[Albion] How do you feel about the Potter revolution thus far?

[boik]

Thought today was our worst performance as we looked weak both in defence and attack but credit to Burnley they did the job they set out to do, stopped us playing/

Did they really stop us playing? We had 63% possession and 14 shots with 5 on target. Think I'm really looking forward to when we start actually playing!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

My understanding of the xG stat is that someone has assigned a rating to the comment "my nan could score that!". Y'know, if it's a chance that your nan could've scored, it's a xG of 1, if it's a 'ah, to be fair it came at him quite hard, it was bobbling and he was under pressure and it was a tight angle, it's an xG of 0.1 or whatever number the nerd collating them wants to add depending on how easy or difficult he thinks the chance is for a professional sportsman.

Thanks.
So basically personal opinion, like my own.
Effectively bollocks then [emoji23][emoji23]


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[One Teddy Maybank]

Thought today was our worst performance as we looked weak both in defence and attack but credit to Burnley they did the job they set out to do, stopped us playing/

Yes it was, 63% possession, then losing it on the edge of their area or going backwards.....


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[BBassic]

How many points did we have in our second season? Who did we play in the first 5 games in both seasons?

Hell I don't know. The spreadsheet I was keeping wasn't that detailed.

 

[Albion 4ever]

I was quite confident about everything he has done so far until Dan Burn, a 6’7” centre back lined up at left wing back for today’s game.

And it took him nearly 30 minutes to realise that he needed to change it.


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[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

2 points from 3 home games is not good enough. I fear the worse.

 

[Weststander]

Thought today was our worst performance as we looked weak both in defence and attack but credit to Burnley they did the job they set out to do, stopped us playing/

.... at first, definitely. Then we played well, 14 attempts, 5 on target, we won the physical duals and were the only team creating. Read the Dyche post match interview, where he openly admitted that Burnley failed to a get a grip on the game after 20 minutes.

 

[jcdenton08]

Poor today. Getting concerned with the results, so many winnable games passing us by.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

2 points from 3 home games is not good enough. I fear the worse.

I fear the worst.

Except I don't really fear it. I embrace it. Bring on that worst. I will eat it. Yum.

(Early days, pal. Early days. Innit. )

 

[Bry Nylon]

2 points from 3 home games is not good enough.

Yes. For all the encouraging 'green shoots', and talk of lack of discipline, bad luck and waiting for things to click, this has the potential to be the undoing of us this season.

2 points from 3 home games and 5 points overall from fixtures that have included Watford, West Ham, Southampton and Burnley is a real cause for concern.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Oh, and Murray was utter shitehouse. Like playing with ten men.

 

[Jolly Red Giant]

Much as people were overly optimistic after the Watford game - it is too early to be pessimistic. 5 points from 5 games is not a bad return.

I have argued repeatedly that no matter what people expected from Potter, Brighton would be fighting relegation. Surviving this season will be a victory.

Potter's style may see more attacking football - but it also opens the team up to conceding goals. Whether Potter is capable of grinding out results like Hughton only time will tell. But there is still a long way to go.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Thought today was our worst performance as we looked weak both in defence and attack but credit to Burnley they did the job they set out to do, stopped us playing/

Credit where it is due.

 

[Weststander]

I fear the worst.

Except I don't really fear it. I embrace it. Bring on that worst. I will eat it. Yum.

(Early days, pal. Early days. Innit. )

So, as the 2019/20 PL season comes to a premature close in mid-September, you’re not yet ready to write off Graham Potter and consign us to Championship football next season.

#deluded.

 

[Palacefinder General]

Maybe GP could study some tapes of the Daniel Farke revolution and we can just play like that instead. Everyone’s a winner and DF need never know.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

So, as the 2019/20 PL season comes to a premature close in mid-September, you’re not yet ready to write off Graham Potter and consign us to Championship football next season.

#deluded.

Shall I nip off and shoot myself now?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

It is not going very well really is it ? I cannot see us getting anything away to newcastle chelsea and home to spurs so that would be 5 point from 8 games, maybe 6 and bottom 3.

There have been some baffling decisions so far from Potter binning off Knockaert that this game was calling for, letting Andone go who is a very decent striker, dropping Duffy against man city for no apparent reason and playing 4 centre backs today in defence and the 4 3 3 today which really did not work.

