[Albion] Same Sh*t, Different Day

Acker79 said:

Do it on your own. Don't point to people on TV notorious for not knowing much about smaller teams - point to the more attacking game we played, and the chances created - Bournemouth were throwing themselves in the way of our shots, we could have had a hatful today! That's an improvement on recent games where we have had a lot of possession but nothing in the final third. We actually looked dangerous. The improved performances of Izquierdo and Schelotto are positives to embrace. Point to the effort put in by players who were clearly dead on their feet.

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Wardy's twin said:

Its interesting that everyone keeps going on about a striker but we do have an issue defending which is being ignored. We play too deep and invite too much attacking in areas where it hurts. We do need to change tactics (occasionally) and we also need to get the ball forward quicker to clear our lines. When we did that today we looked like punishing them.

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Sussex Nomad said:

You see, now, I don't struggle to understand, purely because I am not a pro coach or manager, and they tend to know better than me. They watch these players day in and day out and have their tactics totally sorted. I just sit there and watch, and support. So, I don't question it, maybe I'm wrong and maybe I should be Brighton manager. One thing is for sure, there are a hell of a lot of managers on NSC and I can't wait for you to take on the hot seat. You will get my full backing with your knowledge.

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Wardy's twin said:

Its interesting that everyone keeps going on about a striker but we do have an issue defending which is being ignored. We play too deep and invite too much attacking in areas where it hurts. We do need to change tactics (occasionally) and we also need to get the ball forward quicker to clear our lines. When we did that today we looked like punishing them.

The killer for me though was the handling of the subs, Howe got his right, Chris did not.

We were good today against a Bournemouth team who have some very good players and wanted to win. We were n't crap but we need to be able to adopt to conditions and situations a lot better than we have.

We have 4 decent centre halves , not sure why we don't play 3 at the back or at least have it as an option. Bournemouth did that and could commit to more attacking without looking too exposed..

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junior said:

Hughtons negative tactics will send us down.

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Weststander said:

We need to give away far fewer corners and dangerous freekicks.

I remember an article about Liverpool conceding stacks of goals from set pieces against the usual suspects of WBA etc, and how they solved much of this by simply vastly cutting the numbers of corners against.

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The Complete Badger said:

It was a good game and we played okay but it’s not the result we needed. I’m starting to think we’re going down. The numbers just don’t add up. We still need 15 points, so a minimum of four wins, but we only have Swansea, Huddersfield and West Ham to play at home who you think we could beat. We’ve only won three out of 11 at home this season so how likely are we to win those three? There is virtually no chance sadly. Chances are we will win one, two if we’re very lucky. So this means we are going to need to win at least a couple of games either away from home or against the big six. Again, I’m struggling to see it. Six home draws against the also rans shows we just aren’t quite good enough.

It’s such a shame because most of our team is decent but the chronic lack of quality in attack is going to cost us. It doesn’t help that we cant defend corners or clear the ball effectively either, both issues that a League One team would be disappointed with. Ultimately Hughton has done brilliantly to squeeze 23 points out of a squad that contains no PL quality attackers and he deserves great credit for that, but he’s been badly let down by the board. They need to support him with signings now and hope it somehow isn’t too late, but I fear it is.

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junior said:

Hughtons negative tactics will send us down.

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GreersElbow said:

Talking out of your ass.

You think we could play exciting stuff with Murray and Hemed up front....


Murray was completely flattened for their equaliser, think it’s reasonable to assume the ref was going to stop play and bring medical staff on...

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The Complete Badger said:

It was a good game and we played okay but it’s not the result we needed. I’m starting to think we’re going down. The numbers just don’t add up. We still need 15 points, so a minimum of four wins, but we only have Swansea, Huddersfield and West Ham to play at home who you think we could beat. We’ve only won three out of 11 at home this season so how likely are we to win those three? There is virtually no chance sadly. Chances are we will win one, two if we’re very lucky. So this means we are going to need to win at least a couple of games either away from home or against the big six. Again, I’m struggling to see it. Six home draws against the also rans shows we just aren’t quite good enough.

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The Complete Badger said:

It was a good game and we played okay but it’s not the result we needed. I’m starting to think we’re going down. The numbers just don’t add up. We still need 15 points, so a minimum of four wins, but we only have Swansea, Huddersfield and West Ham to play at home who you think we could beat. We’ve only won three out of 11 at home this season so how likely are we to win those three? There is virtually no chance sadly. Chances are we will win one, two if we’re very lucky. So this means we are going to need to win at least a couple of games either away from home or against the big six. Again, I’m struggling to see it. Six home draws against the also rans shows we just aren’t quite good enough.

It’s such a shame because most of our team is decent but the chronic lack of quality in attack is going to cost us. It doesn’t help that we cant defend corners or clear the ball effectively either, both issues that a League One team would be disappointed with. Ultimately Hughton has done brilliantly to squeeze 23 points out of a squad that contains no PL quality attackers and he deserves great credit for that, but he’s been badly let down by the board. They need to support him with signings now and hope it somehow isn’t too late, but I fear it is.

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The Complete Badger said:

It was a good game and we played okay but it’s not the result we needed. I’m starting to think we’re going down. The numbers just don’t add up. We still need 15 points, so a minimum of four wins, but we only have Swansea, Huddersfield and West Ham to play at home who you think we could beat. We’ve only won three out of 11 at home this season so how likely are we to win those three? There is virtually no chance sadly. Chances are we will win one, two if we’re very lucky. So this means we are going to need to win at least a couple of games either away from home or against the big six. Again, I’m struggling to see it. Six home draws against the also rans shows we just aren’t quite good enough.

It’s such a shame because most of our team is decent but the chronic lack of quality in attack is going to cost us. It doesn’t help that we cant defend corners or clear the ball effectively either, both issues that a League One team would be disappointed with. Ultimately Hughton has done brilliantly to squeeze 23 points out of a squad that contains no PL quality attackers and he deserves great credit for that, but he’s been badly let down by the board. They need to support him with signings now and hope it somehow isn’t too late, but I fear it is.

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junior said:

Hughtons negative tactics will send us down.

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The Complete Badger said:

It was a good game and we played okay but it’s not the result we needed. I’m starting to think we’re going down. The numbers just don’t add up. We still need 15 points, so a minimum of four wins, but we only have Swansea, Huddersfield and West Ham to play at home who you think we could beat. We’ve only won three out of 11 at home this season so how likely are we to win those three? There is virtually no chance sadly. Chances are we will win one, two if we’re very lucky. So this means we are going to need to win at least a couple of games either away from home or against the big six. Again, I’m struggling to see it. Six home draws against the also rans shows we just aren’t quite good enough.

It’s such a shame because most of our team is decent but the chronic lack of quality in attack is going to cost us. It doesn’t help that we cant defend corners or clear the ball effectively either, both issues that a League One team would be disappointed with. Ultimately Hughton has done brilliantly to squeeze 23 points out of a squad that contains no PL quality attackers and he deserves great credit for that, but he’s been badly let down by the board. They need to support him with signings now and hope it somehow isn’t too late, but I fear it is.

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junior said:

Hughtons negative tactics will send us down.

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Weststander said:

But the icing on the cake, if you read PB's programme notes, it's clear the club will be investing in new players in this window.

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Thunder Bolt said:

I enjoyed that game. Both teams played well, although I am disappointed we didn't win it.

I am sick of our fans calling us shit every time we don't get three points. We aren't shit!

We aren't getting relegated either.

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