[Football] Not good enough

[Iggle Piggle]

Your first four points are clear evidence of why RDZ has struggled. Guardiola or Klopp would have struggled with the squad RDZ was left with.
Our squad has been decimated by injury.

In point five you mention your frustration: "It's his job to get the best out of what we've got".
In what is probably the strongest league in the world that is quite a challenge with only half a squad and many of your best players unavailable for long periods.

RDZ has been honest throughout and I don't think he's ever said anything inaccurate.
We also need to remember that under Premier League rules RDZ has to attend the press conferences. Maybe his error has been to be too open and honest.

I very much hope we can begin next season with RDZ in charge and 2 or 3 new quality additions. (and hang on to Pascal Groß).
Apart from the Big Six/Seven, most clubs would love to be where we currently are.

It really is RDZs job to get the best out of what we've got. It's a self fulfilling prophecy in my view to say "This lot aren't good enough" At the very least it is hardly a vote of confidence for those he is talking about. By all means have the conversations in private but in public? Not for me.

As for honesty, when did that ever help? Alex Ferguson got a bang average Man utd team to win the league by telling average players they were brilliant. They believed it and won the league. Now, I don't expect Europa league next year and all things considered there has been more good than bad this year. Much more in fact, Forest and Athens away was the best week supporting the Albion in years if not ever. All I expect is the manager to toe the line in public. It creates a negativity that really doesn't need to be there.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

If the season started tomorrow then I reckon we would be heading for relegation and a horrible season

Luckily players will come back and hopefully signings but we are bang in trouble in this league as things stand

Are we assuming that, if the season started tomorrow, all our players would have been injured playing in a season that had just been abandoned in April for no reason, would be fit and healthy, or would be injured beforehand Nancy Kerrigan style?

 

[HeaviestTed]

It’s not that we sold the players , it’s the fact that we failed to replace them ,
we have no defensive midfielder in the squad, its Not that it was a surprise that we lost the best midfield duo in the league last season ,
so they had a long time to recruit replacements ,
rather than sign Milner , Dahoud , I would of rather spend the money on JWP from Southampton, would of been a much better buy ,
we also failed to replace Mwepu , who was another strong midfielder,
basically if you get rid of your midfield, and fail to replace them want you think is going to happen?

I don’t think replacing people like that at the prices we are willing to pay is that easy, probably easier said than done

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I don’t think replacing people like that at the prices we are willing to pay is that easy, probably easier said than done

It follows on then, sure as eggs is eggs, that the squad is being weakened in the short to medium term with every sale. The big challenge is how to reverse that trend. I'm not at all sure that we can, sadly

 

[Super Steve Earle]

What a season, but that today was shite and for me marked a sad end to an incredible season. As I really cannot see us getting Europe unless God grants us a miracle. I really hope I look an idiot come May, but my gut says otherwise.

Defensively in midfield we were awful. No one marked their opposite number correctly, we left gaping holes in midfield and in attack we were tactically woeful. Why oh why are we trying to walk it in. So f***ing predictable. Against a good side we would have been pumped. We didn’t even bother to attack our corners and defend much out wide.

Think RDZ really needs to learn alot and show a more flexible approach..we are crying out for a decent CDM as we all know, but that wasn’t good enough for a side supposedly trying to get Europe for a 2nd successive season.

Excited to see what happens in the Sunmer.

It's all very well to start a thread 'not good enough' but did you see our bench? The team is running on fumes with nothing in reserve. I don't see the value in criticism. But I am also excited to see what happens in the summer.

 

[Robinjakarta]

Personally I think that we can do and should do better and be aiming very high. It’s not entitled at all, it’s just wanting to win trophies and compete with the best which we know we can when we all the stars align.

They aligned as much as they have ever done when we had Mac Allister and Caicedo in the same team. It's going to need a lot of aligning to reach those dizzy heights. I too think we should be aiming high and doing better than we are at the moment, but we aren't as good now as we were then, and results will inevitably reflect this.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

We were speaking to some Barrow fans at Hilton Park services yesterday (we crossed the bridge to use the KFC on the northbound side) they were returning from the long trip to Gillingham and mentioned that in mid week they were off to Crawley. Whilst I was in awe of their superb dedication they asked who we were/where we’d been as we had no colours on. When I mentioned the name of two premier league teams (albeit one of them being Burnley!) it sort of killed the conversation. No I wouldn’t give up what we have now but a bit of me does miss the “olden days” now and then.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Liverpool‘s challenged is coming off the rails. Players as talented as that shouldn’t be converted to race horses. Like our team they look absolutely knackered. All the money in the world won’t give them more stamina than is humanly achievable.
This style of football will eventually burn itself out, as it has the players whose talents are being frittered away due to exhaustion. I’d rather see skill than a survival of the fittest.

