[Albion] How I Hate This

[el punal]

I’ve just had a gander at Foxestalk - the Leicester City fans forum. There are seven pages on the upcoming fixture with ourselves and just about every post reckons we will stuff them. Lots of wonderful praise about our style of play matched by how awful everything is with Leicester at the moment.

When you read and hear stuff like that you know what will happen next - one gigantic banana skin incoming.

 

[brighton_tom]

To be fair Liverpool fans said similar, and we did stuff them.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

We ought to stuff them.

But probably won't.

 

[Gonzo BHA]

I hate to be pessimistic but I have a bad feeling about this one. We're on great form, they look terrible etc.

Maybe a lifetime of following the Albion has battered my hopes and expectations. I'd happily take a draw.

 

[SAC]

Should be beating teams like Leicester.

 

[faoileán]

Should be beating teams like Leicester.

Now where have I heard that before and about whom?

 

[Blue3]

Should be beating teams like Leicester.

we should be typing this especially if any Leicester fans are reading this

 

[dazzer6666]

To be fair Liverpool fans said similar, and we did stuff them.

Foxestalk is on a different level altogether…..absolutely epic levels of negativity and gallows humour.

2-0 Leicester, obvs

Brighton (H) | 21/01/23 | Pre Match Thread

As the famous Queen would say, The show must go on.

www.foxestalk.co.uk

 

[Arthritic Toe]

Blimey - their 'average' prediction seems to be about 4 or 5 nil to us. Got banana skin written all over this one

 

[Swansman]

Think it will be easy three points, its a perfect opponent as they won't defend with 10 men and go for a point. 3 points and 3+ goals.

 

[Weststander]

Thankfully, Rodgers like Klopp, generally plays attacking open football with risk. Giving us a chance.

Whereas a trip to say Villa Park or WHL, we’d see 6 or more players in an immovable low block, from a negative coach.

 

[Insel affe]

Bournemouth is the game I am worried about, be just their jammy ugly luck to do us over.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Although the “Albion way” is very much a real thing I see them being incredibly open on Saturday. Their home crowd isn’t going to accept them not pressing us, especially after we humiliated them earlier in the season

Naturally work for us to do but confident we can get something here if we remain on form

 

[Gabbiano]

Cautiously optimistic. Their defence is there for the taking, and with the crowd on their backs I wouldn't expect them to park the bus all game long.

A little like Liverpool, there are a few over the hill, and a lot out of form in that squad.

 

[Stato]

Let's just hope it's better than this: https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/thre...ton-hove-albion-official-match-thread.355235/

I still remember some Leicester fan saying that we were the worst team he'd ever seen in the division.

Anyone know what happened to that bloke Gross who was deemed to be out of his depth at this level in his first away game for us?

 

[Easy 10]

In fairness, we really have looked quite frightening in the last few games. I certainly wouldn't want to play us at the moment.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I honestly believe that the erratic play we have experienced in the past has been largely eliminated by RDZ. We'll get beaten, yes, but it will be by teams playing exceptionally well, rather than being caused by our own shortcomings.

 

[hart's shirt]

No reason based on form and league table that we shouldn't go into this as favourites to win.

Granted, it's not a position that we're used to being in. But with the style that we're playing, we'd better get used to it fast.

 

[Hotchilidog]

It's a weird one. When we were in the Championship watching Leicester achieve their success they were inspiration for us and now the roles seem to be in reverse as we look to ascend whilst their time in the sun begins to fade. Whilst the King Power is hardly a happy hunting ground for us it is genuinely hard to not see this as an away win.

If we are to fulfil the promise that we are now showing we should be victorious in this match. Leicester still have a whole host of good players and a decent manager, yet the team continue to underperform and Rodgers is hardly managing with the vigour of someone who expects to still be around in the near future. The heart seems to have been ripped out of the club right now with a pall of apathy dragging them into the mire.

 

[Stato]

I hate to be pessimistic but I have a bad feeling about this one. We're on great form, they look terrible etc.

Maybe a lifetime of following the Albion has battered my hopes and expectations. I'd happily take a draw.

Advisable pessimism. Form always tilts when you start expecting it not to; both bad form and good. I haven't watched Leicester recently, but when they came to us, their defence was a mess, but they still had creative attacking players. Their recent run of poor form has been against teams that prioritise defensive stability: Fulham, Forest, Newcastle etc. We don't, we will take them on at football, so they will be allowed more opportunity to score in this game. Whether we score more, like we did against them at home, will depend upon whether their defending has improved enough to cope with De Zerbi's approach. I'd heard that Faes had improved things organisationally and none of their defenders are bad. If they can put together an old style Leciester performance of defensive stability and quick counters with Vardy being clinical, we could be just the type of opponent they need to get back on track.