Icy Gull
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[Football] Huge game and a huge test for Hughton Saturday
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Justice
Dangerous Idiot
We haven’t scored for seven games
No other manager would survive a bounce was needed long ago. Hughton quote every team has quality players that can hurt us, shame we haven’t got any that can hurt the opposition. I’m angry because I fully believe we shouldn’t have got in this position in the first place. All the winnable games have passed us by and we are now left in the shit. Fulham was a wake up yet we never woke up probably deserve to go down in all honesty. Now we have to rely on Colin to slip up which is a dangerous game as he always does us over somehow, if they win at Fulham we need a prayer.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
We haven’t scored for seven games
In theory Colin needs us to slip up ...working on the no easy games theory
banjo
GOSBTS
A huge game, we’ll yes it is. So we’re the Southampton, Bournemouth, and Cardiff games. That horse has bolted. CH has been a legend for us. Whatever the result on a Saturday his time has come to an end. He can’t take us any further. I voted out after the Wolves game. I didn’t feel good doing it.
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Andone started a game recently at home and was toilet so you don't know in hindsight what would of happened. We got a clean sheet at Wolves so correct selection.
Stop panicking and get behind the lads whoever is picked.
Have the inquest in the summer
Icy Gull
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Warnock’s teams go for it when they can leaving themselves exposed, a much braver tactic than CH’s “let’s not concede first” mentality. We’ll find out who has got it right over the next three games. I certainly can’t call it but it’ll be interesting and I imagine more fun for Cardiff fans than us.
Stress levels are high but by jove it’s interesting. Who needs end of season mid table obscurity
Stress levels are high but by jove it’s interesting. Who needs end of season mid table obscurity
Yeah on sky the stats coming up for final 3rd possession. Over a 15 min period it was indeed 0% . ( generally over the night we were about 7%) Hence why Murray introduced.
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It will be another bus parking number at the Emirates...... Though I hope somebody speaks to Andone as we were miles better with him on the pitch and he was rightly subbed as his wrecklessness was close to a red. My guess is he was subbed not for tactical reasons but to prevent him getting sent off and suspended.
He got himself subbed, he needs to stay on the pitch as we carried much more threat with him. So cut out the silly fouls.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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CH has patently not been given the tools to do the job. Unless he's been given 100% veto over the Summer signings, he's been badly let down by the recruitment department. Unless we can clear these wasters out somehow, any new manager will have to deal with the exact same lack of quality. As PL newboys, we've patently been naive and been suckered by agents who will be limbering up to offload their shoddy goods again this summer.
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We haven’t scored for seven games
I get the sentiment, but think we are blinding ourselves a little because of how well we appeared to be doing in the first half of the season. Winning games for us in the PL tend to come when we play teams who are either in a rut themselves or simply have an off-day. Teams that beat us (who we might think we have a chance against) likewise. We have had our worst run of the season (or the last 2 seasons) - Saturday I expect to be much like every other game we play. If we play well we will win IF the opposition makes some cock-ups or genearlly has an off day. If not we will battle to a draw. If we don't play well, we have every chance of losing. So I get the sentiment given the context of August to January results/points tally, just not the anger. It was the same last season for me..
Justice
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Not panicking at all, feel more for TB really parting with millions for shit players, he looked like he had the world on his shoulders last night it will hurt him more than anyone if we go down.
Betfair Bozo
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I saw it as Andone avoiding CH rather than the other way around
You saw it right (imo.) He was clearly irritated at being taken off. Alireza, I suspect, was laughing about the shot that hit the inside of the post and spun away that immediately preceded his substitution.
banjo
GOSBTS
Like I said, it wasn’t easy voting him out. I’m not sure how much of this negative football I can take. Seems to have got the players back the last couple of games, we’ll at least battling a bit harder.
I posted a thread, I think it was after the Bournemouth game. “Will we score another goal this season” it got lost that night as NSC went into meltdown. But it’s still a question I’m asking.
I’ve supported The Albion for years like most on here, and will continue whatever.
Not sure what the answer is really. Just fancy watching us have a go really.
Betfair Bozo
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Have they? Almiron is out. Rondon is not quick. Perez is more guile than speed isn't he? Who/what am I missing?
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This will probably sound bad! But I hope Propper is still injured for Saturday.
A bit like the days of old, Lampard and Steve Gerrard not really working together, we just don't play that well as a team with both Propper and Stephens as DM's.
Better at wolves after he came off and better last night.
He's obviously a good player, but he was a 10 in Holland and for the national team, and for us, I don't think him and Stephens works that well together in the role propper has been asked to play.
A bit like the days of old, Lampard and Steve Gerrard not really working together, we just don't play that well as a team with both Propper and Stephens as DM's.
Better at wolves after he came off and better last night.
He's obviously a good player, but he was a 10 in Holland and for the national team, and for us, I don't think him and Stephens works that well together in the role propper has been asked to play.
Publius Ovidius
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It wouldn't surprise me at all if andone leaves this summer, even if we stay in the div.
Marshy
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I always admit I didn't want him initially, CH certainly was not my first choice but he has proven to be superb and my signature tells all about highly I regard him.
So much so that I don't want CH time with us too end on a sour note.
Am I tired of the defensive tactics... I am certainly beginning to feel a bit that way.
When I look at how teams like our south coast neighbours Soton and Bmuff play I would certainly like something a bit more like that, I realise its only a small shift in approach that's required to make us a very stable mid premier league side.
Can CH do it... I questioned him before and really shouldn't given what he has done for us but I need some convincing still.
Blimey, and I thought I had rose-tinted glasses. No, we've gone backwards and that's compared to last season as well as the first half of this. Yes we conceded five at home last year - but not against the likes of Bournemouth! We haven't scored for seven games; and that's not due to bad luck or anything, it's because we haven't even been able to get into the areas where we could possibly score. And again, we're not just talking about failures against the Top 6.
I think 'deteriorated' is easily the best term.
forumwayseagull
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have to agree its been totally woeful. Even tried to explain this to my non Football loving wife..