Defence worries me the most although scoring is also an issue also midfield can get overrun so fek it well probs hammer them 

Just now, hawkster said:

Defence worries me the most although scoring is also an issue also midfield can get overrun so fek it well probs hammer them 

No it's the other way around, only 3 teams have conceded less goals than us (the top 3), we should be in the top 4, but our attack is way off the mark, 11 out of 19 teams have a better scoring record than we do this season. You cant blame that all on injuries. We will have to see if the new attacking players we bought are going to change things, otherwise we could really struggle to score.

Potter had Brighton 16th last season for goals scored. 

Is it actually possible for Mudryk to have his debut here?

Imagine if he silences those fans and we win away, instant fan favorite...

8 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Is it actually possible for Mudryk to have his debut here?

Imagine if he silences those fans and we win away, instant fan favorite...

Yeah he was registered in time. 

16 hours ago, Bebe1980 said:

Prefer to see:

 

----------------- Kepa -----------------

Chalobah -- Thiago Silva -- Badiashile -- Cucurella

----------- Kovacic ----- Zakaria --------

Ziyech --------- Gallagher --------- Mudryk

------------- Havertz --------------

 

If Mount has a good game he is ok - but he only has 1 in 10 good games - Gallagher seems to make the ball move quicker.

Has Gallagher ever had a good game against a team other than Palace?

Kepa

Chalobah  Silva  Badiashile  Hall

Jorginho   Kovacic

Ziyech   Mount   Mudryk

Havertz

think team largely picks itself these days with whos fit. Possible changes being A back 3 but i'd rather see us stick to the back 4. Cucu for Hall another option for experience but i'd like to see Hall gain some momentum. Mudryk v Trent should be the easiest debut he'll ever get.

Edited January 17, 20233 yr by RIP Mourinho

Let's see if our midfield can even find Mudryk to exploit TAA....

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Kepa

Chalobah  Silva  Badiashile  Hall

Jorginho   Kovacic

Ziyech   Mount   Mudryk

Havertz

think team largely picks itself these days with whos fit. Possible changes being A back 3 but i'd rather see us stick to the back 4. Cucu for Hall another option for experience but i'd like to see Hall gain some momentum. Mudryk v Trent should be the easiest debut he'll ever get.

Yes. I suspect something along these lines too. After this game we have 2 weeks before the next match, so we might start seeing a player or 2 back from injury then.

Despite their current poor form, Liverpool still have some dangerous players so this will be a tough game. But would be great to get a win up there and really push them into crisis mode.

Despite how poor Liverool was at times, playing against them at Anfield is a completely different perspective than Palace at home. The weakness in our defence and midfield will be perfect for their attack. The winless streak against top half team has to end one day, hopefully this game, but certainly not counting on it.

Given De Zerbi took over one of the lowest scoring teams in the league last season and his Brighton have put 3 past Liverpool both times they've played them I expect a similar quality of attacking performance from us.

Yes it's Anfield but given how poor Liverpool are and VVD being injured there's no excuse for us not to see some kind of attacking performance. 

If we get another 0.1 Xg 1 shot Potter masterclass he should walk because this is a winnable game.

8 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Has Gallagher ever had a good game against a team other than Palace?

I think you got to give some of the younger players a decent run in the team...

How long have we stuck with clean sheet Mount and Dave down the right not providing?

7 hours ago, Bebe1980 said:

I think you got to give some of the younger players a decent run in the team...

How long have we stuck with clean sheet Mount and Dave down the right not providing?

Conor's played 24 games this season already, pretty good run in the team to show something. 

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Conor's played 24 games this season already, pretty good run in the team to show something. 

Almost as many games as Potter has had.

3 minutes ago, coco said:

Almost as many games as Potter has had.

touche.

I'd argue Potter has had the worst injury crisis ever recorded for a manager while Conor has had 24 games with a free shot to make a name for himself to cement his spot and not done so (yet).