They’ve just proved that against Palace to be fair.

They look very much like us. No belief, tired, couldn’t finish their dinner.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Racing cars!

Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of fate ticks away, the dance of destiny continues! The marathon goes on, and on, and on! HOW LONG CAN THEY LAST!

Rocky, in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

 

[willalbion]

And that’s the word I think
Sustainable!!I think the RDZ way,although can be awesome,requires an awful lot of thought rather than sometimes just playing with your heart or a more laissez-faire approach.You can see when watching that there needs to be a certain pattern of passing that must happen and if it’s not on then go back and start again.To me the players rarely look relaxed nor does Roberto must be so exhausting and stressful which itself will cause injuries and pains throughout the body
UTA

Yeah, all of them look burnt out to me, add mental and physical fatigue to shite results/performances and it must make them feel more exhausted, more injuries and on and on. We look very keen for the season to end. Gross must be absolutely knackered.

 

[willalbion]

I don’t think replacing people like that at the prices we are willing to pay is that easy, probably easier said than done

Yep, West Ham pay much higher wages than we do.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

Are you suffering from letter malfunction in your posts?

On a serious note, did you go to the Burnley game? I didn’t so I can’t comment on the match but you do seem to be very critical about our performance.

I did, I thought it wasn't good enough and we were obviously not going to win for then reasons I said originally.

Yes, it's when I type on my phone!

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

It's all very well to start a thread 'not good enough' but did you see our bench? The team is running on fumes with nothing in reserve. I don't see the value in criticism. But I am also excited to see what happens in the summer.

Criticism is what makes you realise your weaknesses and where you go wrong. So we just bury our heads in the sand? Agree running on fumes, but it was obvious where we were going wrong and nothing was done to change it. Not good enough.

 

[NorthstandRacoon]

They aligned as much as they have ever done when we had Mac Allister and Caicedo in the same team. It's going to need a lot of aligning to reach those dizzy heights. I too think we should be aiming high and doing better than we are at the moment, but we aren't as good now as we were then, and results will inevitably reflect this.

Good points and agree.

 

[AZ Gull]

Our hench physios and club doctor seem to have disappeared though. Bit of an elephant in the room that one,

Did this include that pair who seemed more interested in bench-pressing than medical affairs?

One of those "hench physios" was, in fact, the club doctor.

 

[Guinness Boy]

One of those "hench physios" was, in fact, the club doctor.

Fair enough. I took the description from multiple Twitter posts about them.

Still not ideal for a doctor to disappear in the middle of our worst ever injury crisis.

 

[Exilegull]

Fair enough. I took the description from multiple Twitter posts about them.

Still not ideal for a doctor to disappear in the middle of our worst ever injury crisis.

Big question is if he left because no one listened to he or if he left because he was not doing a great job. Or some other reason but if he left to pursuit a career in landscape painting we should of heard of it now all quiet instead. I could easily see Roberto in conflicts with the team doctor actually much easier to see than the opposite. But could also see us not being happy with the works of the medics given this injury crisis has been on for a year now. Also when did it happen? Im thkining maybe Pervis walking off after coming on against Ajax could of triggered harsh feelings in some direction

 

[Swegulls]

Big question is if he left because no one listened to he or if he left because he was not doing a great job. Or some other reason but if he left to pursuit a career in landscape painting we should of heard of it now all quiet instead. I could easily see Roberto in conflicts with the team doctor actually much easier to see than the opposite. But could also see us not being happy with the works of the medics given this injury crisis has been on for a year now. Also when did it happen? Im thkining maybe Pervis walking off after coming on against Ajax could of triggered harsh feelings in some direction

Found this from Dec 12th (Daily Mail): "The circumstances behind Brett’s exit have not been confirmed, with the matter viewed as being private. Brighton have advertised for a new first team doctor to join De Zerbi’s staff, but sources have indicated that is not linked to Brett’s exit."

 

[Exilegull]

Found this from Dec 12th (Daily Mail): "The circumstances behind Brett’s exit have not been confirmed, with the matter viewed as being private. Brighton have advertised for a new first team doctor to join De Zerbi’s staff, but sources have indicated that is not linked to Brett’s exit."

I see Hope the lad is ok

 

[Springal]

Adam Brett (head of medicine & performance) was one of the hence to - he left in August. I think the club doctor and a physio also left early in the season.