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[Don Tmatter]

Who sanctioned paying £50000 for Dixon? when our last two managers have/had absolutely no faith in him as a professional footballer whatsoever.
Very worrying, when you think of the thousands of players that were available on a free in the summer and our squad has no decent cover up front or on the flanks.

 

[The Large One]

Who sanctioned paying £50000 for Dixon? when our last two managers have/had absolutely no faith in him as a professional footballer whatsoever.
Very worrying, when you think of the thousands of players that were available on a free in the summer and our squad has no decent cover up front or on the flanks.

The same people who sanctioned Forster, Murray, an improving Thomson etc.

You can't win them all.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The same people who sanctioned Forster, Murray, an improving Thomson etc.

You can't win them all.

Saw a quote recently, can't remember where, that said if only 60% of your signings prove to be a success then you're ahead of the game.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

However, it was a lacklustre midfield (all 33 combinations which played there) which occasionally got up to help the forwards. And with nothing really going right for Cox (what does Micky have against Robinson? - a like-for-like swap did appear to be a decent option), there was very little to fire on.

I don't think JR offers anything defensively and with Rovers pushing up due to our complete lack of tactical nouse in always playing "route one" against the clearly ponderous Elliot (the words of a Rovers' fan on the P&R bus afterwards) then bringing him on for DC when we're leading might have been seen as an unnecessary risk? Having said that, the player who put in the cross leading to their penalty was unchallenged and in hectares of space when he received the ball.
Can't understand why MA told Cox to go looking for the ball after 15-20 minutes play, which may explain why he was "out of position" when the ball was hoofed out to the right hand side on some occasions. Having created a decent chance for Forster after 5 minutes or so, I would have thought that the way to exploit Elliot's lack of pace was obvious - it was to this former prop forward.

A game for the players and management to learn from, and for us to forget.

Agreed, particularly the management. Two points lost but could/should have been three.

 

[Zebedee]

It's not his decision though is it. Wilkins made the correct decsion to get rid but for some unknown reason he was given another chance.

And, of course, Micky Adams always knows what he is doing - if only. Yesterday's tactics were in my vierw a complete disaster.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

It's a shame we didnt test their full-backs yesterday, 'cause they are shit.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Hart was absolute rubbish yesterday it has to be said.

 

[Lewes' best seagull]

The truth is we missed Murray and Mcleod

 

[Zebedee]

Hart was absolute rubbish yesterday it has to be said.

I agree - he looked way, way out of his depth. That said, I wasn't really surprised. Why we re-signed him is a complete mystery to me.

 

[clarkey]

I agree - he looked way, way out of his depth. That said, I wasn't really surprised. Why we re-signed him is a complete mystery to me.

Agreed. Thought he would only be signed as a last resort not as third choice striker after Forster and Murray. Going back to the game, Im not sure what people, including MA, were expecting of him yesterday. Proof that he should remain as alast resort, and perhaps not even worthy of a place on the bench.

 

[algie]

The trouble is Adams judged him on games like Burgess hill etc,Same with Mayo.As soon as we played a championsip side,the true Mayo errors came out and now we are stuck with the pair of them for a year.You could have brought in one decent player for them two.We have Lynch,Livermore and Richards for left back.Right back we have Whing,El-Abd or even Virgo so there's no need for Hart.I wouldn't even stick him on the wing either.No pace or trickery.Poor signings Mickey.

 

[Storer68]

Hart said: “I know what I’m about. I'm not going to play week in, week out. My aim is to get in that team and I want to play every week but Fozzy and Muzza have got a great partnership.

“I’m not going to stand in their way.

“I want success for Brighton and I want to be a part of that. I’m just going to keep plugging away.

“I haven’t really played much as forward in the last couple of years but I want to give it a go, try and get that sharpness back.

“If the gaffer needs me to play somewhere else, obviously I will.

“Being a defender and a forward is hard because they are different movements, stuff like that, but me and the gaffer have spoken about it. Everything is absolutely fine.”

So it has been all change over the last three months, a hectic period which also included Hart’s testimonial.

But then some thing do not change. Hart’s endeavour saw him pick up a yellow card on Saturday but he was not impressed by that decision, or the two penalties, and did not mind admitting it.

He said: “To be honest, I didn't think Fozzy’s was a penalty.

“I was watching theirs and I couldn’t see anything wrong. No one could understand it. Even their fans didn’t cheer until they realised the ball was on the spot.

“I’m not blaming the referee but even on my booking the player slipped over three times and he has accused me of fouling him.

“I could have got sent-off for absolutely nothing and that changes games.”

So where does Hart resurface next?

His versatility, millstone that it may be in some ways, at least improves his chances of seeing more action.

When the line-ups were read out in the press room before kick-off, some reporters thought Hart would be wide on the right with Dave Livermore in central midfield, Adam Virgo up front and Matt Richards at left- back.

In fact it was far from that. Which shows Albion have options, though the new-look front pair had an increasingly frustrating afternoon.

Hart said: “The manager told me and Fozzy to work from the front, close them down and make them knock it long.

“It’s good working up front with him but it was one of those games where there were never going to be many chances.

“Last game we played (at Crewe) we had 30-odd crosses. I don’t think we had half as many this time because of the way the game was played.

“It’s a shame I’ve come up front into a scrappy game but that’s life.”

 

[RM-Taylor]

I'd be very interested to see Gary Hart's reaction if he read this thread, (we all know he posts on here so maybe that's why this thread is so critical).

But for him to be deserving a contract one week, and then not to because of a crap team performance against Bristol Rovers, well that's just NSC

Seems to me that OGH is the new scapegoat now

 

[bright1064]

I'd be very interested to see Gary Hart's reaction if he read this thread, (we all know he posts on here so maybe that's why this thread is so critical).

But for him to be deserving a contract one week, and then not to because of a crap team performance against Bristol Rovers, well that's just NSC

Seems to me that OGH is the new scapegoat now

And I have a feeling you are only posting this because OGH reads and sometimes posts on NSC

 

[RM-Taylor]

And I have a feeling you are only posting this because OGH reads and sometimes posts on NSC

Nope not me