[Albion] Mr.Angry In The Crowd

[Blue Valkyrie]

Fan reactions are always way worse when we lose after 'expecting to win'.

This season we have as evidence the Sheff Utd and Bournemouth games. Meltdowns.

On the ( double-edged ) bright side we are now not in a situation were we can 'expect to win' any of the remaining games. Every win is a bonus.

The Watford game is realistically a *must win* but we can't in honesty 'expect to win' it.

 

[Stat Brother]

Fan reactions are always way worse when we lose after 'expecting to win'.

This season we have as evidence the Sheff Utd and Bournemouth games. Meltdowns.

On the ( double-edged ) bright side we are now not in a situation were we can 'expect to win' any of the remaining games.

The Watford game is realistically a *must win* but we can't in honesty 'expect to win' it.

If only us fans evened it out by responding way more positively when we are winning.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

If you are the DKM I used to know then 'terrible abuse' would have been something along the lines of "Get a hold of yourself Maybank, you dreadful chap!"

a tad strong .......

 

[Brovion]

All this shouting, effing and jeffing at the players, all because we are not doing well at the moment.
Pales into insignificance, compared to the Albions near extinction at Hereford a while ago.
FFS grow up

Yes, agreed, and getting relegated from the PL would not NEARLY be the worst thing that's ever happened to Brighton and Hove Albion FC.

However we can't go on using 1997 and Hereford as the point of reference for absolutely everything.

 

[The Clamp]

We will never be a team that stays for long in the PL. As galling as it is to witness it’s a good idea to get used to the idea that we are a championship team and simply don’t make the signings to secure a long term place in the PL.

 

[dazzer6666]

Indeed it was a thing of beauty. One of the best Premier League away performances too under Chris Hughton. I went to twelve away games that season and never saw a win. Bad fan me! I went to Bournemouth on Tuesday night and, again, we didn’t win. From now on I’m going to be a “homey boy”!

It was, but even with that being the case we were still a Knocky header off the line away from losing to a team that were dire and got relegated......kind of why I’m not too stressed about where we are now....but glad I’m away and couldn’t make the game this week

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I then felt bad as the team were playing so poor in the second half and I apologised to him for having a pop saying I was just pissed off myself at the game. He was okay and said he liked the way Potter played but felt the players should be able to do their own things at time, saying Liverpool and Man City would never be so rigged as to not clear there lines sometimes. He said our goal v Villa came by clearing the ball up field.

He's completely wrong - actually embarrassingly so. The break came as a result of Steven Alzate taking a real risk in possession in our half, holding onto the ball in a tight space, in a manner your man is undoubtedly arguing against. Alzate then rolled the ball to Pröpper in another tight space, who had to cleverly lift the ball over the foot of the Villa player who almost closed him down... (then Pröpper fed Maupay, who ran at the Villa defence, and teed up Trossard).

 

[AmexRuislip]

Yes, agreed, and getting relegated from the PL would not NEARLY be the worst thing that's ever happened to Brighton and Hove Albion FC.

However we can't go on using 1997 and Hereford as the point of reference for absolutely everything.

All this shouting, effing and jeffing at the players, all because we are not doing well at the moment.
Pales into insignificance, compared to the Albions bottle cap fiasco a while ago.
FFS grow up

Corrected for you

 

[Taybha]

It's not just us you know

 

[Perry Milkins]

a tad strong .......

Ok, perhaps that was a harsh,

What about "steady on Maybank; put your back into it!"

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Webster is shit though ain't he..

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[Neville's Breakfast]

Mark Walton, probably. Never was a favourite with the fans.

Thank you. Yes, him.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I think the problem with the current 'discontent' is there are a large % of our fanbase that either don't understand or really don't support the changes in our playing style that Potter has introduced.

The pass it out from the back IS trilling (in the widest possible meaning in the word) and does raise the heart rate at times, but it's done for a reason. However, there has been a slow creep towards people getting incandescent with rage as SOON as we try it, even without any cockups. That doesn't help the players settle, and GP has mentioned it already.

My concern is that the Potterball experiment could be ended by the negative reaction to aspects of the playing style, and of course direct abuse of specific players in that system.

The only time I've seen footage of GP angry was at Östersund where the fans had been criticising the players - he was livid. I hope this doesn't happen here.

You are right. We have some remarkably ignorant fans (I hesitate to say stupid) who I can only assume live in a matchday only vacuum of matchday, mates, beer or similar, yell abuse at footballers doing what they are told and paid to do, more beer, go home and tell the missus they had a great day out.