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[Albion] Worst start to a season since 2002-2003
- Thread starter Ethelwulf
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the stats bear it out. It is there in black and white. They can't lie.
This is the worst Brighton team since 2002/2003
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BadFish
Huge Member
- Oct 19, 2003
- 17,127
I keep asking this question and would love to get an answer.
Given the constraints placed on the manager by the club (Playing passing football, playing within a budget, not paying silly money (i.e. current market value) for players and bringing players through from the youth system)
Who do the naysayers think we can get to do a better job?
Given the constraints placed on the manager by the club (Playing passing football, playing within a budget, not paying silly money (i.e. current market value) for players and bringing players through from the youth system)
Who do the naysayers think we can get to do a better job?
Funny thing, this happens a lot to relegation battling PL teams. They do well in the lower leagues, often for a lot of years, but once they get to PL its like the results magically get worse compared to when they climbed up. Hopefully science will catch up and find a reasonable explanation why it is common to get worse results playing Manchester United and Chelsea instead of Doncaster and Rushden & Diamonds.
BadFish
Huge Member
- Oct 19, 2003
- 17,127
This conundrum will never be solved. But until it does this comparison is a totally fair one.
The only thing we can do is react to the data as it stands. The only answer to this at present is . . .
. . . Micky Adams
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driller
my life my word
Hardly shipping goals?
We have Let in the 3rd most this season behind wba and Liverpool ( because of the villa oddity )
That’s is what I call shipping goals. If you don’t what do you?
Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
Happy to give Potter the benefit of the doubt after playing some good teams, but 2 points against the 2 worst teams in the division is unacceptable.
Truly woeful.
Truly woeful.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Along with the usual crowd who normally go missing when we (that’s Brighton) get a good result
BrianWade4
Well-known member
Tend to agree
We’ve had a tough start (Chelsea, Man Utd, Spurs, Everton) and Palace away is tough for us
But.... West Brom and Burnley at home
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Principal remains the same
GT49er
Well-known member
Like Wolves, Leicester and (maybe) Leeds you mean? Yeh, good point .....................................
TottonSeagull
Well-known member
Haven’t gone missing for quite a while then!
One fan’s ‘truly woeful’ is another’s ‘a bit disappointing’ [emoji2369][emoji2369]
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Have a great weekend
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Sums it up nicely
maresfield seagull
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- May 23, 2006
- 2,246
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Milano
Well-known member
Tonight was nothing like the WBA 2nd half. We controlled that match tonight for 80 minutes. At no point were we hanging on like v WBA.
Goals change games though and we’re too slow in and around the penalty area, one too many touches or passes, their defence can get set so it fizzles out. Tonight Gross was the main culprit, he slows the game down too much.
White in CM gives us solidity but takes away the zip Alzate brings.
I’d like to have seen Connolly on a little earlier and MacArgie for Gross but it’s fine margins.
2 wins on the bounce and it looks very different.
Goals change games though and we’re too slow in and around the penalty area, one too many touches or passes, their defence can get set so it fizzles out. Tonight Gross was the main culprit, he slows the game down too much.
White in CM gives us solidity but takes away the zip Alzate brings.
I’d like to have seen Connolly on a little earlier and MacArgie for Gross but it’s fine margins.
2 wins on the bounce and it looks very different.
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
- 6,589
No it isn't. We started this season in the top division. That is certainly better than every year of our existence other than the last three and those between '79/80 & 82/83.