Match Thread | Brighton vs Man City (25/04/24)

[yankblue]

Hope we can buy Rodders and Kev 30 minutes or so of rest

 

[1961_vintage]

How are we playing lads?

Fluidly.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Just another 10, please.

 

[deano ou812]

After that tonking that Brighton have just had, all the talk is about the decision that benefitted Phil.

Of course it is,if it’s any other team it’s well some times you just have to take it on the chin,or it’s one of those that you get during a season..

 

[heslops barnet]

Let's take some older/key players off. We have a game on Sunday and I don't think we can catch up in terms of goal difference. STILL 9 goals away from the Arses as it stands.

Not until 65/70 minutes, spoils our rhythm if we sub to early

 

[yankblue]

How are we playing lads?

Like it means more to us

 

[applecentral]

For the sake of maintaining the match thread reputation:

They’re all a disgrace. They don’t deserve to wear the badge. Haven’t seen a half of football that poor since the last half of football we played. Half of them need to be sold in the summer, the other half need to be shot. Kev is past it, Julian is useless, Walker is a speed merchant, Phil’s neck tattoo adds up to more than his contributions, Bernie looks like he’s already on the beach in Barca, Rodri has gone from god to fraud, Manu has been on too many Toblerone, watching Nathan gives me a head-Ake, Josko makes Danny Mills look like Roberto fucking Carlos, and Eddie has to be the worst keeper since Kyle Walker.

And don’t get me started on Kovacic.

Beautifully summed up!

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Odd 1st half, slow start from us and then we start playing and it's 3-0. Nothing stupid in the 2nd half please, and no taking off our 5 best players on the 75th minutes, as we always seem to do when we're 3 up...and end up with an unnecessarily nervous last 15 minutes when the opposition score within a minute ...

 

[lee one pen]

After that tonking that Brighton have just had, all the talk is about the decision that benefitted Phil.

Dunk clearly hit him in the ribs as well

 

[Kippax77]

I think you've put 2 and 3 together and got 12 there mate. That performance isn't related to Haaland, alvarez isn't doing something massively different to Haaland, he's playing the 9 role himself.

The difference stems from a solid midfield and brighton being a man-to-man team that allows and almost insists on this kind of football.

Fluidity all over.