Well well well . . . . Poor old Brucey flapping around in the cretaceous with his outdated football tactics like a chubby old quetzalcoatlus and then suddenly, a Virgin Galactic SpaceShip III whooshes past him, he doesn't realise what it is but does he now know that he is in the wrong epoch? He probably still doesn't understand what Potter did to his team but hey, most people struggled (including me)! Hats off to some of the brilliant youtube vids, podcasts and articles (like together BHA & Seagulls social) who took time to try and work out exactly what Potter was trying to do.
Once again, no one picked Potter's selection, but may got within one player. That player was usually Polish hero Moder who is doing his very best to make sure that Potter picks him again and again and again.
Notes On Formations
Handing out points for formations has been very tough. Not only in the Newcastle fixture but all the way through the season. Potter picks very fluid teams and regualry plays players out of their traditional positions as he tries to to keep one step (or many hundreds with Brucey) ahead of his opposition. I was probably setting myself an impossible task to identify his formations exactly so quite a feew months ago, I simplified my criteria to just looking at the defensive line in terms of is it 3, 4 or 5, apologies to those who have found this a little ambigous; it's just too hard to pick the exact starting formation sometimes. Even this method was tested against the magpies as Potter plucked some sort of 1920's WM formation. Below is the heat map from the game, I don't think anyone picked it but what I can say was that there was no traditional wing-backs or centre forwards and only one centre back (flanked by two full backs). There for I'm going with a back 3, Potter set-up for a deep lying Newcastle and Moder & Gross very rarely found themselves defending as Biss and Lallana orchestrated the demolition from deep lying central positions. In addition, as [MENTION=28490]Machiavelli[/MENTION] pointed out, the formation was asymmetrical with Moder fairley central, Gross wider, Welbeck an out and out winger and Maupay as an old fashioned inside forward.
Well done to NEASTGULL who takes their lead up to 10 but it's still open and a few max score could see a big rise up the table.
NEASTGULL-- 384
Origigull-- 374
Swanny-- 353
Mashman156-- 353
Iford Albion-- 352
mjking73-- 339
Gary Nelson’s Left Foot-- 329
Tom Hark, Preston Park-- 328
Lizard-- 328
Guinness Boy-- 319
WASH-- 317
Don Tmatter-- 317
super-seagulls-- 304
basque seagull-- 302
mwrpoole-- 302
Hugo Rune-- 297
Nicky Rust Fan Club-- 290
albionfan37-- 290
martin tyler-- 285
um bongo molongo-- 276
Birdie Boy-- 274
Hampster Gull-- 272
Lincolnshire Seagull-- 263
Blue3-- 262
Trelford Mills Guide Dog-- 258
Taybha-- 256
HalfaSeatOn-- 255
FindonFan-- 252
portslade seagull-- 252
Albionalbino-- 244
One Teddy Maybank-- 243
FF1-- 235
maltaseagull-- 232
Crouch End Seagull-- 229
zefarelly-- 225
amexer-- 218
dazzer6666-- 214
Frankie-- 214
Harry Wilson’s Tackle-- 209
A1X-- 195
Super Steve Earle-- 189
Withdean11-- 189
The Fits-- 188
Berty23-- 180
Couldn't Be Hyypia-- 178
Farehamseagull-- 177
JonnyCLately-- 176
Machiavelli-- 172
Not Andy Naylor-- 163
RM-Taylor-- 158
BatterSeagull-- 157
FannieMac-- 157
Uh_huh_him-- 130
Waynflete-- 129
Silverhatch-- 128
Plooks-- 121
Lethargic-- 109
PHCgull-- 101
Dadams2k11-- 99
DJ NOBO-- 92
WhingForPresident-- 89
ac gull-- 89
Badger Boy-- 84
RandyWanger-- 79
GooGull-- 75
London Black Cab-- 75
Stumpy Tim-- 74
Luke93-- 72
raymondo-- 71
Milano-- 67
DanR-- 65
Bob!-- 62
Lawros Left Foot-- 59
Vagabond-- 57
HantsSeagull-- 56
giveusfalmerplease-- 54
elwheelio-- 49
Eric Youngs Contact Lense-- 48
R Slicker-- 45
Peterward-- 44
junior-- 42
Psychobilly freakout-- 37
Coldean Seagull-- 36
Barham’s tash-- 36
The Albionite-- 36
