[Albion] Nottingham Forest vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Uh_huh_him]

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seems some confusion whether Dunk had 2 yellows or Straight Red.
Losing Dunk for Chelsea/ Brentford/Burnley is not ideal

 

[Cheshire Cat]

There was no need for any of that - should have been an easy win.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

RDZ went f***ing MENTAL at the end there. I love that man.

This with bells on. You can see what it means to the whole squad and management to get that win with everything else going on around it, injuries, suspensions, red cards etc.

 

[birthofanorange]

We deserved that - no thanks to Dunk's hissy fit, for which we will most likely pay.
Other than that, a better performance than I expected, given our walking wounded, and a long-awaited victory at Forest.
Still, we really are down to bare bones, now, which doesn't bode well.

 

[Affy]

And breathe…. JP superb today.

 

[jcdenton08]

I need a stiff drink!

 

[brighton_dave]

Those celebrations from De Zerbi, staff and team were immense. Proper passion there...

 

[Pevenseagull]

van Hecke MOM.

 

[fly high]

well if thats isnt the first match on motd today, the bbc want shooting

No will be Newcastle v Chelsea, no chance it'll be us.

 

[jakarta]

3rd or 4th on MOTD?

 

[chickens]

Is it mandatory that we make life hard for ourselves in each and every match? I end each match feeling like I’ve been on a particularly brutal rollercoaster.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Only managed to tune in on 75 minutes... Can't say it was a pleasure!

 

[FamilyGuy]

Gonna be better than Dunk.

The next Van Dijk.

Stone the heretic!!

 

[jcdenton08]

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seems some confusion whether Dunk had 2 yellows or Straight Red.
Losing Dunk for Chelsea/ Brentford/Burnley is not ideal

Straight red after he called the referee a “cheating ****” having already been booked seconds earlier

 

[shingle]

Brilliant result, unhappy natives makes it all the more sweeter ha ha

 

[Mackenzie]

That was a great win. Hope Fati and Lamptey aren’t too injured.

The less said about that ref the better. Terrible game management.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

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seems some confusion whether Dunk had 2 yellows or Straight Red.
Losing Dunk for Chelsea/ Brentford/Burnley is not ideal

He'll be available for Burnley. If it was two yellows he'll miss Chelsea, if it was a straight red then he'll miss Brentford as well (assuming he was sent off for insulting, offensive or abusive language towards the ref). No chance he misses 3 games (3 game bans are for reds shown for serious foul play or violent conduct neither cover anything Dunk did).

 

[fruitnveg]

Weird that so many of you were so stressed after the red. I genuinely felt more comfortable as time went on as it became more and more obvious that Forest couldn't and wouldn't score even if we played for a week.

 

[Ratso2005]

A welcome if expensive three points.

1 defeat in 9 all comps (to Manchester City by the odd goal): 7th in the league, good position to progress in Europe despite an injury crisis.

 

[Mustafa II]

There was no need for any of that - should have been an easy win.

Ref absolutely ballsed up calming the situation. In fact he just added fuel to the fire.

Yes Dunk was stupid doing what he did - but a better ref would have told him "get away from me NOW or you're off".

I just think English refs are attention seeking narcissists and like to make the game all about them - which he did - and that he would have loved the drama of Forest going on to win.