[Albion] Home form

Stumpy Tim said:

We've played the four teams immediately above the relegation zone at home, and won 1. That's not a great return.

Click to expand...

Simster said:

We are definitely in a false position unfortunately. We have played only 3 of the 8 teams above us, and managed 1 point (away to Watford), and now we've got 6 of our next 8 fixtures against current top 8 teams. That means we do indeed need to smash the NigeIs up the road. We probably also need to beat Huddersfield away and find a point or two from some of the other games (maybe Watford and Burnley at home?).

Click to expand...

hans kraay fan club said:

BUT - none of those four teams would expect to be where they are, and in part are, exactly BECAUSE they failed to beat #teamslikebrighton

Click to expand...

Stumpy Tim said:

Only Everton would have had serious ambitions loftier than being in the usual pack avoiding relegation... maybe West Ham, but that's arrogance as they're a regular YoYo team. Even Southampton would have been nervous at the beginning of the season - new manager, best player basically on strike...

Click to expand...

Stumpy Tim said:

Even Southampton would have been nervous at the beginning of the season - new manager, best player basically on strike...

Click to expand...

hans kraay fan club said:

Nonsense Tim.

Southampton sacked the manager at the end of last season because they finished EIGHTH (and got to a cup final).

The club and ALL of their fans - I'm surrounded by the bell-ends - genuinely were targeting European qualification.

Click to expand...

hans kraay fan club said:

Nonsense Tim.

Southampton sacked the manager at the end of last season because they finished EIGHTH (and got to a cup final).

The club and ALL of their fans - I'm surrounded by the bell-ends - genuinely were targeting European qualification.

Click to expand...

Surf's Up said:

Stoke outmuscled and intimidated us - kcfu knows what’ll happpen at Man U!!

Click to expand...

Not Andy Naylor said:

Well, there was also the extremely boring football and the fact that many of the players hated Puel. And quite why they thought European qualification was a possibility for them this season is beyond me. You're talking about a team that has failed to score in 10 of their last 13 home games.

Click to expand...

The Complete Badger said:

Just because Everton, Southampton and Stoke at home are winnable games, it doesn't mean we're going to win them all or even that we need to win them all. All these teams still see Brighton as one of their most winnable away games. If you look at the last three home games alone I would agree that three points is slightly disappointing. I'd have been happy with five. But we've got two away wins in that time. I don't care who they were against, the fact is away wins are invaluable to a newly-promoted team and I didn't really expect us to get two all season, let alone by November. So you have to see it as nine points from the last five games, which is absolutely outstanding.

I think some people need to realise that we don't have to win every home game and that draws are useful to a team aiming for survival. We've only lost two of our last 10 in the Premier League - this is amazing! Keeping the points tally ticking over not only gets us closer to 40 points, it ensures we avoid the pressure and loss of confidence that comes with a losing run. We're also five unbeaten at home, which should have given our players belief that we can compete with anyone at home and will hopefully see us remain a hard game for any team outside the top six. We are going to lose games and we will lose some against bottom half teams. It's to be expected in a league where 14 teams are so closely matched, but as long as we are picking up points (even draws) fairly frequently we are on track.

Looking ahead, the next five are obviously an awful lot tougher than the last five. If we can take four points that would be superb and more than enough to keep us on track. Even if we only take one or two it's not the end of the world bearing in mind who we're playing, although we would then need some good results against Burnley and Watford at home to keep us ahead of the required rate at halfway.

Click to expand...

Surf's Up said:

Stoke outmuscled and intimidated us - kcfu knows what’ll happpen at Man U!!

Click to expand...

The Complete Badger said:

Just because Everton, Southampton and Stoke at home are winnable games, it doesn't mean we're going to win them all or even that we need to win them all. All these teams still see Brighton as one of their most winnable away games. If you look at the last three home games alone I would agree that three points is slightly disappointing. I'd have been happy with five. But we've got two away wins in that time. I don't care who they were against, the fact is away wins are invaluable to a newly-promoted team and I didn't really expect us to get two all season, let alone by November. So you have to see it as nine points from the last five games, which is absolutely outstanding.

