[Albion] So, 10 games left...

[father_and_son]

Sacked a perfectly good manager and tried our luck with a fairly unproven one. That is the ultimate in pushing your luck.

A perfectly good manager who was taking us down and actually making it dull and boring in the process.

Let's not pretend last season was either a walk in the park *or* pretty to watch. It was f**king dire in every respect. Whether or not is would have been effective, who knows, but he was NOT a perfectly good manager.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Potter thinks too much. He fannies around with the team for every game. He is cautiously in his tactics. He plays wingers without having a target man.
Oh, hang on, maybe he doesn’t think enough.
Either way, such men are dangerous.

 

[phoenix]

We will finish on 31 points and finish 19th.

Are you in the know again ?

 

[fleet]

Can’t see a winning another game - but I do hope that I am wrong.

 

[BN41Albion]

Agree with this.

The way we play, we are as likely to beat Wolves/Arsenal/United, as we are to beat Newcastle/Norwich/Saints

Not very likely at all, it seems.

 

[Javeaseagull]

With our budget we are probably where we should be, 15th.

 

[Reinelt12]

The difference between us now and last season is that this season we are competing in every match, very few indeed are over where we don’t have a chance of getting something from the game... last season we were blown away by Bournemouth, Cardiff, Southampton at home without getting shots at goal, let alone on target.

This season we are dominating most games, getting shots in but not capitalising when on top... which issue is easier to fix? Not creating anything, very little possession, or having most of the possession, creating chances, just not putting them away?

Hughton was great, got us promoted and we all thank him for doing so. His ceiling (dangerous word with a manager) is fighting relegation every season, and we would have gone down with him in charge within 2 years I think.

Potter has more potential and upside to be a mid table prem manager, playing the way he does. However, his biggest downfall I believe is that the players cannot get any consistency, because frankly the team shape and personnel aren’t consistent from game to game, and during games sometimes (shape wise).

I was chatting last night about this and a friend pointed out something quite important - our promotion season was built on partnerships... Murray/Baldock, Bruno/Knocky, Stephens/Kayal, Dunk/Duffy... even the last 2 seasons you could argue Murray/Gross, Stephens/Propper, Dunk/Duffy etc.

This season we haven’t been able to build any partnerships at all... players who instinctively understand each other, their runs, their movement etc. It’s all been lost with the various constant changes.

I think the way Potter is playing is the way forward, but I think we need to stick with the same formation/team as far as we can in the run in to gain consistency and confidence in each other.

 

[Lifelong Supporter]

The difference between us now and last season is that this season we are competing in every match, very few indeed are over where we don’t have a chance of getting something from the game... last season we were blown away by Bournemouth, Cardiff, Southampton at home without getting shots at goal, let alone on target.

This season we are dominating most games, getting shots in but not capitalising when on top... which issue is easier to fix? Not creating anything, very little possession, or having most of the possession, creating chances, just not putting them away?

Hughton was great, got us promoted and we all thank him for doing so. His ceiling (dangerous word with a manager) is fighting relegation every season, and we would have gone down with him in charge within 2 years I think.

Potter has more potential and upside to be a mid table prem manager, playing the way he does. However, his biggest downfall I believe is that the players cannot get any consistency, because frankly the team shape and personnel aren’t consistent from game to game, and during games sometimes (shape wise).

I was chatting last night about this and a friend pointed out something quite important - our promotion season was built on partnerships... Murray/Baldock, Bruno/Knocky, Stephens/Kayal, Dunk/Duffy... even the last 2 seasons you could argue Murray/Gross, Stephens/Propper, Dunk/Duffy etc.

This season we haven’t been able to build any partnerships at all... players who instinctively understand each other, their runs, their movement etc. It’s all been lost with the various constant changes.

I think the way Potter is playing is the way forward, but I think we need to stick with the same formation/team as far as we can in the run in to gain consistency and confidence in each other.

Unfortunately I do not see that we have been dominating most games, certainly not since the turn of the year. We have played Chelsea H, Sheff Wed H, Everton A, Villa H, Bournemouth A, West Ham A, Watford H, Sheff Utd A, Palace H. Whilst we have had decent spells in games I reckon in those 9 games we have dominated Villa and Palace at home, that is just 2 and in both of those we allowed ourselves to be caught on the break nearing the end of the game. It was inexcusable to let Grealish have a one on one run against our defender at that stage.

I certainly agree that understanding has not been developed and chopping and changing cannot have helped one little bit, particularly leaving out guys getting some success. We are just not good enough to do that. There needs to be far greater consistency is virtually everything that happens with the team. From those chosen, to how they set up and then how they play. Without that we are not going to get much reward, this season or next.

 

[Barrow Boy]

I just wish Mr Potter would show a bit of passion, his post match interviews are about as interesting as watching paint dry, usually summed up with "that's football for you". It seems the only difference between him and Hyypia is that he stands in the Technical area instead of sitting with his hands in his pockets. I'm resigned to the fact we're going down, I just don't know where we go from there, don't let anyone kid themselves that we'll blitz The Championship with Potter and this squad.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Have just read in the Sunday Times that we are the only team in the top four divisions/leagues not to have won a game in 2020.
Dismal!

If you were a TRUE supporter, that has been public knowledge for a while !!

 

[BLOCK F]

If you were a TRUE supporter, that has been public knowledge for a while !!

Well, what a failure I am, then

 

[boik]

I just wish Mr Potter would show a bit of passion, his post match interviews are about as interesting as watching paint dry, usually summed up with "that's football for you". It seems the only difference between him and Hyypia is that he stands in the Technical area instead of sitting with his hands in his pockets. I'm resigned to the fact we're going down, I just don't know where we go from there, don't let anyone kid themselves that we'll blitz The Championship with Potter and this squad.

And THAT''S why we ended up with Keegan as England manager! Passion doesn't count for much in the scheme of things. Fergie and Klopp have passion, Pep and Wenger don't.

 

[Originunknown]

We'll be lucky to stay up now which is a sorry state of affairs considering it has been in our own hands for the entire season.

Toothless infront of goal despite all the chances created in most games. A shadow of the team that won at Arsenal playing with a fraction of the confidence.

18th place has our name on it, there will only be 1 or 2 points in it...

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

37 will be enough .... we'll get 37

 

[Del Fenner]

Ironically we could end up with more points than last season and still go down

You will never beat our Premier League record of relegation with 49 points.

 

[Se20]

37 will be enough .... we'll get 37

Don’t think so.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Don’t think so.

I do .... so hey ho.

 

[Kosh]

I think we’ll beat Arsenal and Newcastle and Wolves. There I’ve said it. I also think we’ll draw against city (suspiciously so) as pep likes us. A point too at Norwich, and it’s virtually job done.

 

[Zamo25]

We will stay up 100%....

Enjoy it. This is what football's all about #fromWithdeantoWembly

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Don’t think so.

Ah your still lurking on the oppositions message board, having a sly dig here and there.....

You really are sad.....

Fact..... We don't give a flying feck what you think, now or in the past and defiantly not in the future....

grow up and piss off..