7 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

touche.

I'd argue Potter has had the worst injury crisis ever recorded for a manager while Conor has had 24 games with a free shot to make a name for himself to cement his spot and not done so (yet).

Prepared to judge Conor in an injury decimated team, but excuse Potter, deluded.

8 minutes ago, coco said:

Prepared to judge Conor in an injury decimated team, but excuse Potter, deluded.

Lets not forget Conor's games under Tuchel either though. Couldn't make a pass forward to save his life. 

Like i said, i'm indifferent as we have a lot of players in the squad as fillers so one more doesn't make much difference. I simply think he has the most resale value and Hall is already younger/better and should naturally play in the middle. 

26 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

touche.

I'd argue Potter has had the worst injury crisis ever recorded for a manager while Conor has had 24 games with a free shot to make a name for himself to cement his spot and not done so (yet).

I'm maybe guilty of giving academy players more leeway than others, but even so, what I would say in Conor's defence is that he's gone from playing in the same position every week alongside the same players (more or less), to being asked to play a whole host of positions alongside different players and under two different managers.

He was good against Palace, not great, but good. He was playing about as close to his preferred position as he has at any point so far for Chelsea.

It was a good performance to build upon, and I'm hoping that if he gets some good minutes under his belt over the remainder of the season he kicks on a bit and impresses.

11 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Lets not forget Conor's games under Tuchel either though. Couldn't make a pass forward to save his life. 

Like i said, i'm indifferent as we have a lot of players in the squad as fillers so one more doesn't make much difference. I simply think he has the most resale value and Hall is already younger/better and should naturally play in the middle. 

It's easy to sell him to Palace, but what if City came in with a decent bid for Conor ? Or any other top 6 team ?

3 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Conor's played 24 games this season already, pretty good run in the team to show something. 

I'd define played as more than 75 mins a game - and a run as 5 or 6 games together:
Date	Match No	Comp	Home	Result	Vs	Starts	Pos	Mins	Played	Count
06/08/2022	Match01	Premier League	Away	W 1–0	Everton	No	CM	1	No
14/08/2022	Match02	Premier League	Home	D 2–2	Tottenham	No	CM	6	No
21/08/2022	Match03	Premier League	Away	L 0–3	Leeds United	Yes	CM,RM	63	No
27/08/2022	Match04	Premier League	Home	W 2–1	Leicester City	Yes	CM	27	No
03/09/2022	Match05	Premier League	Home	W 2–1	West Ham	Yes	CM	59	No
06/09/2022	Match06	Champions Lg	Away	L 0–1	hr Dinamo Zagreb	No	Bench	0	No
14/09/2022	Match07	Champions Lg	Home	D 1–1	at RB Salzburg	No	RM,CM	10	No
01/10/2022	Match08	Premier League	Away	W 2–1	Crystal Palace	No	RW	15	No
05/10/2022	Match09	Champions Lg	Home	W 3–0	it Milan	No	AM	26	No
08/10/2022	Match10	Premier League	Home	W 3–0	Wolves	Yes	RW,AM	85	Yes	1
11/10/2022	Match11	Champions Lg	Away	W 2–0	it Milan	No	AM	45	No
16/10/2022	Match12	Premier League	Away	W 2–0	Aston Villa	No	AM,FW	33	No
19/10/2022	Match13	Premier League	Away	D 0–0	Brentford	Yes	DM	14	No
22/10/2022	Match14	Premier League	Home	D 1–1	Manchester Utd	No	Bench	0	No
25/10/2022	Match15	Champions Lg	Away	W 2–1	at RB Salzburg	Yes	CM,RW	87	Yes	2
29/10/2022	Match16	Premier League	Away	L 1–4	Brighton	Yes	AM,RM	78	Yes	3
02/11/2022	Match17	Champions Lg	Home	W 2–1	hr Dinamo Zagreb	No	RM	27	No
06/11/2022	Match18	Premier League	Home	L 0–1	Arsenal	No	AM	27	No
09/11/2022	Match19	EFL Cup	Away	L 0–2	Manchester City	No		23	No
12/11/2022	Match20	Premier League	Away	L 0–1	Newcastle Utd	Yes	AM,RM,WB	90	Yes	4
12/11/2022	Match21	Premier League	Away	L 0–1	Newcastle Utd	Yes	AM,RM,WB	90	Yes	5
27/12/2022	Match22	Premier League	Home	W 2–0	Bournemouth	No	CM,RM	9	No
01/01/2023	Match23	Premier League	Away	D 1–1	Nott'ham Forest	No	DM	18	No
05/01/2023	Match24	Premier League	Home	L 0–1	Manchester City	No	AM	22	No
08/01/2023	Match25	FA Cup	Away	L 0–4	Manchester City	Yes	CM	90	Yes	6
12/01/2023	Match26	Premier League	Away	L 1–2	Fulham	No	CM	12	No
15/01/2023	Match27	Premier League	Home	W 1–0	Crystal Palace	Yes	DM,RM	90	Yes	7