The first half was diabolical. We have had 3 home games against teams we really need to be beating or not losing to and we have 2 points from 9 at home so far. We attack more but our problem is and we will simply not progress as a team in this league is that we need 8 chances to score 1 goal and that is championship or league one level. We are simply way off the pace in this league about clinical finishing

Today we had no creative player, Knockaert gone, Trossard injured, Izquierdo injured so where is the creativity coming from ? We have a guy who is near his pension upfront and a young pup up front but far too early to expect much and Maupay who has scored 2 great goals but he looks the only one to be able to do anything and he is still raw at this level.

I worry now as I think if we cannot beat West Ham, Southampton and Burnley at home we needed to get 7 points from things will get very messy very soon. The 4 0 loss to man city some fans seemed to think was a decent performance has been shown up by Norwich today. I think now, if we stay up it will be a result

 

[Kosh]

It is not going very well really is it ? I cannot see us getting anything away to newcastle chelsea and home to spurs so that would be 5 point from 8 games, maybe 6 and bottom 3.

There have been some baffling decisions so far from Potter binning off Knockaert that this game was calling for, letting Andone go who is a very decent striker, dropping Duffy against man city for no apparent reason and playing 4 centre backs today in defence and the 4 3 3 today which really did not work.

The first half was diabolical. We have had 3 home games against teams we really need to be beating or not losing to and we have 2 points from 9 at home so far. We attack more but our problem is and we will simply not progress as a team in this league is that we need 8 chances to score 1 goal and that is championship or league one level. We are simply way off the pace in this league about clinical finishing

Today we had no creative player, Knockaert gone, Trossard injured, Izquierdo injured so where is the creativity coming from ? We have a guy who is near his pension upfront and a young pup up front but far too early to expect much and Maupay who has scored 2 great goals but he looks the only one to be able to do anything and he is still raw at this level.

I worry now as I think if we cannot beat West Ham, Southampton and Burnley at home we needed to get 7 points from things will get very messy very soon. The 4 0 loss to man city some fans seemed to think was a decent performance has been shown up by Norwich today. I think now, if we stay up it will be a result

It’s pretty difficult to argue with that assessment - yet Andone went for a total lack of discipline and because he wanted to leave... that aside staying up would clearly be a success and represent progress of sorts with a potentially slightly weaker squad.

I’m still positive, however, re the youth policy and remain confident it will bear fruit.

As a wee caveat and little niggly voice of doubt...

I’m sitting here wondering if we might have gained more points from this opening salvo of games under CH... I know it’s all guess work, but I think we would have been better off under Chris thus far, and that is, well, that really. The football might not have been so cavalier though.

The trouble is, right now... well... it’s looking a bit Vauxhall cavalier tbh.

Here’s hoping my first live game next week gives me fresh hope.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Looooool. Some of the handwringing in this thread is magnificent. Sure, we haven’t got the points we would have liked, but I think we’ve been very unlucky with a few results, we played West Ham off the park, we were arguably better than Southampton despite the numerical disadvantage, and we really should have had 3 points today but for a very well hit goal. We are playing much better football and I’m positive the results will come.

 

[blockhseagull]

It’s pretty difficult to argue with that assessment - yet Andone went for a total lack of discipline and because he wanted to leave... that aside staying up would clearly be a success and represent progress of sorts with a potentially slightly weaker squad.

I’m still positive, however, re the youth policy and remain confident it will bear fruit.

As a wee caveat and little niggly voice of doubt...

I’m sitting here wondering if we might have gained more points from this opening salvo of games under CH... I know it’s all guess work, but I think we would have been better off under Chris thus far, and that is, well, that really. The football might not have been so cavalier though.

The trouble is, right now... well... it’s looking a bit Vauxhall cavalier tbh.

Here’s hoping my first live game next week gives me fresh hope.

At the risk of opening the CH sacking debate again

What are you basing us getting a better return under CH for those games ? After our run of 2 wins in 22 last season.

For the record last season.

Watford away ... lost
West Ham home .. won
Southampton home .. lost
Man City away... lost
Burnley home ... lost