portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,078
Prefer to use my eyes (and we’re a bit rubbish at scoring) and stick to the only stat that counts. Points.
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[Football] We are no better than last season at this point FACT
- Thread starter Anya1000
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Prefer to use my eyes (and we’re a bit rubbish at scoring) and stick to the only stat that counts. Points.
This.
We’re unable to keep clean sheets in recent months, due often to defensive blunders. Other than at West Ham, we struggle to score.
= losses and draws, falling down the table.
This aged well........
Like a nice bottle of English red.
As Reggie Perrin said about his son in law's nettle effort, "doesn't travel"
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
And the best part of a year since this was posted nothing much has changed, we have once again, alsomst certainly only just escaped relegation by the skin of our teeth.
That said, for who l consider to be a yo-yo club like the Albion, maybe simply retaining our place at the top table should be considered the best that we can aim for in the current footballing climate.
We have retained our Premier League status with 5 games to go and haven’t ever been in the drop zone. That’s not an escape, and it’s certainly not by the skin of our teeth.
Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,287
You won the thread on the first page - just look at the likes
Glad those 65 fans have been proved correct.
It's still a bit twitchy, we're not home and dry just yet.
40 points and 15th must be the target.
40 points and 15th must be the target.
- May 8, 2018
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We are a better time this year but there’s plenty more work to do
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Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,287
Agree we need to still hope the teams down there lose but with Bmuff seemingly losing they’d have to win 3 of 5 with a point in the other. Then look at t he or fixtures...
Villa lose to Liverpool tomo and it rubber stamps it for me.
Then when we beat Liverpool it’ll almost be mathematically there
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Well let's revisit this once we have actually played our final game, a slight improvement maybe, but l really don't see Graham Potter as either the master tactician, or even the Messiah that several posters on this site claim him to be.
I will reiterate once again though, that merely retaining our Premier League place can be claimed as a success, and we probably shouldn't be expecting too much more.in this uneven playing field.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Agreed. I suspect we're already three or four points above the survival points total at the end of the season.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Skin of the teeth? Master tactician? Messiah? Not so sure I've seen anyone write the last two at least.
A yo-yo that havent gone down for 14 years
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I was referring to the fact that l see the Albion as a club that will yo-you between the Premier League and the Championship.
I do know a little bit abou them, having watched them home, and sometimes away, for well over 30 years.
Pretty much safe with 5 games left doesn’t feel very tooth-shinny to me. To do so in a season of transition of playing style, with a new manager, and several youngsters being integrated is damn good progress IMO.
Have posters really used those terms?
Playing style has improved, goals scored has marginally improved, defensive record has improved and all this with mainly a bunch of players who were not Potter’s signings. I also think Potter is a smart person who is willing and humble enough to learn and improve himself. I am confident we will see further steps in the right direction next season.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
There do seem to still be a few fans who don’t give Potter much credit for what he has done this season and not taken into account what you have highlighted.
#teampotter since City away when we went toe to toe to them