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A different kind of pasty
More than nervous for our match up there on 25th. Fortunately I go on holiday for two weeks the day after so won't be on here to witness the inevitable meltdown
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[Albion] How’s Everyone’s Mood Today?
- Thread starter el punal
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More than nervous for our match up there on 25th. Fortunately I go on holiday for two weeks the day after so won't be on here to witness the inevitable meltdown
Normal Rob
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I'm well upbeat. Lost the opening game of the season 2-0, just like last year. It's a sign.
highflyer
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- Jan 21, 2016
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It really was awful. Having watched most of the match on a (good quality) stream I'd say the MOTD highlights, and comments, actually flattered us.
BUT we always seem to have 2 or 3 real stinkers in a season and I'm hoping that a) we've got one of those out of the way now b) It's given an early opportunity for CH to lose his rag and put a rocket up a few arses and c) provides an incentive to be less cautious and get some of the new players involved sooner rather than later.
First point of the season on Sunday I reckon (but we WILL get battered at Anfield)
BUT we always seem to have 2 or 3 real stinkers in a season and I'm hoping that a) we've got one of those out of the way now b) It's given an early opportunity for CH to lose his rag and put a rocket up a few arses and c) provides an incentive to be less cautious and get some of the new players involved sooner rather than later.
First point of the season on Sunday I reckon (but we WILL get battered at Anfield)
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I'm well upbeat. Lost the opening game of the season 2-0, just like last year. It's a sign.
Indeed. No difference between Citeh and Watford.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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Yep and it was shambolic.
and yet astonishingly Hughton thought pre-season had gone well, that the players were super fit as a result of the extra training they'd been subjected to in order that they could implement gengenpresseing for 90 minutes against all comers.........and then this........to f ucking Watford. To say that I really am not looking forward to the next few games, let alone the whole season, would be an understatement.
Our midfield are used to March, who passes it inside and then stands still, looking lost.
el punal
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It was the players on the pitch who need a rocket up their backsides. How the team is set up, what tactics are applied, and what coaching and training programme is implemented is all irrelevant if the team on the day don’t compete. It is not Barber who should be lighting the rockets but Chris Hughton, of whom I am sure will be doing just that.
Me and my Monkey
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- Nov 3, 2015
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CH on SSN this morning:
SSN: “so, have you been able to determine what went wrong on Saturday?”
CH: “yes, we have.”
SSN: “so, what went wrong?”
CH: “it was a poor performance.”
Hmmm...
SSN: “so, have you been able to determine what went wrong on Saturday?”
CH: “yes, we have.”
SSN: “so, what went wrong?”
CH: “it was a poor performance.”
Hmmm...
But this is essentially it wasn't it.
Neither team were good, Watford had two players who played very well in Doucouré and Pereyra, we didn't have any.
From what I saw stood behind the goal, it was all about the basics. CH could've gone for a completely different formation and the players still wouldn't have been able to beat their man or pass it to feet consistently. At times, despite it being all but one of the same starting XI as last year, the team looked like they had never played together. This is what was frustrating not the way we set up (nobody seemed to have an issue when it meant beating United).
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
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Do you honestly think he would have thought that? It has been his over-cautious approach for years. He is not going to change no matter how pissed off he was at 5pm Saturday.
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el punal
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He was probably pissed off because the players didn’t do what they were supposed to do. Nothing to do with being over cautious at all. If that had been the case and the players had competed accordingly the final score would have been 0-0. Then everyone would have gone home thinking how negative we were rather than how crap we were.
Not Andy Naylor
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I can only assume that he was talking about the pre-season training we didn’t see, because the friendly games were uniformly unpromising and, with hindsight, should have warned us what was coming. I went to AFC Wimbledon and Nantes and watched Birmingham on Seagulls Player, and I saw a lot of players going through the motions. I assumed when there were actual league points at stake that they’d probably be right at it, but it seems that was wishful thinking.