- May 8, 2018
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Cucurella doesn’t seem to take people on, contrary to the highlight reels
Better standard or told not to?
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[Albion] Jose Izquierdo - released by the Albion
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Cucurella doesn’t seem to take people on, contrary to the highlight reels
Better standard or told not to?
If you think Brighton has played without creativity and that the players are afraid of shooting then I think we have very different definitions of creativity and shooting.
7th most shots per game last season and while there wasnt too many goals, they were usually from very creative plays.
This season!
If it were just this season nobody would have a big problem.
You're being somewhat, and characteristically, charitable to the current set up.
Jose and Knocky combined for 10 goals and 11 assists, over the course of 111 EPL games
That's from two players who weren't up to the Premier League for various reasons.
Biss, Trossard, March & Welbeck (tough on Enock, so not included him) as a way to deflect away from the blatantly obvious, have combined for:-
25 goals and 24 assists from a staggering 324 (three hundred and twenty four) games, combined.
Twice the goals in three times the matches at what four times the price?
You just can't hold up Bissouma's 2 league goals from 200 shots as something to get behind.
I don't care is Messi himself was shaking his head in disbelief, which he wasn't. .
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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Not sure if MWEPU's goal is in the same category, he did not beat other players he hit a very decent shot (as Bissouma has done twice) with great accuracy. He might be a contender though going forward. I think we should have kept Izquierdo on a 'pay for play' contract to just change the game style , I thought he looked ok when he came on for that cameo appearance last season after he was injured.
- Jun 27, 2012
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OP said we didn't have players that could score goals like AK and Izquierdo . And i said we did but sadly not often which is the bleeding obvious and is your point.
So i think you're furiously agreeing with me.
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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I totally support the idea of bringing through but then its a question of when and as you say maybe too early for Sarmiento , not so sure about Khadra or Mitoma the former has not set Blackburn alight.
I think at the back of my mind is that sort player might not fit the manager's view of what he wants i.e. his plan B is not to change style but to continue in same style but change players.
macbeth
Dismembered
As much as we probably are missing a player with that true 'showstopper' flair, there is some rather creative revisionism here going on about two players who were just as inconsistent and possibly more so than the players we have in the squad now. The midfield do not score enough goals, and this has been an issue ever since our second season in the prem, when Groß stopped scoring as regularly as he did the season prior. Much like our lack of quality up front, this has been a persistent issue that the club, for whatever reason, haven't really addressed yet, though god knows they've tried, and it's one of the things that's going to continue to hold us back until it's solved. My point being, reminiscing about players of previous seasons is all well and good, but these are not new problems and there's absolutely no new information here.
I didn't say that and don't think that, just you spinning it to your narrative as per usual
I said, I believe correctly, we're not very good at scoring goals. 1 per game over a season is not my definition of 'good'
I didn't say that and don't think that, just you spinning it to your narrative as per usual
I said, I believe correctly, we're not very good at scoring goals. 1 per game over a season is not my definition of 'good'
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
We are competing in the Premier League, and with probably the strongest squad in the history of the club, and yet still people complain.
How fickle us football fans can be.
We are competing in the Premier League, and with probably the strongest squad in the history of the club, and yet still people complain.
How fickle us football fans can be.
I bet the passengers on The Titanic were over the moon about being on the strongest boat in history.
Up until the moment those driving the boat turned right into t'iceberg.
That is a surprising statistic.
Lifelong Supporter
Well-known member
Yes begs the question of just why isn't he playing?!!
Maupay, fewest number of shots. No wonder he isn't playing.
ConfusedGloryHunter
He/him/his/that muppet
- Jul 6, 2011
- 2,047
I miss Lualua. There, I've said it.
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
- 3,655
Playing in our team, it's a minor miracle he's managed as many shots as he has.
We are competing in the Premier League, and with probably the strongest squad in the history of the club, and yet still people complain.
How fickle us football fans can be.
I think my passion can make me sometimes come over a bit fickle. I’m doing my annual, ‘Will I renew or not’…..
The Albion make me so sulky.
maresfield seagull
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- May 23, 2006
- 2,246
Surely you can get the festive season Out of the way ?
Before getting all melodramatic over something you have No control over ?
Lifelong Supporter
Well-known member
He can hardly shoot when he is on the bench can he !!!!!!
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I do wonder if Potter quit getting his coaching badges just before they did the forward play sessions 