judorichard
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Why does Potter seem to always want to sit back and defend a 1 - 0 lead? This seems to be a very English thing to do. You don't see foreign managers doing it. Whenever I see this happen it drives me nuts. Brighton dominated the first half ( they should really have gone in with a two nil lead rather than just the one at half time). They played really well. Lallana was excellent. They dominated possession, territory and created a number of good chances.
In the second half they seemed to totally change tactics and just sit back and defend. They let WBA have all the possession and territory , which led to WBA creating a lot of opportunities, taking nine or ten shots on goal and eventually scoring.
Even a poor team like WBS will score if let them dominate for 45 minutes. If Brighton had continued the tactics of the first half they would have kept dominating possession and pushing WBA back. I think it's likely they would have scored a second. It's very unlikely WBA would have created the chances they did and scored. I think the stats were 0 shots in the first half for WBA and 9 or 10 in the second half. If you give a team 9 or 10 shots on goal, even a poor team will probably score at least one. It's just a question of probability.
It's clear to me that Potter intentionally changed tactics and decided to sit back and concede possession to WBA or why else would he have taken Adam Lallana off? He took off his creative midfielder (and for my money the Man of the Match) and put on Gross, a defensive midfielder. He did that with half an hour to go. Clearly he thought it was a "Good Idea" to sit back and defend. You would never see Klopp or Guardiola do this.
If he keeps using these tactics Brighton will go down this season.
In the second half they seemed to totally change tactics and just sit back and defend. They let WBA have all the possession and territory , which led to WBA creating a lot of opportunities, taking nine or ten shots on goal and eventually scoring.
Even a poor team like WBS will score if let them dominate for 45 minutes. If Brighton had continued the tactics of the first half they would have kept dominating possession and pushing WBA back. I think it's likely they would have scored a second. It's very unlikely WBA would have created the chances they did and scored. I think the stats were 0 shots in the first half for WBA and 9 or 10 in the second half. If you give a team 9 or 10 shots on goal, even a poor team will probably score at least one. It's just a question of probability.
It's clear to me that Potter intentionally changed tactics and decided to sit back and concede possession to WBA or why else would he have taken Adam Lallana off? He took off his creative midfielder (and for my money the Man of the Match) and put on Gross, a defensive midfielder. He did that with half an hour to go. Clearly he thought it was a "Good Idea" to sit back and defend. You would never see Klopp or Guardiola do this.
If he keeps using these tactics Brighton will go down this season.
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