maltaseagull
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His shooting is worse than Bissouma's.
Could be a great coach but should not be a squad.player next season.
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[Albion] Burnley vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
- Thread starter Dick Head
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Could be a great coach but should not be a squad.player next season.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,163
Next win is next season. The players are on the beach. Fans should find one too and avoid further disappointment.
Fair point, he’s only had 5 years as set piece coach
Seagull58
In the Algarve
and has exhibited no ability in the role whatsoever.
Spotting sarcasm not your strong point then
ferring seagull
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- Dec 30, 2010
- 4,607
I am now disabled and cannot realistically attend matches so I try, whenever possible, to follow games/our progress on terrestial TV ( whenever
) OR ( Seagulls TV ).It does seem that we are not the team we were earlier in the season - is the expectation that RDZ is gone?
Much as I liked his attacking philosophy, I felt that he tended to give a bit too much emphasis to attack at the expense of defence.
What is the general view on the Big Board on any of this please ?
Our best attacking players are injuredI am now disabled and cannot realistically attend matches so I try, whenever possible, to follow games/our progress on terrestial TV ( whenever
It does seem that we are not the team we were earlier in the season - is the expectation that RDZ is gone?
Much as I liked his attacking philosophy, I felt that he tended to give a bit too much emphasis to attack at the expense of defence.
What is the general view on the Big Board on any of this please ?
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,163
Squad too small ie injuriesI am now disabled and cannot realistically attend matches so I try, whenever possible, to follow games/our progress on terrestial TV ( whenever
It does seem that we are not the team we were earlier in the season - is the expectation that RDZ is gone?
Much as I liked his attacking philosophy, I felt that he tended to give a bit too much emphasis to attack at the expense of defence.
What is the general view on the Big Board on any of this please ?
RDZ perhaps not the messiah, just a very naughty boy
Fan expectations got carried away (we are Brighton after all)
Money talks and despite Tony’s hundreds of millions, you need billions today to really compete
I was there - and I think it was actually a game that was better to be at, than to be watching on the telly. I would have drifted off into doing other stuff if I had been sat at home watching it - but being there I was able to vent my frustrations, mainly on Hooper - see below.
I cannot recall a game where there was quite so much blatant pulling back and wrestling going on. Every time Pedro turned his player, he was hauled back or taken down - and only occasionally did we get a free-kick. A few times Hooper waved play-on, when we still had the ball, but not exactly in an advantageous position. Not only did Adingra have to run for about five yards whilst being pulled back all the time, in the second half there was one occasion he was blatantly tugged back in the penalty area.
I very much grout it.
sant andreu
Active member
- Dec 18, 2011
- 234
Sorry, didn't mean to come across like a d1ck.
The reason I said it is that, from experience of years living in another country and learning two foreign languages, I would say progress in your language ability is much more noticeable early on in the learning curve. After that, the more you know, the less difference you see with each little bit of new learning, compared to the larger amount you already know.
So while we saw RDZ's English ability progress quite a lot last season, I find it perfectly normal that it'd be hard to notice much progress over the last few months.
That's what I think, but despite some experience, I'm not an expert. So I was asking if you do know much about it, given my interest in languages.
pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,335
IMO, we are primarily lacking intensity compared to last season. Last season we were playing on the edge, but our intensity gave us an edge, which in many cases payed dividends.I am now disabled and cannot realistically attend matches so I try, whenever possible, to follow games/our progress on terrestial TV ( whenever
It does seem that we are not the team we were earlier in the season - is the expectation that RDZ is gone?
Much as I liked his attacking philosophy, I felt that he tended to give a bit too much emphasis to attack at the expense of defence.
What is the general view on the Big Board on any of this please ?
Lack of intensity is probably due to fatigue, which has resulted in injuries, which exacerbates fatigue, and once the goal is out of reach mental fatigue becomes more apparent.
This is a game of fine margins though and we are still a good team, playing very good football, but not with the same end result.
Pliny the Gull
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- Mar 4, 2024
- 42
18 weeks since we beat Marseille to top our group in the Europa league. 4 past Palace and 5 past Sheffield United. 4 past Spurs after. Lots of fight and commitment from other games. Decent Fa Cup run. Despite injury pile up, not a bad half a season. You don't become a crisis overnight.
The difference now is teams that last season feared us and stood off, realise we only play one way, so high press us and we struggle.
Difficult for RDZ with constantly having to deal with injuries and integrating the likes of Dahoud, Baleba, Fati, and returns from injuries, Estipinan, Encisco etc etc etc back into the side. Looking forward to next season, and have enjoyed this one.
The difference now is teams that last season feared us and stood off, realise we only play one way, so high press us and we struggle.
Difficult for RDZ with constantly having to deal with injuries and integrating the likes of Dahoud, Baleba, Fati, and returns from injuries, Estipinan, Encisco etc etc etc back into the side. Looking forward to next season, and have enjoyed this one.
theboybilly
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I can't believe you really think that.
um bongo molongo
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This is the thing. Recruitment, Pedro apart, has not gone well this season. Fati and Dahoud a disaster. Milner contributed very little (and mostly played out of position at FB where he’s been woeful due to the lack of options which most of us called out pre season. Baleba and Barco might become great players but aren’t ready yet. Igor Ok, but he’s no Colwill. The loss of so many recruitment staff may have been more impactful than we like to think
B-right-on
Living the dream
Since we put 5 past Sheffield, we've scored 4 goals (+1 OG) in the subsequent 10 games. No you don't become a crises club overnight, but it's now 10 weeks since Sheffield which is enough time to become very worried, especially when we've let in 17 goals in that time and only won 6 in the last 26 PL games. Anyone who doesn't think we have a problem is delusional IMO.
B-right-on
Living the dream
I've noticed how bloody awful our set pieces are recently. At least 3 of our corners today went straight into the hands of their goalies.
Vs the Arse last week, all 3 of our second half corners in front of us in the NW corner didn't even beat the first man (can't remember the others tbh). To say Pascal's off the boil is putting it mildly and the set piece coach is not doing his job and sorting it out.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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Alphabetty spaghetti is your friend in this scenario.