Brighton & Hove Albion (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

So we lose 2-1 after leading - again. Well all good things have a sell-by, even City's period of dominance. This might be the start or maybe not. But I think we are paying the price for a lack of long-term thinking over a couple of years now really, which, given how brilliant the operation of City has been for over a decade now is really surprising. I fully expected a fairly substantial re-build this summer past and it didn't happen. We have tired players nearing their end - at the very top at least. They have been brilliant servants for the club but there is no room for sentimentality at the top of any successful operation; business, sport, politics, whatever. However good Rodri is -ought we miss him 'that much'? However much we miss a fully-fit KdB - yes irreplaceable but a 'successor' should have been signed, whatever the state of Walker's legs, we need a younger right back. We all age, even superstar players. And when you thing of the number of games some of these have played over the past 5-years its hardly a shock to see how tired they clearly are. Also I wonder if the uncertainty around Pep's future is not an issue here. He will leave, 2025 or 2026, he is leaving. Is this hindering transfer planning? It has to be a bit unsettling even for the established players already at the club.
 
Obviously not sustainable.

Squad is unbalanced with virtually nobody in their peak years.

It’s not all down to injuries, Rodri was huge yes,but we can’t fall to bits because of one player.

It’s a significant rebuild now because we haven’t done it step by step.

It also needs Pep to publicly go or stay. I hope he stays.
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
3 pages in and utter moronic posts. Haaland gone etc. Jesus Christ. M

For the uneducated, this happens. It isn’t always sweetness and light.

Come May we will be trophy laden and those enjoying their current wins will go though their slumps.

Get a grip you utter clowns
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I think Mel Gibson will be playing you in the film:-)
 
pavelsrnicek said:
That was another limp collapse. We’re not winning the league this season, we’re far too soft. Played well first half but like Tuesday didn’t take our chances but this time we stopped playing after 65 minutes. Brighton took control and cut through us repeatedly. Never looked like we were going to get back into it. We’re also back to conceding goals in bursts, 3 in 15 either side of half time Tuesday and 2 in 6 minutes tonight.

Chickens have gone home to roost after consistently poor recruitment, no cover for Rodri in the summer. We’ve kept a clearly past it Walker, we’ve added Gundogan, Philips, Nunes and Kovacic who haven’t added much. Only Gvardiol, Doku or Savinho could be seen as successes. Our midfield options are fading. We sold Alvarez without replacement. Our succession planning has non existent.

This current side is the worst team we’ve had under Pep. Soft defensively, an ageing midfield, limited creativity and, after the last 3 performances, clearly struggling in confidence.

We will need to spend to make the top 4 this season. Our performances have been poor recently but we managed to pull results out of the fire but the damn has broken and we’re starting to look fragile. Now, If we concede we’re falling apart. Bournemouth tore us to shreds for 80 minutes. We conceded against Sporting and fell to pieces and once Brighton equalised we were lost.

I’m starting to think the players know Pep is leaving and it’s had an impact.

We’ve had some amazing amazing seasons but now we need to regroup and rebuild.
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I’ll correct you on your first paragraph- were winning fuck all this season
 
silvathechihuahua said:
I know we’ve got injuries, but what the fuck is going on we’re so easily exposed to the counter it’s fucking ridiculous!
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We've got injuries? I mean we're playing players who are not fully used to those moments of pressure, we crumble. Stones, Ake wouldnt. I really think its that simple. Oh, and Haaland missing lots.
 
I just wonder if there's something going on behind the scenes. Every team goes through a bad patch, and we're running on fumes, but the players just seem so disinterested and moody. Maybe it's just frustration but I do wonder if something is off in the locker room.
 
dobingsdobber said:
This Brighton side are pretty good,and showed up today where we are lacking.All very competent on the ball,but the big difference today was their physicality,all big,strong players who got stuck in.We looked like the seven dwarves in comparison.Too many old blokes n the team now.
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Same every game . The Pep model is a 5'8" skilful player - ours all got old. 6ft 3" athletic black guy is the new model being put against us.
 
We are in a bad way. Manager not sure he wants to stay. Too many players who are below the level we’ve been at Lewis, Nunes, Kovacic, savio, Doku. Time was we had an injury someone came in our level didn’t drop. Those lads play and we look average. No pace no power. No leadership on field. Legends like KDB look done. Our future hopes Foden and Haaland look miles off it and unhappy on the field.
 
Disappointing second half yet again, ridiculous how different we looked in the second 45. We just don't score enough goals when we are on top.
We ended the game looking once again like a tired old squad. It is going to take a lot of energy and money to fix our problems at the moment. It's not just the injuries there are too many players who just can't shoot. Brighton could have scored more in the second half the defence was awful, all over the show and the midfield none existent.
Difficult to see where our next points are coming from.
 
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