[Albion] Potter critics: where do you think we should be in the league?

[Insel affe]

WBA didn't need a crowd for this last night they had effing and blinding Slaven Bilic !!

Yep, and if there was a crowd, the players would not have heard him.

Oh hang on, if it was around 82mins they probably would have

In all seriousness, him shouting would have hardly been heard by players on the pitch, the crowd would have stayed and could have urged us on, or them, but they do make a difference.

 

[Stat Brother]

There's the distinct possibility GPott just isn't:-


Lucky!

Granted that's not the most earth shattering analysis, but it does fit.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

In and around Stains and CP, in mid table.

We’ve had 7 transfer windows now, the (fair) rookies excuse long since irrelevant.

We lack a defence who can churn out clean sheets, have awful game management and aren’t street wise.

This.

I also think we need to face a few facts.

Brighton is not a football town. It is too middle class and lacks the grit thaw spawns the likes of the local hero, like Backham at Man United.

We need to recognise and accept our place. We aren't Leeds and we should think ourselves lucky to be even in the second tier.

There is no history or tradition at Brighton, so we have no standards to maintain.

Potter is just a yes man, doing Barber's bidding.

And we need to remember that one game defines not only a season, but classified the DNA of a club. We are congenitally shite and there is no hope.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

What is all the fuss about, I don't get, where just where do people think we should be top 10 ? well is that actually success in this league ?
Nope, we will forever struggle in this league, we will never be safe, that is a fact for not just us all the teams other than Liverpool, Man Utd & City, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton and now maybe Leicester are just a few defeats away from each other none of them will ever win the league. besides those 8 teams the rest of us are also rans, we make up the numbers, to be honest we will never challenge those teams, sure we might get the odd victory over one of them, or a team like us may get to and win a cup final, but that is it. So would we be happy if we hit that top 10 position year on year ? No of course not, people will moan, it is what we do, it is what all fans do...

Potter is doing a great job, we are still in transition and bringing in players like Lallana and Welbeck raises our profile not just for fans, but also other players who may think, we are progressing which we are and be tempted to join our club. It is a slow trudged affair and we will have many ups and downs, but it has to be done this way because we don't have a rich oligarch or Arabian prince throwing money at us.

Take also into account these are strange times, we know how covid has affected us all over this year causing anxiety and in some cases a loss to friends and family.
These players are still being made to travel, and play they could also be playing through issues which we can relate to, but because they are well paid we actually think it should not count for them, they should just get on with it, like many of us do. I don't know about you, but I occasionally watch the news and read about a second wave coming and think to myself I don't want to go to work if I had a choice, but I don't I need the money, so do they.

The fact there are no crowds is a massive factor on results this year, it is clear to see after a goal comes is conceded, there is not the roar of the crowed to wake them up, push them forward, galvanise extra energy or warn them of an incoming tackle from behind, all these factors should be taken into account, yes it is the same for all teams and look Leeds, or look at Villa stomping all over Liverpool, why can't we do that ? well try and think both side, instead of how well Villa did, yes give the credit, but wow whats going on Liverpool let in 7 yes 7... This is not a normal season, these are not normal times...

Give Potter some slack, give the players some slack, we cannot influence the team from the stands and encourage the players when we feel they need a lift, hearing their name chanted around the stadium, all they have left really is reading the media and depressing threads like this on NSC and other message boards.

That is just my humble opinion.

#BrightongloryhunterNOT

Spot on. Some of the numpties on NSC are an embarrassment to themselves and their families. If I were the missus of some of them, I'd be at the bottom of the garden now, digging a great big hole in which to throw them, so they don't waste any more of my food.

 

[Insel affe]

Brighton is not a football town. It is too middle class and lacks the grit thaw spawns the likes of the local hero

Dunk

 

[Bold Seagull]

Spot on. Some of the numpties on NSC are an embarrassment to themselves and their families. If I were the missus of some of them, I'd be at the bottom of the garden now, digging a great big hole in which to throw them, so they don't waste any more of my food.

 

[Bozza]

There's the distinct possibility GPott just isn't:-


Lucky!

Granted that's not the most earth shattering analysis, but it does fit.

Oh, I agree absolutely.

The Manchester United game was a perfect example of that, at both ends of the pitch, unfortunately.

And I certainly can't blame him when, in that game, Leando Trossard and Solly March spurn such great chances and, since then, Neal Maupay does the same.

Everything about most games suggest he has set his team up well to do the job required, but at those crucial game-changing moments in front of goal we manage to get it wrong.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Dunk

Irony?

 

[GT49er]

I suspect the poster you are quoting was referring to salary budget.

