Brighton & Hove Albion (A) | Post Match Thread

simon23 said:
If you think Haaland is the problem you should probably give up watching football.

Here are the problems:

1 No right back in the squad that is good enough in any fashion.
2 Centre half - Dias is horrible to say the least, others are constantly injured or will be
3. RAN, Reijnders, Marmosh - the complacency is shocking especially from RAN
4. No wide players - our wide players today are both no.10s
5 Midfield balance- Even as good as Rodri is that midfield is horribly exposed......taking Bernardo SIlva off exposed it even more...besides Rodri no one other than berarndo has ANY defensive awareness. No creativity in there either.
6 we now have a goal keeper who makes our defenders nervous when he has the ball - he is a great shot stopper dont get it twisted BUT the whole back line is constantly under more pressure because teams. are now pressing us higher up the pitch (everyone will do this) as they know mistakes happen....keeper or defender kicks it long and we are not set up to do this so the possession is then lost.
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No - here is the problem.

The greatest coach in our history, and possibly the greatest of all time, doesn't seem to have a fucking clue any more and can't get his players to perform to the required level.
 
citytill1die84 said:
Ye let's write our LB off after 2 and half games
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Actually, the CWC exposed him before the season even started.

Against Al-Hilal there was a telling moment, immediately after they'd equalised.

Our back 4 were just past the halfway line and an Al-Hilal player had the ball 20m inside their half. One of their strikers started a diagonal run from the centre towards and behind RAN, who even having seen this, decided to step towards the player with the ball. He just took himself out of the game. And we were wide open. It was either an offside 'goal' or a missed open goal - I can't remember which (been trying to blot the match from memory), but RAN was watching it all unfold, helpless, from a distance.

That moment betrayed his total lack of any natural defensive instinct. This stuff can't be taught, so I think there's a fair chance that he's going to give many a nervous moment this year.
 
ancoats said:
When was the LAST time you seen Haaland wanted the ball into his feel or coming deep to pick it up and run at the defenders
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He isn’t coached to do that though. Against spurs he was dropping deep and trying to feed it wide. The wide players then proceeded to stand still and do nothing
 
all this thing we had to convince Pep to stay for the rebuild he and Txiki for some reason completely delayed. did Pep really want to stay or ride off into the sunset with Txiki? he doesnt just need to rebuild City he has to renew his whole tactical setup. or we need prime KDB, Fernandinho, Kompany, Ederson, Mahrez, Sterling etc all back because current set of players well lot of them nowhere near to those levels or just past it.
 
Halloween Jack said:
Let's face it. We have had a decade beyond our wildest dreams, but the party's over. Just a top four side now, if we're lucky.
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Which I why I can only get so disappointed about defeats these days.

We've genuinely accomplished the lot, I've been lucky enough to see so many great moments in person with family & friends that were literally beyond our wildest dreams.

Obviously we want to see us continue to win, that's the nature of football, but if we've seen the best of it then we can't complain
 
noseve said:
Actually, the CWC exposed him before the season even started.

Against Al-Hilal there was a telling moment, immediately after they'd equalised.

Our back 4 were just past the halfway line and an Al-Hilal player had the ball 20m inside their half. One of their strikers started a diagonal run from the centre towards and behind RAN, who even having seen this, decided to step towards the player with the ball. He just took himself out of the game. And we were wide open. It was either an offside 'goal' or a missed open goal - I can't remember which (been trying to blot the match from memory), but RAN was watching it all unfold, helpless, from a distance.

That moment betrayed his total lack of any natural defensive instinct. This stuff can't be taught, so I think there's a fair chance that he's going to give many a nervous moment this year.
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Again! Let's write him off after a few games. He's twenty fucking four ffs.
 
Lemon7277 said:
May get pelters for this but here we go

Klopp knew when it was time to walk away with his teeth still shining like a Colgate promotion

Pep needs to have a long hard look in the mirror as even Brian may would struggle to get a tune out of what we've got at the minute
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Love Pep but if anything he should've have gone earlier rather than endorse some of the average signings and allow Kev to leave. It's left us considerably weaker and out rivals have moved on. He'll probably get some time to see if he can do anything with this team. We're in decline thats for sure!
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
He isn’t coached to do that though. Against spurs he was dropping deep and trying to feed it wide. The wide players then proceeded to stand still and do nothing
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Football is a easy Game ? You have to score more than the other team to win
 
spiny said:
Lack of quality in recent signings means we play one paced, one way. There is no spark nor anyone who can score a goal out of nowhere.
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Yep, at the time we're celebrating the bargains we've been getting, but perhaps we've signed a few too many bargains and not enough world class players. We're at a stage where every one of our title rivals has a midfielder that cost over £100m (2 in Chelsea's case) whereas we've tried to replace arguably the best midfielder in PL history by spending £46m and £34m. And I'm not suggesting that you have to spend £100m to get a world class player (or that spending that much means you'll get one), but there have been a few examples that show we're unwilling to spend what our title rivals are in recent years, and there's only so long you can be outspent and continue to challenge.
 
This one hurt as Brighton were largely poor and their bright young manager a moaning bell end yet able to transform the game including using James chuffing Milner.
The club has got little right lately and if the current players cant show up consistently for more than 10 games a season it has little right to dictate that season ticket holders do!
Best the Rags and all forgiven!
 
DavidBrightwell said:
Sounds good in theory. In reality, look at who we bought in the summer of 2009 followed by 2010. Now look at who we signed in the last 2 years.

Not quite the same is it.

Complacency whilst at the top by those at the top. We have basically sleepwalked into mediocrity. That said, I think a new manager would get a better tune from these players.

I’m afraid Pep is done. He’s achieved amazing and incredible things, but no one lasts forever.
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We weren’t complacent though. We signed Gvardiol who’s one of the best centre backs in Europe and one of the best U23s in any position anywhere, we tried to sign Bellingham and then Rice but neither wanted to come, and we’ve just tried to sign Wirtz this Summer but he didn’t want to come either.

In the past Yaya, DSilva, Agüero, De Bruyne etc. all wanted to come and sign for us.

That’s the only difference.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
No - here is the problem.

The greatest coach in our history, and possibly the greatest of all time, doesn't seem to have a fucking clue any more and can't get his players to perform to the required level.
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Yes also agree on that but it aint in isolation
 
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