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[Albion] Lallana Post Match Interview



studio150

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
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On the Border
Refreshing to hear some honesty.
We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time, performance levels dropped by a few percent, keeper error.

You can clearly see why he reached the top with an attitude like that, no hiding behind good performance, we deserved something, haven't seen the winning goal back again.

And spot-on.
 








rocker959

rocker959

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Jan 22, 2011
2,802
Plovdiv Bulgaria
Total honesty no BS
 


Albion Dan

Albion Dan

Banned
Jul 8, 2003
11,125
Peckham
studio150 said:
Refreshing to hear some honesty.
We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time, performance levels dropped by a few percent, keeper error.

You can clearly see why he reached the top with an attitude like that, no hiding behind good performance, we deserved something, haven't seen the winning goal back again.

And spot-on.
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Was refreshing to hear an honest assessment of the game. He’s gone up in my estimations. You could see he was bothered. Followed by Potter sucking teeth and saying we should have got something from it. The comment about thinking we’d won at half time very damning on Potter imo.
 




Swansman

Swansman

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May 13, 2019
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I was pretty sure in half-time that the second half would be worse. Maupay was man marking Ndidi so Leicester had to either hoof it or play difficult through balls through the middle where Brighton had a man advantage and won the ball several times.

Rodgers solved it by pulling down Tielemans to play next to Ndidi, and unfortunately Tielemans is a clever, class midfielder who can be surrounded but not man marked out of a game. Choice was either to allow him to dictate the game or to leave a lot of space between midfield and defense. Not an easy choice and unfortunately Tielemans eventually took over the game.
 


swindonseagull

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Aug 6, 2003
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Swindon, but used to be Manila
Swansman said:
I was pretty sure in half-time that the second half would be worse. Maupay was man marking Ndidi so Leicester had to either hoof it or play difficult through balls through the middle where Brighton had a man advantage and won the ball several times.

Rodgers solved it by pulling down Tielemans to play next to Ndidi, and unfortunately Tielemans is a clever, class midfielder who can be surrounded but not man marked out of a game. Choice was either to allow him to dictate the game or to leave a lot of space between midfield and defense. Not an easy choice and unfortunately Tielemans eventually took over the game.
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And Potter seems to screw it up at half time every game.
 


Albion Dan

Albion Dan

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Jul 8, 2003
11,125
Peckham
Swansman said:
I was pretty sure in half-time that the second half would be worse. Maupay was man marking Ndidi so Leicester had to either hoof it or play difficult through balls through the middle where Brighton had a man advantage and won the ball several times.

Rodgers solved it by pulling down Tielemans to play next to Ndidi, and unfortunately Tielemans is a clever, class midfielder who can be surrounded but not man marked out of a game. Choice was either to allow him to dictate the game or to leave a lot of space between midfield and defense. Not an easy choice and unfortunately Tielemans eventually took over the game.
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So why didn’t Potter react by putting Moder or Propper into the middle to offer some resilience in the middle? No he decided to take off our most creative player and stick Trossard who was having a shocker in there alongside an anonymous Gross and a knackered Lallana.
 




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pocketseagull

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Dec 29, 2014
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Weststander said:
Respect for admitting:

“We were not good enough, thought we had won the game at half time”.

Putting to bed any NSC narrative tomorrow that we played well, deserved far more.
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We're in the thick of a relegation battle with a habit of dropping points and this attitude is in the dressing room. WTF is going on.
 




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Si Gull

Way Down South
Mar 18, 2008
4,386
On top of the world
How the hell could our players have thought we had the game won at half time? Have they not seen us play this season? Seriously, if they thought it was won at half time that's a real worry and is a mentality that will see us relegated. Manager's half time talk should make it clear to everyone that the attitude has to be that a game is NEVER over, won or lost, after 45min.
 




Swansman

Swansman

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May 13, 2019
22,320
Sweden
Si Gull said:
How the hell could our players have thought we had the game won at half time? Gave they not seen us play this season? Seriously, if they thought it was won at half time that's a real worry and is a mentality that will see us relegated. Manager's half time talk should make it clear to everyone that a game isn't over, won or lost, after 45min.
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Another possibility would be if these £50k a week earning footballers were aware that a game lasts 90 minutes without GP, their moms or whoever really needing to tell it to them.
 














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Mancgull

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Nov 28, 2011
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Astley, Manchester
Swansman said:
Another possibility would be if these £50k a week earning footballers were aware that a game lasts 90 minutes without GP, their moms or whoever really needing to tell it to them.
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Whether Lallana meant it or not, his comments are quite undermining of Potter. It's obvious that Lallana feels it's within his remit to say things like this. Would he say these comments if his manager were Scott Parker or Allardyce? I think not.
 








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