[Albion] We are where we should be. Where do the Potter haters think we should be in the league?

[vagabond]

I wouldn`t sell Bissouma for all the cider in Dorset , but i would sell White for 50m buy a 40m striker and use the other 10 for the first 2 years wages . There is talk from Leeds ( surprise ) and i think Arsenal and Spurs for him , and he doesn`t look like he is happy . Maybe i am reading him wrong , but he just doesn`t seem to have a connection with the team , and we have plenty of cover at the back .[/QUO

We have Veltman, Dunk, Burn and Webster to cover White, and we are desperate for strikers. If we don't have £30 mill then we have to wheel and deal - sell Andone, Maupay and Connolly if we have to - instead of White - but we can't carry on like this.

It’s a shame we can’t afford a striker without selling one of our best young talents though.

This has been my main consistent criticism of the club. We have lacked our number 1 striker, maybe since.. our first PL season. Even so that Paul Barber was joking about it in interviews in the summer!

Of course it’s not an easy recruitment. But damn, it’s been years. Get that position and the keeper situation sorted and I genuinely believe we will be 10-15 points better off a season. And that may be enough for mid table.

 

[TugWilson]

I wouldn`t sell Bissouma for all the cider in Dorset , but i would sell White for 50m buy a 40m striker and use the other 10 for the first 2 years wages . There is talk from Leeds ( surprise ) and i think Arsenal and Spurs for him , and he doesn`t look like he is happy . Maybe i am reading him wrong , but he just doesn`t seem to have a connection with the team , and we have plenty of cover at the back .[/QUO

We have Veltman, Dunk, Burn and Webster to cover White, and we are desperate for strikers. If we don't have £30 mill then we have to wheel and deal - sell Andone, Maupay and Connolly if we have to - instead of White - but we can't carry on like this.

We also have Bernado and Duffy , is Clarke still ours ? . Pointless selling our strikers to buy a striker , but as i suggested , White looks like he wants out , if true then let him go and use the funds for a quality striker , failing that hope GP can do something with Andone .

 

[Billy the Fish]

We've played ten of the top 12 and two of the bottom 8. I guess that means we're about right. If we are no higher after 19 games I may start to worry. But we will be so I won't.

The problem is the results and performances against the lower teams. Both abject and poor team selection from GP.

 

[vagabond]

We also have Bernado and Duffy , is Clarke still ours ? . Pointless selling our strikers to buy a striker , but as i suggested , White looks like he wants out , if true then let him go and use the funds for a quality striker , failing that hope GP can do something with Andone .

“White looks like he wants out”

He does?

 

[Pavilionaire]

“White looks like he wants out”

He does?

Do you see any bonding with the defenders around him? Do you see anything like the connection Dunk had with Duffy? What I see is a bloke playing all over the park, fighting fires, whilst Dunk's form is the worst it has been for years and out of sorts Webster has been dropped.

 

[GT49er]

“White looks like he wants out”

He does?

There were suggestions (all coming from Leeds/Leeds fans) that he wanted to stay with them and not come back to Brighton - but, any evidence since then that he's not happy?

 

[SCassidy]

If you are in a relegation fight each year, eventually you will lose.

And we are losing.

Last time I checked we were outside the bottom three. That's not losing

 

[SCassidy]

absolutely is. and its a bit tiring to be told we're doing ok, when we are not progressing. for two season we stayed up because other teams were worse rather than we done ok. that has to change.

That tends to be how football league tables work. The teams that come below other teams generally perform worst over the course of the season than the teams that finish above them. Liverpool wouldn't have won the league if the teams below were better than them. It's very simple

 

[vagabond]

There were suggestions (all coming from Leeds/Leeds fans) that he wanted to stay with them and not come back to Brighton - but, any evidence since then that he's not happy?

Not that I can see..

 

[vagabond]

Do you see any bonding with the defenders around him? Do you see anything like the connection Dunk had with Duffy? What I see is a bloke playing all over the park, fighting fires, whilst Dunk's form is the worst it has been for years and out of sorts Webster has been dropped.

If anything I’d argue Ben’s form is better than Dunks right now. Some utterly quality tackles and classy passing from Ben in recent weeks.

 

[Pavilionaire]

If anything I’d argue Ben’s form is better than Dunks right now. Some utterly quality tackles and classy passing from Ben in recent weeks.

I agree. It is almost as if he - and Dunk - knows if he plays well in the next few matches Liverpool will come for him.

This is just my personal opinion, but having watched Dunk bond and form great partnerships with Greer, Goldson and Duffy I'm not seeing the chemistry with White.

 

[JBizzle]

I agree. It is almost as if he - and Dunk - knows if he plays well in the next few matches Liverpool will come for him.

This is just my personal opinion, but having watched Dunk bond and form great partnerships with Greer, Goldson and Duffy I'm not seeing the chemistry with White.

Did they have that chemistry after 9 games together (4 of which has had White at defensive mid) or would you say chemistry develops over time?

 

[Pavilionaire]

Did they have that chemistry after 9 games together (4 of which has had White at defensive mid) or would you say chemistry develops over time?

They've been training together every day for months.

 

[Falmer Wizard]

Its worrying that all the teams that we aspire to be in and around in the division are all progressing this season. Southampton 23 pts...WHU 20...Villa 18...Palace 17...Newcastle 17. All have won at least 5 games already. All will definitely finish comfortably above us. Leeds are likely to finish above us. That leaves three from five. And we are firmly in that mix.
We are poorly coached defensively and its costing us dear, let alone our lack of quality in the final third. To me, we are mixed up at the moment. He keeps tinkering and regularly gets it wrong. We could easily be in the relegation zone on Wednesday.

Plenty of time to keep two or three places above it by end of season

 

[vagabond]

Did they have that chemistry after 9 games together (4 of which has had White at defensive mid) or would you say chemistry develops over time?

You’re quoting the wrong person buddy. Not my words.

 

[JBizzle]

You’re quoting the wrong person buddy. Not my words.

Something weird happened there, I meant to quote Pavillionnaire

 

[Beanstalk]

I'm by no means Potter out, but if we are four points below Leeds (Arsenal are obviously not going to get relegated) and potentially in the relegation zone by Thursday night (Fulham and Burnley win). We are hardly where we should be, are we? Unless of course you think that banking three years experience in the Premier League and spending well over £100m in that time means that we should still be relying on there being three worse teams than us.

I think people would be a lot angrier at Potter had we been allowed to attend games in 2020. 1 win at home in a calendar year. 5 wins in total in a calendar year. He's got a similar win rate to Sami Hyypia (obviously a different level). It's appalling. He's been given a free pass as we aren't paying for the displeasure of watching us capitulate. I was at the Saints game and that second half was depressing, feeble and not at all convincing.

People were understandably calling for Hughton's head for similar results. Potter doesn't have the same good will banked for me, he's achieved very little so far apart from a higher possession stat and really the team needs to show some marked improvement before the end of the year. It's our joint worst start to a top flight season FFS.

 

[Beanstalk]

If anything I’d argue Ben’s form is better than Dunks right now. Some utterly quality tackles and classy passing from Ben in recent weeks.

Yes, looks a little raw and makes a few regular mistakes (dropping below the last man when Dunk is holding a high offside trap, playing players onside) but ultimately, he's stepping up quickly and well. I think because of all the Leeds fans proclaiming he was the third coming (Bielsa the second of course...), our expectations might be a little too high for him currently. He is only 23 and in his first season in the Premier League.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

 

[RandyWanger]

I think we should be about 4-6 points better off.