[Albion] Lallana Post Match Interview

[studio150]

Refreshing to hear some honesty.
We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time, performance levels dropped by a few percent, keeper error.

You can clearly see why he reached the top with an attitude like that, no hiding behind good performance, we deserved something, haven't seen the winning goal back again.

And spot-on.

 

[oldboyroy]

Yes, can't argue with that. Once again though Potter says it's a sore 1 to take. Let's hope we don't keep hearing the same words game after game or we'll be down.

 

[Weststander]

Respect for admitting:

“We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time”.

Putting to bed any NSC narrative tomorrow that we played well, deserved far more.

 

[rocker959]

Total honesty no BS

 

[Albion Dan]

Refreshing to hear some honesty.
We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time, performance levels dropped by a few percent, keeper error.

You can clearly see why he reached the top with an attitude like that, no hiding behind good performance, we deserved something, haven't seen the winning goal back again.

And spot-on.

Was refreshing to hear an honest assessment of the game. He’s gone up in my estimations. You could see he was bothered. Followed by Potter sucking teeth and saying we should have got something from it. The comment about thinking we’d won at half time very damning on Potter imo.

 

[Swansman]

I was pretty sure in half-time that the second half would be worse. Maupay was man marking Ndidi so Leicester had to either hoof it or play difficult through balls through the middle where Brighton had a man advantage and won the ball several times.

Rodgers solved it by pulling down Tielemans to play next to Ndidi, and unfortunately Tielemans is a clever, class midfielder who can be surrounded but not man marked out of a game. Choice was either to allow him to dictate the game or to leave a lot of space between midfield and defense. Not an easy choice and unfortunately Tielemans eventually took over the game.

 

[swindonseagull]

I was pretty sure in half-time that the second half would be worse. Maupay was man marking Ndidi so Leicester had to either hoof it or play difficult through balls through the middle where Brighton had a man advantage and won the ball several times.

Rodgers solved it by pulling down Tielemans to play next to Ndidi, and unfortunately Tielemans is a clever, class midfielder who can be surrounded but not man marked out of a game. Choice was either to allow him to dictate the game or to leave a lot of space between midfield and defense. Not an easy choice and unfortunately Tielemans eventually took over the game.

And Potter seems to screw it up at half time every game.

 

[Albion Dan]

I was pretty sure in half-time that the second half would be worse. Maupay was man marking Ndidi so Leicester had to either hoof it or play difficult through balls through the middle where Brighton had a man advantage and won the ball several times.

Rodgers solved it by pulling down Tielemans to play next to Ndidi, and unfortunately Tielemans is a clever, class midfielder who can be surrounded but not man marked out of a game. Choice was either to allow him to dictate the game or to leave a lot of space between midfield and defense. Not an easy choice and unfortunately Tielemans eventually took over the game.

So why didn’t Potter react by putting Moder or Propper into the middle to offer some resilience in the middle? No he decided to take off our most creative player and stick Trossard who was having a shocker in there alongside an anonymous Gross and a knackered Lallana.

 

[pocketseagull]

Respect for admitting:

“We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time”.

Putting to bed any NSC narrative tomorrow that we played well, deserved far more.

We're in the thick of a relegation battle with a habit of dropping points and this attitude is in the dressing room. WTF is going on.

 

[Swansman]

And Potter seems to screw it up at half time every game.

Yes except when not. Just a week ago the second half was infinitely better than the first one.

 

[Si Gull]

How the hell could our players have thought we had the game won at half time? Have they not seen us play this season? Seriously, if they thought it was won at half time that's a real worry and is a mentality that will see us relegated. Manager's half time talk should make it clear to everyone that the attitude has to be that a game is NEVER over, won or lost, after 45min.

 

[Swansman]

How the hell could our players have thought we had the game won at half time? Gave they not seen us play this season? Seriously, if they thought it was won at half time that's a real worry and is a mentality that will see us relegated. Manager's half time talk should make it clear to everyone that a game isn't over, won or lost, after 45min.

Another possibility would be if these £50k a week earning footballers were aware that a game lasts 90 minutes without GP, their moms or whoever really needing to tell it to them.

 

[albionfan37]

Switched off before the post match but if he was being that honest he should’ve said he could’ve came off after an hour as it all went to shit once his legs were gone

 

[Si Gull]

Another possibility would be if these £50k a week earning footballers were aware that a game lasts 90 minutes without GP, their moms or whoever really needing to tell it to them.

But, by Lallana's admission, they clearly do need someone to tell them.

 

[BBassic]

Switched off before the post match but if he was being that honest he should’ve said he could’ve came off after an hour as it all went to shit once his legs were gone

This.

Would like to have a team of players who can actually play 90 minutes as well.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Yes except when not. Just a week ago the second half was infinitely better than the first one.

With what result?

 

[Swansman]

With what result?

The same, but the second half was still a lot better than the first one.

 

[Mancgull]

Another possibility would be if these £50k a week earning footballers were aware that a game lasts 90 minutes without GP, their moms or whoever really needing to tell it to them.

Whether Lallana meant it or not, his comments are quite undermining of Potter. It's obvious that Lallana feels it's within his remit to say things like this. Would he say these comments if his manager were Scott Parker or Allardyce? I think not.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Switched off before the post match but if he was being that honest he should’ve said he could’ve came off after an hour as it all went to shit once his legs were gone

...and he helped give them the first goal with a tired and misplaced pass.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Game was lost when Alzate came on. We needed Proper and Moder on the pitch to get stuck in in the middle of the park and make a
real scrap for it