Brighton (A) - Post Match Thread.

grimmcfc said:
I think it was a potential banana skin, but I don't think Pep quite "gets" the prem. Last season we struggled in games because of team selection, trying to save players for future games. Yesterdays starting 11 was a surprise, no Sane no Sterling - not just lack of pace but lack of directness - Sane came on we scored within a minute.

We (he) can't underestimate lower prem teams - this isn't spain where the Barca B team will hammer Villareal with their hands tied behind their back. Yesterdays selection was not our strongest eleven, but I'm hopefull Pep learnt from last season and it was a stronger side than he would have put out a year ago.
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Good post.
I was apiauled by peps rotation last season. With this squad though you can mix it up all you want it won't weaken us.
 
Bill said:
Good post.
I was apiauled by peps rotation last season. With this squad though you can mix it up all you want it won't weaken us.
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He needs to improve his substitutions though. Not that they were wrong yesterday just 10 mins late.
One of the CDs (Stones?) needs to step up into DM as well when it is clear that the opposition are not even trying to break out.
Still early days.
 
BimboBob said:
Of course I can, I can also spell. Unlike you it would seem.
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Your off your nut, your going round the houses like a chuckling kid, you think I'm a rag, so what.
Just say what you mean, for eg 8 years and nearly 6k in posts just to wait for an oddball like you to "out me", congrats dumbobob
 
M18CTID said:
Yeah, was good to tick off a new ground as we don't get many opportunities for that these days but 6 hours journey time down and close to the same coming back was frustrating. Bastard M25. If they stay up I'll be doing a stopover next time.

Of all the new grounds that have sprung up down the years, it was quite decent but you have to allow plenty of time to get the train in from Brighton centre. Atmosphere-wise, we were hit and miss. Started off quite well but it tailed off as the first half wore on and that continued quite a bit into the second half despite us and other pockets trying to get it going. Can't really blame corporates on this occasion as I saw very few and it always amazes me how it's bouncing on the concourse yet when people get to their seats so many suddenly lose their singing voices. I've seen us get a bit of a slating from some Brighton fans, but to be honest they weren't all that either - plenty of periods of silence from their end too, although when either set of fans did get it properly going the noise travelled well.

One of our lot stumbled into a bit of a discussion with one of theirs when in the queue for the train afterwards. Overheard him say City are a small club (weird hearing a Brighton fan say that) and that we were in the Championship when we got taken over so he put him straight on that one. Anyway, he kept going on about United being a bigger club after that (no shit Sherlock), but soon piped down when I pointed out that Palace are a bigger club than them. I very rarely witness stuff like that from opposition fans outside of the internet and it was in stark contrast to the chinwag we had with some old school Brighton fans outside the Grand Central pub before the game.
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Was sitting in the North Stand (I was the one not waving a flag) and the general consensus among the Brighton fans was they thought City was the best team they were likely to meet this season.

Must say I was a bit disappointed we didn't make more use of the possession. Still think we need a Dzeko type player who is good in the air for the occasions when teams park the bus.
 
therealsvenn said:
Was sitting in the North Stand (I was the one not waving a flag) and the general consensus among the Brighton fans was they thought City was the best team they were likely to meet this season.

Must say I was a bit disappointed we didn't make more use of the possession. Still think we need a Dzeko type player who is good in the air for the occasions when teams park the bus.
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We definitely need this type of player. I think Bony was supposed to be it but failed miserably. Arsenal and Liverpool in particular appear susceptible to crossed and we have no one to mix it up that way.
 
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