[Football] Where it all started going wrong?

Badger Boy said:

Well, I enter some words in a post and submit. Much the same as you, but mine contains an opinion. Your posts, consistently, are without thought and content.

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One Love said:

I think everyone must admit our form has dipped from the first few games where we were unlucky not to get anything against top sides.

For me the decline has been Potter feeling he has to act to avoid conceding from set pieces as we did all too much at the beginning of this season.

His answer was to bring in Burn at left back. Now I love the man but he's not a full back, he's a centre back. He's let Townsend have a free cross leading to the penalty at Palace. He's gone missing way out of position for the goal yesterday and he's let many crosses come in against him as well.

He's also decided to move White into defensive midfield. Whilst I think he's played well defensively, he's very inexperienced to be playing that role at the moment.

The result of these changes is that we look half the side we were at the start.

He needs to go back to the team and formation that was playing so well at the beginning of the season.

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Badger Boy said:

It's funny you ask. He became manager of a Premier League club following success at a lower level, but it was a step too far. He then had various jobs and didn't do very well in any of them, with the exception of being back at the level he was exception at in League 2 with Port Vale. I'm not saying Graham Potter is a modern day Micky Adams, but history might show it to be.

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Rinkmaster said:

Right from the start we looked shabby, sorry but there is no other word for it. It seemed as if it had the importance of a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park. We rightly should have lost that match just because of a complete lack of passion only two players earnt their wages Lamptey and Lallana. The rest didn't even get out of bed

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LadySeagull said:

One up front is a problem because we never get the ball in the box enough. To be fair to Maupay, there just isn't the service.

As I see it, March and Alzate lose the ball and faff about outside the box for too long. March keeps needing an extra touch or getting the ball caught up in his feet.

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Napper said:

We were probably playing at our peak v Utd , Chelsea , Newcastle - 3 points

Palace was a drop in performance but still us playing well - 1 point

West Brom was a drop in performance but played poorly - 1 point

Everton - played shit - 0 points


Bottom line is , with the squad we have , we have to play at our peak and the opposition be slightly off it to get anything. Any drop in form from us will result in a thumpings and no points. This is where Potter needs to earn his money. We might get nothing at Tottenham but we can't dip into bad form and negative mindsets as that would see us down over a season.

West Brom should of been a springboard for us to have an average start to the season.

Was a crucial game and a shambles on the pitch and with the team selections / approach. As a result we are now in a dangerous place morale wise.

Potter has a lot of work to do

Ideal world you would want the Burnley game next at a sold out Amex. Spurs away with no fans isnt ideal for anyone.

Keep the faith

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DarrenFreemansPerm said:

Burn could have done better for the last 2 goals we’ve conceded.
Personally I’d prefer to see White back in defence, with Veltman and Webster, retaining March as the LWB and resist the urge to use Burn at LB. Alzate and Bissouma have been building a good relationship in midfield, the constant moving of personnel can’t help form or consistency surely?

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chaileyjem said:

Potter has transformed the club in terms of its playing style, bringing in younger players and only a few months ago led the club to its highest ever Premier League points total.
This year - we've had 6 games, aren't in the bottom three, have been inconsistent - which is frustrating - but also shown signs of terrific play and our defeats have been by Everton, Chelsea and Man Utd.
He's got a tough job to pick up the pace but its the Premier League - he's certainly capable of doing it and has the squad to do it. TB is not "too nice" to put him under any additional pressure or god forbid sack him - he'd be ridiculous to do so.

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Mike Small said:

Agree with a lot of what you have said but this ‘transformation’ has not massively ‘transformed’ our fortunes. .

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junior said:

Everyone slags managers like Bruce, but he's getting the job done and they will be nowhere near relegation at the end of the season.

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