[4evaabaggie]

Putting on my devil's advocate head on ......

We're often rough after an international break, we had more? players away playing twice (weak I know, clutching at those straws) with their countries. Can not think of any more lame excuses to quote .....

Really hoped Rondon would be a hit for us now starting to doubt if he will make the grade ...... needs dropping and Jay Rod going up top, HRK should be in the hole behind.

LB at LB .... that means Gibbs
RB at RB .... Nom
Phillips / Burke on the wings
Pole in the hole shielding the defence and a box to box midfielder.

Best squad for a while, tp needs to play with style.

[Beefy 1965]

Was probably on the cards anyway........
It's Brighton so no surprise we're getting fucked in the arse

[4evaabaggie]

Problem is they kept getting in round the back ............

[Beefy 1965]

Round the back and in the hole

[4evaabaggie]

Kept banging their balls in and we just couldn't handle them.

[Zinman]

I need cheering up......off to a Vile site for a bit to do a bit of lurking.

[BaggieSteve]

I wouldn't mind so much if was Man City or Chelsea we'd played, but Brighton have got to be one of the easiest teams we are going to face this season, and we go 3-0 down to them. For ****'s sake.

But Brighton have got some quality players, they work really aaaard............

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Probably like most of us on this site, I can't stand Mark Hughes; he's a moaning, whingeing bloke who never admits that he or his team were beaten by a better side. It's always someone else's fault.

However, I've just watched Stoke play Manure, top of the table and the form team of the moment who have been scoring for fun and conceding bugger all. Hughes set up his Stoke team with pace, midfield creativity, a clear willingness to attack, a desire to win and a centre forward who happens to know how to score. It was a really good 2-2 draw that did not flatter Stoke at all. Contrast that with events in Brighton today. We play a team who haven't scored ever and, whilst undoubtedly enthusiastic, will be a wee bit low on confidence. So, do we decide to take the Mark Hughes approach, select a team to create and win? Do we heck! We pick a team that is, frankly, boring and defensive. We get what we deserve. Right now- and it pains me to say this - the Stoke fans are right in taking the p*ss out of us and our manager. As much as I dislike him, I'd rather have Hughes managing the Albion than I would Pulis right now.

Next up is West Ham, another team desperately low on confidence and with a manager looking at his P45. Do any of us on this site think that Pulis will see this as an opportunity to rectify the pathetic team selection of today or are looking at another repeat? I'm not confident we'll see much difference. I hope to be proved wrong but I'm not holding my breath.

[BaggieMan]

On train from Euston to MACCLESFIELD after watching Jimmy and England whup West indies which was a great day until I saw the Baggies score  grrrr

[Sir Megson]

Just back in after the journey back on the coach plus a detour for a curry and a pint to drown my sorrows!

Not a lot to add as I'd just be echoing some of the stuff that's already been said - frustrating to see such a poor performance but not going to get too down about it. We've been due a shit game and hopefully this gets it out of the system.

On paper we should really have got the 3 points today, but that wouldn't of been the Albion way of doing things at all!

[Arcane Astral Aeons]

i wont mince my words on this one
xxxx awful
against a side that had not scored this season
so what do we do?.......

tactically a effing shambles
bloody side looked like they hadnt got a clue
nothing up front
midfield looked like they didnt know what a effing ball looked like
and lo and behold we started to play when 3-0 down
never actually said this before
but our manager aint got a fooking clue
yeah defend defend defend try and nick one on the break
well fook you pulis
it dont bloody work

we deserve better than the shite your turning us into
and to the fans that travelled today and had to witness that crap
i salute you

oh and finally

Mr Muppet needs to go

effing rant over