Relegation fodder opening up our defense at will. This does not look good at all. Top half will be difficult playing like this. No quality, no structure. Only thing we're comfortable with is backward, sideways football when the opposition sits back and gives us way too much respect. The minute they start attacking, we fall apart.

Edited January 1, 20233 yr by Nick05

3 minutes ago, enigma said:

This isn't just on Potter. We've seen this story too many times over the years. There's a mentality and quality issue. We have an aging RB as a back up to James, that says it all. I think Kante has masked many issues we've had in midfield too. Problem is that many won't have patience, and not sure if Boehly will continue to if the fans put the pressure on. 

Issues or not, we're better than Forest. He's had 4 months in charge, and still no idea of how he wants to play. What was he doing during the World Cup? We don't look any better than two monthd ago.

 

I think having patience will only hurt us at this point. It was Brighton's recruitment team that we needed, not Brighton's manager.  There's no way Enrique or Pochettino could do worse than this,

1 minute ago, mojo said:

we deserve nothing from this game

Agree 

i have resigned that this season is a write off. looks like we won't be finishing in the top 6 and Arsenal winning the league....

So 12 or so guys were away for the World Cup but there's no sign here that Potter has a plan or philosophy to give the team. He's had a month to work on how he wants us to play - on this evidence he's not shaping how we play, it's still left to individuals to make it up as they go. That's not good enough is it?

What really f**ks me off about Havertz is he plays like he's got all the time in the world on the ball.

Absolute sh*te 

Can we have another World Cup please Gianni ? Starting next week would be good ...

5 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Cucurella looked like a perfect back up to Chilwell at Brighton, but he's such a nothing player for us. Well below Chilwell at the moment. Even Alonso had more to his game and he could barely run.

He did some good defence today. But true Chilwell and Alonso has some long shots.

Todd sacked someone for this sh*t

we have a manager with no balls, pardon my language

Gallagher has been a f**king disaster since coming on

This has been totally glueless the whole second half. 

1 minute ago, timetowaste said:

What really f**ks me off about Havertz is he plays like he's got all the time in the world on the ball.

So nonchalant in the ball and doesn’t really suit this league. Doesn’t ever please the fans either that style  

Weak the absolute lot of them weak from top to bottom 

Wtf has this fraud been doing during the World Cup 

Heh... remember when Gallagher managed to pick up two yellows in the first half against Leicester when playing in this position? Good to see we've learned from that...

please end this torture

Just now, charierre said:

Gallagher has been a f**king disaster since coming on

He is playing way too deep. 

91 mins and still playing at walking pace

Biggest turning point of the game was the team losing control in the second. Players probably thought they were going to control the match all game. Shame on everyone that played on that pitch today!

3 minutes ago, enigma said:

This isn't just on Potter. We've seen this story too many times over the years. There's a mentality and quality issue. We have an aging RB as a back up to James, that says it all. I think Kante has masked many issues we've had in midfield too. Problem is that many won't have patience, and not sure if Boehly will continue to if the fans put the pressure on. 

It's definitely not all on Potter, I agree with that, but I am not seeing anything so far that indicates he will be the one to guide us in the right direction. All he has done since the world cup is change to a back 4, but how we play is exactly the same. At least in the past we had a coach that came in and immediately changed things even if things went wrong later, nothing has improved under Potter, we have only gotten worse.

I want us to stop changing the manager at the first sign of trouble, but it's got to be for the right coach. Potter should have been able to change something about this team by now if he was so good. Tuchel managed it in his first few months, why are we not holding Potter to those same standards?

4 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

No structure no attacking patterns. Nothing 

wtf does the fraud do during his coaching sessions ? 

There was a blogger who attended our training session and he was totally appalled at the complete lack of coaching. He witnessed our players f**king about, rolling the ball for a laugh, no effort or exertion  whatsoever, and the coaching stuff not giving two sh*ts, just encouraging this clownery with "Great job, boys!" occasional shouts. I am not surprised to see what you all observe. I am just patiently waiting for Potter to leave the building.

Just now, Andy2461 said:

Wtf has this fraud been doing during the World Cup 

staring at the ocean

Not a good performance.