[Albion] Thee Albion: team harmony & passion.

Psychobilly freakout said:

A few seasons ago, certain players could galvanise the squad with their passion and love for the club. Players like Bruno would encourage an extra 10% from team mates, knockaert & Ryan would gee up the crowd by running the length of the pitch to celebrate a goal, all of which gave you a sense of team togetherness and harmony that went along way to good results and resilience.

However it may just be me, but I look at Trossard and he always looks sulky, Connolly looks constantly like Mr Angry, Ryan looks broken, Jahanbakhsh comes over like he is trying too hard to be accepted. Maupay looks like he does not want to be here anymore. I don't get the impression everything is rosey in the garden and I am worried because for us to progress as a team and stay up, we need that togetherness.

Thoughts people.

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Psychobilly freakout said:

A few seasons ago, certain players could galvanise the squad with their passion and love for the club. Players like Bruno would encourage an extra 10% from team mates, knockaert & Ryan would gee up the crowd by running the length of the pitch to celebrate a goal, all of which gave you a sense of team togetherness and harmony that went along way to good results and resilience.

However it may just be me, but I look at Trossard and he always looks sulky, Connolly looks constantly like Mr Angry, Ryan looks broken, Jahanbakhsh comes over like he is trying too hard to be accepted. Maupay looks like he does not want to be here anymore. I don't get the impression everything is rosey in the garden and I am worried because for us to progress as a team and stay up, we need that togetherness.

Thoughts people.

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Psychobilly freakout said:

A few seasons ago, certain players could galvanise the squad with their passion and love for the club. Players like Bruno would encourage an extra 10% from team mates, knockaert & Ryan would gee up the crowd by running the length of the pitch to celebrate a goal, all of which gave you a sense of team togetherness and harmony that went along way to good results and resilience.

However it may just be me, but I look at Trossard and he always looks sulky, Connolly looks constantly like Mr Angry, Ryan looks broken, Jahanbakhsh comes over like he is trying too hard to be accepted. Maupay looks like he does not want to be here anymore. I don't get the impression everything is rosey in the garden and I am worried because for us to progress as a team and stay up, we need that togetherness.

Thoughts people.

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Farehamseagull said:

I disagree. You've picked out players who are all off form so of course they're not going to look happy out there.

On the other hand, Sanchez, Lamptey, Webster, March, Bissouma, Lallana and Welbeck all look like they're enjoying themselves.

And it will all look very different for all of them when we pick up a couple of wins.

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Tom Hark said:

Yup, this. Where's the Caldes? The Brunos? The Bongs? The Kayals? The DUFFYs? The current crop look a shadow of the #together era. Where's the team spirit? Where's the passion? How did it all fall apart so quick?

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Swansman said:

I'm sure you praised the passion and team spirit etc of these guys on a frequent basis during spring 2019.

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Tom Hark said:

Yup, this. Where's the Caldes? The Brunos? The Bongs? The Kayals? The DUFFYs? The current crop look a shadow of the #together era. Where's the team spirit? Where's the passion? How did it all fall apart so quick?

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Psychobilly freakout said:

A few seasons ago, certain players could galvanise the squad with their passion and love for the club. Players like Bruno would encourage an extra 10% from team mates, knockaert & Ryan would gee up the crowd by running the length of the pitch to celebrate a goal, all of which gave you a sense of team togetherness and harmony that went along way to good results and resilience.

However it may just be me, but I look at Trossard and he always looks sulky, Connolly looks constantly like Mr Angry, Ryan looks broken, Jahanbakhsh comes over like he is trying too hard to be accepted. Maupay looks like he does not want to be here anymore. I don't get the impression everything is rosey in the garden and I am worried because for us to progress as a team and stay up, we need that togetherness.

Thoughts people.

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sydney said:

webster looks like he can't believe his luck.

trossard , maupay and connolly look miserable/angry .....where's the love ffs.

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martin tyler said:

Think this was said over the summer. Change is good but sometimes moving to many on at once isn’t. We might have moved to many experienced players on who knew each other, had got promoted together and stayed up together. They all put their bodies on the line. The new group wouldn’t have had any time really to bond off the training pitch and maybe it shows on the pitch. I believe long term players like Lallana and Welbeck who have seen it done it can help bond the young players

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