Biggest mistake seems to have been letting Leonard go on the cheap. 8 goals and 3 assists this season already. I know a lot of us wanted him to stay, he would have ended up getting a decent amount of game time here this season.
Mates who are Birmingham fans think he’s awful. They too were super excited that they’d signed a £10m defender on loan and pointed to the fact that Brighton really don’t sign duds. He’s not been good enough to get into their fairly average back line. I’m hoping he just needs some game time but his previous stint in the championship was at the lower end of the league. He must have done something right to get a big money move but it’s a strange one.
Personally I would have preferred a 6ft 4 bruiser to play in the middle of the three. A full on body on the line type of player. Maybe they think O’Riordan will be the physical presence in the back line.
But I’ve seen him be so much better, at times unplayable, at stages in his career Chaddy. I think that’s why he gets criticised a bit. We all know he is technically our best player but I personally dont feel we’ve seen the best of him.
At 2-0 down he tried to run through 5 of their players, lost the ball, sulked, and didn’t track back as Charlton broke.
He does it regularly unfortunately
Cantwell is a very poor all round footballer. The moment he loses the ball the arms get thrown up in the air but he doesn’t get off his fucking arse and chase back!!
I was thinking it would take a mistake by pears to get Toth back in. There it is. Near post is the one area where a keeper shouldn’t be beaten.
Awful all round goal to concede though, one striker against two CBs.