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Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Derby County *****Official Match Thread*****
- Thread starter StonehamPark
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What was I saying? Ridiculous Dunk, utterly ridiculous thing to do.
inland seagull
Active member
Thanks go out to the Birmingham lino, minutes applause for him if we go up !
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
Well-known member
It was unbelievable, there was absolutely no need to make that lunge. He was never going to get the ball and was on a yellow, the player was highly unlikely to score and if he did it dint really matter. Lunacy.
The only positive I can take out of it is that he did it today and not next weekend.
JonathanLivingstonSeagull
New member
welp, let's hope Dunky doesn't play again this season... call it a punishment 
OzMike
Well-known member
Thinking of watching first 15 of Burnley game but will suffer for it..
As a gambling man, you want every advantage possible. Middlesbrough won't be too disheartened by what's happened. Can see more suspensions and injuries for the play-offs on Saturday with the over-commitment, chasing every ball, needing to win, crowd getting involved. So, so difficult now.
Derby are a decent side but Boro are better and concede **** all at home. It's going to be tough.
Si Gull
Way Down South
Just assume they're going to win and go and do something else. It's all on next Saturday's result.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
Wilson should have started the game, the man is a GOAL THREAT. More so than any of our other strikers - whatever you think about their alleged other attributes, the man would score more goals than any other player in our team when fit.
OzMike
Well-known member
welp, let's hope Dunky doesn't play again this season... call it a punishment
Looked so deliberate, he knew he wouldn't play at 'Boro after that.
Maybe a deliberate ploy to get sent off in this game, to save us from going down to 10 men in the mega crucial final game.
Maybe he can't handle the pressure big games.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
OzMike
Well-known member
It's 11.45pm here and I got to be up at 5.45am.
Better if I turn in now TBH, but still got a bit of adrenaline.
the right footed denilson
New member
Make no bones about it, that was a ruddy awful performance.
OzMike
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Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Unfortunately we came up against a Derby team who have hit form at the right time and who had, in Hughes, far and away the best player on the pitch. 1st game he's been firing on all cylinders since his long injury lay off. I do not want to play Derby in the playoffs should we not win next w/e
OzMike
Well-known member
Grey nearly scores in 1st min!
lizard
Well-hung member
- Jul 14, 2005
- 3,335
We certainly weren't at our best, glad to get that out of the way. Derby were pretty solid, hats off to them for not letting us play. (Even if their fans are scum.) We need to be better next weekend and I think we will be. Onwards and upwards.
Well that's quite nice but it doesn't really change anything unless Burley implode this afternoon.
I've given myself a few minutes to simmer down. Oddly, I feel pretty good after a fairly woeful second half display. A couple of games ago I said on here that I could not see us going on to win seven straight matches. I didn't get flamed as such but a couple of people told me off for being a Debbie Downer. While winning streaks like that are possible they are rare and I just never felt that we would pull it off. Now that streak has been broken I just feel that it's less improbable that we will go up to Boro and win. It might not make sense to many but it's just my gut reaction.
Today the pressure was all on us and it showed. Derby had basically achieved their objective (playoffs) before kickoff and could play with more freedom. On Saturday there will be pressure on us to go and win for sure but there is also massive pressure on Boro to finish the job too. I feel we will nestle back into the underdog role that has suited us so well all season. I wouldn't say I am confident but I'm also very far from despondent. We have the tools to do this. We just have to hope we can do it on the day.
This has been a simply magnificent season. The board, the manager, the team, all at the club and the supporters have shared something special. We might not get the dream ending but even then all is not lost. I bloody love this team. In around 35 years of following them there have been few seasons as exciting and invigorating as this.
It doesn't matter what division we are in. We are Brighton. We're still here. Together,
Let's bloody do this.
I've given myself a few minutes to simmer down. Oddly, I feel pretty good after a fairly woeful second half display. A couple of games ago I said on here that I could not see us going on to win seven straight matches. I didn't get flamed as such but a couple of people told me off for being a Debbie Downer. While winning streaks like that are possible they are rare and I just never felt that we would pull it off. Now that streak has been broken I just feel that it's less improbable that we will go up to Boro and win. It might not make sense to many but it's just my gut reaction.
Today the pressure was all on us and it showed. Derby had basically achieved their objective (playoffs) before kickoff and could play with more freedom. On Saturday there will be pressure on us to go and win for sure but there is also massive pressure on Boro to finish the job too. I feel we will nestle back into the underdog role that has suited us so well all season. I wouldn't say I am confident but I'm also very far from despondent. We have the tools to do this. We just have to hope we can do it on the day.
This has been a simply magnificent season. The board, the manager, the team, all at the club and the supporters have shared something special. We might not get the dream ending but even then all is not lost. I bloody love this team. In around 35 years of following them there have been few seasons as exciting and invigorating as this.
It doesn't matter what division we are in. We are Brighton. We're still here. Together,
Let's bloody do this.