Brighton (A) - Sat 23 Oct 17:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[Colin Bells Boots]

That ref was a disgrace and I'm still aghast at the penalty ignored at the end. Even VAR didnt deem it enough to award. It was as blatant as penalties get.

The officials on that night were so blatantly shocking and I'm convinced the result was corrupt .

 

[Mr.Teapot]

You don't think you could compete with Arsenal or Spurs? Let's hope it's a good game of football on Saturday and you don't resort to trying to kick us off the park as you did last year. I wonder what the odds were on no penalty for City and no red cards, might give Mr Bloom a call.

Those two entitled London wannabes? Arsenal at least are trying to develop a team with young players - and it just might work if they keep Arteta in charge for the next couple of years. As for Spurs? How long are they going to keep Nuno for. The worst mistake they made is letting Pochettino (sp?) go and not letting him strengthen the squad.
In answer to your question - yes, at the moment on the pitch, we outplayed Arsenal a couple of weeks ago but got a draw. Spurs we’ve beaten in each of the last two seasons. But being totally honest they are BIG clubs and we can’t match them in history, number of fans, size of ground, or big-headedness.
What are the odds on no penalty and no red cards? Well, Mike Dean’s not in charge so short odds I reckon, I’ll give Uncle Tony a bell and see what he says.

 

[andyhinch]

Those two entitled London wannabes? Arsenal at least are trying to develop a team with young players - and it just might work if they keep Arteta in charge for the next couple of years. As for Spurs? How long are they going to keep Nuno for. The worst mistake they made is letting Pochettino (sp?) go and not letting him strengthen the squad.
In answer to your question - yes, at the moment on the pitch, we outplayed Arsenal a couple of weeks ago but got a draw. Spurs we’ve beaten in each of the last two seasons. But being totally honest they are BIG clubs and we can’t match them in history, number of fans, size of ground, or big-headedness.
What are the odds on no penalty and no red cards? Well, Mike Dean’s not in charge so short odds I reckon, I’ll give Uncle Tony a bell and see what he says.

Tell him to get a bigger cheese room than spurs while you’re on, that’ll show em.

 

[crazyg]

I think missing the game might have coloured your view on this so it might be best to take a seat. Brighton weren't exactly out to get us in the game - we're a big side, they're not, so they roughed us up a bit to try and get in our faces and disrupt our rhythm. Fair enough, I say. Plus, it was the first game they'd had fans back in the ground for over a year, so they were a bit fired up. Again, from a footballing perspective, you use what you've got to make things hostile for the opposition and try to nick a win.

But god, the refereeing. Attwell was the man on the pitch, Moss on VAR. I'm convinced they were trying to turn it into a "proper scrap" for some reason. Cancelo was sent off very early on for being pulled to ground by Welbeck and it got worse from there. It was Attwell's job to get on top of Brighton's roughhousing but he allowed them to get away with increasingly dangerous tackles until Gundogan nearly had his leg broken. A week before the Champions League final, City fans were obviously on high alert for this stuff, but the anger wasn't unwarranted.

Nothing against Brighton themselves, or their fans. As I said, City were the champions rolling into town a week before a big European showpiece final - the fans (who even applauded Foden's goal in that game, to be fair) wanted a good atmosphere because they were finally back in the ground, and their players wanted to respond by looking committed and fierce. But Attwell and Moss allowed them to cross a line that could have very easily resulted in Gundogan going off on a stretcher. They refereed the game very irresponsibly.

Have you ever considered a job in the Diplomatic Corps?
An excellent summary of the game, whereas mine would have been written on asbestos using sulphuric acid as the fluid for my writing implement.
;-)

 

[crazyg]

At least you’ve managed to get over it. ;-)

It's not like Macho Grande.

 

[Mr.Teapot]

Tell him to get a bigger cheese room than spurs while you’re on, that’ll show em.

Good one! Mind you Spurs need to get some sour grapes to with the cheese. I went to their brand new, sooper dooper, state of the art gaff to watch Brighton away at the end of 18/19 season. It is impressive for sure. On the train home that evening I sat next to a bunch of Spurs fans bigging up about their CL exploits. What’d you think of the stadium they asked me. Really good, I replied, but I wasn’t impressed with the away section catering as they hardly had anything on offer with either food or drink. I said I was really looking forward to their well publicised cheese selection and was disappointed there was a no-show.
We don’t give a shit about away fans, they can f*** off, was the reply.
I took the moral high ground and stated that at least at the Amex the bar staff wear the away team colours, put on a guest beer from wherever the away team is from, and basically welcome and thank the visiting fans for making the trip. The point being we’re all football fans at heart and decent human beings - it’s nice to be treated as such.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

"... and Smith must score ..."

Rocked up with us not long after....from nearly being a Cup Final winning goalscorer to becoming one of Billy Mc's bargain basement Scots way before we were oil rich or state funded....

 

[BringBackSwales]

My rivals change over time. THis season I am ABL and ABC, and I want the Geordie Nation relegated before they can do any damage to us.

They are more likely, in time, to damage united, that fourth spot battle will eventually get tougher

 

[Dadsupportedthem]

Would rest KDB for this one. He looks shagged.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Tell him to get a bigger cheese room than spurs while you’re on, that’ll show em.

Spuds are low key french ?