6 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I would like to know why Mudryk came off. If he picked up a knock, then fair enough, but if it was a tactical change, I didn't like it. 

Mudryk may not have been very invovled in the first half, but it was clear to see that Fulham had suffocated that left hand side by putting an extra player there. There was a reason why our right hand side had so much space, it was because Fulham put that extra man on the left. The problem for us and the bonus for Fulham was that Ziyech was on the right. With his lack of pace it allowed their more energetic players to get across to him quicker than he could move forward and be a danger man.

Instead of taking Mudryk off, he should have taken Ziyech off for Madueke, a move which would have forced Fulham to take that extra man away from the left and give that side a bit more space.

Potter's changes killed the 2nd half in my opinion. He brings Madueke on for the wrong player, then brings Sterling on, moves Madueke to the other side, something that I think ruined his flow, but also brings Azpilicueta on which kills our attack because we have no support from the full backs.

Potter's tactical changes have been consistently sh*t so far. He more often than not makes things worse.

It’s what being incompetent is. Harsh, but the truth 

9 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I would like to know why Mudryk came off. If he picked up a knock, then fair enough, but if it was a tactical change, I didn't like it. 

Mudryk may not have been very invovled in the first half, but it was clear to see that Fulham had suffocated that left hand side by putting an extra player there. There was a reason why our right hand side had so much space, it was because Fulham put that extra man on the left. The problem for us and the bonus for Fulham was that Ziyech was on the right. With his lack of pace it allowed their more energetic players to get across to him quicker than he could move forward and be a danger man.

Instead of taking Mudryk off, he should have taken Ziyech off for Madueke, a move which would have forced Fulham to take that extra man away from the left and give that side a bit more space.

Potter's changes killed the 2nd half in my opinion. He brings Madueke on for the wrong player, then brings Sterling on, moves Madueke to the other side, something that I think ruined his flow, but also brings Azpilicueta on which kills our attack because we have no support from the full backs.

Potter's tactical changes have been consistently sh*t so far. He more often than not makes things worse.

Potter's subs make Sarri subbing off Kovacic for Barkley every game look like tactical genius

Potter on the draw: 'It's a step for us' 😂😂😂

2 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

Potter's subs make Sarri subbing off Kovacic for Barkley every game look like tactical genius

It was tactical genius. He preserves Kova and our chances of nabbing late goals became higher

I feel sorry for him, but just like Mount, he does not do anything to help his cause. Two week break, brand new expensive signings, truly a great atmosphere and lots of excitement inside the Bridge before kick off, the stage was set for a fun night and we get served that dull, dog sh*te performance, a wrong starting eleven and piss poor substitutions...

1 minute ago, Drogba1 said:

Potter on the draw: 'It's a step for us' 😂😂😂

Nice bloke, but he is just not a winner is he ? Doesn't have the mind set for it. I'm amazed Boehly and Eghbali can't see that ... probably more a case that they aren't yet ready to admit they made a mistake in appointing him.

14 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I would like to know why Mudryk came off. If he picked up a knock, then fair enough, but if it was a tactical change, I didn't like it. 

Mudryk may not have been very invovled in the first half, but it was clear to see that Fulham had suffocated that left hand side by putting an extra player there. There was a reason why our right hand side had so much space, it was because Fulham put that extra man on the left. The problem for us and the bonus for Fulham was that Ziyech was on the right. With his lack of pace it allowed their more energetic players to get across to him quicker than he could move forward and be a danger man.

Instead of taking Mudryk off, he should have taken Ziyech off for Madueke, a move which would have forced Fulham to take that extra man away from the left and give that side a bit more space.

Potter's changes killed the 2nd half in my opinion. He brings Madueke on for the wrong player, then brings Sterling on, moves Madueke to the other side, something that I think ruined his flow, but also brings Azpilicueta on which kills our attack because we have no support from the full backs.

Potter's tactical changes have been consistently sh*t so far. He more often than not makes things worse.

You have to understand, Potter has never worked with top talents. He would never think up scenarios in which he can exploit opposition's strength. He's too busy looking for the gaps of weaknesses

 

 

This is a long process, and Potter needs to get more out of the attacking unit ASAP.  Early days, but I will be far from pleased if he continues to field Ziyech, Havertz, Mount and Gallagher - no reason to expect any change if that is the approach. 

Next wkd he has better availability - see who he picks then against a West Ham team that will show nothing but fight. 

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1 minute ago, PhilH930 said:

This is a long process, and Potter needs to get more out of the attacking unit ASAP.  Early days, but I will be far from pleased if he continues to field Ziyech, Havertz, Mount and Gallagher - no reason to expect any change if that is the approach. 

Next wkd he has better availability - see who he picks then against a West Ham team that will show nothing but fight. 

Next week, I'd expect this lineup

Havertz, Madueke, Felix, Mudryk with Sterling and Fofana as backup with an Enzo-Kova midfield. 

Anything short of that will be underwhelming(injuries aside) 

Depressing to think they we’ve got another 5 years of this. 

I mean, how long does it take to turn us into a good team? He’s not going to get 3 years regardless of his contract.  The fans will turn on him by then. 

Tuchel turned us into elite team within months. Elite managers don’t take that long. We can’t wait 3/4 years to get back challenging again. It’s too long a time frame given the money spent. 

“Chelsea have scored 22 goals in 21 Premier League games.“

Brighton scored 42 in 38 league games last season. On track. Well done Graham. 

4 minutes ago, JM7 said:

I mean, how long does it take to turn us into a good team? He’s not going to get 3 years regardless of his contract.  The fans will turn on him by then. 

