Brighton (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Huge huge shout De Bruyne comes back the same player.

The departure of Ilkay and the absence of Kev is beginning to weigh heavily upon me! I hope I can hang on till Kev is back.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Disgraceful that we've won,beaten a pretty decent team and the biggest talking point is the standard of officiating again!
And these cunts get paid too.

Tends to be my talking point after every fuckin' game this season. We had that useless woman last week v CFC Women and today we get another equally useless fucker! When you consider the loot they are picking up we are entitled to a far better demonstration that the salary is equivalent to their knowledge of the LotG and, more importantly, the application of those laws is commensurate with the barrowload of loot they are trousering.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Thought he started well and took on Milner; but then checked back all the time. As I said could have been following instructions, but we are kidding ourselves if we think he is top drawer.

He’s going to be a superstar. He’s got it all. A really top winger is unpredictable and makes the right decisions, whether that is going outside, inside or stopping and laying it off. He did that brilliantly today, particularly in the first half.
R

 

[OntarioBlue]

Sublime first half ridiculous second half.

Wtf were we doing ?

 

[RACHACE]

WTF was that.. no red for stepping on DOKU but a red for Akanji?? And a yellow for Rodri for giving the ball back???

FUCK OFF REFS!

Not convincing but 3 points none the less.

Rodri back was a sight for sore eyes!

BTW to everyone surprise.. Haaland made a goal for himself!!

He's not the problem at all.. but our non creative midfield is.. we seriously need to create more from our midfield.

For some reason this post has made me not want to read the rest of the thread.

 

[simmo]

A super first half with Phil and Doku impressive on the ball. Great finish by Haaland.

Second half was like a couple of games already this season. Game becomes niggly and we seem to get affected by it and lose our rhythm.

Good save by Ortega when called upon although his distribution was very hit and miss.

 

[chaddblue]

Disgraceful that we've won,beaten a pretty decent team and the biggest talking point is the standard of officiating again!
And these cunts get paid too.

The only good thing that bellend did all day was blow up early. Should really have played at least 100 minutes

 

[come-on-barney]

He’s going to be a superstar. He’s got it all. A really top winger is unpredictable and makes the right decisions, whether that is going outside, inside or stopping and laying it off. He did that brilliantly today, particularly in the first half.
R

Thought he played well first half, just started checking back and not beating the full back, but we have seen Jack have the same instructions. Still not convinced he or any of our summer signings are top drawer, but time will tell either way. Think we are missing the ‘Jack’ of last season and Kev of course. Great to see Stonesy back.

 

[Dial M 4 Mercer]

“We’re top of the league, we’re top of the league we’re not playing very well but we’re top of the league”

Altogether now.

 

[Utter bobbins]

Million miles off where we need to be

What top of the league

 

[johnnytapia]

Brilliant win

 

[MadchesterCity]

Thought he started well and took on Milner; but then checked back all the time. As I said could have been following instructions, but we are kidding ourselves if we think he is top drawer.

Wow I think it’s a bit early to go Debbie downer on Doku

 

[iceman]

Ederson in net pinging balls to Doku with all that space and it's 8 fucking nil.

Ref was an absolute "see ya next Tuesday"

That says it all when we moan about the ref after a win, happens far too often!

Emerson?

 

[burning blue soul]

Bernardo yet to click into gear also, stuttering along at the moment… a motoring silva would have had Doku in 10 times at least today; when one of those many variables align, it will be carnage!

I noticed Doku not passing to Bernardo much today. I don't think he is fully on the team wavelength yet.
Doku had a good game, but he needs to improve his decision making.
He's doing well so early in his City career, though.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Started off like a house on fire but we came out for the second half just happy to see the game out , very strange , an early goal in the second half and Brighton would have folded like a cheap suit , they play pretty football but as Villa proved when they bet them 6-1 , they have no fight when the chips are down.
The referee was determined to even the game up , Rob Jones is one of the worst in the league , some of his decisions were unbelievably biassed , its quite obvious we are going to have to beat PGMOL and their agenda from Richard Masters to win another title, they dont want four titles on the trot.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Thought he played well first half, just started checking back and not beating the full back, but we have seen Jack have the same instructions. Still not convinced he or any of our summer signings are top drawer, but time will tell either way. Think we are missing the ‘Jack’ of last season and Kev of course. Great to see Stonesy back.

Wow.

Doku and Gvardiol look to me like they are brilliant signings who both have the potential to be world class, or very close. Kovocic and Nunes look like proper players to me too. I think we’ve probably strengthened the squad.

Grealish will be shit scared of Doku’s arrival because he’s not going to be playing much the way it’s looking to me.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

We don't have a right to turn up and spank teams, though on good days it will happen. Doesn't hurt at all at this point in the season to have to dig deep and grind one out against a very good team. That's how titles are won.

I think Pep is tweaking and working out his best team, but I think when he cracks it that front four could be very dangerous.

The crowd getting on Grealish's back for holding up and slowing down play at 85 mins was a bit bonkers.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

We don't have a right to turn up and spank teams, though on good days it will happen. Doesn't hurt at all at this point in the season to have to dig deep and grind one out against a very good team. That's how titles are won.

I think Pep is tweaking and working out his best team, but I think when he cracks it that front four could be very dangerous.

The crowd getting on Grealish's back for holding up and slowing down play at 85 mins was a bit bonkers.

I thought Grealish did well.

He drew out 2 or 3 players every time he pushed forward.

He did the job he was brought on to do.

 

[nellyonthewing]

If we can ever figure out how to use our front men properly we'll be terrifying opponents.
At the moment they are not connecting and too often are all in a straight line behind defenders in the box. Notice how when we defend on our backsides a ball in is weakly knocked away to on oncoming opponent. We need to mix it up more.

 

[Zenmanc]

“We’re top of the league, we’re top of the league we’re not playing very well but we’re top of the league”

Altogether now.

Yep. 1st half we looked unstoppable, 2nd half we wobbled a bit but bottom line we got 3 points.
I visit this place less and less these days as only here can you find so called supporters throwing our players under the bus for not scoring more goals despite securing a win. Makes you miss the old days.