March should have started to cover Gross. Don’t get wee Billy not starting either and to leave it until we were 3-0 down just seemed ridiculous to me before making any changes. Bad day at the office for RDZ he’s deflecting talking about mentality he made a blunder pure and simple.
Maybe Billy doesn’t have 2 tough games in 4 days in him yet
He got subbed against Manure anyhow after a good discussion last night are we really ready for Thursday/Sunday football we aren’t coping very well as it is. We either need a far bigger squad of quality players which ramps the wage bill or really work on the fitness levels over the summer.
It's easy in hindsight isn't it. Ultimately, the match was totally changed after 34 seconds when they scored on the break. If that hadn't happened, we'd have been able to control the game we usually would and they wouldn't have had something to defend. As it goes, they had a headstart and were able to play their anti-football with something to defend and they had enough quality on the counter attack to take advantage. The reality is, the game got away from us but that starting 11 could have been good enough to comfortably win the game, but it went the other way. That can happen, we'll move on.
Maybe March's hamstring was flagged by the physios as a potential problem over 90 minutes, hence starting on the bench?
Maybe, but perhaps really only works if you are already 2-0 up
I watched the Leicester v Everton game and Dwight McNeil to be fair was their only real threat rampaging down the wing in my mind Gross had no chance against him. I get it happens we will lose games yet the line up really played into their hands. Typically being Brighton we may go and beat Arsenal who knows.
It's certainly not "the end of De Zerbi Ball". There are a lot more ball playing / attacking / pressing teams in the Premier League this season and our style suits all those teams. Burnley under Kompany won't be bus parkers either.
That’s what I’ve seen almost every game Webster Dunk or Colwil walking with the ball sometimes even putting their foot on it.
We have adapted our build up in many games this season. One solution has been the inverted fullback on either side to overload the midfield. Another is going direct to the wings. Unfortunately we were hit hard and fast yesterday and it made it very difficult to find solutions against a physical, tall team sitting deep. We will learn from this and injuries aside we will be fine.
Did we use Caicedo at RB? - I thought it was Gross. Radio Sussex seemed to think so anyway. I Thought (after were 2-0 down) we could have changed to brinh in Colwill at CB alongside Dunk and moved Webster to RB (as many have suggested) or - IMHO - bring on Van Hecke, who is fresh, full of energy, bursting for his opportunity to get into the team and make a point (see under 'Gilmour') and has played RB before.
McNeil is excellent on occasion (usually the occasion of playing against Brighton) but can also go missing or punt every pass/cross into the stand. What really played into their hands was conceeding in the first minute. Chasing a game against a Dyche team is the biggest disaster in football, we were very naive and got a spanking but we'll learn from it and bounce back. I think Arsenal will be very wary of playing against us.
When Webby first joined us, his ability to stride forward with the ball was his best asset.
Decent summary. Adding to this, when March came on he stayed out wide which gave an option to spread play either way. Buonanotte kept drifting inside to the same spaces Gross was also filling. That might have been because nobody seemed to want to pass to him but even so, it meant we didn't have our usual balance on the wings.
And we may never know...