Tuchel turned us into elite team within months. Elite managers don’t take that long. We can’t wait 3/4 years to get back challenging again. It’s too long a time frame given the money spent. 

Tuchel managed to take us on an amazing run to win the Champions League, but he didn't turn us into an elite team. Otherwise we would have progressed from there. Instead we regressed. Under Roman we had several managers like that brought short term success but then needed replacing within a year or 2. Ultimately that short-term approach contributed towards a decay of the core of the team. I am under no illusions that Potter can build an amazing team, and I am also not convinced that we have signed the right players. I think we will end up with a mixed bag of success with the signings, a bit like we did under Roman in the early days. If the new owners are truly playing the long game then I suspect they will at least give Potter this season and a decent chunk of next season before they make any decisions on his future. However their expressions at the game today didn't bode well for Potter. After such a big outlay in this window I wonder if they are pushing for a quicker turnaround. So don't be surprised if they suddenly change their strategy and bring in somebody like Poch.

I will say I do have a concern how Brighton are scoring a sh*t ton, with the same players, the moment Potter leaves. 

Potter has to start getting offensive or he wont be long in the job, even Todd was looking a bit pissed off on the zoom lens.

I think he should aim for something like this.

                         Kepa

James       Silva       Badiashile      Chilwell

                          Enzo     

      Madueku      Zakaria      Mudryk

                    Felix     Fofana

 

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, JM7 said:

I mean, how long does it take to turn us into a good team? He’s not going to get 3 years regardless of his contract.  The fans will turn on him by then. 

Tuchel turned us into elite team within months. Elite managers don’t take that long. We can’t wait 3/4 years to get back challenging again. It’s too long a time frame given the money spent. 

Even if he doesn't have the same effect that Tuchel had, the least we can expect is to see something, anything that suggests there is something to build on. I have seen nothing so far, I haven't seen a single thing that he has bought into the side that has been an improvement. Our attacking game is horrible, the opposition test our keeper more than we test theirs. Even against Liverpool where we controlled most of the game, Allison wasn't tested at all. We have never looked so sh*t in attack. 

I keep hearing the transition excuses, but when are we going to see a single sign of this transition? If nothing at all has changed by the end of the season, then are they still going to be saying Potter deserves more time? It's not like we are expecting us to go on a run of winning 5 games on the bounce, but 2 wins in 12 league games is abysmal. It seems like some fans will be fine with another 2 wins from 12 as well.

7 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Tuchel managed to take us on an amazing run to win the Champions League, but he didn't turn us into an elite team. Otherwise we would have progressed from there. Instead we regressed. Under Roman we had several managers like that brought short term success but then needed replacing within a year or 2. Ultimately that short-term approach contributed towards a decay of the core of the team. I am under no illusions that Potter can build an amazing team, and I am also not convinced that we have signed the right players. I think we will end up with a mixed bag of success with the signings, a bit like we did under Roman in the early days. If the new owners are truly playing the long game then I suspect they will at least give Potter this season and a decent chunk of next season before they make any decisions on his future. However their expressions at the game today didn't bode well for Potter. After such a big outlay in this window I wonder if they are pushing for a quicker turnaround. So don't be surprised if they suddenly change their strategy and bring in somebody like Poch.

We looked every bit an elite team in his second season before Reece James got injured.

What is the football we are trying to play? Where are the attacking patterns they work on at training? I've seen none. It's like he just throws a  load of players out there and hopes they can come up with something.

12 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I will say I do have a concern how Brighton are scoring a sh*t ton, with the same players, the moment Potter leaves. 

They seem to score more goals yet they picked up more points per game this season under Potter so far (13 from the first 6)

14 minutes ago, JM7 said:

“Chelsea have scored 22 goals in 21 Premier League games.“

Brighton scored 42 in 38 league games last season. On track. Well done Graham. 

Potter's share of that is 14 goals in 15 PL games ... 

Just now, Drogba1 said:

We looked every bit an elite team in his second season before Reece James got injured.

I thought it started going wrong the moment Chiwell got injured. Once he got injure, the pressure was put on James to produce something, which was impossible for one player, then he got injured as well and things really did start going sh*t. We peaked with that performance against Juve and haven't performed at that level ever since.

Just now, forbzy said:

They seem to score more goals yet they picked up more points per game this season under Potter so far (13 from the first 6)

6 games is a very small sample size.

 

We have 1.67 from the first 6 games under Tuchel, to 1.25 in the next 15 games under Potter for example.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

I thought it started going wrong the moment Chiwell got injured. Once he got injure, the pressure was put on James to produce something, which was impossible for one player, then he got injured as well and things really did start going sh*t. We peaked with that performance against Juve and haven't performed at that level ever since.

I still feel the Tottenham performance was miles better than anything else we've produced this season, despite Anthony Taylor sabotaging us.

18 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

We looked every bit an elite team in his second season before Reece James got injured.

I don't think you can call us an elite team last season when we were so bad after losing the full backs. We looked very good at that point and I had high hopes, but it would be exaggerating to call us elite. We went on similarly promising runs under Lampard in the previous seasons.

16 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

6 games is a very small sample size.

 

We have 1.67 from the first 6 games under Tuchel, to 1.25 in the next 15 games under Potter for example.

Agreed. Our return under potter so far has been poor and he will be expected to improve on that. Equally though it is too early to say whether De Zerbi will dramatically improve Brighton as he hasn't been there long. They have had some decent games, notably against Liverpool, but there have been some very poor ones too. For example losing at home to Villa, going out the cup to Charlton when it might have been their best hope of a trophy...