Hart

[BensGrandad]

However, I think that says more about our lack of squad depth rather than Harts ability.

Possibly but we can only play with the players we have available.

 

[bright1064]

I thought that Adams would play Virgo upfront to be honest. After all he has been banging on about getting the ball wide and getting crosses into the box. So with that in mind Virgs should have been our target man.

Now, if he wasn't going for the "target man" style of play today (which we ended up doing anyway!) Why in the name of sweet jesus didn't he start Jakey upfront!?
He is around about the same height as OGH, and has BAGS more pace with more skill and an eye for goal!

I'm sorry but MA got this one wrong.

 

[sir albion]

I bet jakeys confidence has hit an all time low with hart being picked up front instead of himsurely jakey is better than hart?

 

[Lord Large]

Hart did ok but cannot remember him having a single shot.

I think Robinson, Gatting, Gargan et al would perhaps have offered more of a goal threat.

That said Hart worked hard and linked up quite well on occasions. Certainly not the worst player on show but is it really moving forward having him up top?

 

[Questions]

I think maybe Adams remembers the Hart of 6 years ago or so when he left.

 

[bright1064]

I think maybe Adams remembers the Hart of 6 years ago or so when he left.

Yeah but he must've seen him in training, and in pre-season...

 

[Lord Large]

Hart shouldn't have been given a new deal.

He will always try hard and do what is asked of him but we have cover in all the positions he operates in.

 

[bright1064]

As I said on another thread. He look okay at right back when asked to cover last season. But as a frontman I'm afraid he can't cut it!

 

[Icy Gull]

I'm looking forward to the binfest on here when OGH and KM both play in the same game in the 1st team. It will happen at some stage this season

 

[bright1064]

I'm looking forward to the binfest on here when OGH and KM both play in the same game in the 1st team. It will happen at some stage this season

Didn't they play LB & RB in the same game a few times last season?

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Harts a great player got stuck in, did the job he was asked to do, thought the mistake was not subbing him for jake to inject some pace up front.

I am sure he may play there again some time this season.

 

[Icy Gull]

Didn't they play LB & RB in the same game a few times last season?

Yeah but it's a season on and the controversy over both of them being retained has been a BIG feature of this pre-season on recent threads. Just imagine the opportunity at having two scapegoats, who you gonna plump for?

 

[bright1064]

I am sure he may play there again some time this season.

I really hope not!

OGH will always be a Brighton legend in my eyes. But he offered us nothing upfront yesterday! There are people in the squad who are better suited to that position.

 

[Lord Large]

As I said on another thread. He look okay at right back when asked to cover last season. But as a frontman I'm afraid he can't cut it!

Yeah adequate right back.

But with Whing, Virgo and El Abd who could play there and do a better job than Hart I cannot see the sense in signing him.

 

[sir albion]

Plenty of quality youngsters around that can offer more upfront than hart,i believe hart and mayo should have gone a long time ago.Not sure what sort of money they where on,but would like to know what they are on now

The club is far to soft and a major clearout was required..

 

[rongully]

Hart's positional sense seemed to me to much better. Neither of them got much service, but Hart was presenting more opportunities for a challenging ball to be played through than Virgo did.

Well said me lord !!Harty was no better or worse yesterday than anyone else in the strips.If Tommy Fraser the answer then God help us!!

 

[bright1064]

What did Fraser do wrong yesterday??

If anything it was MA's fault for playing him on the right!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

OGH is a hero - but he did very little yesterday. Service was poor, we missed McLeod, we had our best defender on the left wing. But even allowing for that - he looked pretty poor.

 

[The Large One]

OGH is a hero - but he did very little yesterday. Service was poor, we missed McLeod, we had our best defender on the left wing. But even allowing for that - he looked pretty poor.

Agree. If you're going to hoof it up to someone, make it a tall fella. Yesterday, the only option for that would have been Virgo.

Both Hart/Forster and Virgo/Forster were combinations which it appeared pretty evident hadn't played together before. It shows how much Murray and Forster are getting, and will continue to improve on, their mutual on-pitch understanding. And that sort of thing takes months - not days. Even a loan signing won't make a huge amount of difference to the combination.

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.

However, we could have put the 1970 version of Pele, or Van Basten, or the pre-Chelsea Schevchenko on, and that ref would still have f***ed it up for us.

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

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Two games in, undefeated, and 4th in the table.

We now know how good McLeod and Murray are, and we know we need more cover.

Still room for optimism. Shame we're not on 6 points.