[Albion] Why wasn't Maupay subbed?

[Tyrone Biggums]

When Potter makes subs like this Ali J one I'm sure it's because he thinks along the lines of nobody else would bring him on but if I do and he scores I'll look like a genius.

Some of the teams he picks and the subs he makes just seem like he thinks he's far more clever than he actually is.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Might have 8 extra games next year

 

[Weststander]

God knows.

Detecting a new ‘circle the Albion wagons’ NSC tonight, where people aren’t allowed to criticise a poor player performance.

 

[peterward]

I think its more a reaction to your ill informed idiotic post

chief licker

 

[pork pie]

Because we don't have a striker to replace him

 

[BN41Albion]

To be fair some of his link up play was really good tonight... plus he is, probably, the most likely player we have that will poach a goal.

Which is, unfortunately, why we're now in a dog fight to survive rather than comfortably mid table or higher. Literally all we're missing is someone who doesn't need 8 chances to bury one.

 

[R. Slicker]

For me, the time for him to be replaced was when he nutmegged the defender on the left, then proceeded to tamely shoot straight to the keeper, with 3 albion players, in the box, waiting for a pass.

 

[Swansman]

God knows.

Detecting a new ‘circle the Albion wagons’ tonight, where people aren’t allowed to criticise a poor player performance.

Who is stopping you? You think you are going to get banned if you criticise a player?

If you say a player is bad and someone else says a player is good, they are not "disallowing" you from saying your opinion - they just dont share yours.

 

[Murray 17]

he needs a decent spell on the sidelines or binning.

He is a very good championship CF, he's a willing runner, a good guy but he's not a PL CF. Certainly not one for any club with ambitions above the bottom 3.

West Ham buy Haller for 40m, realise he's shit and cut their losses by selling for 20.
Aston Villa buy Ally Samatta for 9 million, realise he's shit and sack him off to Turkey.

We buy Players who dont hit the mark and we just try and double down by polishing those turds harder with the same results as before.

We need more ruthlessness in the the club.

[emoji122]Well said Peter! And I vote for binning.

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[poidy]

For me, the time for him to be replaced was when he nutmegged the defender on the left, then proceeded to tamely shoot straight to the keeper, with 3 albion players, in the box, waiting for a pass.

That’s Maupay all over and if he had an open goal he’d have squared it instead.


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[Weststander]

Who is stopping you? You think you are going to get banned if you criticise a player?

If you say a player is bad and someone else says a player is good, they are not "disallowing" you from saying your opinion - they just dont share yours.

Not that at all. Only the mods could censor.

A series of posts have appeared across several threads, claiming that anyone critical is e.g. an Albion hater. Utter tosh, there’s a wide spectrum of views. People such as me might believe that Maupay and Burn played poorly in their respective roles, but it doesn’t make me a hater of the Albion, Porter, Maupay or Burn.

It’s completely natural for football supporters to heavily criticise players in games, it’s gone on since the age dot and will ad infinitum.

Irrational thinking would be to be perceive every Albion player has always a decent to fantastic game. That doesn’t make you an uber fan.

In recent history many fans thought that Ryan, Montoya and Locadia weren’t good enough across enough games. So called loyalists jumped on criticisers backs on NSC, how dare they criticise.

Next thing you know, they’re been dropped, then moved on. The Ryan one stands out where even this season it was deemed disloyal to knock him, then once Sanchez proved he was far better, that loyalty ebbed away.

 

[Tubby-McFat-Fuc]

Maybe he gives a great blow job.

Struggling to think of any other reason why he keeps getting picked and wasn't subbed.

 

[Easy 10]

To be fair some of his link up play was really good tonight... plus he is, probably, the most likely player we have that will poach a goal.

On this form I think he'd be lucky to poach an egg.

Its not through lack of effort, but in front of goal he always seems to choose the wrong option, or execute what he does so, so poorly. That second half chance he created for himself when he megged the defender and was bearing down on goal, I was waiting for him to either smash it into the roof of the net, or lay it off to several options to his right. Instead he scuffs a half-arsed near-post dribbler that the keeper easily gobbles up. Its just PISS POOR, and so typical of his end product.

Not that he's alone, far from it. That chance Lallana pumped high into the north stand when he had 15 minutes to tee it up was actually stunning in its ineptitude. He's looking like £90k a week well spent, I must say. Its like all our forwards have some kind of penalty area disease that turns them to SHIT inside the box. The goal is cuffing MASSIVE - how do we manage to miss it every time we get in front of it ?

Sorry, this has gone off on a general rant. This is by far and away the most annoying, frustrating BHA team I have ever seen. When you're shit, you just accept it. Like an ugly shag you pull at last knockings in some rundown urban flea-pit. This lot are pulling the Christine Brinkleys, but keeping their knickers firmly on to send you home disappointed time after time after time.

F*ck it. I'm opening another bottle.

 

[stingray]

A willing worker but has no pace, no confidence, no arial threat. He's a back-up PL striker in ability terms.

 

[drew]

Would rather Connolly than Ali, needed that niggly player upfront

My thoughts exactly. Was reasonably confident once we got the equalizer but that dissipated as soon as Ali J got on the pitch! He contributes absolutely zero to the team. He shouldn't be near the first team.

 

[Berty23]

I think his worst moment tonight was that simple through ball that Welbeck that somehow he played behind him. I simply can’t compute what happened tonight.

 

[Mr Banana]

The only player on the pitch who'd ever scored against Palace, I think. Apart from Lallana, who'd scored twice in a few months against them years ago but didn't show any sign of doing so again when he had the chance. Ali now needs to play for something like 20 minutes against West Brom if he's going to beat his record total minutes played for us in February.

 

[brighton_tom]

Didnt mind Maupay staying on but AJ being subbed in seemed pointless. Not all what we needed at the point. No substitution would have been better.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Because his link-up play was just excellent, he was involved in pretty much every single created opportunity. He was miles better than the other attacking players tonight but Welbeck is apparently holy (imagine the level of shite Maupay would have got if he had wasted the opportunities Welbeck wasted tonight), MacAllister flavour of the month and Trossard is "fun" and I dont even want to think about what Lallana was doing inside the penalty area tonight. Sure, Maupay should score more goals but setting up your team mates in excellent positions about 10 times should be enough, you'd imagine.

Indeed. I think we were set up wrong tonight. That said, we are not he only side to struggle against 11 behind the ball chancers with no intention to play football

Some people love a scapegoat though

 

[vagabond]

I have to admit I found this an odd decision.

But I can back the manager and believe in him, yet still think he gets things wrong sometimes.

If I’m a Center back, I’m delighted to be facing Maupay. Let him get the ball and huff and puff, because 9 times out of 10 it ain’t going to be a goal, he’ll scuff it, take one touch too many, or blaze it over. I’d be far more scared having to face a Connolly who does. Not. Stop. Running.