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Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
But that is because there is no player barking at them to get out, or at least the midfielders.Seeing the highlights, the mentality of the players really feels like the problem. Not in terms of them not caring or not trying, but whenever they come under pressure the whole team drops and drops and drops. I remember Moyes saying he didn’t want them doing that, but it seems to be baked into them.
That thing about the whole team dropping further and further back is strange isn't, and your comment about it seeming to be baked in is so true.
IMO, we’ve been lacking a leader at the back since Dawson left, and we’ve been lacking a leader full stop since Rice left. We’ve got nobody directing the defensive line.
It seems that way regardless of which players or manager, almost as if there's a spell been cast on them. -
Other teams/matches
Well done to the Women’s team on their 7 (Seven) - 1 win at Crystal Palace , who are now relegated. May be the men’s team need to take note on how to play such matches! -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
Jay - what do you blame Potter for? The formation of 3-5-2 had us 1-2 up away at a side 12 points higher than us & pushing for Europe, whilst we sit 17th. Do you think he should have made 0 subs or did you think he should have brought on Irving, Cresswell, Ings, Rodríguez once he decided we needed fresh legs.
Luke, please try understand, you’re struggling.
All I’m trying to stress is that for me Potter has to accept some part of blame, ( not just yesterday) I’m not slating him or saying I don’t want him as our manager etc etc, but IMO he has to be a bit accountable, you see it differently, that he has done nothing wrong, IMO that isn’t true 👍🏻
Also I don’t buy the Cresswell age thing, because recently when he played he was okay, if he didn’t want to play Cresswell, fair enough, but why didn’t he then swap AWB over and let Coufal play in a more familiar position to him, that for me is simply strange, but hey, like you said, we were beaten by 2 great goals, it is what it is at the moment and I’m confident Potter can change things around, in a positive way, obviously with a bit or fair bit of tweaking to the squad for sure 👍🏻⚒️
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Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
To answer that last part, there I absolutely no evidence to suggest that he would be. -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
Why did Potter play a RB in a LB position when Cresswell was available.
Maybe Potter thinks a 27yo right back is a better option at left back than a 35yo who mostly plays as a left sided centre back these days
Luke, IMO you are wrong not to give “any”
Blame to Potter, he’s also allowed to be accountable IMO.
AWB played on the left several times at Man Utd and has started there five times this season -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
Seeing the highlights, the mentality of the players really feels like the problem. Not in terms of them not caring or not trying, but whenever they come under pressure the whole team drops and drops and drops. I remember Moyes saying he didn’t want them doing that, but it seems to be baked into them.
IMO, we’ve been lacking a leader at the back since Dawson left, and we’ve been lacking a leader full stop since Rice left. We’ve got nobody directing the defensive line. -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
I genuinely can’t understand how anybody thinks that the manager is to blame for a squad of players who have been beaten for nearly 2 years straight - fairly easily - under three different managers. -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
Going from 1-2 with 2 mins to go to 3-2 with no changes in that time; that is on the players. -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
I don’t blame Potter for anything - we have been competitive in every game under him. The only game we have lost by more than 1 goal was Palace (2-0) & we had 10 men at 1-0. The damage was done last summer with poor signings & the players need to take 90% of the blame for what we have seen over the last two years or so.
For nothing.....WOW.... -
Brighton (A) 3pm Saturday 26 April not on TV
I don’t blame Potter for anything - we have been competitive in every game under him. The only game we have lost by more than 1 goal was Palace (2-0) & we had 10 men at 1-0. The damage was done last summer with poor signings & the players need to take 90% of the blame for what we have seen over the last two years or so.
