[Albion] Hughton out- Discuss

NooBHA said:

Is that the same Danny Murphy who has never even dipped his toes in the Football Mangement waters but thinks he knows everything about it.

Let me ask you this - What do you do when you are Managing a football team and preparing to play a particular opponent

1. You get your own players prepared as much as you can but

2. And just as importantly you watch their previous games to see what it might take to beat them.

They have lost 3 and in every one of those 3 games Spurs have had 54% 60% and 66% possession - so it is not hard to understand that you can concede possession to Spurs. Let them burn themselves out physically and hit them on the counter attack as a means of beating them.

OK it didn't happen because on the counter attack we squandered our opportunities but with a bit more composure in the final third by a few of our players we could quite conceivably have done the same as Watford, Inter Milan and Liverpool did to them.

So I think the tactics were fine but we just didn't have the ''cutting edge'' when we got into scoring opportunities.

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Mouldy Boots said:

Stick him in, if he is the next wonder lad, it's not as if he is a 10 year old.

Let him prove himself and grow some balls, this form of control is way too protective IMO, if he doesn't play he will never learn and be a world beater. I am sure he is hungry enough.

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Weststander said:

Teams without the ball have to cover more ground in chasing the ball (and shadows).

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drew said:

And sticking your fingers in your ears and singing ding a ling a ling doesn't help. The negatives are that our away form is abysmal and we stayed up last year because of what we achieved at the Amex. Haven't seen anything yet to suggest our away form is going to improve so we are going to have to rely on the home form again.

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Thunder Bolt said:

Yeah that'll work.

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Icy Gull said:

I think some of our fans think they are supporting a better team than Brighton. Sad that a thread like this is even started, the op should have a word with himself after thinking how far we have come since CH arrived. Whether we like it or not survival is all that actually matters now that we are at the top table, we are on course to give ourselves a chance. We are not going to be one of the attractive teams in this division for a while, if ever.

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One Teddy Maybank said:

This.

Nothing to discuss.

Great manager, lucky to have him.

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Bold Seagull said:

I agree, as per our other discussion I think too much emphasis is placed on managers for performances. I honestly don’t see any difference in how we set up yesterday to MU other than we didn’t play as well and the opposition got at us more.

I don’t see CH micro managing in a game either, he lets it flow and let’s his players take responsibility. We’ve been praised for the intensity of our high press this season, but it also highlights how difficult it is to carry that out effectively.

One other thing people aren’t mentioning form the last 2 games is the absence of Gross, massive miss, he is so under appreciated in what he brings to the team.

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One Teddy Maybank said:

Agree to a point, but it doesn’t mean he is always right [emoji2]

Yesterday, initially, I think we were too deep and showed too much respect. I also wouldn’t have removed Solly as he had the beating of Trippier.

All opinions.


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Bold Seagull said:

I agree, as per our other discussion I think too much emphasis is placed on managers for performances. I honestly don’t see any difference in how we set up yesterday to MU other than we didn’t play as well and the opposition got at us more.

I don’t see CH micro managing in a game either, he lets it flow and let’s his players take responsibility. We’ve been praised for the intensity of our high press this season, but it also highlights how difficult it is to carry that out effectively.

One other thing people aren’t mentioning form the last 2 games is the absence of Gross, massive miss, he is so under appreciated in what he brings to the team.

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Thunder Bolt said:

Groß is a big miss, plus although Montoya is playing really well, Bruno's leadership is one ingredient which could be needed.
Last season, we had several strong leaders on the pitch.

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zefarelly said:

Agreed Icy, but without a striker than can run faster than me, we're ****ed on the break. As is clear to see.

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Icy Gull said:

Have a look at the West Ham vs Chelsea stats. I tried to watch this game but it was so Hughtonesque from West Ham that I decided to turn off after 10 mins. Strange how easy it is to lose interest when it’s not your team playing like that

OK they got a draw but had one yes just one shot on target with 28% possession and what I watched was 10 WHU players behind the ball breaking quicker than us when they did break though.

It seems CH is not the only one employing these tactics in the PL against the top teams, even at home.

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Weststander said:

We actually have very promising attempts on goals stats, even better than Hudd & Newcastle.

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But not sure how Bmuff, Palace, Fulham & Wolves have managed so many more than us this season.

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Bold Seagull said:

I agree, as per our other discussion I think too much emphasis is placed on managers for performances. I honestly don’t see any difference in how we set up yesterday to MU other than we didn’t play as well and the opposition got at us more.

I don’t see CH micro managing in a game either, he lets it flow and let’s his players take responsibility. We’ve been praised for the intensity of our high press this season, but it also highlights how difficult it is to carry that out effectively.

One other thing people aren’t mentioning form the last 2 games is the absence of Gross, massive miss, he is so under appreciated in what he brings to the team.

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