Butch Willykins-- 34
Tim Over Whelmed-- 34
Mackenzie-- 34
Midnight-Rendezvous-- 33
Jeremiah-- 33
HCxUK 32
Scooter1-- 30
TottonSeagull-- 27
Sweaty Mexican-- 26
Sid in the Sharknado-- 26
SimpKingpin-- 26
Pintos-- 26
KoreanSeagull-- 25
MTSEAGULLS-- 25
Mellotron-- 25
Live by the sea 25
Couburn86-- 23
dingodan-- 23
albion534-- 22
Stat Brother-- 22
jackalbion-- 21
Reinelt12-- 21
DarrenFreemansPerm-- 21
MikeySmall-- 20
CaptainDaveUK-- 19
Peter Grummit-- 19
Skaville-- 19
indy3050-- 17
ZAMORA-- 13
Dutch-- 13
Jonss-dog-- 13
Crookie-- 13
FamilyGuy-- 13
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT-- 13
Danny Wilson Said-- 12
07:18-- 12
Seasider78-- 12
BadFish-- 12
BHAFC132 12
Sparkie-- 12
SockMonster-- 12
Hu_Camus-- 11
Change at Barnham-- 11
PersianNYer15-- 11
jessiejames-- 11
BrianWade4-- 11
bazbha-- 11
Behind Enemy Lines-- 10
dale jasper football guru-- 10
SeagullofMalaysia-- 10
OneLove-- 10
the-- 9
spicy-- 9
ShandyH-- 9
perseus-- 9
Rugrat-- 9
Brighthelmstone-- 9
Albion in the north-- 8
Hamilton-- 8
driller-- 8
Palacefinder General-- 4
oldboyroy-- 3
How to play:
As per usual, you just need to select Potter’s starting 11 alongside his starting formation.
1 point - Correctly selected player
3 points - Correctly selected defensive formation
11 points - Bonus if you correctly select the whole team and formation.
25 points is your top score, just like in F1.
Competition closes just before the official team release (1hr before K.O.).
It's easy!
So . . . . . .
This is going to be a tough selection! You've got Connolly, Andone & Webster coming back . . . but when? Moder and Tross look unstoppable. The experience and guile of Lallana, Gross and Welbeck that has seen us do so well in the last tow games will surely mean they have a great chance. Check out Potter's press conference (tomorrow I think?) and you might get some clues.
Zeqiri impressed against England, when will his time come?
Are Alzate, Propper and Mac Allister are all second choice now?
How close are Izzy & Andone to a starting?
What do YOU think he'll do?
Have you got what it takes to Predict Potter's Picks?
Get picking!
Once again, no one picked Potter's selection, but may got within one player. That player was usually Polish hero Moder who is doing his very best to make sure that Potter picks him again and again and again.
Notes On Formations
Handing out points for formations has been very tough. Not only in the Newcastle fixture but all the way through the season. Potter picks very fluid teams and regualry plays players out of their traditional positions as he tries to to keep one step (or many hundreds with Brucey) ahead of his opposition. I was probably setting myself an impossible task to identify his formations exactly so quite a feew months ago, I simplified my criteria to just looking at the defensive line in terms of is it 3, 4 or 5, apologies to those who have found this a little ambigous; it's just too hard to pick the exact starting formation sometimes. Even this method was tested against the magpies as Potter plucked some sort of 1920's WM formation. Below is the heat map from the game, I don't think anyone picked it but what I can say was that there was no traditional wing-backs or centre forwards and only one centre back (flanked by two full backs). There for I'm going with a back 3, Potter set-up for a deep lying Newcastle and Moder & Gross very rarely found themselves defending as Biss and Lallana orchestrated the demolition from deep lying central positions. In addition, as [MENTION=28490]Machiavelli[/MENTION] pointed out, the formation was asymmetrical with Moder fairley central, Gross wider, Welbeck an out and out winger and Maupay as an old fashioned inside forward.
Well done to NEASTGULL who takes their lead up to 10 but it's still open and a few max score could see a big rise up the table.
