Guest StevieLynex Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 Apart from Man Utd, I reckon that we are the worst performing team in the Premier League in terms of the expectations that everyone had going into the season. The likes of Palace, Brentford, Wolves, Brighton and Arsenal have exceeded expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 3 minutes ago, StevieLynex said: Apart from Man Utd, I reckon that we are the worst performing team in the Premier League in terms of the expectations that everyone had going into the season Nah. Everton by a mile win that one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 30 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said: If we lose tomorrow then it will get really toxic in the stadium. Before people jump in, I'm not saying I agree that is what should happen, but it is what I expect to see. Big pressure on BR to get a result now, I think. So hopefully he'll select our strongest available XI. ...what, like the team that threatened Roma so fiercely you mean? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 41 minutes ago, Koke said: We are currently 14th, with a few games in hand. This could be our lowest league finish in 8 years. Pathetic season. We won't finish there though, lets be honest. Palace have got Villa next week so that's points taken from each other. Villa have got Liverpool and Man City both to play. Newcastle have got Man City tomorrow then Arsenal next week. I am fully expecting us to beat Norwich, a game in hand, which would put us above those sides I've mentioned. We should be getting 3 points from Watford too. I feel indifferent about tomorrow as Everton will be up for it and I can see the game being a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 2 minutes ago, Fox92 said: We won't finish there though, lets be honest. Palace have got Villa next week so that's points taken from each other. Villa have got Liverpool and Man City both to play. Newcastle have got Man City tomorrow then Arsenal next week. I am fully expecting us to beat Norwich, a game in hand, which would put us above those sides I've mentioned. We should be getting 3 points from Watford too. I feel indifferent about tomorrow as Everton will be up for it and I can see the game being a draw. So obviously you expect us to turn up tomorrow then?.... I'll be surprised if we come away with a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 Brighton playing unbelievable football.... Potter successor to Pep at Man City 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 1 minute ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: Brighton playing unbelievable football.... Potter successor to Rodgers at Leicester City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 Brighton crowd however seem fairly quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonaldinho Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 Brighton's movement is worlds away from ours at the moment. I do wonder what Potter could do with a better squad. I'd happily take him here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sampson Posted 7 May 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 7 May 2022 Oh god the Potter discussion starting again. Utter dross relegation fodder for months, now a couple of good performances and he's the messiah again. I'd still dread to see him here. 3 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 Those games we threw away to focus on the Conference League have bitten us. Looking at that table we’d be in with a shout of challenging for Europe if we had just 2 more wins on the books. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 Left-back Cucurella took care of Kulusevski in the Spurs game the other week and seems to o be doing the s as me today against the ManU forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelmofox Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 4 minutes ago, Dames said: Those games we threw away to focus on the Conference League have bitten us. Looking at that table we’d be in with a shout of challenging for Europe if we had just 2 more wins on the books. Yes - but even though it didn't work out it was still the right thing to do. But - i still think there is a lot to play for. A win tomorrow is key, so we need to be fired up. Then win against Norwich puts us in reaching distance of Wolves who play Man City and Liverpool. All things considered, 8th would be a good end to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 16 minutes ago, weller54 said: So obviously you expect us to turn up tomorrow then?.... I'll be surprised if we come away with a draw. Yes. I think draw but I wouldn't be surprised if it was 1-0 either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 14 minutes ago, Happy Fox said: How did you hack my post?🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winteriscoming Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 15 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: Brighton playing unbelievable football.... Potter successor to Pep at Man City You can’t be serious? His achievement possibly finishing above the normal 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, winteriscoming said: You can’t be serious? His achievement possibly finishing above the normal 15th. I'm not serious just that his football is a better version of Pep's Edited 7 May 2022 by CrispinLA in Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 No excuses for not picking up at least 10-12 points from the last 5 games: Home games against Everton (won none of their last 15 away from home and only 1 point in last 13 away), Norwich (already relegated, 9 points on the road this season) and Southampton (4 points from last 10 games). Away at Watford (lost 11 straight games at home). The only one we’d have any excuse for losing is Chelsea and even they have gone off the boil. Could still salvage a 55 point season from here which is incredible given the systemic issues we’ve had at set pieces and closing games out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 6 minutes ago, jamesp26 said: Yes - but even though it didn't work out it was still the right thing to do. But - i still think there is a lot to play for. A win tomorrow is key, so we need to be fired up. Then win against Norwich puts us in reaching distance of Wolves who play Man City and Liverpool. All things considered, 8th would be a good end to the season. No I agree it was the right thing to do which makes Thursday nights performance even more frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Nacho Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 I’ve never known a Premier League season with so many poor sides in it. Bar Liverpool and Man City, everyone is no better than bang average. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Fresh Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 31 minutes ago, Sampson said: Oh god the Potter discussion starting again. Utter dross relegation fodder for months, now a couple of good performances and he's the messiah again. I'd still dread to see him here. Some poor form, but when Brighton look back at their league finishes they won't look back and think "that top half finish was good but remember that poor form we had" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fishwick Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 It is embarrassing with the resources available to us that we can’t play as well as this Brighton side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 It's going to come down to how many Brighton want to score... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentFox Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 So it wasn’t all Maguire’s fault, then? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 7 May 2022 Share Posted 7 May 2022 5 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said: I’ve never known a Premier League season with so many poor sides in it. Bar Liverpool and Man City, everyone is no better than bang average. Disagree. Arsenal under Wenger regularly made top 3 or 4 with some incredibly mediocre sides in the late 00s-early 10s. Ones which were far inferior to the current Arsenal side. I think in general the mid-table teams have gotten much better compared to 5-10 years ago, while Chelsea, Spurs and ManUtd have stagnated and it's caused a much bigger clump of sides. Liverpool and ManCity are as good a sides as there's ever been in English football. The relegation sides also feel like they can't compete and seem to get much more cut adrift these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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