[Football] Marc Cucurella

[Super Steve Earle]

No sympathy from me. Had a stressful week (of my own making) and shouted boo loudly at every opportunity. The most energised I've been in ages. Line 'em up. Harding Pritchard and now Cucu. We, the fans, need to make the Amex a hostile place to visit every time.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Looked like he was crying when he took his place on the bench (I did have a fleeting modicum of sympathy for him at that point)

Tough

 

[Mackenzie]

Tough

Yep.

 

[timbha]

No sympathy from me. Had a stressful week (of my own making) and shouted boo loudly at every opportunity. The most energised I've been in ages. Line 'em up. Harding Pritchard and now Cucu. We, the fans, need to make the Amex a hostile place to visit every time.

What seems to have gone under the radar is that Bruno didn’t get any abuse - which is nice.

You earn respect, often through loyalty, decency and honesty (Cucu pls note) and has little to do with ability and money.

 

[dazzer6666]

Looked like he was crying when he took his place on the bench (I did have a fleeting modicum of sympathy for him at that point)

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Wonder if he’s actually said to Potter now,

“Ey Gaffa I speak no English, put me on the bench”

 

[Seasider78]

What seems to have gone under the radar is that Bruno didn’t get any abuse - which is nice.

You earn respect, often through loyalty, decency and honesty (Cucu pls note) and has little to do with ability and money.

Bruno was booed off the pitch at the end

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Bruno was booed off the pitch at the end

He was ...

 

[Dancin Ninja BHA]

Was a bit sad to see how much Cucu has regressed (well, not that sad but some of you might know what I mean!)

Where was the player we had? He was pants yesterday, whereas last year he was nothing but sheer quality

Oh well, he should have stayed but became too 'bigtime' in his mind and the club were too small for him in his opinion. Dick

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Towards the end of the first half - after yet another rotating by Solly - he snapped and finally responded to the taunting from West Stand Lower. He looked hurt, bemused and annoyed. And the fans loved it. We got in his head and helped our team today.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Makes the £63 million look like the biggest steal since Bruce Reynolds and co stopped the train.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Don’t know about anyone else but I’m slightly confirmed we won’t see much of the add on money

 

[timbha]

Bruno was booed off the pitch at the end

Oh, I didn’t hear that.

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

Cuca gets loads of bad press from the media especially the commentary team. Seems like a square peg in a round hole with their formation. Maybe he's another Maupay who's on top of the world when playing well and getting rave reviews but when he suffers a little turn of form and it compounds. He has been sacrificed multiple times now in games from what I hear and I do wonder, if Potter wasn't his boss if he would have been dropped for a bit.

 

[Springal]

Cuca gets loads of bad press from the media especially the commentary team. Seems like a square peg in a round hole with their formation. Maybe he's another Maupay who's on top of the world when playing well and getting rave reviews but when he suffers a little turn of form and it compounds. He has been sacrificed multiple times now in games from what I hear and I do wonder, if Potter wasn't his boss if he would have been dropped for a bit.

It’s simple really. He’s not an LCB. He’s a LB / LWB. So why Potter persistently is trying to play him as a LCB and subbing him at 35 / 45 / 55 mins is a bit baffling. I suspect that experiment will now stop and he’ll be fighting for a place with Chilwell.

But also I think Chelsea do have a bit of a CB shortage at the moment any way , but I don’t care enough to research that properly

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Was a bit sad to see how much Cucu has regressed (well, not that sad but some of you might know what I mean!)

Where was the player we had? He was pants yesterday, whereas last year he was nothing but sheer quality

Oh well, he should have stayed but became too 'bigtime' in his mind and the club were too small for him in his opinion. Dick

Yep. Also, where was the manager we had? I can't remember a Potter Brighton side get outplayed like that for so long

 

[zefarelly]

Cucurella played well last season . . . I don't give a monkeys if he's had the shits recently , Solly owned him today. And we all did our bit to make sure he knewexactly what we think of merceneary tosspots.

Solly March is a better PL player anyway.

 

[Icy Gull]

Yep. Also, where was the manager we had? I can't remember a Potter Brighton side get outplayed like that for so long

As someone commented after the game, he was giving instructions from the touchline and players were ignoring him, if so, he’s in trouble

 

[timbha]

It’s simple really. He’s not an LCB. He’s a LB / LWB. So why Potter persistently is trying to play him as a LCB and subbing him at 35 / 45 / 55 mins is a bit baffling. I suspect that experiment will now stop and he’ll be fighting for a place with Chilwell.

But also I think Chelsea do have a bit of a CB shortage at the moment any way , but I don’t care enough to research that properly

Yep. Also, where was the manager we had? I can't remember a Potter Brighton side get outplayed like that for so long

And so disorganised and outplayed from the first minute. Yes it happened to us but Potter was able to stem the tide by some quick tactical changes that the players accepted and got on with.
Strikes me that he’ll have a problem with the egos of Sterling, Mount, and others who play when and how they like. It’ll be interesting to see if Chelsea support Potter or force him to stick with the egos. A big test for his emotional intelligence skills!

 

[zefarelly]

As someone commented after the game, he was giving instructions from the touchline and players were ignoring him, if so, he’s in trouble

This was and remains the big question about climbing the ladder to Prima Donna levels. Can you deal with the ego's.