Brighton & Hove Albion (A) | Post Match Thread

[Coatigan]

Let’s see how he gets on in his 2nd season with the Europa to contend with.

Spurs haven't qualified for Europa.

 

[manimanc]

45 pages? Did we not win last night?

 

[Coatigan]

What point am I missing exactly? It's this simple. After Sunday we had four matches to go, of which two are finals.

Is "Drinking all the alcohol in Manchester" really worth risking us making history for?

I'm sorry fella. If it was me the squad would've had a couple of celebratory drinks & been driven home in taxis & told to report for a warm down the following day.

They can get as fuckin pissed as they like from June 11th 2023 onwards. Up until then I'd expect the upmost in professionalism until the job is complete.

That's what makes the difference between the winners & losers in life. We can have all the talent in the world, but without professional application, we unnecessarily risk falling short.

Is that really worth it because we couldn't delay a title piss up for two weeks?

Do you know when the finals are?

 

[PragueBlue]

Why mention we drank all the alcohol in Manchester? Connect the dots fella...

So you're putting words into his mouth. You're connecting dots that just aren't there. Other players went out too after the Chelsea game, yet played last night so I'm sure nobody was too pissed to travel.

If the club are happy enough for it to happen (and I'm sure we employ sports' scientists), I have no problem with it. If we lose either (or both) final, it will have nothing to do with players getting pissed two or three weeks previously.

 

[Coatigan]

You need to go speak to a sports scientist & nutirtionalist then. You'd be shocked to know the damage consuming excess alcohol can cause, how long it takes to get out of your system & how long it takes the body to recover.

Players today are like machines compared to players on the 50s, 60s & 70s because of a better understanding of nutrition & the time it takes for the body to fully recover.

Alcohol is a poison, hence why we get pissed from it, & too much can kill you! Why would we want to risk ANYTHING so close to two pivotal finals? Is it really worth it?

They weren't all left out because they had drinks though!

Dias was left out because he put salt on his poached lettuce.

 

[malg]

They can have all the downtime they like from June 11th onwards & drown in a vat of ale for all I care, but right now we're still at work, & we don't clock off until June 10th. \0/

Bang on. People go on about how little time they have off. I'd love their downtime! However, they're allowed an off day down at Brighton, we'll see how Sunday goes. Brighton are a very, very tough team to play against and we probably should be playing them in the FA Cup final as well.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Just home from the game

One long arse mooch that was and is

Midweeks away to places like this need to be stopped

Brilliant turn out again from the City fans though

 

[Fordyboy46]

45 pages? Did we not win last night?

There would've been 30 if we'd won mate, lol

 

[JTFactsPlz]

Half our squad was missing through being too pissed to even travel. If you fully understood the effect booze has at the elite level of sport, you'd be as concerned as I am mate.

At what point of the season could so many players be missing through being too pissed & the club not act? We've got TWO HUGE GAMES looming, so surely our players should be professionally disciplined enough to control themselves for two weeks, whereby they could drink the UK dry, nevermind Manchester, & no one would give a fuck... \0/

Where did you get this "information"? Because it sounds like a conclusion you've convinced yourself of in your head. Obviously it wasn't "half" and those who didn't travel included Dias. He got so pissed he couldn't travel? Really? The guy who treats his body like a temple? I find that extremely unlikely.

And if Dias didn't, why assume the others did? Akanji and Ake are basically angels. I can see why people assume crap about Jack due to past form (although he has gotten drunk in an irresponsible way precisely once since he's been at City, only a few months into being here) but he said himself just after the Chelsea game he was "so tired". So to give him rest for the final two big games seems like an appropriate response. He's been playing Phil's minutes as well as his own for much of the season due to Phil's injuries and surgery.

I get why rival fans want to spread crap about our players on cess pools like Twitter etc, but do we really need to do it ourselves?

EDIT: And no, Pep's tongue-in-cheek comment in his press conference did not imply those who didn't travel didn't do so because they were "too pissed" so to post that clip responding to people is ridiculous. Pep was jokingly referring to the entire squad, most of whom did, in fact, travel and even play.

 

[blueinsa]

We agreed not to communicate for the sake of peace on this site, but you & your braindead, know nowt self just can't help it can you?

All we had to do is realise our job isn't over. As the banner someone displayed on Sunday said: "One down, two to go". Why risk it all for a bleedin piss up when we've got two huge fuck off finals on the horizon?

If we lose Foden, Stones & the next three matches, what you gonna say then?

Stop taking everything he says so fucking literally.

