[Albion] Fannying about at the back

[Silverhatch]

Irrespective of the colossal f*** up - we could murder Palace if we just moved the f***ing ball quicker. SO SO PEDESTRIAN. Come on RDZ, sort it!

 

[Bry Nylon]

Let's not stop there. Let's sign a lump of a forward in the McGammon mould and just lump everything to him.

Archaic, direct, basic route one football In. Intricate, Tika-Taka De Zerbi football Out.

If you think good football is continually gifting the opposition cheap goals they don’t deserve, then fair enough.

Sometimes the players should use their brains.

 

[GT49er]

Oooh ......... are we allowed to complain about Fannying around at the back yet?

 

[METALMICKY]

Oooh ......... are we allowed to complain about Fannying around at the back yet?

Yes I think we are just about. We do play some glorious stuff at times and nobody is advocating a wholesale move to hoof ball defending. However, just on occasions it's a little too tight and intricate and we should play the safe percentage ball even if it means surrendering possession cheaply.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Pascal appeared to be calling for the hoof at that point…..

 

[Swimboy64]

No one is saying that really just that we have conceded 6 goals from similar type of situations Verbruggen did it against Bournemouth and again tonight
It is a bit much really especially as we do very little attacking wise and as far as I’m concerned it’s been a bit like that for a while now.I know I will be slated for this but I find watching the Albion a bit boring lately
Just saying

Apart from the last 45 mins

 

[CaptainDaveUK]

Palace hanging on at the end as we played through them time and time again. Shame about that one mistake, although watching it back it was more a case of a poor chip out wide than actually being caught in possession.

 

[chrisg]

Still cost us 2 points. Could be the difference between 6th and 8th.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Pascal appeared to be calling for the hoof at that point…..

I blame him most of all for that goal for playing it back in to Verbruggen when he should have found a different option.

No problem with playing it out from the back, it's the playing out and then playing it back in again which we seem to be doing so much of these days. Last season we'd play out to Caicedo or MacAllister and they were good at holding and turning. This year we play out or to the midfield and they just knock it back in to the keeper again, and it all gets a bit keystone cops.

 

[jcdenton08]

I blame him most of all for that goal for playing it back in to Verbruggen when he should have found a different option.

No problem with playing it out from the back, it's the playing out and then playing it back in again which we seem to be doing so much of these days. Last season we'd play out to Caicedo or MacAllister and they were good at holding and turning. This year we play out or to the midfield and they just knock it back in to the keeper again, and it all gets a bit keystone cops.

Baleba does an awful lot of this. He seems extremely nervous and cautious.

 

[Sheebo]

We need to be smarter. Sometimes we can just clear it - esp in stoppage time. Poor from Bart for the goal. Gifted a shit team a head start.

 

[Littlemo]

I blame him most of all for that goal for playing it back in to Verbruggen when he should have found a different option.

No problem with playing it out from the back, it's the playing out and then playing it back in again which we seem to be doing so much of these days. Last season we'd play out to Caicedo or MacAllister and they were good at holding and turning. This year we play out or to the midfield and they just knock it back in to the keeper again, and it all gets a bit keystone cops.

Baleba does an awful lot of this. He seems extremely nervous and cautious.

I agree but I feel like there’s sometimes a lack of passing options though, which is why they go back. Well organised teams are cutting off the options forward and so rather than punting a hopeful ball forward (and mainly losing possession) we go back to try a different route through,

It’s frustrating but more a symptom of teams working us out a bit this season, compared to last.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I agree but I feel like there’s sometimes a lack of passing options though, which is why they go back. Well organised teams are cutting off the options forward and so rather than punting a hopeful ball forward (and mainly losing possession) we go back to try a different route through,

It’s frustrating but more a symptom of teams working us out a bit this season, compared to last.

Last years success wasn't so much the passing but the unique ability of Caicedo to receive the ball, hold it and turn on it whilst almost never losing it, which then opened up loads of opportunities for forward passes. Once in a generation player for Brighton.

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

half the issue with the passing sequences is when so many different players play in different positions im sure the players get confused. Take Gross for example we went from right wing to midfield to right back in the same match. anyone exchanging passes with him almost certainly got confused when they should pass to him and when not.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Irrespective of the colossal f*** up - we could murder Palace if we just moved the f***ing ball quicker. SO SO PEDESTRIAN. Come on RDZ, sort it!

THIS!!

the lack of movement and quickness of thought are the problem.
Not the fannying about.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

We need to be smarter. Sometimes we can just clear it - esp in stoppage time. Poor from Bart for the goal. Gifted a shit team a head start.

Yeah. Not as bad as Sanchez's clanger last season though

 

[Badger Boy]

Still cost us 2 points. Could be the difference between 6th and 8th.

You're referring to the finishing in the final third, I presume.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Just watched the highlights back and actually we were better in the final third than I thought.
On anothe day we win that comfortably.

Some decent strikes that needed saving and a couple of efforts agonisingly wide.
I'm counting Welbeck's face rebound as an effort, btw.

 

[GT49er]

Yes, but look at the progress we've made - we're now fannying about on the edge of their penalty area too. But hey, come on - putting your laces through the ball, FFS. How outmoded can you bear to be...................

 

[Saladpack Seagull]

Just watched the highlights back and actually we were better in the final third than I thought.
On anothe day we win that comfortably.

Some decent strikes that needed saving and a couple of efforts agonisingly wide.
I'm counting Welbeck's face rebound as an effort, btw.

Calderon would have scored that!