Brighton11
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I hope you don't mind a Brighton fan throwing in my tuppence worth. Interesting to read the thread and the blog to see how you compare the two sides right now.
To be honest, if you'd offered me a point before the game I'd have taken it. You've had some good results recently and Molineux always feels like a difficult trip. And, in the first 10 minutes or so you could see the intensity and energy that Lambert wants you to play with. Maybe if Costa had been playing it might have been different.
We always play 442 and the way to beat us is 4231 if the guy in the hole is a quality player. We got absolutely stuffed away at Huddersfield with that bloke Izzy Brown running the show from just behind the striker. But yesterday, even though you were set up that way, there wasn't anyone able in that position. And Bodvarson on his own doesn't ever look like making anything happen. Cavaleiro and Marshall both looked tidy though. I thought Saiss, who's obviously decent, kept giving the ball away because he was trying to find the killer pass to compensate for the lack of quality up front.
The perception that we're 'just' highly organised doesn't do us justice. That's more or less what we were last season and it wasn't quite enough as we found out to our cost. This season we've gone up a gear because Hughton has made sure we've got two quality players for every single position. So yesterday Kayal, last year's player of the season, wasn't even on the bench because he was due a rest an Sidwell is just as good. Same at centre-back: last year Goldson was excellent playing alongside Dunk but Hughton went out and bought Duffy who's more physically commanding and so we got an upgrade on what was already a strong squad.
So what all of that tells me is that getting out of the Championship is at least a two-year process. We're lucky we've had stability, investment, an exceptional manager and tremendous team spirit - it's needed all of those to get us to this point. Who knows how we'll do in the Premier League? We could be another Middlesbrough in 12 months time. So we just have to enjoy this outstanding season while we can - it happens about once every 40 years if you're a Brighton fan.
Anyway, good luck for what comes next. At least you've got a manager who's very like Hughton - experienced and won promotion from the league before. No doubt he can do it again if given time.
To be honest, if you'd offered me a point before the game I'd have taken it. You've had some good results recently and Molineux always feels like a difficult trip. And, in the first 10 minutes or so you could see the intensity and energy that Lambert wants you to play with. Maybe if Costa had been playing it might have been different.
We always play 442 and the way to beat us is 4231 if the guy in the hole is a quality player. We got absolutely stuffed away at Huddersfield with that bloke Izzy Brown running the show from just behind the striker. But yesterday, even though you were set up that way, there wasn't anyone able in that position. And Bodvarson on his own doesn't ever look like making anything happen. Cavaleiro and Marshall both looked tidy though. I thought Saiss, who's obviously decent, kept giving the ball away because he was trying to find the killer pass to compensate for the lack of quality up front.
The perception that we're 'just' highly organised doesn't do us justice. That's more or less what we were last season and it wasn't quite enough as we found out to our cost. This season we've gone up a gear because Hughton has made sure we've got two quality players for every single position. So yesterday Kayal, last year's player of the season, wasn't even on the bench because he was due a rest an Sidwell is just as good. Same at centre-back: last year Goldson was excellent playing alongside Dunk but Hughton went out and bought Duffy who's more physically commanding and so we got an upgrade on what was already a strong squad.
So what all of that tells me is that getting out of the Championship is at least a two-year process. We're lucky we've had stability, investment, an exceptional manager and tremendous team spirit - it's needed all of those to get us to this point. Who knows how we'll do in the Premier League? We could be another Middlesbrough in 12 months time. So we just have to enjoy this outstanding season while we can - it happens about once every 40 years if you're a Brighton fan.
Anyway, good luck for what comes next. At least you've got a manager who's very like Hughton - experienced and won promotion from the league before. No doubt he can do it again if given time.
