[Albion] Just watched MOTD...

[TomandJerry]

No, I didn't get to watch the match but from the highlights it seemed all Brighton, just some good defence from Burnley and a good save or two from the keeper, another day and we would have won that.

Not sure about the short corners though.

Keeping the faith in Potter.

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[*Gullsworth*]

We looked a very good side from the highlights but MOTD pundits were raving about the partnership at the back for Burnley playing so well. We will never be the topic of conversation untill we start converting these chances and climbing away from the relegation area. Maybe it will come soon?

 

[BrianWade4]

I think we miss Lewis.

Burnley had their captain fantastic back for the game and he was MoM - Ben Mee

 

[essbee1]

No, I didn't get to watch the match but from the highlights it seemed all Brighton, just some good defence from Burnley and a good save or two from the keeper, another day and we would have won that.

Not sure about the short corners though.

Keeping the faith in Potter.

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This. I didn't watch the full match, but I reckon once (and if) Welbeck gets going, we should start seeing
a huge improvement in actual results/scoring goals.

 

[LamieRobertson]

No, I didn't get to watch the match but from the highlights it seemed all Brighton, just some good defence from Burnley and a good save or two from the keeper, another day and we would have won that.

Not sure about the short corners though.

Keeping the faith in Potter.

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I watched the whole game similar first half to the West Brom game when it was Maupay instead of Welbeck in virtually the same place who should have scored....but unlike that game the whole of the second half was about us ..i dont think they had a shot in that half let alone one on target....there were a load of blocks ...but we didnt work the goalie hard enough

 

[Jack Straw]

Cruel, but I didn't half laugh when I saw the Fulham penalty!

 

[TomandJerry]

This. I didn't watch the full match, but I reckon once (and if) Welbeck gets going, we should start seeing
a huge improvement in actual results/scoring goals.

Exactly, once the team has time to gel the results will come through. Welbeck looks quality

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[Kalimantan Gull]

That's because it was all us. There were large parts of the game it was like watching one of the top 6 sides wearing blue. The last part of the jigsaw is getting the right variety up front to find a way to win when teams are sitting so deep against us. Against Palace, WBA and Burnley large parts of the game was trying to break down a deep lying defence. We need to be able to be more clinical on the break and create more options when the defence is set, but I am seeing progress there.

 

[zefarelly]

Exactly, once the team has time to gel the results will come through. Welbeck looks quality

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Hopefully not too late, there's a double gel factor going on . . .new players settling/adapting and fitting in, and Pottinkers never ending changes of line up . . . It seems to take the first half an hour of the game for everyone to work out whats going on and what theyre supposed to be doing.

 

[Gabbafella]

As I said in a previous post, GP needs to stop rotating the players so much, stick with a group that play well together and let them gel. The goals are there, we play great football, it's just that end product. But I reckon once we start scoring it will become a thing of habit and we'll start banging them in.

 

[BNthree]

Cruel, but I didn't half laugh when I saw the Fulham penalty!

Watched MOTD this morning with my son and we both burst out laughing at that too. I'm quite sympathetic to Fulham as worked in that area for years so knew a lot of fans but just couldn't help it.

 

[NooBHA]

No, I didn't get to watch the match but from the highlights it seemed all Brighton, just some good defence from Burnley and a good save or two from the keeper, another day and we would have won that.

Not sure about the short corners though.

Keeping the faith in Potter.

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My theory on the short corners is. -. And it is only my personal theory.

I think there is a fear of a quick turnover of possession and conceding a goal on the break.

I don't see any other logic given the height of the defenders pushed into the box who would potentially get on the end of a direct ball into the box.

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

My theory on the short corners is. -. And it is only my personal theory.

I think there is a fear of a quick turnover of possession and conceding a goal on the break.

I don't see any other logic given the height of the defenders pushed into the box who would potentially get on the end of a direct ball into the box.

But we don't actually score goals from corners hit into the box, so maybe we're just trying something else. It might work eventually.

 

[NooBHA]

But we don't actually score goals from corners hit into the box, so maybe we're just trying something else. It might work eventually.

The persistence with it in the Everton game I think it was. That was painful to watch.

 

[m@goo]

No, I didn't get to watch the match but from the highlights it seemed all Brighton, just some good defence from Burnley and a good save or two from the keeper, another day and we would have won that.

Not sure about the short corners though.

Keeping the faith in Potter.

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We had plenty of chances as we often do but it's the quality of the shots. They're either off target or too soft.

 

[Swansman]

But we don't actually score goals from corners hit into the box, so maybe we're just trying something else. It might work eventually.

Mixing is good, some short corners and some "normal". Much harder to defend against. In the game against Everton (?) where every corner but one was taken short, its very easy to defend against: put pressure on the guy standing next to the corner taker.

 

[GT49er]

But we don't actually score goals from corners hit into the box, so maybe we're just trying something else. It might work eventually.

So might playing Lamptey in goal.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Hopefully not too late, there's a double gel factor going on . . .new players settling/adapting and fitting in, and Pottinkers never ending changes of line up . . . It seems to take the first half an hour of the game for everyone to work out whats going on and what theyre supposed to be doing.

Picking up your name of Pottinkers, [MENTION=435]Stat Brother[/MENTION] showed yesterday, that injuries and suspensions showed that he had no choice but to change line ups.

 

[Hugo Rune]

My theory on the short corners is. -. And it is only my personal theory.

I think there is a fear of a quick turnover of possession and conceding a goal on the break.

I don't see any other logic given the height of the defenders pushed into the box who would potentially get on the end of a direct ball into the box.

My theory on short corners.

Did Burnley look ever look vulnerable to balls in the air, launched into the box? In fact, do Burnley ever look vulnerable when defending corners and set-pieces if the ball is just launched into the box?

We don’t have the personnel to beat Mee, Tarkowski & Pope in the box. If we had Dunk, Duffy and Webster, it would be different but if I was Groß taking those corners, I’d only be looking at Webster as a realistic target to hit (has Burn ever scored a headed goal in his career? I doubt it).

 

[LamieRobertson]

As I said in a previous post, GP needs to stop rotating the players so much, stick with a group that play well together and let them gel. The goals are there, we play great football, it's just that end product. But I reckon once we start scoring it will become a thing of habit and we'll start banging them in.

I see your point re rotation but for the Burnley game some changes were forced on him ...such as Trossard and March being injured