A different angle

[BabylonClaret]

I never realised Donald Trump was a Claret.

A lot of what BenWickes says is fair there. It was poor last night but Brighton didn't look much like scoring either second half.

We played v well against Spurs and Leicester and should have beaten West brom.

Happier now Mee is back and anyone who defends us playing our fourth choice centre back for anything other than a cup game against lower opposition or coming on to do a job following an injury or illness needs to give their head a wobble (although if it were Tarks out it might be less of an issue). That will generate more confidence and means we aren't playing without both 1st choice CBs like we have been doing since we failed to replace our back up CB and decided to go with our back up back up instead

[Giftonsnoidea]

If we are asking McNeil to become another Lennon on the left then we are doomed to fail, he needs to get back on his attacking game asap

[Claretitus]

Norwich, Watford and Bournemouth had similar performances last season but none of those teams are struggling in the league below.

Think it was just a couple of seasons ago that Crystal Palace had an even worse start than us, don't think they even scored a goal in their first 7 or 8 games.

We are nowhere near the level of the 3 teams who were relegated last season. In particular, Bournemouth and to a degree Norwich, played better football than we are currently doing. I even watched Blackburn v Boro the other night, and certainly Boro looked to have more idea going forward than we do. IE playing through the midfield, not over it all the time.