Brighton (A) 26/10: Build-Up & Match Thread

[Tony Towner]

As SSB suggested a couple of weeks ago, when I looked last night there were still tickets available.

 

[Johnny75]

You know I had spent most of today convincing myself that we could get something. Not sure Brighton had been quite as good as their results, high line makes them vulnerable if we can get in behind them etc

Then I read Jinky’s post. Maybe he just wants the pay off.

I do wonder if he's given up and just waiting for the sack as he knows it's inevitable now.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Its all very haphazard - last season we were hearing how it was all going to be so much more structured after a pre-season. Turned out to be bollocks.

It didn’t help that at the end of pre-season GON decided we didn’t have the players to do what he wanted so he ripped up all of his plans

 

[Tony Towner]

It didn’t help that at the end of pre-season GON decided we didn’t have the players to do what he wanted so he ripped up all of his plans

Yes, he's guilty of naivety for believing them there, but that's really on Hobbs and Shi more than him.

All that said prime VVD would have struggled in a back 4 the way he played it at the start of the season

 

[AndyWolves]

Gaz presser.

- Sam Johnstone has trained most of the week and should be fine for tomorrow. Gaz stated that he is "absolutely clear on who the best goalkeeper is to start tomorrow v Brighton". It's going to be fucking Johnstone isn't it?

If it's Sa then GoN is a genius (but we've wasted 10m on SJ).

If it's SJ then we wont see Sa until GoN gets sacked on Monday

 

[Tony Towner]

If it's Sa then GoN is a genius (but we've wasted 10m on SJ).

If it's SJ then we wont see Sa until GoN gets sacked on Monday

If it's Johnstone then it's because he's been told he has to play him imo, so we won't see Sa again whatever.

 

[Kenny]

Gomes III essentially told to sort his shit out in training if he wants to play games.

 

[AndyWolves]

If it's Johnstone then it's because he's been told he has to play him imo, so we won't see Sa again whatever.

You're probably right. I don't understand why GoN needed to say he knows who the "best goalkeeper is" - it's definitely going to piss someone off

 

[ROVERT47]

You're probably right. I don't understand why GoN needed to say he knows who the "best goalkeeper is" - it's definitely going to piss someone off

Because he’s either a twat or unbelievably naive.

 

[Johnny75]

Yes, he's guilty of naivety for believing them there, but that's really on Hobbs and Shi more than him.

All that said prime VVD would have struggled in a back 4 the way he played it at the start of the season

No set of players on the planet can play how he wants to play. It just isn't sustainable as he can't set up a defence.

Bielsa proved murderball can't work over a long period. Klopp knew he couldn't have everybody in the Gegenpress for 90 minutes yet this idiot tried with players that weren't suited for it.

It's beyond stupid.

 

[Johnny75]

Gomes III essentially told to sort his shit out in training if he wants to play games.

Beale II going all Lage again.

Throwing players under the bus again. He's such a wanker.

 

[Wolftone]

That should be a sacking offence

It should, unless O'Neil is following instructions from above?
Sa won't be worth much to potential buyers if he gets injured.

 

[BillyDee]

O'Neil is a yes man who got a nice pay rise in the summer to put up with this sort of shit.

 

[sycophantia]

O'Neil is a yes man who got a nice pay rise in the summer to put up with this sort of shit.

Yeah with the Sa/Johnstone issue it feels like Shi is driving it, so as others have said Gary is too much of a yes man. I'd have more respect for him if he just walked.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Because he’s either a twat or unbelievably naive.

Or both!

 

[The Bear]

Yeah with the Sa/Johnstone issue it feels like Shi is driving it, so as others have said Gary is too much of a yes man. I'd have more respect for him if he just walked.

It's got nothing to do with Shi. Sa will be sold regardless of how he performs.

 

[Sniffer]

The second Shi tells him who to pick should be the second he walks out and has a cast iron claim for constructive dismissal.

If he plays Johnstone this weekend then he’s trolling his squad and supporters after last week’s performance. Sa was given MOTM by Sky wasn’t he?

 

[Lycan]

If it's Johnstone then it's because he's been told he has to play him imo, so we won't see Sa again whatever.

If it's Johnstone it'll be because he thinks Sá is terrible in possession and far too likely to do something mental.

He'd right about that as well but unfortunately Johnstone is just so mid that the positives don't come anywhere close to outweighing the negatives.

 

[Lycan]

Gomes III essentially told to sort his shit out in training if he wants to play games.

I don't know why he feels the need to do this. What is it going to achieve, really?

 

[AndyWolves]

Gomes III essentially told to sort his shit out in training if he wants to play games.

Feels very Lage-esque