[Albion] Hughton Out amnesty

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not good enough for the Premier League, even if he keeps us in the Premier League?

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Too risky for a third season. Can you honestly see a spark of hope for the future here? It isn't the recruitment. Ali J was Erweirdyvision lead scorer last season. No goals for us. Locardia is a decent player, yet he looks pissed off. Andone is fast becoming the new Baldock, complete with crisps for legs. We don't know how to attack at pace. Only Huddersfield look more toothless than us. Our players are no more to blame than the poor buggers driving the trains are responsible for the 'no working toilets' and the 'cancelled due to the fact that the shit heap has broken down'. Again.

 

[Hastings gull]

I agree in part, one thing however remains undeniable: today was nothing short of a footballing disgrace.

The players need to shoulder the blame, but Chris needs to do something really special to turn us round... do you believe he can Dale? What say you? And why... by what evidence? Blind faith... or something more tangible, that I am missing?

I’m beginning to see his light ebb, the turning of the tide has arrived.

For me, Chris needs to drop nearly the entire team from today, bring in our available decent young players and attack from the off... again I have my doubts any of this will happen.

As for a win... hmmmmmm... I live in hope, but a fading one at that.

A bad day at the office.

Yes, exactly -today was dire -totally. To be fair to CH, initially, there did seem to be more attacking intent, he can't be blamed for Knocky's idiocy and some of the goals came from our bad passing. But the usual defensive crap was evident as well, and taking one striker off, who admittedly hadn't had much of an effect, was symptomatic of the malaise. We are woeful up front, in part to our poor recruitment, but also because attacking has never figured predominantly in CH's tactics. How many shots on goal, let alone an actual goal, have we had recently? This season has seen us become ever poorer, with just the occasional highlight to lift the gloom.

 

[A1X]

Netherlands and Ajax don't seem to be doing too badly at the moment.

TBH saying "Ajax aren't doing too badly" in defence of signing players from the Netherlands (despite the evidence in front of our faces that two of the top performers in that league are clearly not good enough) is a bit like saying "it doesn't matter that we're bringing players from Hamilton and Livingston into the Premier League because Celtic are quite good". I should also point out that the Dutch have failed to qualify for both of the last two major tournaments and while they are in the finals of the Nations League this is largely because they beat the worst German team in 20 years twice.

 

[papajaff]

Yeah ok fine. Let's keep supporting a manager who hasn't got a ****ing clue

 

[Kosh]

Yes, exactly -today was dire -totally. To be fair to CH, initially, there did seem to be more attacking intent, he can't be blamed for Knocky's idiocy and some of the goals came from our bad passing. But the usual defensive crap was evident as well, and taking one striker off, who admittedly hadn't had much of an effect, was symptomatic of the malaise. We are woeful up front, in part to our poor recruitment, but also because attacking has never figured predominantly in CH's tactics. How many shots on goal, let alone an actual goal, have we had recently? This season has seen us become ever poorer, with just the occasional highlight to lift the gloom.

Totally agree. Good post.

It’s been awful, tonight is a genuine low point. Embarrassing at best, heart breaking at worst.

Anyone trying to defend any of it, well, they’re ignoring the stark reality: we are in deep shit.

 

[oldboyroy]

If we don’t show willing in the first half on tuesday then it could become quite bitter.

I just know Tuesday will be a 0-0 the team will be set up not to lose

 

[whosthedaddy]

From mid-season onwards there has been something wrong in the camp, I can't put my finger on what it was that derailed our season at that time but felt it was happening just prior to the Winter transfer window.

I can honestly say I was shocked when Hughton said to anyone who asked him, that he was happy with the squad of players he'd got and was not looking to strengthen in the transfer window.
ALARM BELLS started ringing for me as I was watching a team at that time that did need adding to and I wondered what was happening on Planet Hughton that he couldn't see we urgently needed some better quality players.

Anyway, here we are, just watched an Albion team bereft of ideas, lacking in quality and belief and not playing anywhere near to the potential they showed earlier in the season.

Rumblings of the unhappy campers from within the team are now seeping out, doesn''t strike me as a recipe for the future, or even now just when we need team spirit and togetherness.

 

[ferring seagull]

Stay till the end of the season and if we are down keep him as a great Championship manager, if we stay up say thanks for everything and move him on!

Why on earth would we do that ? - He would only take us down again 12 months later !

NOW is the time to say thanks etc.

 

[TottonSeagull]

Why on earth would we do that ? - He would only take us down again 12 months later !

NOW is the time to say thanks etc.

Yep, you are probably right!

 

[portlock seagull]

Today was terrible but we have to move on quickly, (now) because on Tuesday we have one of the biggest games in the club’s history.
Now is not the time to turn on the players or our manager. To do so would be to play into warnocks hands

Way too late for that. We played into his hands by losing 5 nil today and giving his team nothing to fear and the ascendancy.

 

[DJ NOBO]

I just know Tuesday will be a 0-0 the team will be set up not to lose

Quite the optimist

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Before B'muff. Players: 'boss, it's getting frustrating, all this defensive stuff'. CH: ' ok lads, I'm listening, attacking intent it is then'
After B'muff. CH 'Now shut the f..k up you lot. Tuesday is all about not losing'

 

[Springal]

Before B'muff. Players: 'boss, it's getting frustrating, all this defensive stuff'. CH: ' ok lads, I'm listening, attacking intent it is then'
After B'muff. CH 'Now shut the f..k up you lot. Tuesday is all about not losing'

I’m really not sure today was ‘attacking intent day’

 

[zefarelly]

I've fixed that for you.

I just know Tuesday will be a 0-1 the team will be set up to stay in the game

 

[ferring seagull]

I just know Tuesday will be a 0-0 the team will be set up not to lose

Sadly some of our starting elevens set up this way recently have failed to deliver but, there again, perhaps it is not necessarily the fault of the 'team' !

 

[Silverhatch]

Stephens deciding to pretend he was injured after giving the ball away was disgraceful. He should hold his head in shame.

Duffy did that for the first goal.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

When we were in the old championship after back to back nosebleed promotions, and going down, I used to listen to this track a lot. Bit of black humour, perhaps. Listening to it tonight made me smile. "We'd rather lose than fight, we're going down, and down". Bollocks to that. We are properly equipt to NOT go down now. Let's not go down, eh EH?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeWwE0GoMp4

 

[BN41Albion]

I just know Tuesday will be a 0-0 the team will be set up not to lose

To be honest the way things are going at the moment I'd take 0-0 to at least keep the 5 point gap ...

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

I’m really not sure today was ‘attacking intent day’

I think it might have been (relatively speaking) but it disappeared very quickly. That's ok if you can fall back on your defending but we're not very good at that these days