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Will update all the match day stuff in the next 24 hours. Until then...what do you predict the team and score will be?

For me....2-1 to West Ham.

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West Ham: 5/2
Draw: 47/20
Wolves: 31/20

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Ferguson has to score that 

We seriously need a Patsy Holland style player. Not glamorous but always available to give an outlet for the ball.

Cresswell looks like he's nailed on for a contract extension at this rate.
First name on the team sheet 
Haven't we moved on ?

Dreadful line up on paper.
 

We won’t lose.

Brave line up. Love it

Not saying this is significant or even a factor but Potter’s Brighton chance creation was decent when I looked at their stats from 2019-2022 seasons and in that category not much worse than under De Zerbi but they could not convert them. One of the poorest at chance conversion by the mooks of things. Was it anything to do with better strikers or other players under De Zerbi because under Potter didnt he mainly have Murray, Maupay and often injured Wellbeck?  

Just saw the team! Does Potter have a concussion?

Time for some magic from Paqueta and JWP…Couple of goals even???

Expected more goals from Potter …


 

Todibo over his injury and match fitness issues I thought?

Interesting line up, never confident when Mavropanos is in the team though.

Kudus has been to Africa and back in the break
Injury?
Fatigue?
Bad AIDS?

What’s up with Kudus?

Fullkrug to come on and score a winner I reckon.

Wolves vs Westham livestreaming on here

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Bowen, Ferguson and Guilherme.

looking forward to this. 

fraser wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 18:32 Guilherme and Ferguson start... 

Paqueta and JWP in midfield, but he's dropped Todibo which I find baffling.
Kudus not in squad, injured maybe? 

Guilherme and Ferguson start... 

Paqueta and JWP in midfield, but he's dropped Todibo which I find baffling.
Kudus not in squad, injured maybe? 

Get Bowen back on the right wing where he’s at his best , start Ferguson play kudus as a 10. Won’t happen though . 

Has to start Ferguson.  Play a striker ffs.   Bowen and either Kudus or Paq behind him......not sure who is best to be honest.....thats the state of our team at the moment.  It is going to be the longest end to a season for us in some time

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:53

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:39

Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:24 This attack of Potter is way out of line.
He's been here a few months and has to work with a shitload of old and slow defensively minded players.
He has stopped the rot, and made a few needed changes, even made subs before the 80th minute too.

Give him the benefit of the doubt. He need more time and is lightyears ahead of the two previous wnkers

 

he's using a formation that should allow extra players to join the attack, this cսnt uses it as a way of adding an extra defender and still playing three central midfielders. this is almost every game, bar the first match against villa. he's also now apparently getting angry when questioned about why he won't use a striker. you give him all the benefit of the doubt you want, but I recently posted the season goal totals of his seasons in charge of brighton and it's about a goal a game. nothing is changing, he refuses to try things now with zero risk of relegation

 

the two seasons after he left Brighton under De Zerbi, they score 72 & 55 goals. his best total was 42, it's shit football with very little margin for error

I also at this point would totally bin off Ferguson, unless we think there is any chance he's the striker answer and we want to sign him permanently based on what has been seen in training.  
 

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:39

Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:24 This attack of Potter is way out of line.
He's been here a few months and has to work with a shitload of old and slow defensively minded players.
He has stopped the rot, and made a few needed changes, even made subs before the 80th minute too.

Give him the benefit of the doubt. He need more time and is lightyears ahead of the two previous wnkers

 

he's using a formation that should allow extra players to join the attack, this cսnt uses it as a way of adding an extra defender and still playing three central midfielders. this is almost every game, bar the first match against villa. he's also now apparently getting angry when questioned about why he won't use a striker. you give him all the benefit of the doubt you want, but I recently posted the season goal totals of his seasons in charge of brighton and it's about a goal a game. nothing is changing, he refuses to try things now with zero risk of relegation

 

Takashi Miike" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:39

Keep dreaming" wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 15:24 This attack of Potter is way out of line.
He's been here a few months and has to work with a shitload of old and slow defensively minded players.
He has stopped the rot, and made a few needed changes, even made subs before the 80th minute too.

Give him the benefit of the doubt. He need more time and is lightyears ahead of the two previous wnkers

 

he's using a formation that should allow extra players to join the attack, this cսnt uses it as a way of adding an extra defender and still playing three central midfielders. this is almost every game, bar the first match against villa. he's also now apparently getting angry when questioned about why he won't use a striker. you give him all the benefit of the doubt you want, but I recently posted the season goal totals of his seasons in charge of brighton and it's about a goal a game. nothing is changing, he refuses to try things now with zero risk of relegation

 

Cant say I know much about Fonseca in terms of his tactics, the way he sets his teams up etc and the type of players he likes to use. So I defer to you and others. Google search says he is at Lyon. Not sure how he is doing there so moght take a look in at one of their games which pop up on my Dodgy Dave forestick list of streams

Back to Potter. Its been pretty underwhelming at home but encouraging away. Thats based on an acceptance that away from home, its acceptable ( to me ) to play on the counter and be hard to score against.

Im sticking with giving him until a few months into next season before making a call on whether he’s the answer or just another dud.  Im doing a Sir Trev at this stage and going to get big splinters from the fence I’m sitting on.