[Albion] Worst Performance Since?

[Blues Rock DJ]

The most entertainment for me yesterday was watching the JCLs struggling with the barcodes at the entrance, then wandering around in a haze looking for their seats.
The match, dominated by defences, wasteful / selfish finishing by us.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The most entertainment for me yesterday was watching the JCLs struggling with the barcodes at the entrance

Quite a few of us struggled with the barcodes yesterday

 

[brianwade]

One of the worst home performances I can remember under Hughton. Fringe players made his job easy as if any of them knock on his door asking why they are not playing he can hand them today’s DVD

I go to all home games .when do we have 24 shots and 7 on target. Good performance and Bissouma MOM. Knockhaert to eager to please and disappointed again. Good game

 

[Seasider78]

I go to all home games .when do we have 24 shots and 7 on target. Good performance and Bissouma MOM. Knockhaert to eager to please and disappointed again. Good game

Think those stats are very misleading we had one chance that looked anything like going in. Our front 3 were ineffectual and lacked cohesion throughout and agree Bissouma was great in the first half but faded as the game went on. We keep the ball well but our intensity was well below Hughtons usual standards which was a shame as every time we pressed them they gave the ball away.

At the end of the day for all the possession we threatened very little and expected more from players who should be giving Hughton a selection headache

Won’t lose any sleep over it as we are generally very consistent but thought we were playing way below our capability yesterday

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Quite a few of us struggled with the barcodes yesterday

Yes, I know I did. My ticket isn't usually made of paper.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I go to all home games .when do we have 24 shots and 7 on target. Good performance and Bissouma MOM. Knockhaert to eager to please and disappointed again. Good game

I quite enjoyed it too

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Quite a few of us struggled with the barcodes yesterday

Yes, mine took three or four goes to scan, and a couple that are sth in the row in front of us, missed kick off completely as the ticket office had to reissue their tickets which wouldn't go through. Definitely not jcls.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Looking at the post now, it was a typo, and of course it was meant to be crumb! but I think you know that. Ironic, that the person who lectures others about posting rudeness, can herself find it amusing to post sarcastic comments. So, by your logic of being able to read into others post as to their character, what does that make you?

Sarcasm can be amusing but if you want to think of it as rudeness, that's your choice.

 

[Reddleman]

That midfield and forward line is what a number of people have been clamouring for. It’s interesting that then we play them the performance is so poor. CH now has his justification for reverting back to the tried and trusted against Fulham/Watford

 

[ATFC Seagull]

It wasn't bad at all really.

It's been a year and a half since we've faced sides that try to shut up shop against us. West Brom did to us exactly what we do to most the Premiership sides we play - let us have a lot of the ball, stay tight and organised at the back, and attempt to hit us on the counter-attack. That's our game. I may stand corrected if anyone digs out the stats, but I reckon even in the games against lower premier league sides who we beat, we often let them have more than 50% of possession. We looked totally dominant, but like a side that doesn't know how to break down a resilient opposition. If Stephens' shot had gone in for a wondergoal, or Gyokeres or Murray put away their chances and we won 1-0, everyone would have said it was a decent win. My main frustration was that we caused them so little trouble with set pieces.

I wouldn't want Hughton so spend too much time in training dwelling on this, as it won't really help us week to week in the league.

 

[Hastings gull]

Sarcasm can be amusing but if you want to think of it as rudeness, that's your choice.

Yes, indeed it can, if it was meant that way, but you didn't mean it like that, did you? And had you read the post properly, you might have realised that I did not think of it as rudeness - just pointing out the hypocrisy of you judging others by what you assume to be rude posts, and yet you are quite happy to make a dig when you knew full well that it was a typo. So, how should you be judged, other than the obvious label of hypocrite, of course?

 

[Questions]

Chiiiiillllll - poor today but in the hat - no need to moan - life is never perfect. The end.

Is moaning and anylising a poor performance - the same ?

 

[southstandandy]

Did anyone really expect an entertaining goals fest to be honest? Two largely reserve sides (one with 4 academy lads in it) was never going to set the pulses racing. The old boy infront of me fell asleep during the 2nd half.

A disappointing game - Yes

Unexpected - No

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yes, indeed it can, if it was meant that way, but you didn't mean it like that, did you? And had you read the post properly, you might have realised that I did not think of it as rudeness - just pointing out the hypocrisy of you judging others by what you assume to be rude posts, and yet you are quite happy to make a dig when you knew full well that it was a typo. So, how should you be judged, other than the obvious label of hypocrite, of course?

If you say so.

 

[Hastings gull]

Did anyone really expect an entertaining goals fest to be honest? Two largely reserve sides (one with 4 academy lads in it) was never going to set the pulses racing. The old boy infront of me fell asleep during the 2nd half.

