Brighton v Bolton... Match thread

We are playing very well and there have been some fluent multi pass attacks. Should be ahead but same old. 3 counter attacks,2 goals. Dervite awful. We don't need Silva. Playing him ahead of Derik was a repeat of everything we have seen so often. Being counter attacked on away grounds!!!!!

This needs change. Why O why does Neil make the same mistakes over and over and over and over... ?
Derik OK but fish out of water. But should definitely be in the team before Dervite. It is screamingly painfully obvious!!

This is not the Scottish Premier

We could yet win three two but 5-1 is more likely without change.

17 goals conceded in last 6 away games.

Says it all doesn't it

I probably don't need to say too much. You have all seen this game regularly.

It was a very good game for a neutral. There were lots of end to end movements. We were probably the better team for much of the game and we scored two very good goals

But of course we cannot do other than lose games playing with two wingers and a slow midfield protecting Dervite.

Nor can we not be relegated under this manager because he persists in a formation that is too vulnerable to counter attacks. It's as if he is trying to lose matches and to make sure of these defeats he refuses to make substitutes until much too late. Today he left Emile on for about 85 minutes. He will not be getting out of the bath anytime soon

We began brightly and passed the ball around well. Holding is a class act in possession and today we saw several forays and deft touches in addition to some composed defensive work.
I am going to credit Dervite with a goal line clearance in the second half but he was abominable again today
The first goal was identical to the Eastleigh home goal and the Wolves away. One pass and Dervite was left floundering

Our goal in contrast was excellent. Feeney did well to move infield, Mark Davies found Silva who crossed well for the ball to find Emile who crashed it in

But then we were on the attack and a kick from defence after Derik was upfield stranded everyone. Spearing gave chase but was outpaced and didn't tackle when he could even if a yellow card might well have ensued. The man ran the length of the field tipped it inside and they scored easily.
Derik I might say played pretty well until the end and is miles better than Dervite but was oddly asked to go to left back. Very strange.

In the second half we pressed strongly and Spearing again hit a cracker of a left foot shot.

And the came the game's decisive moment. Feeney broke away and shot feebly straight at the keeper when one on one.
Then at the other end Amos whose distribution was much improved gave Vela an easy ball. He passed it infield to Davies who had plenty of time to move it on but got caught and suddenly it was 3-2.

We persevered to the end and Woolery had a couple of good darts in the ten minutes he was given but we had given away too much

Soft goals but a flawed team selection. Yet again home opposition were afforded the luxury of counter attacking us and yet again our wingers didn't really get in the game.

Amos 8 Vela 5 Holding 7 Dervite 2 Derik 6 Davies 6 Pratley 7 Spearing 7 Feeney 4 Heskey 6 Silva 4

Although I have no truck with Silva ' s childishness when subbed, why is Feeney never the one hooked?

Yesterday he had a poorish game culminating in a miss that was many times worse than the individual errors which caused goals against. He continually lost the ball in possession and made no headway in attack. He contributed to both goals moving infield for one and hitting a good free kick for the other but was an obvious candidate for removal arguably more so than Silva

I do not think there is a team in the league which would not use him intermittently except us. Why? I can see that he has commendable aspects to his game especially as an impact sub but so much is weak. And he leaves us so wide open

I was at the game which I really enjoyed. Not having seen the lads for yonks,apart from on the glass, I was very impressed by our play. We did not play like a team threatened with relegation. It was largely a game of cat and mouse because BHA play similar to us.OK we lost but I think Neil Lennon is trying to play to a system which the whole squad understand. We play a high line and pack midfield, in the hope that a mistake will release one of the wings. We don't appear to have a player with any real class or special talent but hard work makes up for a lot of short- comings, such as being one footed, and we have a few of those. I was pleased with the work rate of all the players.Emile is showing his age now but he played the full 90 and never gave up. So to answer the critics, all I can say is a settled side have a better chance of making our system work.