[Albion] Watford vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[brightn'ove]

Precisely. The amount of fans who will excuse this result as early season, away from home, new players need time to settle down etc blah blah. This is the ****ing PL you idiots. You have to come racing out the blocks every week. Not limping. It’s now odds on we’ll not get a point in August and quite possibly Sept playing like this. Stupid twats. I hate those fans who excuse time and again shit performances like this against likes of Watford, West Brom last season etc. Wake up. It’s not bedwetting. It’s rightful concern. These are games we cannot afford to lose whether August or April.

You’ve lost your head mate. Have a rest.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Murray looks like he has lead boots on.

He was comically slow running forward with the ball a minute ago.

 

[Gully Forever]

Not very happy with CH today!.

 

[Acker79]

As far as the opening match goes, losing it is the worst possible outcome... or is my understanding of football in the UK wrong? Terrible performance, terrible result (thus far) = terrible start to the season.

Simple.

Yeah. In the UK football is played in seasons, we are split into divisions and play the teams in our division twice, and then at the end of the season the table is ordered based on all of the results over the season. So, losing one game in and of itself isn't the worst possible thing that can happen. It's the impact that match has on the whole season. For instance losing a match is bad, because it's a missed opportunity to earn the points that are totalled at the end of the season to dictate your position. But getting multiple injuries and red cards are worse because it impacts on more games, it weakens the team going into the next run of games leading to increased chances of losing those later games. Losing a match by a couple of goals isn't uncommon and players can get over that. Losing a game by 4, 5, 9 goals can have a devastating impact on the players confidence, again, impacting on approaches to following games.

 

[Weststander]

Murray looks like he has lead boots on.

He's 35 next month, playing as a VERY lone striker, in the most pacey division in world football.

It it any wonder?

 

[del strangefish]

Bissouma MOM

 

[portlock seagull]

You wont get slated for it any more because they may never appear - the most impressive bench in the PL perhaps but there they may stay !

That was part of my reasoning. Very hard to score if Chris never lets them play because of ‘the system’, can’t understand why so many fans can’t see that when likes of you and I can?

 

[Wellesley]

Are those the only options? Whinging as if we've been relegated two division before we've even finished the first match of a season, or jumping for joy with positivity?

No room for perspective? No room for being disappointed while understanding there's another 37 games to go and over the course of a 38 game season there are going to be bad performances? No room for 'yeah it's bad, but maybe it'll act as a wake up call to a team that might be assuming it's going to be easier than last season'.

It the match day thread, we're commenting on this one match and the performance thus far is f*cking atrocious.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Come on Albion, let's get a consolidation goal at least to give us some confidence ahead of the next couple of games.

 

[Jackthelad]

FFS!!!

 

[Hendrax]

Bong really struggles at defending anything that is 1ft above ground level.

 

[Kosh]

Yeah. In the UK football is played in seasons, we are split into divisions and play the teams in our division twice, and then at the end of the season the table is ordered based on all of the results over the season. So, losing one game in and of itself isn't the worst possible thing that can happen. It's the impact that match has on the whole season. For instance losing a match is bad, because it's a missed opportunity to earn the points that are totalled at the end of the season to dictate your position. But getting multiple injuries and red cards are worse because it impacts on more games, it weakens the team going into the next run of games leading to increased chances of losing those later games. Losing a match by a couple of goals isn't uncommon and players can get over that. Losing a game by 4, 5, 9 goals can have a devastating impact on the players confidence, again, impacting on approaches to following games.

Blimey.

 

[Geestar]

I’m listening. I agree that our pre season could have been a little more competitive, but we stayed up last season, an accomplishment. The new players are obviously not ready otherwise the manager would be playing them.
If we haven’t got a point after five games fair enough, but first game of the season? Come on give them a break.

Every match/point matters....first or last game.

We know that.

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[ferring seagull]

Bissouma, is very promising and shows exactly what's been missing.

We recognised that against Birmingham in pre season - pity that CH didn't !

 

[Pavilionaire]

We're not bottom - Hudds 3-0 down lol!

 

[Ernest]

At least Huddersfield are getting stuffed so we are not bottom

 

[Weststander]

I swore I would never watch live streams when we are away because we are so dull. I cracked and now it’s sinking in how utter dire we are most of the time. Our midfield is so weak and slow and if March is the answer then please tell me what the question is.

Good post.

It's worse for the poor suckers who spend fortunes travelling away in the PL to watch Albion lose limply every time.

 

[Triggaaar]

We're not bottom - Hudds 3-0 down lol!

Give it time.

 

[the right footed denilson]

We recognised that against Birmingham in pre season - pity that CH didn't !

It was obvious the moment he got on the pitch he is an absolute cut above any other midfielder at the club. He has to start. CH needs to earn his salt and work out how to fit him in. (something that should have been in pre-season)

 

[Gully Forever]

Murray missed every chance in pre-season, no surprise he couldn't even get his head on the only half decent cross into the box today!.