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[Albion] Player Ratings - Watford (A)
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In fairness, when was the last time you saw Albion play away from home as well as that? There do need to be 8s and 9s in there as far as I'm concerned. It was even for 5 minutes and after that we were the better side - comfortably at times. I dont remember Watford having 3 decent chances, never mind scoring. Their best chance came from a preventable March mistake.
If we play consistently at that level, we will finish somewhere between 7th and 13th, and will not be featuring anywhere near the relegation shake up.
Not sure if this link will work but someone filmed it.....
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hampshirebrightonboy
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- Sep 3, 2011
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Chant of the day was definitely “we’re gonna win the league”
I liked the ‘We’re taking the p1ss’ chant. Also ‘We’re ****ing brilliant ‘ have not heard that for a long time.
I really don’t know about that. We’ve gone from the completely predictable selections of CH to the polar opposite now....I can see GPott changing things regularly. Predicting the starting line up just became a lot harder.
I see Mooy as more competing with Stephens and Propper (difficult to drop either on yesterday’s showing though) not Gross, but Trossard with Gross, then two from Murray, Locadia, Andone and Maupay perhaps.
Quite how we get a new £20m CB into the lineup I don’t know.......of the three yesterday Duffy is probably the most vulnerable because his distribution isn’t the best, but he is such a colossus in the air we’d miss him.
Oh, and Bernardo.......most likely competing with Solly I guess.
Strength in depth now is fantastic - the above doesn’t even consider Bissouma, Bong, Bernardo.......and the youngsters.
Yes our squad looks really good.
From everyone being worried in the Summer, the actual recruitment seems very good.
We still have AJ and Izquierdo, though perhaps the former will go out on loan.
Oh and Balogun!
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Everybody an 8 except for Dunk and Burn who I give a 9 to (Burn just edging man of the match) and a 7 to Solly. The lower mark is that I felt he was not as dynamic pushing forward as Montoya was on the other side. There were a few occasions when he had the ball out wide and held back (the opposite of what he did away at Arsenal last season albeit having a more forward role that day). Hopefully, as he learns the new role he'll be more comfortable in charging forward but I think Bernardo will be equally as good.
So if you give 9's for individual performances where to from that? 9's on this game mean we will always be a bottom 8 team, constantly eyeing the relegation zone. I gave a 10/10 for embracing a new style, but I have a serious belief that there is way more improvement to come.
- Apr 13, 2015
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Agreed re Gross... it's great to have the depth, a test indeed for the management team juggling the various permutations.
I was happy with the squad before yesterday's game, and it looks like we have enough strength to compete with all bar the top 6 or 8 maybe.... happy days
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SeagullDubai
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- May 13, 2016
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It's all about opinions init. I thought March had a better game than Murray and Gross. He goofed up but so did Dunk, Stephens and Duffy by giving away free kicks in dangerous areas. Don't understand why he is getting so much stick. Anyway 3 points in the bag. Cant wait till Saturday.
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mreprice
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You were right. He was terrible.
Nixonator
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I'm not sure we can say any of our players yesterday were 'terrible'.
I thought both wing backs played well besides one glaring error from Solly.
My only concern (other than obvious teething problems with a new system) was Duffy's ability to hand them back possession repeatedly.
He'll adjust though.
Brightonfan1983
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Very impressed by Maupay's goal. Not since George Parris has a Brighton player ever scored a one on one with the keeper as confidently.
Megazone
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Murray scored one almost identical to yesterdays in his first season with us. It was at Withdean, can't remember who it was against but it may have been his 2nd home match for us. We were facing the east end, he went around the keeper, onto his left foot, slightly tight angle and calmly and instinctively tucked it in.
Brightonfan1983
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Oh. Yes. Oldham. (Looked it up.) I was there too!
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I think Maty Ryan's contribution has gone under the radar a bit. Did really well with the ball at his feet to take the pressure off and help us play out from the back.
March did well but loses a point from me for that cock up which really should have cost us a goal. Hopefully he will learn from that, I'm sure it will come with time as he gets used to playing defensively without a full-back behind him.
The double sub was a masterstroke which Potter deserves full credit for, and the movement of Andone and composure of Maupay for their goals were fantastic to see.
Montoya looked back to his best as well, superb first half and was instrumental in the crucial second goal.
The back three were just monstrous, I don't need to bang on about how good they were. I liked the way there was always one of them pushing into the midfield to win the ball back which prevented Watford getting any time or space to create chances. Duffy will need a bit of time to work on his distribution.
Stephens bossed the middle and should take a lot of credit for the first goal, and Pröpper had a good game, capped off with the assist for the second. Groß had his best game for ages, drifted in and out as he does but finally looked like the Groß of two seasons ago again.
Locadia did pretty well but always seems to cancel out his good touches and movement with a crap second touch or pass.
Ryan 7
Montoya 8
Burn 8
Dunk 9
Duffy 7
March 6
Stephens 8
Pröpper 8
Groß 7
Locadia 6
Murray 6
March did well but loses a point from me for that cock up which really should have cost us a goal. Hopefully he will learn from that, I'm sure it will come with time as he gets used to playing defensively without a full-back behind him.
The double sub was a masterstroke which Potter deserves full credit for, and the movement of Andone and composure of Maupay for their goals were fantastic to see.
Montoya looked back to his best as well, superb first half and was instrumental in the crucial second goal.
The back three were just monstrous, I don't need to bang on about how good they were. I liked the way there was always one of them pushing into the midfield to win the ball back which prevented Watford getting any time or space to create chances. Duffy will need a bit of time to work on his distribution.
Stephens bossed the middle and should take a lot of credit for the first goal, and Pröpper had a good game, capped off with the assist for the second. Groß had his best game for ages, drifted in and out as he does but finally looked like the Groß of two seasons ago again.
Locadia did pretty well but always seems to cancel out his good touches and movement with a crap second touch or pass.
Ryan 7
Montoya 8
Burn 8
Dunk 9
Duffy 7
March 6
Stephens 8
Pröpper 8
Groß 7
Locadia 6
Murray 6
Great point re the CBs - allowed Dale and Davy to press further up the pitch, eliminating the overrunning in midfield we saw last season.
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Good summary thanks.
Do you think Murray is likely to become our "off the bench" option as the season settles down or do you think he'll keep starting? I know he finishes brilliantly, but does the lack of pace negate some of the gaps created by the speedy passing?
Locadia has had a good press in pre-season. I got the impression he didn't deliver as much yesterday. A blip or is he destined to be a sub too?