And that above is net spend, which is hugely misleading. Ie Liverpool “only” spent 100 odd million, because they made huge huge sales selling world class players like Suarez and Coutinho.

Beat me to it! Liverpool £107M? - they spent more than that on Allison and VVD!

 

[keaton]

There's the distinct possibility GPott just isn't:-


Lucky!

Granted that's not the most earth shattering analysis, but it does fit.

To a certain extent yes. But then it's it unlucky we give the ball away near our own goal a lot or do we invite the pressure? Is he encouraging players to take extra touches at the other end rather than shoot earlier and possibly be more 'lucky'?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Player spend over last 5 years:

1. Man City – £601.98m
2. Man Utd – £484.88m
3. Arsenal – £267.88m
4. Everton – £225.42m
5. Brighton – £214.86m
6. Wolves – £205.22m
7. West Ham – £187.49m
8. Bournemouth – £176.95m
9. Aston Villa – £166.65m
10. Watford – £125.69m
11. Leicester City – £124.83m
12. Newcastle – £122.91m
13. Chelsea – £115.57m
14. Liverpool – £107.58m
15. Tottenham – £106.62m
16. Crystal Palace – £75.69m
17. Burnley – £59.4m
18. Sheffield United – £56.71m
19. Southampton – £22.32m
20. Norwich City – £25.42m profit

And you know why? We don’t sell anyone.

If we let Dunk and White go this year we could have had £75 mill in the kitty perhaps? Keep Duffy and we still have a solid back four. And money to spend on a striker..........

 

[LamieRobertson]

And you know why? We don’t sell anyone.

If we let Dunk and White go this year we could have had £75 mill in the kitty perhaps? Keep Duffy and we still have a solid back four. And money to spend on a striker..........

You could add that transfer fees are only part of the story .....salaries should be added .

 

[doogie004]

Better first 11, better bench options, younger squad that can only improve and better youngsters in the U23’s, 19’s, etc.

Oh, and the best football Brighton have ever played at the highest level of the English pyramid.

Apart from that though, not much...

Best football didn’t watch the seconds half then . On the pitch no change bottom 5/6


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[wellquickwoody]

You could add that transfer fees are only part of the story .....salaries should be added .

You are certainly right to consider all the angles. But what has been our failing for all of our time in the Prem, and arguably the last two years in the Championship? Our inability to score goals.

We have been excellent at the back which has perhaps covered our failings up front. If we draw every game in the Prem we risk going down (38 points). Winning games means scoring goals, let us hope Welbeck works out.

 

[doogie004]

Lol

I can think of 200,000,000 reasons why this post is ridiculous.

Perhaps you would like to put your hand in your pocket to pay for a better striker?

EDIT: Please god, tell me I have just been wooshed!!!

Only Burnley spent less
Relegation will cost a lot more


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[BadFish]

Only Burnley spent less
Relegation will cost a lot more


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Better get your cheque book out then.

 

[wellquickwoody]

You could add that transfer fees are only part of the story .....salaries should be added .

You are certainly right to consider all the angles. But what has been our failing for all of our time in the Prem, and arguably the last two years in the Championship? Our inability to score goals.

We have been excellent at the back which has perhaps covered our failings up front. If we draw every game in the Prem we risk going down (38 points). Winning games means scoring goals, let us hope Welbeck works out.

 

[zefarelly]

we have the players we need to survive comfortably, last night was not about the quality of the players, wages or transfers, it was a woeful second half performance compounded by (IMO) poor management. We have had poor luck in a few games, luck dodn't come into it last night, we just had a bad day. Whats eternaly frustrating for teams like these is it happens too often and GP doesn't admit it, publicly, so we all get frothy as we think we're going backwards.

 

[Hamilton]

Player spend over last 5 years:

1. Man City – £601.98m
2. Man Utd – £484.88m
3. Arsenal – £267.88m
4. Everton – £225.42m
5. Brighton – £214.86m
6. Wolves – £205.22m
7. West Ham – £187.49m
8. Bournemouth – £176.95m
9. Aston Villa – £166.65m
10. Watford – £125.69m
11. Leicester City – £124.83m
12. Newcastle – £122.91m
13. Chelsea – £115.57m
14. Liverpool – £107.58m
15. Tottenham – £106.62m
16. Crystal Palace – £75.69m
17. Burnley – £59.4m
18. Sheffield United – £56.71m
19. Southampton – £22.32m
20. Norwich City – £25.42m profit

Ouch!

More details here...

https://www.transferleague.co.uk/br...ball-teams/brighton-and-hove-albion-transfers

 

[Weststander]

Ouch!

More details here...

https://www.transferleague.co.uk/br...ball-teams/brighton-and-hove-albion-transfers

Spending £22.5m on Mateju stands out as a colossal blunder.