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[Albion] Under Gus



Acker79

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If we have any chance of a play off slot think we might have to overhaul QPR or Forest. Might make our final day game a bit interesting

That worries me. If it comes down to the last day, there's a risk of the game being televised, and our record with televised games is not great. Which will, of course, also be a problem with the play offs.
 




bristolseagull

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Jul 5, 2003
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Listening to the radio it wasn't a great game of football, surely someone will bump the papering over the cracks thread?

"Wasnt a great game of football"? Anyone that witnessed they drivel will tell you it was ****.
 


Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
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That worries me. If it comes down to the last day, there's a risk of the game being televised, and our record with televised games is not great. Which will, of course, also be a problem with the play offs.
Does one game still get televised?
Don't we all have to kick off at the same time.
 




Acker79

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Does one game still get televised?
Don't we all have to kick off at the same time.

I couldn't remember, so didn't say it would, just that there was a risk, but maybe not. Still, if we make the play offs, they'd definitely are. Basically, until we're in with a shout of automatic promotion, I'll usually expect to fail in the play offs because of the curse of TV.
 




Seasider78

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Nov 14, 2004
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It would be nice if we could discuss our performance under Garcia without constantly whining about Gus. Some people need to get over him as acting like a creepy stalker ex girlfriend who has been dumped
 


Brixtaan

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Jul 7, 2003
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Not sure about the technicalities and exact comparison details between Oscar and Gus but i do know i FEEL happier and far more secure being led by Oscar thanks very much so the comparisons just don't matter to me.
 








Phat Baz 68

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Apr 16, 2011
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downham seagull

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Dec 6, 2012
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Once in a while maybe, not when it's near enough every week

We tend to play better against the higher quality teams in the division, whatever the outcome this season it have always regarded it as a transitional year with all the upheaveal during the summer. For me it's been another wonderful year supporting the Albion
 






Brighton Mod

Its All Too Beautiful
We had too many draws in games we should've won easily early in the season, because we didn't take our chances and were lacking a decent goalscorer. That changed when Ulloa signed. As you say, there was the odd aberration, but can you imagine the present team beating, say, Blackpool 6-1 and completely outclassing the opposition as we did on a number of occasions? At the moment, we are sneaking games 1-0 often unconvincingly.

Gus's squad was superior, as was our style of football. I really think last season was our big chance. Do we even deserve to go up this season? Our current squad simply isn't good enough. That said, the signing of Lingard after a succession of very average players could give us the lift we need, just like Leo joining us last year.

I agree with one of your points in that last season was the big opportunity, whatever squad we assemble in the championship is not going to cut it in the prem so we need a squad to get us there. Many on here last year were satisfied with our 'unique' style of play and the fact that we had a five year plan. Why go up now when we can go up at the end of the five year plan?
In response to your points about outclassing others, yes we beat, Blackpool and Huddersfield well, but the likes of the Charlton home, Barnsley and Bristol away games were poor. In terms of the differences in the two squads I can only think of Bridge, Hammond and Dicker as the major changes?
 


north stand seagull

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Oct 26, 2011
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I agree with one of your points in that last season was the big opportunity, whatever squad we assemble in the championship is not going to cut it in the prem so we need a squad to get us there. Many on here last year were satisfied with our 'unique' style of play and the fact that we had a five year plan. Why go up now when we can go up at the end of the five year plan?
In response to your points about outclassing others, yes we beat, Blackpool and Huddersfield well, but the likes of the Charlton home, Barnsley and Bristol away games were poor. In terms of the differences in the two squads I can only think of Bridge, Hammond and Dicker as the major changes?

under Gus we'd batter teams a lot of the time even if we didn't get the win, which we usually did.
millwall away is a case of this. last season should have been an absolute mauling, i remember us cutting through them at will in the second half. of course it only ended 2-1 but we deserved more. yesterday by contrast was terrible. i defy anyone to find a game in the last few months where we have tormented the opposition for the majority of the game.
 






Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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under Gus we'd batter teams a lot of the time even if we didn't get the win, which we usually did.
millwall away is a case of this. last season should have been an absolute mauling, i remember us cutting through them at will in the second half. of course it only ended 2-1 but we deserved more.
Last season Millwall had 10 men, and Chris Wood still nearly equalised near the end. Apart from that though, I'd agree, we were playing a lot better last year. Gus had longer to get his players playing the way he wanted.
 


keaton

Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
Nov 18, 2004
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That was as I intended. It's not so much a criticism as an observation that under Gus I can't imagine us ever going two down at home to a team like Wigan but equally, we tended to cock things up in winnable away games where a draw might also have been deemed acceptable.

Does it make up for the 10 points or so we're down as under Gus we always beat the teams at the bottom at home
 






Brighton Breezy

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Jul 5, 2003
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Away to relegated Bristol City last season almost exactly a year ago. We drew 0-0 and had 33% possession :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21584008

Good point.

Although that was one of our worst performances of the entire season.

I don't think the difference between our normal performance this season and Saturday was as drastic.

Still not anti-Oscar. Just a bit, well, bored I guess, by our style of play at times this season.
 


British Bulldog

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Feb 6, 2006
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I am pretty sure we wouldn't have only ended with 40 per cent possession against such a poor team under Poyet.

We would probably have had an additional 20% but that would have just been through passing it around at the back.
 


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