[Albion] Still keeping the faith with Potter?

[Weststander]

Never had any faith in Potter to begin with because his track record of achievement at this level was a big fat zero, and such faith has to be earned by doing successful things. But happy to stay on the fence for a long while to give him a chance to succeed.

But he’s blowing it right? The inconsistency in selection is utterly maddening.

Today we were very poor and inaccurate with passing in our front areas. Isn’t this precisely Mac Allister’s strength?

Going against your opinion on CH, I was pleased about GP’s appointment.

But in recent months he’s making some bizarre decisions. Never starting the outstanding Alzate, playing a hopeless RB, Propper as our defensive shield, Mooy played when in no form at all, specialist Bernardo dropped.

Beginning to look like a rabbit in the head lights, experimenting with our future and Bloom’s investment.

 

[London Irish]

All issues you would expect from a novice manager

 

[oldboyroy]

I just get the feeling that the appointment of Graham Potter will turn out to be Tony Bloom's biggest mistake

 

[Frankworthington]

The club already said they tried to get a striker but what they wanted wasn’t available


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They would say that though.

 

[Don Quixote]

He doesn’t seem to be good enough at this level.

 

[Ernest]

I just get the feeling that the appointment of Graham Potter will turn out to be Tony Bloom's biggest mistake

Sami Hyppia all over again

 

[snowgrass]

Sorry, but i cant see him or us surviving, we dont score enough goals

 

[spanish flair]

Sami Hyppia all over again

Hyppia did the decent thing when he realised he was out of his depth

 

[Steve Foster]

We all wanted Potter to succeed but 6 wins is pathetic. Back him properly at the end of the season or sack him ...

 

[Farehamseagull]

I am but have more reservations.

Consistently leaving Alzate out makes no sense to me at all. He persisted with Gross in the starting 11 for too long and now he’s doing the same with Mooy.

And no Mac Allister at all seems a bit odd unless there is a reason we don’t know about.

And IF it was his decision not to sign another attacker in January then I really do have doubts.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Hyppia did the decent thing when he realised he was out of his depth

I don’t think GP would do that, not when sitting on a nice 6 year contract. Still question TB’s reasoning when he did that after a handful of games and whilst we were enjoying what was probably not much more than new manager bounce syndrome. It was a risk on a risk I think. Still, it’s his money and his choice.

 

[spanish flair]

I don’t think GP would do that, not when sitting on a nice 6 year contract. Still question TB’s reasoning when he did that after a handful of games and whilst we were enjoying what was probably not much more than new manager bounce syndrome. It was a risk on a risk I think. Still, it’s his money and his choice.

Do you think TB may have been advised by DA and PB to give him this improved contact?

 

[The Brighton Buzz]

Whilst I have problems with some of his team selections, it is not necessarily his fault that professional footballers cannot score a goal in 20 odd chances. Last season at this time we were creating, at best two chances per game at home and it was dire to watch. We are creating enough chances in his brand of football so who would do better. I think we will go down but think the players should take a massive part of the blame. They make the basics look hard. Passing and shots on target should be the easy part of the game with the amount of possession we have. I would just like him to come out and say we are not good enough in those areas instead of trotting out the same old “it’s football and we move on”

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

He’s lost the players. The ones he never picks. Their balls must be missing from the velvet bag

 

[A mex eyecan]

Do you think TB may have been advised by DA and PB to give him this improved contact?

Most probably

 

[redoubtable seagull]

I felt we were sleep walking to relegation last season and this season is no different; it has a similar feeling. We’re now relying on other teams’ performances after a dismal run of results against similarly placed teams.

Hyppia was hopeless, you could see he wasn’t going work out in the preseason games.

The jury is out on the Potter-Ball experiment. Feel it’s a tad over hyped though.

 

[Wellesley]

I love his tinkering. I love how it shows his pure genius by taking full advantage of our opponents weaknesses and maximising our strengths. OK, so we haven't won a game since God knows when, but it's great to watch the master tactician at work.

 

[Weststander]

I am but have more reservations.

Consistently leaving Alzate out makes no sense to me at all. He persisted with Gross in the starting 11 for too long and now he’s doing the same with Mooy.

And no Mac Allister at all seems a bit odd unless there is a reason we don’t know about.

And IF it was his decision not to sign another attacker in January then I really do have doubts.

TB said at the fans thing this week that he has total faith in GP, it was GP’s decision on striker departures and no striker recruiting. Fair enough, TB’s investment, he’s more successful than us, he’s a winner.

But wondering if he should’ve overrode GP on the January recruitment decision, to give GP more tools. GP is after all a rookie at the top level. Russian Roulette, huge sums involved in staying in the PL versus becoming a Championship fixture, holding far more significance than GP’s tenure at our club.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Still didn’t know his best XI, still playing players out of position, still not using a formation that would play to our strengths, still not won a game in 2020. Patience is wearing a tad thin with the tinker man.

 

[Ernest]

Everyone wanted Potter to be a success but even Stevie Wonder can see for the last 3 months he hasn't got a scooby doo about winning matches or even holding onto winning positions, changes the team every week, changes the tactics every week , nobody has a clue what he is trying to do.

No way would he be able to get a team promoted from the Championship either