We played in first gear last night not because of hangovers but because we could.

World class, finely honed athletes who Pep would fuck off if they ever dared to turn up at work pissed up. We won the league, players went and had a few and had a party and rightly so, it’s called rewarding them through man management, something Pep is fantastic at.

 

[eastmanc]

No but you expect fucking consistency or you just wumming.

I don't wum. What are you talking about, my opinion is that it was a foul and the the pull on Bernie could have been a foul but he made a lot of it. I don't know where you got that was a wind up from.

 

[eastmanc]

Would have wanted it. But it was soft imo, see goals given with pushing and shoving in the box all of the time.

It was still a pull on the Brighton player if it had been given as goal against us I'd have been pissed off.

 

[eastmanc]

I feel sure Pep will stick with Otega for the FA Cup, gives me a mild case of the squitters, I think it will be a marginal game and Ortega"s distro could be costly.
Seeing Phil tonight it seems crazy to not start him in the finals, the only option would be Bernie in the middle for Gundo and Phil on the wing. But no Gundo ?, nice dilemma, best leave it to Pep....

Also in the finals, if Ake, Dias and Akanji are nailed on, who plays RB ? Stones or Walker ?

I agree about Phil but I think he'll go for the team that got him there. Hey but at least he doesn't have Sterling to pick which fucked it up against Chelsea in the Champions league final.

 

[shemnel]

i think i must be in a small minority, but i thought the Haaland goal was correctly ruled out, a clear shirt pull in my view! ah well. c'est la vie.

Brighton were excellent, but they played us at a good time, trying to get our heads back to reality after the league win. I expect a lot more from the Brentford game. Our middle was...well it didn't actually exist, so Brighton had a lot of joy there and many players looked jaded or not really present at all. Haaland is fighting well, but needs to find the net with some of these chances, 1 goal in 6 the big useless git!

onwards, Brentford is a great test of where we're at.

 

[BringBackSwales]

I feel sure Pep will stick with Otega for the FA Cup, gives me a mild case of the squitters, I think it will be a marginal game and Ortega"s distro could be costly.
Seeing Phil tonight it seems crazy to not start him in the finals, the only option would be Bernie in the middle for Gundo and Phil on the wing. But no Gundo ?, nice dilemma, best leave it to Pep....

Also in the finals, if Ake, Dias and Akanji are nailed on, who plays RB ? Stones or Walker ?

I would have thought it would be Walker Stones Dias Ake assuming everyone is fit (and sober!)

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

We don’t give a fuck cos we’re all pissed up - Mcfc ok

 

[Trickyblues]

Were you there? No! BUT as a matter of fact our manager said some of the players went out to continue the celebrations, AFTER the celebrations at the Etihad & they drank Manchester dry!

Three days before a penultimate PL match. Two weeks before the FA Cup final & three weeks before the CL Final.

Are you telling me the mother of all title piss ups couldn't wait 23 days? If we lose the next three match, whatcha gonna say then fella?

Are you actually ok? It’s only football

 

[eastmanc]

I would have thought it would be Walker Stones Dias Ake assuming everyone is fit (and sober!)

i think i mist be in a small minority, but i thought the Haaland goal was correctly ruled out, a clear shirt pull in my view! ah well. c'est la vie.

Brighton were excellent, but they played us at a good time, trying to get our heads back to reality after the league win. I expect a lot more from the Brentford game. Our middle was...well it didn't actually exist, so Brighton had a lot of joy there and many players looked jaded or not really present at all. Haaland is fighting well, but needs to find the net with some of these chances, 1 goal in 6 the big useless git!

onwards, Brentford is a great test of where we're at.

I'll take him not scoring again this season as long as we win them last two games.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Arguably the best opposition we have faced in the league by a country mile in terms of the way they play football. We should have been three up in the first half but it is what it is. As for the shirt pull, VAR needs to look at the actions leafing up to it not just the last one by Haaland.

 

[Doctor Jimmy and Mr Jim]

I work in a professional environment. Tell me why the fuck our squad can't contain themselves for TWO WEEKS, when they can drink themselves to death? WTF?

It's about standards & levels. If we were to lose the next three matches, what're you gonna say then? We were just unlucky? \0/

Mate, we're shooting ourselves in the foot because some of our players are prioritising booze over professionalism, when we could possibly be on the cusp of history!

Is risking all of that worth it because we couldn't resist having the mother of all piss ups for TWO WEEKS FFS? :-/

Mate....leave it. What I said was in jest. Enjoy life.