Brighton (A) | Post-Match Thread

[HarrytheBlue]

It wasn't 10 against 11, it was 10 against 12 - or 13 if you include Moss.

 

[oakiecokie]

SB this morning has a wonderful and almighty dig at both the the performance and VAR reviews and calling them out as cheats.
Well said that man.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Lol yeh I bet that was going through his mind as he chased down welbeck.

He's a professional footballer, so you'd hope he is aware of whether he's the last man and what point in the game it is.

 

[Allnightlong]

ah well....according to gallagher......cancelo decision correct and var couldn't intervene on the jesus pen. no other points raised.

 

[argyle]

ah well....according to gallagher......cancelo decision correct and var couldn't intervene on the jesus pen. no other points raised.

Ridiculous wasn't it.

 

[wolviedinho]

Forget the dodgy decisions for a second. I am slightly concerned with the defence. The Cancelo incident reminded me of the Leicester game. Walker also against Newcastle. We look vulnerable to a hoof ball down the line.

The individual mistakes have crept in again. Lots of reasons why: league won, rotation etc. It does not mask the individual error poor performances since PSG. Ederson, Cancelo, Rodri to name a few.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

ah well....according to gallagher......cancelo decision correct and var couldn't intervene on the jesus pen. no other points raised.

Another lying **** given exposure to defend the PiGMOL corruption process.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

It works both ways - mystified how Bernando Silva's challenge on Bissouma didn't warrant a card either so would agree that the referee / VAR didn't have the best game - but from our perspective when you think what we have had to put up with this season with VAR (namely the penalty given for Utd after the final whistle and the free kick debacle at West Brom) I will take getting the rub of the green for once.

I agree with hate in football - seen a lot of nasty comments about Brighton on here - I can only call it as I saw it last night in that your boys got a standing ovation on to the pitch last night and applauded on in the warm up too. Totally baffled at the pantomime booing of Foden and others - totally uncalled for.

I have no issue with City at all. Played the best football, been the best team and deserve to be champions. the media love a good underdog story, however, and given that whenever we have beeaten a "bigger" team this season it has always been about how bad the other team have been as opposed to how good we have been, I think it's long overdue that Brighton got some credit.

All the best for next week

I think everyone is going to have to get used to the fact that football fans are angsty and tribal and know they can influence a game, and it's been a weird year where we have all got used to watching games alone in our small bubbles and that fans of opposition teams might have their own equally warped perspectives. The ref was shite, but as you say every team in the division suffers from the dog shit standard of refereeing in this country, and the less said about VAR the better.

I think when the dust settles more City fans will remember what the club and Brighton fans did for City on the last day of the season a few years ago rather than a niggly dead rubber a few weeks before one of the biggest games in our history.

I went to uni at Sussex, always had a lot of time for Brighton, glad you're in the division again next year.

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

Someone tell me that game wasn't rigged, Atwell, Moss and the ' var team' obviously came to an earlier decision to make sure Brighton got every crucial call tonight. They should've been down to ten for that knee high tackle on Gundogan, Bernardo not getting a foul at the end of the first half, we didn't even get to see the replay, then to top it off Llallana doesn't get any of the ball and fouls Jesus in the box, then we're led to believe Moss actually checked it, did he fuck.
Bent as fuck that game, reckon Pep knew it as well

Moss was stuffing a pork pie into his grid at the back of the caravan so didn't see it. What's the phrase I'm looking for.... not fit for purpose....useless fat bastard, the list is endless.

 

[unexpected item]

Teams know they can rough house us and the ref won't punish them harshly.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

This was sent to me by a Brighton fan I know which was taken from one of their forums, just shows how each fan views a game.

Manchester City Team

I’m a big fan of them as a team - or was. Great football, probably the best in the world, work hard etc etc - but I noticed the following tonight:

Arrogance of their player not leaving the pitch and them all moaning at the ref for the sending off and thinking that if they stand there they’ll influence the decision.

Pep on at the 4th official

Several screams and swan dives

More moaning at the ref

They keeper literally time wasting from 20 mins - best team in world 10 men or not?

Moaning for each goal at the ref

The ref giving them the big 6 bias especially no yellow for Silvas foul in the first half when we broke

Foden needlessly giving it the big one to the crowd after toe punting the ball in

Pep at full time - hissy fit at everyone - storm down tunnel - comes back on and aggressively shakes every BHA players hand looking for a reaction, same with ref and more moaning (not a clue why as they got most of the decisions as usual), sulks down tunnel again, has to come out for interview and leans / eats a sound microphone thing - oddball.

Very classless after we gave them a guard of honour and were so good to them when they won the league 2 years ago.

Sore losers, petty, overpaid muppets.

I guess Pep, like Klopp won’t be purring over how good the Albion are - as they LOST to little old Brighton!

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

thats good for brennan.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

I thought Brighton and their fans gave us a very good standing ovation onto the pitch last night, not sure what some on here are going on about? Away fans will always boo during a game, we shouldn't be so sensitive, we've won the bloody league again, we have some of the best players in the world and might win the CL in a week and a half time.
What do people expect from other fans?.....bowing very time we are on the ball? Get real and lose that Utd sense of entitlement of how dare other teams not just lie down and admire us on the pitch.
All this horrendous vitriol directed towards Brighton & their fans about some ill perceived injustice......some sound like Liverpool supporters on here.

 

[feelymcfeel]

It works both ways - mystified how Bernando Silva's challenge on Bissouma didn't warrant a card either so would agree that the referee / VAR didn't have the best game - but from our perspective when you think what we have had to put up with this season with VAR (namely the penalty given for Utd after the final whistle and the free kick debacle at West Brom) I will take getting the rub of the green for once.

