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

I thought we played very well indeed in the first half on Saturday and well for much of the second half. Brighton are a very good side and are capable of beating any team, so it's no disgrace to lose. We didn't fall apart as we did at the start of the second half as we did on Tuesday and at times we we had much the better of the play even after half time, but the fact remains that we haven't scored twice in a match since Sparta Prague on 23 October, and in the PL since Wolves on 20 October - 6 or 7 games ago. While we have only scored 12 goals and conceded 11 in those 7 games, we have scored only 4 in the last 5 games but have conceded 10.

Injuries have to have played a major role in our "slump". Rodri suffered injury which has ruled him out for the season and his absence is a blow of incalculable importance, and KdB has been absent effectively all season. Phil has had his struggles and doesn't look fully fit even now. Our midfield is still formidable but is not the all conquering steamroller that it once was and it doesn't give the same protection to our backline that it used to. And that backline is not the same. Our captain is clearly not match fit, though he performed valiantly on Saturday, Gvardiol is carrying a knock as is Stones, Dias can't play because of injury and Ake has struggled with injury all season. The result is that in central defence we rely on a lad who is barely 19 and A N Other who is not as unfit as the others! Our 19 year old doesn't even know who is partner is, and has never really played with them anyway! Rico has to defend and try to move into midfield. We are vulnerable through the middle and down the right. What a surprise!

Up front Erling has been in excellent form but Jack is out and Doku and Savinho are struggling. Nunes has come in and performed very well. But all in all it is a wonder that we can still play at all like the "well oiled machine" we have been for as long as anyone can remember. We have a major problem, but the major consolation is that if anyone can solve it Pep can.
 
Pward said:
Morning Fellas & Fellettes, was at the Amex on Saturday. City were fabulous first half and deserved a more than 1-goal lead. Brighton were fabulous second half and deserved their goals. It was a great game of football played by two excellent footballing sides. Reports of your demise are wildly premature. From a friendly voice on the south coast.
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Piss off rag!!!

Only joking, fair analysis really. Story of our downfall in not killing games off when in control. Brighton are ace, enjoy your season.
 
Blue2202 said:
Don't think we can expect Haaland to be continually performing at his very best playing 90 minutes 60+ times a season for club and country. Also increases the risk of injury, and what do we do if that happens? Need a backup option who can take the weight off his shoulders when needed like alvarez did
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We still have players in the squad who can still step up if required.
 
Just want to offer my tuppence on our recent form and a lot of it is an amalgamation of other posters thoughts.

First a brief bit to get rid of the chaff.
The Charges are affecting everyone. New stand says hello.
Two world class players in every position. Simply not true and evidenced Pep prefers a small squad. In addition no club in the world has 22 players of identical ability.

Attempting some logic for the wheat.
Eight quality players missing including our entire back four plus Rodri and our talisman KDB.
An amalgamation of the strains of four in a row plus a rolling 12 months of continuous football.

The Pep Conundrum and squad strength.
Just my opinion but I don’t believe for minute that Khaldoon and Sheikh do not have a precise plan for succession. This obviously includes Pep and the Squad.
Again my opinion is that either the right type of players were not available last summer or Pep is leaving. If the latter is true I am convinced a replacement is already lined up.

I thought we let Gundogan go at the right time and was surprised to see him return.
I think there is a lot more going on with strict NDA’s.
For my part I expect to see Kyle,KDB, Gundogan and possibly even Jack go at the end of the season.
I think we may go dipper and replace the entire midfield and new RB along with Etcheverri. Who comes in will depend on Pep.
 
Some serious toxicity in this thread..
We need to support the team and stick by em no matter what.. Just like most of us FOC did through the dark ages ..
Some of the comments I’ve read on here????

Having an opinion on a players/managers performance is one thing but calling em cunts is fuckin ridiculous.. !

Onwards and upwards, we are Blues, not mard arsed rags n dippers… CTWD..
 
Its November and the flappers have really shown their true colours. Scared twats, no cahones. Fancy giving up supporting your own club because you dont win. wtf!
I fear for football in future with those sort of expectant fans only ever accepting winwinwin otherwise go support another team. Jeez so fkin flakey some of the City fans in here.

My take on the game now all the negative twats have filled their boots in here... We are missing not just players, but a ton of experience. That moment when Brighton scored, if we had our first teamers our nerve would have held and even if not we would have scored and won. But we have youths, inexperience, 2nd stringers in our first team. Not something the media like to highlight when its City. We've all heard about Odegaard, we all hear about vvd when he is injured, but yet again (Like when we only had Laporte left and still won the title) no one in the media will even acknowledge City are dealing with massive injuries.

Imagine lfc without VVD, Trent, Konate, Roberston, Salah, 1 other at the same time for weeks, its that simple.
 
AndyP68 said:
What he wanted couldn’t be offered or else we’d have kept him. Great player, but he has been quiet in some big games.
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Mahrez was finishing up perfect time to be given his time. But we flogged him for 40m to a rival - he scores banger in world cup final / many goals and assista and looks a top player. Massive fuk up selling him NO question!
 
Matt Diablo said:
Mahrez was finishing up perfect time to be given his time. But we flogged him for 40m to a rival - he scores banger in world cup final / many goals and assista and looks a top player. Massive fuk up selling him NO question!
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I’m not sure how we’d have kept him happy. That’s the issue.
 
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