Brighton

[Kal]

Have not scored a goal in their last four away games and have only scored five away all season.

[Zippity]

Our two recent performances have shown that we've definitely got enough to beat Brighton. It's a must-win...and I think we will.

[Cannylad]

Our two recent performances have shown that we've definitely got enough to beat Brighton. It's a must-win...and I think we will.

I think this is one occasion where Rafa should release the hounds !

[Jammy89]

That is pretty poor - didn't realise it was so few.

With Lascelle fit and playing again, i'm a lot more confident of us defensively.

[Zippity]

And....and I can't believe I'm saying this...Dummett. Thought he did well last night and without getting into the whole 'rights and wrongs' of last night's tactics, we restricted a team who average 3.5 goals per game (I think it is) to one goal.

[pboromag]

And....and I can't believe I'm saying this...Dummett. Thought he did well last night and without getting into the whole 'rights and wrongs' of last night's tactics, we restricted a team who average 3.5 goals per game (I think it is) to one goal.

when you play 12 behind the ball of course they arent going to score that many

other teams tried having a go and conceded

they got what we got

nil points

but at leat they still have theiir dignity and tried

[Zippity]

I agree...if we'd played with 12 it was remiss of Rafa not to stick at least one up front.

[pboromag]

I agree...if we'd played with 12 it was remiss of Rafa not to stick at least one up front.

what i meant was by not getting the crowd behind them was as good as giving a man away when we are at home

whats the point in having passionate fans if you aint going to excite them

[Jammy89]

when you play 12 behind the ball of course they arent going to score that many

other teams tried having a go and conceded

they got what we got

nil points

but at leat they still have theiir dignity and tried

And if we'd of gone and "tried" and lost 0-6 you'd of been on here slating Rafa for not being defensive, saying about how it's supposedly what he's good at etc.

Whatever he did, or does, he can't win with you.

[pboromag]

and if we'd of gone and "tried" and lost 0-6 you'd of been on here slating rafa for not being defensive, saying about how it's supposedly what he's good at etc.

Whatever he did, or does, he can't win with you.

nope i have said if we tried to play against them and lost by 6 i wouldnt have complained

what i am complaining about is we didnt try and could easily have been 3-4 down at half time
and then i would have moaned as we simply didnt try

i praised the effort for the west ham game and the attacking we did

we arent that bad going forward
we have taken the lead in several games

what we cant do is what everyone keeps telling me rafa is great at sorting which is defend

im honestly beginning to feel rfa cant sort the defence out without 11 behind the ball

and cant get a team to play some kind of offensive footy whilst defending

if we had lost 6-0 giving it a go and contributing something to the game i would not have moaned many have been taken apart by them and teams a lot better than us
there would be no embarrassment in that

what was embarrasing is the way we played from the start

if it had been a boxing match the ref would have stopped the fight as we offered no punches

if we had thrown a few he would have let the fight go on

many of our fans made their minds up on the outcome and went long before the end