I think some people need to realise that we don't have to win every home game and that draws are useful to a team aiming for survival. We've only lost two of our last 10 in the Premier League - this is amazing! Keeping the points tally ticking over not only gets us closer to 40 points, it ensures we avoid the pressure and loss of confidence that comes with a losing run. We're also five unbeaten at home, which should have given our players belief that we can compete with anyone at home and will hopefully see us remain a hard game for any team outside the top six. We are going to lose games and we will lose some against bottom half teams. It's to be expected in a league where 14 teams are so closely matched, but as long as we are picking up points (even draws) fairly frequently we are on track.

Looking ahead, the next five are obviously an awful lot tougher than the last five. If we can take four points that would be superb and more than enough to keep us on track. Even if we only take one or two it's not the end of the world bearing in mind who we're playing, although we would then need some good results against Burnley and Watford at home to keep us ahead of the required rate at halfway.

Click to expand...

The Complete Badger said:

Just because Everton, Southampton and Stoke at home are winnable games, it doesn't mean we're going to win them all or even that we need to win them all. All these teams still see Brighton as one of their most winnable away games. If you look at the last three home games alone I would agree that three points is slightly disappointing. I'd have been happy with five. But we've got two away wins in that time. I don't care who they were against, the fact is away wins are invaluable to a newly-promoted team and I didn't really expect us to get two all season, let alone by November. So you have to see it as nine points from the last five games, which is absolutely outstanding.

I think some people need to realise that we don't have to win every home game and that draws are useful to a team aiming for survival. We've only lost two of our last 10 in the Premier League - this is amazing! Keeping the points tally ticking over not only gets us closer to 40 points, it ensures we avoid the pressure and loss of confidence that comes with a losing run. We're also five unbeaten at home, which should have given our players belief that we can compete with anyone at home and will hopefully see us remain a hard game for any team outside the top six. We are going to lose games and we will lose some against bottom half teams. It's to be expected in a league where 14 teams are so closely matched, but as long as we are picking up points (even draws) fairly frequently we are on track.

Looking ahead, the next five are obviously an awful lot tougher than the last five. If we can take four points that would be superb and more than enough to keep us on track. Even if we only take one or two it's not the end of the world bearing in mind who we're playing, although we would then need some good results against Burnley and Watford at home to keep us ahead of the required rate at halfway.

Click to expand...

hans kraay fan club said:

Nonsense Tim.

Southampton sacked the manager at the end of last season because they finished EIGHTH (and got to a cup final).

The club and ALL of their fans - I'm surrounded by the bell-ends - genuinely were targeting European qualification.

Click to expand...

The Complete Badger said:

Just because Everton, Southampton and Stoke at home are winnable games, it doesn't mean we're going to win them all or even that we need to win them all. All these teams still see Brighton as one of their most winnable away games. If you look at the last three home games alone I would agree that three points is slightly disappointing. I'd have been happy with five. But we've got two away wins in that time. I don't care who they were against, the fact is away wins are invaluable to a newly-promoted team and I didn't really expect us to get two all season, let alone by November. So you have to see it as nine points from the last five games, which is absolutely outstanding.

I think some people need to realise that we don't have to win every home game and that draws are useful to a team aiming for survival. We've only lost two of our last 10 in the Premier League - this is amazing! Keeping the points tally ticking over not only gets us closer to 40 points, it ensures we avoid the pressure and loss of confidence that comes with a losing run. We're also five unbeaten at home, which should have given our players belief that we can compete with anyone at home and will hopefully see us remain a hard game for any team outside the top six. We are going to lose games and we will lose some against bottom half teams. It's to be expected in a league where 14 teams are so closely matched, but as long as we are picking up points (even draws) fairly frequently we are on track.

Looking ahead, the next five are obviously an awful lot tougher than the last five. If we can take four points that would be superb and more than enough to keep us on track. Even if we only take one or two it's not the end of the world bearing in mind who we're playing, although we would then need some good results against Burnley and Watford at home to keep us ahead of the required rate at halfway.

Click to expand...