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What we needed tonight



BHseagull

New member
Aug 5, 2008
968
Brighton
Barnes from the start and El Abd. People who will FIGHT for the team. It wasn't there tonight and we lost because of it.
 




W.C.

New member
Oct 31, 2011
4,927
didn't notice any lack of effort?

Just couldn't get into our game.
 




Oscar

Well-known member
Nov 10, 2003
3,849
Barnes from the start and El Abd. People who will FIGHT for the team. It wasn't there tonight and we lost because of it.

As much as I love El Abd, I think you'd struggle to find many Albion fans who would have wanted to disrupt the Greer/Upson partnership in defence.

I don't think this was the issue anyway. We lost to a combination of players too tired/nervous to perform and Gus perhaps being too defensive in his tactics. Lua Lua and Buckley on the wings from the start may have made all the difference and brought Ulloa into the game more.
 




Barry M

Active member
Jan 21, 2011
367
We lacked bottle in the challenge all night, nobody fancied it, as an attacking threat we carried nothing. We went out with a whimper. Such a shame for everyone after a superb season!
 








hybrid_x

Banned
Jun 28, 2011
2,225
orlandi and lopez bottled it.

english rival semi final......sometimes the flair hides and is out-metalled.
 




nordicgod

Top banana
Jul 21, 2011
885
polegate
What we needed was bottle, a striker that has a first touch and pace, a Buckley that actually wanted to play Watford in the final, and a Spanish Dave who doesn't play like he did when he first arrived, fecking shit performance
 




DumLum

Well-known member
Oct 24, 2009
3,772
West, West, West Sussex.
Barnes from the start and El Abd. People who will FIGHT for the team. It wasn't there tonight and we lost because of it.

Opinion.

Barnes came on and failed to beat Speroni with our best chance of the match. Within 5 minutes of him coming on the game was lost.

Fact.

LuaLua should have been on before Barnes.

Opinion.
 


scooter1

How soon is now?
Ulloa was totally isolated up front, he had no support when we attempted to go forward. They nullified Bridcutt, and that was our undoing along with Orlandi and Lopez looking ineffective. As soon as Lua Lua came on he was marked by 2, and looking back they did this all night every time we went forward. Holloway got his tactics right, and tonight Gus didn't..
 


BHseagull

New member
Aug 5, 2008
968
Brighton
El Abd in place of who exactly? That would have been a very silly decision.

Calderon. We would have been harder to beat. We should have also started with 2 wingers (Buckley and Lua Lua) so we could have given them more to worry about. We were worried about them more than they were of us.
 






Grombleton

Surrounded by <div>s
Dec 31, 2011
7,356
Opinion.

Barnes came on and failed to beat Speroni with our best chance of the match. Within 5 minutes of him coming on the game was lost.

Fact.

LuaLua should have been on before Barnes.

Opinion.

You've managed to somehow blame us losing on Barnes?
 


BHseagull

New member
Aug 5, 2008
968
Brighton
Opinion.

Barnes came on and failed to beat Speroni with our best chance of the match. Within 5 minutes of him coming on the game was lost.

Fact.

LuaLua should have been on before Barnes.

Opinion.

Alright Rafa.

Barnes had the best chance of the game moments after coming on. How many more would we have had from the start?
 






Rugrat

Well-known member
Mar 13, 2011
10,212
Seaford
orlandi and lopez bottled it.

english rival semi final......sometimes the flair hides and is out-metalled.

Agree, they were anonymous and no match for opposition who were fighting for everything. Hammond was pretty useless too but at least put in a shift. Shows that there's still a lot about the Championship being about strength, passion and pace. We had little if any of that tonight.
 





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