Brighton & Hove Albion (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

OB1 said:
He scored plenty last season in La Liga. Needs his first goal and hopefully that will bring more.

And people called Riyad FFS!
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Hope you're right. He's certainly quick, has a very good first touch and can beat a man but I wonder if he just tries to do things too quickly at the moment. Also I've seen him cut inside and (presumably) try and curl the ball into the top corner but he's never managed to get any curl on the ball. Hopefully things will right themselves or the lad will benefit from coaching sessions with Pep.

Anyway we're getting the usual hysterical reactions from a section of "our" supporters" because Pep is leaving, isn't interested anymore and has stacked the team full of apathetic old men! I thought today's line up was a strong one but we are short in some areas, still depend heavily on KdB and, of course, Rodri. We are vulnerable down the middle, especiall to pace but Rodri reads the game so well. If Rodri were on the pitch today we don't concede those goals and with some of our other injured lads we take more of the chances we create. The question is, how long will it be before we can pick something like our strongest eleven.
 
Cityfishy said:
That wasn’t a great performance or result, and we are not playing well, arguably since before this run of defeats. But look at where we actually are, lost a couple of league games, at worst 5 points off the top, it’s not the end of the world and definitely recoverable.

We are playing with players who either haven’t been rotated as they normally would or are having to play injured, you can see it through the drop off in the late stages of the matches.

It’s all about hanging on and being there or there about at Xmas. As long as we are in touch and the injury situation improves I will always back us in a race to the title.
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Like your optimism but without Rodri I can’t see how we can fix the problem of teams cutting through us with pace. Haaland is our only goal threat and with Kev in and out of the team I can’t see us scoring enough goals to be a title contender this year.
 
Kevs sub was on pep. He was a passenger but not sure how else he is supposed to get match fit although think todays timing was poor. Maybe no one else fit enough to come on but then shouldn’t be on the bench.
We seem to be a 45 min team at the minute.
Feels bad to criticise players after urging they given us but Walker is miles off. He may be distracted by trying to support others but he really needs to concentrate on his own game as he miles off his gold standards . Kev was one of the best but age and injuries seem to have caught up with him.
Phil has great moments but rarely takes a game by the scruff of the neck.
Simpson pussey has done well but unfair as he has been thrown in.
Nunes has improved but hard to see him becoming a mainstay and he’s a bit of a soft arse.
Unfortunately we don’t have fear factor anymore and well drilled Youthful athletic team s like Bournemouth and bha are now a match.
Not sure we are good enough to win league but capable of making it interesting if can get some of our core squad back
 
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