I agree with hate in football - seen a lot of nasty comments about Brighton on here - I can only call it as I saw it last night in that your boys got a standing ovation on to the pitch last night and applauded on in the warm up too. Totally baffled at the pantomime booing of Foden and others - totally uncalled for.

I have no issue with City at all. Played the best football, been the best team and deserve to be champions. the media love a good underdog story, however, and given that whenever we have beeaten a "bigger" team this season it has always been about how bad the other team have been as opposed to how good we have been, I think it's long overdue that Brighton got some credit.

All the best for next week

I've got no issues with Brighton. On balance, going forwards you had us on the ropes for much of the game and were definitely good for a couple of goals. Booing of Foden aside, which was just odd, I thought the fans were good, and clapping City onto the pitch was great.

I think some of your players were bordering on dirty, Jackshandbags in particular on Gudogan was filthy, but it's up to the referees to call it out and penalise players, which Atwell seemed completely averse to doing yesterday.

That alongside VAR which was only used to back up Atwell's baffling decisions meant the entire thing became a joke.

I'm not fussed by the result, we've won the league, you boys are safe, but the risk to our players as a direct result of the officiating I am definitely fussed by.

 

[JON GURR]

I think everyone is going to have to get used to the fact that football fans are angsty and tribal and know they can influence a game, and it's been a weird year where we have all got used to watching games alone in our small bubbles and that fans of opposition teams might have their own equally warped perspectives. The ref was shite, but as you say every team in the division suffers from the dog shit standard of refereeing in this country, and the less said about VAR the better.

I think when the dust settles more City fans will remember what the club and Brighton fans did for City on the last day of the season a few years ago rather than a niggly dead rubber a few weeks before one of the biggest games in our history.

I went to uni at Sussex, always had a lot of time for Brighton, glad you're in the division again next year.

at least the levels of shit from PGMOL is shared fairly equally......

I never thought when I watching games at Priestfield and the Withdean that I would be preparing for a 5th consecutive season in the top flight. Given the losses and sacrifices of so many over the last 18 months it was just nice to forget it all for 90 minutes and appreciate what live football actually means.

 

[paulchapo]

Ridiculous wasn't it.

There is absolutely no point in var if it's not correcting clear errors for fear of offending the poor hard done by useless tossers like Attwell on the field. As many feared it is being used subjectively, in short cheating. Betting syndicates may be behind some decisions who knows? Lallana's foul was much worse than Ake's at Newcastle which was a penalty, it's a total nonsense.

If that game would have been vital to us winning the title this place would be in meltdown today. That's why this shit needs calling out and sorting out because one day it will be so decisive.

 

[lust overlord]

This was sent to me by a Brighton fan I know which was taken from one of their forums, just shows how each fan views a game.

Manchester City Team

I’m a big fan of them as a team - or was. Great football, probably the best in the world, work hard etc etc - but I noticed the following tonight:

Arrogance of their player not leaving the pitch and them all moaning at the ref for the sending off and thinking that if they stand there they’ll influence the decision.

Pep on at the 4th official

Several screams and swan dives

More moaning at the ref

They keeper literally time wasting from 20 mins - best team in world 10 men or not?

Moaning for each goal at the ref

The ref giving them the big 6 bias especially no yellow for Silvas foul in the first half when we broke

Foden needlessly giving it the big one to the crowd after toe punting the ball in

Pep at full time - hissy fit at everyone - storm down tunnel - comes back on and aggressively shakes every BHA players hand looking for a reaction, same with ref and more moaning (not a clue why as they got most of the decisions as usual), sulks down tunnel again, has to come out for interview and leans / eats a sound microphone thing - oddball.

Very classless after we gave them a guard of honour and were so good to them when they won the league 2 years ago.

Sore losers, petty, overpaid muppets.

I guess Pep, like Klopp won’t be purring over how good the Albion are - as they LOST to little old Brighton!

Reads like a fan who attended the game rather than watching it on TV.
So therefore calls it as he saw it,which won't be at all one eyed ;)

The reffing was poor,and practically every big decision went his teams way.
This is my view with the benefit of t.v close ups etc,not at all one eyed ;)

 

[JON GURR]

I've got no issues with Brighton. On balance, going forwards you had us on the ropes for much of the game and were definitely good for a couple of goals. Booing of Foden aside, which was just odd, I thought the fans were good, and clapping City onto the pitch was great.

I think some of your players were bordering on dirty, Jackshandbags in particular on Gudogan was filthy, but it's up to the referees to call it out and penalise players, which Atwell seemed completely averse to doing yesterday.

That alongside VAR which was only used to back up Atwell's baffling decisions meant the entire thing became a joke.

I'm not fussed by the result, we've won the league, you boys are safe, but the risk to our players as a direct result of the officiating I am definitely fussed by.

all fair points - and ones that I agree with. As I have said before I think Ali J was a little fortunate to only get a yellow for that, but then there were other challenges from both sides that went unpunished, and other decisions that should have been looked at that weren't. C'est la vie though.
Mentioned elsewhere about how I'm mystified at the booing of Foden - he is a class act and ws an amazing goal he scored. Almost as good as Trossards........lol

 

[goalmole]

Apart from all the wrong decisions given by the ref and VAR, what exactly is the purpose of Peter fucking Walton giving an opinion when he was one of the most inept officials ever when actually refereeing himself ?

The whole ref/VAR shit show needs to be exposed for the corrupt sham that it is.

All this clear and obvious shite (I don't to this day know how that criteria works) needs to be fucked off.
Either VAR has a final say on all major decisions or it needs to be binned.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Foden needlessly giving it the big one to the crowd after toe punting the ball in

Jesus christ, football fans can be sensitive souls sometimes, on here but everyone else. They were booing him, he gave a bit back when he scored.