Brighton & Hove Albion (A) | Post Match Thread

[Bluewonder]

is it just me or does pep not look to be fully on board with him

I'm not surprised. Their styles are chalk and cheese.
I doubt Guardiola is seeing eye to eye with Viana right now either.

 

[Blue tiger]

Fuck them all off. Bite Spurs hand off for Savinho.

Yea I'd of sold him too. I feel for Bobb because through no fault of his own he was built into some mythical player while he was out injured and now because he has had 2 bad games he's getting pelters.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

no ones going off 3 games. Dont be silly.
People have seen the decline over last season and lets be honest the year before. Yeah we won it but the signs were there

We are allowed to voice concerns witjout being called wankers by gate keepers like you

Massive blue you

Go on then, who are you replacinf him with? The serial winner pep, who are you replacing him with?

It’s nothing to do with being a ‘massive blue’. It’s to do with not being a big cry baby just because we aren’t replicating the feats that are simply impossible to replicate.

And I note the use of the word massive. Hmmm.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

Total control for 60 minutes, should have been 3-0 up at haltime.

Total lack of control for 30 minutes, could have been far worse but for James Trafford.

Total control because they were shit. Total control without creating much

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Oh, and welcome back Rodri - what a player.
And well done James Trafford - great mental strength to come back from last week's error.

Tough loss on the back of last week, but on we go.

It could have been much worse but for Trafford…at least two outstanding saves

 

[Tbilisi]

Woah how did this become our fault?

Not suggesting it is.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

I’m not sure Pep is getting the players he wants

He had a perfect relationship with Txiki not so sure with Viana

These players we have bought don’t look like a Pep player

 

[jimharri]

That's the whiskey talking, please tell me that's the whiskey talking :-)

Not the whiskey, the anger.

 

[makinghistory]

If you think we will struggle to get 40 points then you're high.

Really? So where do you think our creativity is? the flow of goalscoring chances? the high press ? the quality? L/pool and Arsenal will piss on us.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Watched today to cheer myself up after losing my old man on Friday… Not my best decision

 

[ancoats]

Total control for 60 minutes, should have been 3-0 up at haltime.

Total lack of control for 30 minutes, could have been far worse but for James Trafford.

That is the problem ?? A Hungry team kills off the game by scoring 3 or 4 not just coast at 1.0

 

[Gabriel]

What does Kolo do? Is he the hype man on the touch line? Well it’s not fucking working

Read that part of his role was to serve as a bridge to get academy players into the first team. Good luck with that.

 

[NptonBlue89!]

First half Brighton had just one chance - first time in a decade.

So let's not rewrite history and pretend we were poor all game.

We’re weren’t poor all game, we were good for 60mins it’s the fact that the changes made by Brighton were tatically miles better and it took 30 seconds to see that it shifted the game with no response that for me is bad management and more the point it was so obvious to see that’s what is fustrsting me the most!

 

[hilts]

Absolutely shameful performance.
Decent first half and then we crumble and hide again.
We’ll lose the derby.
Our work rate and work ethic is fucking appalling.
Forget tactics we are out worked by every team we play.
We are currently a top 5 team at best.
Fuming!
It’s gonna be a long season.

Nope we're currently a top 12 team after playing

A very bad wolves team and at best two top half teams.

 

[Stelea]

Why was 5ft Bernardo picking up 7ft Dunk on the 1st goal.
Suppose that’s down to our new set piece coach?

 

[Gray]

You can’t win the league in the first half of the season but you can definitely lose it. At this rate you’re better off fighting for top 5

Top half might be our target with what we have shown to date.

 

[Luke The Blue]

That’s ok by me. Yes he scored after some great work by Marmoush by latching onto a loose ball but did nothing else and he missed a bag full of chances too. He has to shoulder his share of the blame.

It's a strange one with Haaland. If we are not playing well, we are playing with a man down. But you can't argue with his goal record. Must be hard to manage tbh. We are so shit though it's so painful. The thing is Brighton wasn't even playing well.

Sad times and something needs to change quick.

 

[noseve]

Where we came from is not a phrase you use to excuse mediocrity.

Our left back played for wolves. Our “right back” played for wolves.

We have two wolves players playing for the most technical coach in the games history and one is out of position and has the hunger of an anorexic. He has the bite of a flower.

I know where we just came from. 4 consecutive prem titles. Mendy, Danilo, Walker and Cancelo. All actual accomplished full backs. We won in spite of issues at the position and now have the hubris to think we don’t need any. The gig is up.

We need actual accomplished full backs.

A season with 1 left back with potential and no other full backs is absolute madness.

Gareth Bale played for Southampton.
Alan Shearer played for Southampton.
VVD played for Southampton.

Your reasoning is flawed.

 

[deano ou812]

We have become like a jolly for some players they think they have hit the big time signing for City and then think that’s it and coast ..

 

[I'm With Stupid]

True. Some of our attempted passes were laughable. Kicking it straight at an opponent, or playing one of our own into immediate trouble. We used to always have 2 or 3 players in space for the man in the ball to pass to. It’s like whatever Pep taught us has all been forgotten. We can’t retain possession for 2 minutes any more. Let alone in the opponents half.

Too many people needing too many touches. Too many players who can't be passed to in tight spaces and be expected to keep hold of it under pressure. Rodri and Bernardo are probably the only players in the current team who I'd trust to receive the ball in almost any situation and keep hold of it. We used to have Mahrez on the wing who you could pass to from 60 yards away and be sure he'd be able to control it. Would you bet your house on any of Doku, Marmoush, Savinho, Bobb or Haaland doing similar?