[Albion] Feeling strangely positive.

[Kosh]

I’m starting to believe that Tuesday was ‘the low’ and that we’ll sweep the hammers aside with a resounding 3-1 victory come the game.

I’ve got nothing factual, just a feeling that we’re going to be back to our best next time around.

On another note, I love a good old relegation dogfight - the relentless lows, counterbalanced by those rare euphoric highs... I’d much rather we were challenging for Europe obviously, but I’d take this rollercoaster vs a mid table yawn fest... just me? Oh well ...

Bring it on!

 

[Mellotron]

I hope you’re right. I have recovered from my Tuesday night low somewhat and do also have the nagging feeling we are due a game where all our “good play” and possession pays off.

 

[Kosh]

I hope you’re right. I have recovered from my Tuesday night low somewhat and do also have the nagging feeling we are due a game where all our “good play” and possession pays off.

Tuesday was poor, but if you showed 100 people the stats (minus the result) 99 would have plumped for an Albion win. What went wrong? Mistakes, failure to take chances and a MOM performance from their GK. however, we defended very poorly - this needs to improve, as we’ve all said - I don’t think we’re a poor team, just having a blip.

It will come good.

West Ham will fancy this, against a ‘team like Brighton’ arrogant, entitled bunch of bitches - just the sort of club we tend to beat.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

I had that feeling after the 5-0 to Bournemouth last year

I felt so positive that after the game I went online and got a ticket for the Cardiff match immediately. I then did a day of work, spent 2.5 hours getting to the game and then well... that happened.

Forgive me for not being so positive this time round!

 

[Weststander]

I had that feeling after the 5-0 to Bournemouth last year

I felt so positive that after the game I went online and got a ticket for the Cardiff match immediately. I then did a day of work, spent 2.5 hours getting to the game and then well... that happened.

Forgive me for not being so positive this time round!

Same here, I kept bouncing back, assuming we’d probably overcome Newcastle and Cardiff for example. Wrong.

 

[Kosh]

I had that feeling after the 5-0 to Bournemouth last year

I felt so positive that after the game I went online and got a ticket for the Cardiff match immediately. I then did a day of work, spent 2.5 hours getting to the game and then well... that happened.

Forgive me for not being so positive this time round!

Fair enough, but l don’t think it’s an entirely fair comparison at all - look at the stats for both those games vs this season... or more pertinently the other night... sure, we sucked but last season (by that point) we were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

 

[Kosh]

Same here, I kept bouncing back, assuming we’d probably overcome Newcastle and Cardiff for example. Wrong.

I rather think there is FAR more cause for blind optimism this time around - we were truly shit post Xmas last season, absolutely bloody awful.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Fair enough, but l don’t think it’s an entirely fair comparison at all - look at the stats for both those games vs this season... or more pertinently the other night... sure, we sucked but last season (by that point) we were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

If only all arguments could be undone with every possible use of ' we suck'

I am trying to stay positive, but at the same time trying to stop caring so much. I am a dad of 2 in his 30s. I need to stop getting in such a grump when we lose.

I agree about the style of football and us not being as sucky as the bunch last year. However, I will brag about a result if we snatch a cheeky 1-0 when being battered, so take a loss as a big negative despite the stats being favourable. I am a particularly negative person with sport. I blame years of Brighton and England football and English cricket

 

[*Gullsworth*]

Everyone should watch the highlights v Bournemouth on Seagulls player. Yes we should have beaten a team below us and at their lowest ebb of the season but although we defended poorly and Bournemouth done a Leicester, Sheffield United on us we actually had a lot of shots on goal. I was right royally peed off at the result but we just need the rub of the green. Maupay actually played quite well he must be wondering what he can do to score.
Yes we are in a relegation dogfight now but we are not relegated yet.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I blame January. We've never won a premier league game in January so I've read, so I'm full of the optimism of February

 

[Bozza]

Everyone should watch the highlights v Bournemouth on Seagulls player. Yes we should have beaten a team below us and at their lowest ebb of the season but although we defended poorly and Bournemouth done a Leicester, Sheffield United on us we actually had a lot of shots on goal. I was right royally peed off at the result but we just need the rub of the green. Maupay actually played quite well he must be wondering what he can do to score.
Yes we are in a relegation dogfight now but we are not relegated yet.

I’ve said it elsewhere but if that Bournemouth game was played out 100 tines, we’d win more than we’d lose.

 

[scooter1]

I blame January. We've never won a premier league game in January so I've read, so I'm full of the optimism of February

Well thank god January will be over by the time we next kick a ball then.... I think our failure to defend corners/set pieces this season has been part of our undoing. Last season we scored a few from corners and defended them well. Last season we used a different central defensive pairing, perhaps it’s time to revert to that pairing again to see if these stats improve

 

[*Gullsworth*]

I’ve said it elsewhere but if that Bournemouth game was played out 100 tines, we’d win more than we’d lose.

You did Bozza, you did. With all the gloom on here, only watching on who scored.com supporters, rightly, berating the team for all possession and little end product, Potters team found out AGAIN by fast counter attacking football i was caught up in the ' we are fooking useless' negative vibes. Now a few hours later i have settled down and look at it in a slightly more positive light. Now dont get me wrong we are in a real dogfight and even good results against Hammers and Watford will only relieve the pressure untill the next defeat but we are not beaten yet.
Many more ups and downs yet peeps.

 

[Stat Brother]

I'm certainly not as downhearted, doom and gloom as many on here.

Although come back to me when the window slams shut, my opinion then may differ.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I do as well.

I was very annoyed Tuesday and Wednesday.

There’s plenty I don’t agree with tactically, and team selection wise, but for 30 minutes we were okay.




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[oldboyroy]

Yes after dust settles and looking back now firstly I would rather be us than Bournemouth that's for sure they were shocking really really poor and won through our bad play rather than their good play. West ham another wounded animal and if we start as we did against muff their fans will turn big time and providing we score 1St I think we'll win.

 

[DavePage]

I’ve said it elsewhere but if that Bournemouth game was played out 100 tines, we’d win more than we’d lose.

Depends what’s in the tines I guess.
If we met them 100 times though, imagine how tedious his smug face would become, its bad enough playing them twice.

 

[Justice]

Win all the remaining games and we will be fine trust me.

 

[Weststander]

You did Bozza, you did. With all the gloom on here, only watching on who scored.com supporters, rightly, berating the team for all possession and little end product, Potters team found out AGAIN by fast counter attacking football i was caught up in the ' we are fooking useless' negative vibes. Now a few hours later i have settled down and look at it in a slightly more positive light. Now dont get me wrong we are in a real dogfight and even good results against Hammers and Watford will only relieve the pressure untill the next defeat but we are not beaten yet.
Many more ups and downs yet peeps.

6 points against West Ham and Watford - I’d be very confident that we’re staying up, for many reasons beyond the points themselves. Our bookies relegation odds would lengthen by a huge amount.

0 or 1 point - I’d make us odds on to drop.

 

[Icy Gull]

Can I say that this shit run of form is infinitely more enjoyable to watch than the one that started at the same time last season, hopefully we’ll improve on last season’s later results and performances. Tall order I know given the recent results