[Albion] West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Mustafa II]

I knew there’d be one.

Nothing wrong with keeping your feet on the ground fella.

We're not Liverpool. Although we do have a very good squad and expectations should be high, the reality is our young squad will have spells of poor form. Our players will make mistakes. We will have disappointing results.

Important to see the bigger picture.

What's important is that we see improvements, rather than regression, which we saw today.

This performance is quite clearly a step out of our poor run of form, and we'll be back to winning ways soon

 

[bluenitsuj]

Not good enough

 

[MTSeagulls]

Disappointing again. Should have won but ultimately it's yet another shit team we've failed to beat.

There were positives but I'm getting to the point where I just don't like how we play. It feels stupid, lacking in cohesiveness and bordering on chaotic far too often. It's like watching a kids team. I hope sooner rather than later that whatever it is that FH is trying to do clicks and becomes apparent because this, surely, can't be the master plan.

I hate feeling like this when there is so much I should be excited and happy about.

I don't get it. How do we play? What is the system?
All I see is the worst defending since we entered the Premier League and a bit of attacking flair but not enough.

 

[Flounce]

Not good enough

Not lucky enough

No post Palace ranting from me tonight, we were just unlucky. That West Ham goal was the luckiest bounce of the ball in the 96 minutes

 

[Normandy seagull]

Should have won but at least didn’t lose! Weiffer MOTM. When he went off we conceded and looked weaker with Ayari on. Waste of time bringing Fergie on. Needs to go out on loan in Jan. Pedro frustrating but kept going to his credit. Dunk much better but JP terrible. We were lucky Wet Spam didn’t have a decent striker to expose us further. Mitoma good 1st half then bad second. At least a better team performance than of late

 

[Justice]

Good second half performance.

Lots of positives today.

- Another point on the board
- Great goal and performance from Wieffer
- Subs looked great and dangerous - Lamptey, Enciso, Minteh
- Better team today away at WHU
- Dunk looked solid again, and involved in attacks, with an assist

A few negatives

- Ferguson's lack of confidence is becoming a liability, other players would have won it for us. Needs to be loaned out January to rebuild confidence.
- Another soft goal to give away IMO
- Should have won this today, had plenty of chances, and a bit of bad luck.

All in all, I'm satisfied. A highly entertaining second half that we could have/should have won. It's progress out of this poor run of form. We do need a win PDQ/ASAP though.

What other players would have won it for us?

 

[kjgood]

just disappointed again

 

[Mustafa II]

What other players would have won it for us?

I'm not Mystic Meg, but if I was, I would divine that Pedro or Welbeck might have done better with Ferguson's chances.

 

[Steviewonder]

We deserved to win imo and were v unlucky. But it's still a game about converting chances!At least we weren't sucker punched in the final minutes! OK mid table mediocrity but we do play entertaining football (aside from the Palarse game).

 

[Justice]

It was also Ferguson who had the composure to lay off to Ayari, who then shit the bed

He did the same at Arse can’t find a corner that lad.

 

[Dick Head]

Ah well, take the point and move on. Happy Christmas and all that!

Thanks, but I'm going to have a slightly disgruntled Christmas. And that's fine.

 

[AK74]

Another point accumulated in pursuit of safety.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Ayari tapped two shots when easier to score.

Pedro walked off without acknowledging any fans again,,

 

[heathgate]

I don't get it. How do we play? What is the system?
All I see is the worst defending since we entered the Premier League and a bit of attacking flair but not enough.

Nobody picking the ball up centrally out of defence, Caicedo, Gross and even WBG would show for the ball to give the defenders an option other than out left or right.

 

[dolphins]

Wieffer on BBC Radio Sussex and sounds like more precautionary than anything more serious - hopefully.

 

[ACobweb]

Wieffer on BBC Radio Sussex and sounds like more precautionary than anything more serious - hopefully.

So out till April then

 

[MTSeagulls]

Ayari tapped two shots when easier to score.

Pedro walked off without acknowledging any fans again,,

I didn't think the exchanged look between him and FH at the end was good at all.

 

[Blue3]

I thou that was a much better performance from the Albion in both halves we probably should have won on the balance of play

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Nothing wrong with keeping your feet on the ground fella.

We're not Liverpool. Although we do have a very good squad and expectations should be high, the reality is our young squad will have spells of poor form. Our players will make mistakes. We will have disappointing results.

Important to see the bigger picture.

What's important is that we see improvements, rather than regression, which we saw today.

This performance is quite clearly a step out of our poor run of form, and we'll be back to winning ways soon

Errmmm… what? I meant there’d be one criticising Ferguson despite him only getting 5-10 mins. As per my post earlier.

 

[Mustafa II]

Errmmm… what? I meant there’d be one criticising Ferguson despite him only getting 5-10 mins. As per my post earlier.

I'm a Ferguson fan, but we have passed the point now where we can say "maybe it'll be better next time".

He needs a decent run of games which we cannot afford to give him. He needs to regain his confidence.

Fortunately, the January transfer is just around the corner...