A disappointing game - Yes

Unexpected - No

Yes, I see the point you are making, and to an extent you are right. If we play squad/reserve/youth players in the cup, then realistically one has to expect fewer thrills and spills, but on the other hand, that Albion team yesterday contained more than enough PL experience to at least score one goal against a reserve team, and so for me it was both unexpectedly dire and disappointing.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

That midfield and forward line is what a number of people have been clamouring for. It’s interesting that then we play them the performance is so poor. CH now has his justification for reverting back to the tried and trusted against Fulham/Watford

The front three were truly awful and scuppered the whole team performance.
Knockaert. No appreciation of players around him. Overplaying continually. Constant moaning, berating teammates, diving, hissy fitting. Giving the ball away cheaply, poor delivery and woeful shooting. Quite simply, the worst performance in a BHA shirt this season, considering the platform he had to perform on.
Locardia. Failed to move the ball quickly enough, lost it regularly, showed nowhere near enough movement and was sluggish in possession.
Andone. Best of the three but that is not saying much. Felt he could have run off the ball better. Spent too much time blaming others. Needed to hunt out the ball more.

Midfield....far less to blame than the ineptness in front of them. Bissouma looked good before fading and Kayal worked hard all game. Stephens didn't do much wrong and Propper looked to get forward late in the game. No, it was definitely the front three that held us back.

 

[Bodian]

It wasn't bad at all really.

It's been a year and a half since we've faced sides that try to shut up shop against us. West Brom did to us exactly what we do to most the Premiership sides we play - let us have a lot of the ball, stay tight and organised at the back, and attempt to hit us on the counter-attack. That's our game. I may stand corrected if anyone digs out the stats, but I reckon even in the games against lower premier league sides who we beat, we often let them have more than 50% of possession. We looked totally dominant, but like a side that doesn't know how to break down a resilient opposition. If Stephens' shot had gone in for a wondergoal, or Gyokeres or Murray put away their chances and we won 1-0, everyone would have said it was a decent win. My main frustration was that we caused them so little trouble with set pieces.

I wouldn't want Hughton so spend too much time in training dwelling on this, as it won't really help us week to week in the league.

I was thinking this. We're so used to playing on the break now - that this sort of game is not to our strengths.

 

[Hastings gull]

The front three were truly awful and scuppered the whole team performance.
Knockaert. No appreciation of players around him. Overplaying continually. Constant moaning, berating teammates, diving, hissy fitting. Giving the ball away cheaply, poor delivery and woeful shooting. Quite simply, the worst performance in a BHA shirt this season, considering the platform he had to perform on.
Locardia. Failed to move the ball quickly enough, lost it regularly, showed nowhere near enough movement and was sluggish in possession.
Andone. Best of the three but that is not saying much. Felt he could have run off the ball better. Spent too much time blaming others. Needed to hunt out the ball more.

Midfield....far less to blame than the ineptness in front of them. Bissouma looked good before fading and Kayal worked hard all game. Stephens didn't do much wrong and Propper looked to get forward late in the game. No, it was definitely the front three that held us back.

Yes, fully agree. Other posters have said, quite rightly, that we had so much possession and they created very little due to our midfield and centre backs, but then so we should have done, considering who we were playing, with all respect. But going forward, oh dear - the crowd's frustrations were clearly audible.It just seemed to get worse the longer the match went on.

 

[stss30]

Yes, I see the point you are making, and to an extent you are right. If we play squad/reserve/youth players in the cup, then realistically one has to expect fewer thrills and spills, but on the other hand, that Albion team yesterday contained more than enough PL experience to at least score one goal against a reserve team, and so for me it was both unexpectedly dire and disappointing.

I think you have summed up my thoughts completely. We had more than enough class in the team to complete a routine win against a Championship reserve team but we failed to do so and created very few clear chances.

 

[eastterracemike]

The front three were truly awful and scuppered the whole team performance.
Knockaert. No appreciation of players around him. Overplaying continually. Constant moaning, berating teammates, diving, hissy fitting. Giving the ball away cheaply, poor delivery and woeful shooting. Quite simply, the worst performance in a BHA shirt this season, considering the platform he had to perform on.
Locardia. Failed to move the ball quickly enough, lost it regularly, showed nowhere near enough movement and was sluggish in possession.
Andone. Best of the three but that is not saying much. Felt he could have run off the ball better. Spent too much time blaming others. Needed to hunt out the ball more.

Midfield....far less to blame than the ineptness in front of them. Bissouma looked good before fading and Kayal worked hard all game. Stephens didn't do much wrong and Propper looked to get forward late in the game. No, it was definitely the front three that held us back.

This entirely.