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[Albion] How do you feel about the Potter revolution thus far?
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Icy Gull
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He/she is not wrong you have become very negative on all things Albion over the last year or so. I mentioned this last week because I remember when you were very positive about all things Albion
Icy Gull
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I hope that Watford plonker who banged on on Watford tv for 15 mins, after we beat them, about how they should be beating teams like Albion has another go tonight. If he does and anyone sees it, please post on here, it’s quality entitled ranting
London Irish
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He/she is not wrong you have become very negative on all things Albion over the last year or so. I mentioned this last week because I remember when you were very positive about all things Albion
And my response to you stands. No where near as comically negative as you were about our football last season
Icy Gull
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And my response to you stands. No where near as comically negative as you were about our football last season
As comical as your comments about how useless Stephens is?
I've been quite open that it's largely Potter's fault. Some of the blame has to go to the board also. Loaning out Locadia and Andone was the right call. Just very poorly timed. It's left us very weak up top and no chance of replacing them.
Potter's tactics will ultimately send us down though. You cannot defend like we do at this level. It's that simple.
rogersix
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i would prefer to get the balance between defence and attack right,
like proper football played by proper footballers
rogersix
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it's called the business end of the season for a reason
rogersix
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you can't get relegated in the first month, but you can in the last,
so it is different
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I can't agree that letting both Locadia and Andone out was the correct decision. One of them perhaps.
Glenn Murray must be rubbing his hands with glee. Virtually guarantees he will start on a regular basis for now.
What if there are two injuries or injuries and suspensions to front men at the same ?
Total remiss of the Manager to let both go if he had a say in the matter
Icy Gull
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Hard to argue with that, especially as Ali J seems to be completely out of favour too. Bizarre but I guess both made it obvious they didn’t want to be part of the Potter revolution
Both offered nothing. Locadia was lazy and Andone is well Andone. Think you are missing my point also.
theboybilly
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It was the inference that the final league table is evidence of everything. Things don't even themselves out over the season. we had a fair few decisions go our way too. In that run of three 1-0 wins I mentioned, if the opposition in two of those games could have actually hit the barn door they were trying to knock down we would have been 3-1 losers at least. Not to mention the capitulations at Craven Cottage and against a Vardy- reinforced Leicester at the Amex where we just seemed to melt as soon as he came on. People were getting carried away when we were (if memory serves me correctly) on 14pts after 9 games. I thought at the time how that could so easily have been just 4. In the end Cardiff were a better side than us, showed more fight (with the honourable exception of our defensive unit), showed more guile. We were very, very lucky.- I take no pleasure in saying that
Of course you can't get relegated in the first month but the warning signs are already there under Potter.
Looking at the expected goals stats for the teams we've played it doesn't seem we've been giving them loads of clear cut opportunities (discounting City). In fact every team we've played bar Watford have outperformed their xg, suggesting they've been clinical, rather than us being loose at the back.
Watford xg1
West Ham xg0.6
Southampton xg1.8 (AGAINST 10 MEN OF COURSE)
Man city xg2.3
Burnley xg0.4
What exactly about the defending don't you like? Seems to me like we are keeping the ball well and restricting the opposition's chances. The problem is we're not taking our chances.
rogersix
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i think you're missing the point
Twice.
I'm talking about the goals we have conceded since the start of the season. They have been largely down to poor defending. Even that poor article i read about us and Man City. It was laughable. That could have easily been 6 or 7 like i said before. A couple of there goals were quality granted. The others poor. Our defending in that game was shit. It's that simple.
The other homes games we conceded poor goals.
I've said this before but clean sheets will be a rarity under Potter. We cannot defend and it's verve racking seeing us defending.
Stats are all well and good but i rather watch with my own eyes. I don't like what i'm seeing. I just think the system we play is wrong for us at this level.
This. Locadia’s been put on some pedestal, simply because he’s an alleged striker. Over 18 months he produced little in his PL appearances. Andone scored the greatest Albion I’ve ever seen, but even when coming on a sub he was bone idle, his nasty streak cost us, and the player wanted out. Paul Hayward’s insight was very revealing.