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[Albion] We’re hurting, but we’re not down and out yet!
- Thread starter Kosh
- Start date
I hope so - I want you to be right. Struggle to believe tonight. The worst thing is GP saying we are unlucky every week. If it happens every game it isn’t bad luck.Man; today sucked but it all felt so inevitable, almost predictable - playing the wrong game against a manager who excels at sitting deep and picking off teams who try to football through two banks of four... sure, it was flat yet we did create a number of clear chances. Upon reflection, on another day, we would have surely won.
So now we’re down, (relegated) in the minds of the pundits, neutrals and our own, our very own negative noodles.... are we? Tonight we sit roughly where I think we’ll finish, we’re not in the bottom three nor will we finish there. Why?
I have a theory, that if we’d won today, it actually would have spelled disaster ... we would have started to get cocksure again, and fancied ourselves ‘safe.’ Now I expect a reaction, paradoxically too on the back of this result, I see Alzate, Lamps and Big Mac all playing a key role as early as next week... these are all good potential outcomes of today’s gut wrenching result.
There’s miles to go, and I still believe we’ll do something special against one or indeed two of the upcoming ‘giant’ clubs... it’s always been our way
We lost the battle today but not the war!
Over to the players to deliver an overdue reaction and perhaps, ironically, we can all thank Palace for waking the players up and demonstrating the importance of being clinical.
Peace be the journey x
This is me
Active member
- Sep 15, 2013
- 784
Regrettably this - the manager has no passion or spark in interviews. What does that tell the players?
He is more of an Accountant personality than a Manager.
Clearly out of his depth - in so many errors & we gave the useless tool an extended contract !
I can barely remember our wins this season. Still we play some nice passing football.
We are going down
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Only team in all 4 divisions not to have won in 2020
Fred Oliver - Legend
Well-known member
This
Considering who played today, I agree with you. Somehow Dunk performs better as a leader when Duffy is with him. Murray is a leader too (but his personal impact is more limited now), but we desperately need leadership from midfield/defence. And...at the moment, that feels like it. The other players are looking for leadership - maybe some will grow into leaders, but the team line up is changed so often that that won't happen this season.
Trossard was captain of his previous club...really?!?!?! He's new here and seems to expect others to lead for him. It's poor. We need Duffy back with Dunk (even if Duffy is NOT as good a ball player as Webster) because we need our D and D leaders functioning again.
Potter talks about players who have character/presence/personality etc...but he rarely plays Duffy, and now (marmite) Stephens needs to earn the shirt again.
Personally, I think the squad's heads are in a bit of a mess, and I don't see a consistent plan to try to get us out of this.
Hold on to your seat for the next team selection...
oldboyroy
Well-known member
As much as I agree with OP I for 1St time this season believe we are 1 of the 3 poorest sides that will get relegated. I think this purely on the rookie we have in Graham Potter. Experience is as much as importance now as whether we are good enough to stay up.
We're not down and out yet because it's not mathematically certain, but it will be soon if things don't change
Palace aren't very good either but Woy used his experience well against a naïve manager.
It doesn't help we don't have the quality in areas we need to make that little bit of difference.
Palace aren't very good either but Woy used his experience well against a naïve manager.
It doesn't help we don't have the quality in areas we need to make that little bit of difference.
Kosh
'The' Yaztromo
- Thread starter
- #31
To all those who are choosing to see only the dark and not the points of light that bring beauty to our celestial skies, I say only this; I’m just trying to be positive, not telling you how to think... I love the club, as we all do, and I’m choosing to support from now until the end of this campaign. To cheer, and support the mistakes to encourage improvement not shout with fists clenched in impotent rage.
I just need some light.
Have a heart and let the star shine just a little longer.
I just need some light.
Have a heart and let the star shine just a little longer.
No shit sherlock.
Man; today sucked but it all felt so inevitable, almost predictable - playing the wrong game against a manager who excels at sitting deep and picking off teams who try to football through two banks of four... sure, it was flat yet we did create a number of clear chances. Upon reflection, on another day, we would have surely won.
So now we’re down, (relegated) in the minds of the pundits, neutrals and our own, our very own negative noodles.... are we? Tonight we sit roughly where I think we’ll finish, we’re not in the bottom three nor will we finish there. Why?
I have a theory, that if we’d won today, it actually would have spelled disaster ... we would have started to get cocksure again, and fancied ourselves ‘safe.’ Now I expect a reaction, paradoxically too on the back of this result, I see Alzate, Lamps and Big Mac all playing a key role as early as next week... these are all good potential outcomes of today’s gut wrenching result.
There’s miles to go, and I still believe we’ll do something special against one or indeed two of the upcoming ‘giant’ clubs... it’s always been our way
We lost the battle today but not the war!
Brilliant, stirring stuff. Do you know the words to Land of Hope and Glory too?
Richy_Seagull
Well-known member
Not a chance we survive I’m afraid. Damage has been done.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Wrong,....there is a mathematical chance and while there is, some of us will have hope...its why i go ‘’in the hope that’’
maltaseagull
Well-known member
With Watford and Norwich winning and Bmuff drawing our cushion has gone.
If we don't get a positive result very soon, we are down.
Sure it will happen when I come over for the Arsenal game.
If not, I am looking forward to seeing our academy players in the championship after selling most of the squad that got us relegated.
If we don't get a positive result very soon, we are down.
Sure it will happen when I come over for the Arsenal game.
If not, I am looking forward to seeing our academy players in the championship after selling most of the squad that got us relegated.
Deanbha
Well-known member
Pretty sure we are down now. I really don't mind, come August I'll be buzzing for the championship
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,321
We need to be able to break down SOMEBODY's defence in the next ten games, else there's only going to be one outcome
TottonSeagull
Well-known member
Our squad, with the exception of Dunk, are worth nothing.........who is going to buy them?
