There's no accounting for missing the target from a free header. Lallana did it last week, Welbeck did it this week. They really should be doing better
Just back.
I never thought we would equalise when we went a goal down.
It’s just too pretty pretty. We need a Keane/Vieira type to drive us forward. Too easy to just pass it back and let the back 4 faff about with the ball for 5 minutes.
Villa’s second goal. Could you ever imagine us scoring a goal like that?
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Obvious lack of confidence for what ever reason, we'll come again, our style definitely suits away play, we'll see what Graham Potter is made of now.
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Are you enjoying the scintillating Albion football?
10 goals in 13 home games, is that right? If so we’re basically doomed if the opposition score, which we can all see with our own eyes. The tactics seem ludicrously easy to defend against, we offer zero threat through the middle of the pitch, it’s all slow progression down the flanks largely into cul de sacs. There’s little point in having Lamptey receive the ball facing his own goal 20 yards inside our half. Cucurella is completely nullified as a centre back or traditional left back, I can’t really blame Potter here as he’s been left somewhat short in centre backs so his options are limited. Bissouma has lost the ability/desire to drive through the middle of the pitch, we don’t have a centre back to being the ball out so the opposition just shot their midfielders from side to the other to stifle our slow approach down the touch line.
I’ve said that many a time. I dream of Albion running into acres of space and destroying the opposition with a counter attacking goal, 10 seconds or less from start to finish.
As a possession based team, it’s not on our DNA.
Lack of:
Pace
Cutting edge
Game-changers
Scorers
Power in 50:50’s
Alertness to bleeding obvious counter attacks
Marking players 20 yards out from our goal
Movement off the ball
Imagination
Dunk on Radio Sussex thought we played well
It's just possession for possession's sake tho eh? Might look good on the manager's CV, but a deeper analysis might show how effective that possession actually is. In the Albion's case, it just seems to allow mediocre opposition a chance to relax and regroup.
An absolutely killer stat would break down possession in our half v possession in their half. Suspect our stats would then be seen in an entirely different light
Other than that we're fantastic!
Did Dunk really say we played well?!