Will be an interesting match both teams have had problems this season though also think they will lift themselves for playing us.

With having the new players gives us some advantage as they will not know their weaknesses that well.

The Anfleld crowds'effect on the officials will be their 12th man too, hard one to call.

 

18 hours ago, TimesUpPotter said:

Given De Zerbi took over one of the lowest scoring teams in the league last season and his Brighton have put 3 past Liverpool both times they've played them I expect a similar quality of attacking performance from us.

Yes it's Anfield but given how poor Liverpool are and VVD being injured there's no excuse for us not to see some kind of attacking performance. 

If we get another 0.1 Xg 1 shot Potter masterclass he should walk because this is a winnable game.

When Potter gets a proper chance with this club and starts getting success are you going to change your username?  Or will you just disappear from here?

9 minutes ago, Droyman said:

When Potter gets a proper chance with this club and starts getting success are you going to change your username?  Or will you just disappear from here?

Can we do a poll on that one? 

27 minutes ago, Droyman said:

When Potter gets a proper chance with this club and starts getting success are you going to change your username?  Or will you just disappear from here?

You tell me it's your dream

He's had a proper chance, Potter has already managed more games for us than Nuno did at Spurs.  Hasn't managed to live up to Nunos win percentage there though.

Not that you'd expect him to given Nuno at Wolves was a cut above Potter at Brighton and the step up is hard.

If Potter starts showing something he'll have my support but I'm not going to blindly back the worst manager we've had in decades with the worst resume  who then immediately sends us on our worst run since April 1996.  He has everything to prove.

A real question is what would it take for you to admit Potter isn't the right man given 2 wins in 11 games apparently isn't enough? Do we need to be relegated or would that be part of our long term project under Potter?  Where's the line?

Edited January 18, 20233 yr by TimesUpPotter

7 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Lets not forget Conor's games under Tuchel either though. Couldn't make a pass forward to save his life. 

The same can be said for every other player in the squad. It’s sideways and backwards across the board!

4 hours ago, TimesUpPotter said:

You tell me it's your dream

He's had a proper chance, Potter has already managed more games for us than Nuno did at Spurs.  Hasn't managed to live up to Nunos win percentage there though.

Not that you'd expect him to given Nuno at Wolves was a cut above Potter at Brighton and the step up is hard.

If Potter starts showing something he'll have my support but I'm not going to blindly back the worst manager we've had in decades with the worst resume  who then immediately sends us on our worst run since April 1996.  He has everything to prove.

A real question is what would it take for you to admit Potter isn't the right man given 2 wins in 11 games apparently isn't enough? Do we need to be relegated or would that be part of our long term project under Potter?  Where's the line?

Give him the summer, let him spend 300m first, that way there will be no doubts about whether he's capable of making a top team or not.