- Jan 3, 2012
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Very much in #1 camp, but while being well aware that we can play much better..... and will in the not too distant future.
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[Albion] Albion fans’ gripes
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Very much in #1 camp, but while being well aware that we can play much better..... and will in the not too distant future.
- Jan 3, 2012
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I think it's abundantly clear that CH, while being happy to get the points, is desperate for us to play better. He has actually said that we can't rely on keeping the opposition out with 27 shots or whatever, and scoring with our one shot on target.
drew
Drew
But that's not how football works, is it. You don't get to pick the style and score before the game. And just to remind you, Wolves, with their style of play are above us in the league. That may of course change. (posted this before but didn't click on the right button!)
Finchley Seagull
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All depends on your perspective. Wolves may play attacking football but they have scored 9 goals all season (as compared to boring Brighton's 11). You may want to watch a certain style of play but watching my team play like Wolves did on Saturday but not scoring regularly would frustrate me a lot and I wouldn't find enjoyable.
This moan about 3 points but unattractive football in the top flight isn’t a new phenomenon, in the early 1980’s Mike Bailey who Back then took us to I highest league finish to date lost his job over it. Loads of fans moaned about similar back then.
Finchley Seagull
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And we sacked Mike Bailey, because a lot of fans agreed with you, and that nearly ended up with the club going out of business. I would have hoped people would have learnt from that experience.
erkan
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Well played with that one.
It is almost beyond belief that any Albion fan could currently be disappointed or frustrated by our players and their performances - but there are some very strange folk around..!
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
I don’t think you would ever be happy no matter what
TBh I don’t mind winning 1-0 each week playing dull football, what I do mind is being put through a bombarding assault by visiting non top six sides for the last 15 minutes, that isn’t enjoyable especially when we hit them on the counter twice and **** it up!
darkwolf666
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Kevin Keegan was a great advocate of Plan 2. Remind me where he is now exactly?
Indeed. We can't use Hereford and 1997 as a reference point for absolutely everything. That said however some of the comments on that 'interesting conversation' thread defy belief. Only a very very few to be sure, but the further we get into the Amex era and the more Archer, Priestfield and Withdean fade into history then sadly I think they'll grow in number. And they're not all from young fans either who don't remember the Bad Old Days..
CH as said himself that the performances haven't been that good and we've dodged a few bullets. Mike Bailey (to whom some are now comparing him) never said that after a win. He was very much from the "if fans want entertainment they can go to the circus" school of thought. (Without googling I think that was originally said by Ian Greaves).
Alba Badger
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Missed my flask of coffee, it was nippy.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,189
2018: NSC would look a very different place this afternoon if even 2 of Wolves' 25 shots had gone in. It was a piss-poor home performance by the Albion whichever way you look at it. Well, apart from the 3 points, obviously. At some point sometime our heroic defenders deserve some kind of respite from being human shields. Our attacks are increasingly few and far between. Those desperate 1-0's playing much the same side as we had in the Championship won't see us comfortably through the season. We're riding the very edge of our luck currently.
melias shoes
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- Oct 14, 2010
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The moral of the story.... stop having half time burgers.
Silverhatch
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Not sure my heart could take that sort of game week-in-week-out. Like many of us, I've seen the Albion thru the years perform on spectrums that range from great to utter shit, and from more direct to tippy-tappy (and probably everything in between). Three grindy-outy one-nils in the Premier League have been bloody exciting and also yielded 9-points. Do I want us to play better, more expansive football? Yes. But let's face it, right now I'll settle for team that is organised and hard to beat. We'll need to be both of those things, and lucky, when we roll into Goodison on Saturday.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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Can't we want more aesthetically pleasing football whilst still appreciating where we are?
pork pie
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I think your link between the sacking of Mike Bailey in 1982 and the financial problems you mention, is to say the least, very weak. The problems were very much "off the pitch", involving the ownership. The ownership is now beyond reproach.
The Large One
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For those moaning about 'unattractive football' (it's a valid point), don't forget that this isn't the way Hughton wants it, and he has said that he isn't overly impressed with the way we are playing. Our defensive approach is good, our ball retention is, at times, shocking (I'm paraphrasing).
We do know how to keep the ball, and for some reason (maybe many) we aren't. So keeping the defensive solidity while improving ball retention will make for a better spectacle.
We do know how to keep the ball, and for some reason (maybe many) we aren't. So keeping the defensive solidity while improving ball retention will make for a better spectacle.
Finchley Seagull
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I disagree. Relegation was the start of the issues we faced and began a lot of what happened.
We could always change our style and play like Fulham. That is working out really well for them.