

One thing's certain, Mr Bloom knows what he's doing. I would not be surprised if Fabian Hurzeler turns out to be your greatest ever manager. But I appreciate losing at home to the Croydon outfit smarts right now!

We had a bad run of injuries last season and didn’t strengthen as they were supposed to be coming back. That went well.

 

[ROKERITE]

I genuinely don't know how some people get by in life with such immediate jumps to panic/doom and gloom without even considering, you know, patience and calmness. It's so weird.

But we aren't....so......

Indeed, I'm surprised that so many of your fans have turned so quickly. I posted on here just a few years ago saying I thought B&HA would be a bigger club in the future than my own and the reaction was disbelief. It seems it hasn't taken long for some to develop a big club mentality.

I don't know when your injured are expected back but I'm optimistic that when they are B&HA will be challenging for Europe again.

 

[Justice]

I genuinely don't know how some people get by in life with such immediate jumps to panic/doom and gloom without even considering, you know, patience and calmness. It's so weird.

We’ve dropped 10 point out of the last 12 against poor sides. What exactly are you holding out for because you must be impressed with something to have so much faith.

 

[NorthStandSeagull]

Missed… just like our strikers

 

[Mancgull]

What’s surprising to me is that St Pauli had such a good defensive record, because we look very shaky defensively.
Compare that to Palace’s defensive shape today which was very compact.
Fabian has a saying ‘defence wins Championship’ which seems to reflect that he understands the importance of defence and yet we only play a single holding midfielder and look very frail out of possession.
He did adapt to the the ripping apart of our high line earlier in the season so I’m interested in seeing how he can now adapt.
In Fab’s defence we have suffered with key players being out recently such as Veltman, Ferdi and Hinshelwood but the pressure is going to build on him if we keep conceding goals like we are.
Boscagli would be a good addition in January if he can pull him in.

 

[GeorgeKane5]

It does seem to be a fairly Brighton thing to struggle against poor opposition. It was a trait of both Potter and RDZ too. It's not a Hurzeler-exclusive issue but it's a painfully frustrating one that we just can't seem to navigate.

I don't think Fabian is that close to being sacked, nor do I think that would be a good move (yet), but I do worry that he doesn't seem like one to demand respect and results when things aren't going our way.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Maybe it’s me, but I don’t see what the plan is, I can’t see the patterns of play or tactics, I just don’t see a game plan. JP spent the second half with no right back and one central midfielder ahead of him, his only real option was Dunk who played like he’d never seen a football before today.
Maybe I was just used to RDZ’s defined style and I’m missing the bigger picture, but right now I simply see nothing that fills me with confidence that FH knows where we’re going.