Brighton (A) - Post-Match Thread

[Alan Harper's Tash]

So the linesman missed it ? A clear offside seen by everyone! I assumed he was keeping his flag down as per the new guidelines

Or wasn’t sure, yes.

 

[murcian blue]

Great first half, second half we didn't play until they scored then we bossed the end of game, brilliant result.

We bossed the end after Pep got round to making changes

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Didn't look especially knackered to me. No more tired than BHA players. As shown by us taking control after Brighton scored. I would suggest anyone with half a brain would call out the whole 'Pep sitting on his arse' nonsense for what it is.

It amazes me that this isn’t seen as conserving energy, in fact it’s clueless...

 

[Chi-town blues]

That bernie pass to jack on foden‘s goal had a kdb vibe on it . What a fantastic counter .
Tbf “what you talking about willis “ is a good prospect

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Strange match, we caught them on the hop 3 times in the 1st half and scored three, with 3 sclaffed finishes after really good moves. Some text book breaks in that 1st half.
Foden outstanding. Ridiculous challenge from Ederson to gift them a penalty, move him to left back since folk think he's such a great passer and get a proper GK in goal. Almost let a shot go under his body as well.
Bernado superb in 1st half too.
2nd half was poor, our midfield had no control and they played really well....not a good combination for us.
Normal service was resumed in the last 10 minutes, once KDB found his feet and we cruised home. Mahrez can finish one on one's as well.

 

[Vic]

Second half was nothing to do with game management. Potter changed his tactics and went to a diamond formation. Pep admitted he couldn’t get his instructions across to the players during the second half to change it tactically. Difficult during the game he said. Changed when he sent Kev and Mahrez on. Potter got it wrong tactically in the first half, but the sign of a very good manager, that he was able to change it up. Foden and Bernie were superb. Full credit to Jack, was used to be the star in the villa side, but really settled into the team ethic. Did a lot of selfish work yesterday.

Unselfish?

 

[Vic]

Really???? Worse than ‘we’ll buy your club & burn it down’?

Do we ever sing that?

 

[East Level 2]

Do we ever sing that?

Your memory is going Vic as you were at several away games when we sang it.
It was sung for a couple of seasons after the takeover then faded as we changed to glorifying our heroes. There was always some slagging of the rags, which is acceptable as they are our local rivals. The song that really pissed me off was the one about Scousers in Ukraine when we'd won three trophies during the previous season.

 

[Bluesince1979]

I booed Danny Wallace when he moved from Southampton to the Rags

Did you boo gary lineker when he left leic for ev?

 

[bluealf]

the local commentator said it was an elbow to the head. lol.

Wow, a Specsavers visit required for that guy lol

 

[domalino]

It amazes me that this isn’t seen as conserving energy, in fact it’s clueless...

I don't think it's as simple as just conserving energy. Nothing conserves energy like substitutions, and other than that, getting a 4th and going 4-0 up in the second half would have killed off Brighton's resistance immediately and let the game play out at a walking pace - that's saving energy.

I think Pep's always been pretty consistent that when things get tough, he wants the players on the pitch to fix it. The reason Xabi Alonso described playing for Pep as an MBA in football is because he throws so much responsibility onto the players.

So another manager might see Brighton getting on top for 10 minutes and feel he needs to intervene, Pep sees it as the point where the players learn something by getting back on top. He wants them to find the solution themselves, whether that's by going back up through the gears after thinking they could relax, or by changing their play to counter Potter.

We have very few occasions when we're up against it, and that cost us at the beginning of Pep's time here because the players looked shocked and panicked when they went behind which lead to collapses or wasting 10 minutes trying to recuperate. These days he is more hands off, lets the players have more autonomy and as a result we looked much better last season when we ran into a setback in the CL like at Dortmund and PSG.

 

[come-on-barney]

Unselfish?

Yeah :)

 

[Gingers Dad]

Did you boo gary lineker when he left leic for ev?

Of course not but I did boo Steve Bruce when he left Norwich for the Rags

 

[Bluesince1979]

Of course not but I did boo Steve Bruce when he left Norwich for the Rags

:))

 

[mccity]

So the linesman missed it ? A clear offside seen by everyone! I assumed he was keeping his flag down as per the new guidelines

I think the problem was that the linesman did indeed miss it. Had the linesman thought it was offside the flag would have gone up eventually.

 

[Vic]

Your memory is going Vic as you were at several away games when we sang it.
It was sung for a couple of seasons after the takeover then faded as we changed to glorifying our heroes. There was always some slagging of the rags, which is acceptable as they are our local rivals. The song that really pissed me off was the one about Scousers in Ukraine when we'd won three trophies during the previous season.

That's what I mean. It's years since we sang it, and it was explicitly dropped because it was arrogant. So "Do we ever sing it?" not "Did we ever sing it?"

 

[Vic]

I think the problem was that the linesman did indeed miss it. Had the linesman thought it was offside the flag would have gone up eventually.

Correct - except I think "should have gone up". But of course with PGMOL's "never explain, never apologise" omerta we'll never know.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Pep sees it as the point where the players learn something by getting back on top. He wants them to find the solution themselves

But in the Cup Final against Watford City were 2-0 up at half time them Watford looked like getting back into it. Pep didn't wait, he brought on De Bruyne and the game was promptly put to bed.

 

[Mr.Teapot]

I went, I'm on the 0810 out of Euston now, full of rags & dippers.

Loads of Brighton fans for some reason had Utd memorabilia on. Saw a few pin badges & Brighton rag half half scarves.
That lot, are the dictionary definition of small time cunts

Surprised he didn't get a slap off one of the Brighton fans.

He probably did!

 

[Mr.Teapot]

According to the match report on the Daily Mail Online...

"In the corridors of the Amex Stadium as you walk towards the press box, there are pictures hanging on the walls. One of them is from Brighton’s victory over City last season, when they came from 2-0 down to win 3-2."
We are literally the cup final for some clubs now. Still won 1-4. Excellent result.

Whoa chap! I know you’re a supporter of probably the best team in the world but a bit of humility wouldn’t go amiss. Remember you were a struggling club in the not too distant past. Every team that’s in the Premier League is there on merit and has had to fight to earn that right. Take that image shown of a Brighton victory over your goodselves as a mark of respect. By the way the expression should be “metaphorically the cup final for some clubs” - literally is when you stuffed Watford 6-0. Pedants are us, eh!