NEASTGULL-- 384
Origigull-- 374
Swanny-- 353
Mashman156-- 353
Iford Albion-- 352
mjking73-- 339
Gary Nelson’s Left Foot-- 329
Tom Hark, Preston Park-- 328
Lizard-- 328
Guinness Boy-- 319
WASH-- 317
Don Tmatter-- 317
super-seagulls-- 304
basque seagull-- 302
mwrpoole-- 302
Hugo Rune-- 297
Nicky Rust Fan Club-- 290
albionfan37-- 290
martin tyler-- 285
um bongo molongo-- 276
Birdie Boy-- 274
Hampster Gull-- 272
Lincolnshire Seagull-- 263
Blue3-- 262
Trelford Mills Guide Dog-- 258
Taybha-- 256
HalfaSeatOn-- 255
FindonFan-- 252
portslade seagull-- 252
Albionalbino-- 244
One Teddy Maybank-- 243
FF1-- 235
maltaseagull-- 232
Crouch End Seagull-- 229
zefarelly-- 225
amexer-- 218
dazzer6666-- 214
Frankie-- 214
Harry Wilson’s Tackle-- 209
A1X-- 195
Super Steve Earle-- 189
Withdean11-- 189
The Fits-- 188
Berty23-- 180
Couldn't Be Hyypia-- 178
Farehamseagull-- 177
JonnyCLately-- 176
Machiavelli-- 172
Not Andy Naylor-- 163
RM-Taylor-- 158
BatterSeagull-- 157
FannieMac-- 157
Uh_huh_him-- 130
Waynflete-- 129
Silverhatch-- 128
Plooks-- 121
Lethargic-- 109
PHCgull-- 101
Dadams2k11-- 99
DJ NOBO-- 92
WhingForPresident-- 89
ac gull-- 89
Badger Boy-- 84
RandyWanger-- 79
GooGull-- 75
London Black Cab-- 75
Stumpy Tim-- 74
Luke93-- 72
raymondo-- 71
Milano-- 67
DanR-- 65
Bob!-- 62
Lawros Left Foot-- 59
Vagabond-- 57
HantsSeagull-- 56
giveusfalmerplease-- 54
elwheelio-- 49
Eric Youngs Contact Lense-- 48
R Slicker-- 45
Peterward-- 44
junior-- 42
Psychobilly freakout-- 37
Coldean Seagull-- 36
Barham’s tash-- 36
The Albionite-- 36
Butch Willykins-- 34
Tim Over Whelmed-- 34
Mackenzie-- 34
Midnight-Rendezvous-- 33
Jeremiah-- 33
HCxUK 32
Scooter1-- 30
TottonSeagull-- 27
Sweaty Mexican-- 26
Sid in the Sharknado-- 26
SimpKingpin-- 26
Pintos-- 26
KoreanSeagull-- 25
MTSEAGULLS-- 25
Mellotron-- 25
Live by the sea 25
Couburn86-- 23
dingodan-- 23
albion534-- 22
Stat Brother-- 22
jackalbion-- 21
Reinelt12-- 21
DarrenFreemansPerm-- 21
MikeySmall-- 20
CaptainDaveUK-- 19
Peter Grummit-- 19
Skaville-- 19
indy3050-- 17
ZAMORA-- 13
Dutch-- 13
Jonss-dog-- 13
Crookie-- 13
FamilyGuy-- 13
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT-- 13
Danny Wilson Said-- 12
07:18-- 12
Seasider78-- 12
BadFish-- 12
BHAFC132 12
Sparkie-- 12
SockMonster-- 12
Hu_Camus-- 11
Change at Barnham-- 11
PersianNYer15-- 11
jessiejames-- 11
BrianWade4-- 11
bazbha-- 11
Behind Enemy Lines-- 10
dale jasper football guru-- 10
SeagullofMalaysia-- 10
OneLove-- 10
the-- 9
spicy-- 9
ShandyH-- 9
perseus-- 9
Rugrat-- 9
Brighthelmstone-- 9
Albion in the north-- 8
Hamilton-- 8
driller-- 8
Palacefinder General-- 4
oldboyroy-- 3
How to play:
As per usual, you just need to select Potter’s starting 11 alongside his starting formation.
1 point - Correctly selected player
3 points - Correctly selected defensive formation
11 points - Bonus if you correctly select the whole team and formation.
25 points is your top score, just like in F1.
Competition closes just before the official team release (1hr before K.O.).
It's easy!
So . . . . . .
This is going to be a tough selection! You've got Connolly, Andone & Webster coming back . . . but when? Moder and Tross look unstoppable. The experience and guile of Lallana, Gross and Welbeck that has seen us do so well in the last tow games will surely mean they have a great chance. Check out Potter's press conference (tomorrow I think?) and you might get some clues.
Zeqiri impressed against England, when will his time come?
Are Alzate, Propper and Mac Allister are all second choice now?
How close are Izzy & Andone to a starting?
What do YOU think he'll do?
Have you got what it takes to Predict Potter's Picks?
Get picking!
