[Albion] Garth Crooks team of the week

scooter1 · Feb 8, 2021

Dunk: You can't go for very long talking about any kind of Brighton success without mentioning the name of Lewis Dunk. Against Liverpool his defending, or should I say blocking of shots, was once again magnificent, as Brighton secured their first victory at Anfield since 1983.

Three days later, the Seagulls returned to the north-west of England and proceeded to play Burnley off the park. Dunk scored a terrific header but his team only left with a point. It didn't do justice to Brighton's performance - or that of their captain.

Fair enough about Liverpool, and great for Dunk to get further recognition(even though Webster was possibly better). But apparently we played Burnley off the park... What game was Garth watching?

Easy 10 · Feb 8, 2021

Crooks is regularly off his noodle, I'm not sure he's all there.

Sheebo · Feb 9, 2021

Burnley were slightly better and we had an off day for several obvious reasons. Def didn’t play them off park, but a draw was fair really.

Baldseagull · Feb 9, 2021

Dunk was good v Burnley, but Crooks has embellished the overall team performance a fair bit.

Razzoo · Feb 9, 2021

At least he chose an Albion player. Dunk deserves his place.

junior · Feb 9, 2021

Ian Wright also said on MotD that we played Burnley off the park. I actually agree that we did first half and tgen the tide was turned at half time. Perhaps they only watched the first half.

The Wizard · Feb 9, 2021

The man is clearly a clown, even in the first half we were lucky to be 1-0 up.

Although we were the only team actually playing football, what Burnley play is more akin to Rugby, with UFC rules.

Swansman · Feb 9, 2021

He probably got a text message or something telling him that Brighton won vs Liverpool and felt I had to pick the only Brighton player he's heard of. Its obvious he didnt see the Burnley game and its also quite likely he didnt see the Liverpool game as there's no Webster in his eleven.

Gotsmanov · Feb 9, 2021

I came to the conclusion a long time ago that Garth Crooks simply doesn't watch games, just comments on results, and that's sufficient journalism quality for the bbc. If he'd chosen Sanchez as goalie of the week, I might have thought otherwise.

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saafend_seagull · Feb 9, 2021

Should be Sanchez. He gives confidence to the defence. Ryan does the exact opposite.

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Gotsmanov said:
I came to the conclusion a long time ago that Garth Crooks simply doesn't watch games, just comments on results, and that's sufficient journalism quality for the bbc. If he'd chosen Sanchez as goalie of the week, I might have thought otherwise.

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I agree, he and other football pundits, don't put the yards in watching full games.
It's like most things in life if you want to complete a good job to a high standard you do some, preparation, preparation, and more preparation.
Lazyness is clearly following him around.
He is just another BBC employee that should be binned off imo.

Gabbafella · Feb 9, 2021

Crooks has always been a total bell cheese. He's your typical lazy football journalist/pundit who waxes lyrical about household names and doesn't seem to pay much attention to any teams outside the big 6, except possibly the other two gigantic names in football, Leeds and Villa.
I never pay the slightest bit of attention to anything he has to say as it's usually just something he's overheard and decided to write about it claiming it's all his idea.

oldboyroy · Feb 9, 2021

junior said:
Ian Wright also said on MotD that we played Burnley off the park. I actually agree that we did first half and tgen the tide was turned at half time. Perhaps they only watched the first half.

Yes, I think Wright and Garth were meaning in football terms we played them off the park with our passing and build up play rather than the long ball and harassing pressing style Burnley played. Also the 5 live reporter several times during the 2nd half which Burnley dominated commented that Brighton were still playing proper football.

Napier · Feb 9, 2021

Baldseagull said:
Dunk was good v Burnley, but Crooks has embellished the overall team performance a fair bit.

It makes a nice change to have the team performance embellished rather than denigrated or ignored!

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo · Feb 9, 2021

saafend_seagull said:
Should be Sanchez. He gives confidence to the defence. Ryan does the exact opposite.

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He’s picked the Villa keeper on the strength of the only save he made when Ryan at the other end made several good saves and kept Arsenal in the game. Both Sanchez and Ryan had better performances than the Villa keeper (not that he was poor he just had very little to do). More proof that Crooks has only looked at the headlines.

ClaretMatt · Feb 9, 2021

Seems you guys weren't actually watching the game either tbf.

Burnley played both fewer total but more accurate long balls than Brighton in both halves. Whilst also playing both more total and more accurate short passes in both halves. More dribbles, more shots, more chances created and so on. In both halves. Don't let the facts get in the way of the narrative though...

Tom Hark Preston Park · Feb 9, 2021

Easy 10 said:
Crooks is regularly off his noodle, I'm not sure he's all there.

Garth Crooks is the scariest fvcker in football bar none. Fvcking WEIRDO

Swansman · Feb 9, 2021

ClaretMatt said:
Seems you guys weren't actually watching the game either tbf.

Burnley played both fewer total but more accurate long balls than Brighton in both halves. Whilst also playing both more total and more accurate short passes in both halves. More dribbles, more shots, more chances created and so on. In both halves. Don't let the facts get in the way of the narrative though...

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And dont forget about "more elbows and two-footed dirty tackles"...

Agree Burnley were better in most ways though and that they actually played pretty decent football and a wise choice from Dyche to have his team play a bit more brave and composed than usual against a Brighton he knew was tired in bodies and brains.

stss30 · Feb 9, 2021

ClaretMatt said:
Seems you guys weren't actually watching the game either tbf.

Burnley played both fewer total but more accurate long balls than Brighton in both halves. Whilst also playing both more total and more accurate short passes in both halves. More dribbles, more shots, more chances created and so on. In both halves. Don't let the facts get in the way of the narrative though...

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You seem quite upset to be posting stats about a drawn game 3 days ago on a rival fans forum, when the thread is simply taking the piss out of Garth Crooks's ineptitude!

Munkfish · Feb 9, 2021

Garth Crooks hasn't got a clue what hes talking about and this confirms it.

The first half was fairly even, although Burnley got at us down the right hand side, Lowton especially causing us problems, you could argue we edged it because of the goal, but second half I don't think we have been under so much pressure all game.

Crooks hasn't watched the game, he clearly looks at previous performances from both teams and has had a guess at the outcome.

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