Man of the Match v Barnsley

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East Stand Brighton Boyz

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #1

Surprised there isn't a thread on this by now. Murray was good and scored the vital goals but Knockaert......well.....WHAT a performance. Given a standing ovation during the game at one point. Absolutely brilliant. What were the sponsors watching?

 

Bozza

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Jul 4, 2003

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #2

Knockaert every day of the week.

I'd have given it to Murray if he'd scored the four he should have had.

 

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Pogue Mahone

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• #3

I think it might be on the basis that they can't give it to Knocky every match...

 

Boy Blue

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #4

Knockaert makes my balls swell.

 

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sdmartin1

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #5

Knockaert will have enough champagne over the course of the season, thought Stephens was back to his best today and would have given it to him.

 

studio150

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #6

I'm still dizzy from watching Knockaert's performance today so no idea what the Barnsley full back feels like. MOM by a mile

 

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Machiavelli

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #7

Knockaert was simply sublime in the first half. It was a ten out of ten performance. The only display that comes near it was him in the first half against Sheff Wed in the play-offs. Murray, at the very least, should have had a hat-trick but, that said, the first goal was stunning.

 

Steve Foster

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #8

Definitely Knockaert with Stephens a close second.

I suppose if you are the sponsors & know nowt about footie giving the award to the goalscorer is an easy cop out

 

lawros left foot

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Jun 11, 2011

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #9

I thought it could have been any of four today, Murray for his brace, Knocky for his wonderful first half display, Stephens and as excellent, back to his best,but it was Bruno football r me, imperious the whole game.
He will be 36 next Saturday, if there is a better right back in this division, I have yet to see him, and I don't think there's a better 36 year old in the entire peague

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #10

Knockaert MoM par un country kilomètre. Bravo monsieur!

 

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Machiavelli

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #11

lawros left foot said:

I thought it could have been any of four today, Murray for his brace, Knocky for his wonderful first half display, Stephens and as excellent, back to his best,but it was Bruno football r me, imperious the whole game.
He will be 36 next Saturday, if there is a better right back in this division, I have yet to see him, and I don't think there's a better 36 year old in the entire peague

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Duffy was extremely good too.

 

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biddles911

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #12

Thought the whole team looked pretty good today though AK was simply magnificent, particularly in the first half. Definitely my MOM but they have to spread it around a bit?


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DarrenFreemansPerm

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #13

Anyone feel a lot more confident with our ability to defend set pieces, Duffy doesn't lose much in the air.

Stephens MOTM for me.

 

Steve in Japan

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #14

DarrenFreemansPerm said:

Anyone feel a lot more confident with our ability to defend set pieces, Duffy doesn't lose much in the air.

Stephens MOTM for me.

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Agreed thought defence was excellent today. But I love the cheeky French chap and would have given him MOTM. I bet he knows he was anyway.

 

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Neville's Breakfast

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #15

Truly memorable game from AK. He dominated the match so no brainer man of the match. DS was back to his best as well and no co-incidence that when that happens we are back to last season's form.

 

Ninja Elephant

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #16

Machiavelli said:

Duffy was extremely good too.

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Not worth a mention in a thread about MOM though, Shirley? Not when Dunk put him in the shade by winning countless balls all game. Another easy game for the defence thanks to a lack of ambition from Barnsley and the quality of Stephens & partner in midfield.

Knockaert for MOM by a distance, followed by Stephens and Murray for me.

 

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Machiavelli

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #17

Ninja Elephant said:

Not worth a mention in a thread about MOM though, Shirley? Not when Dunk put him in the shade by winning countless balls all game. Another easy game for the defence thanks to a lack of ambition from Barnsley and the quality of Stephens & partner in midfield.

Knockaert for MOM by a distance, followed by Stephens and Murray for me.

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Think I might just have covered this in post 7.
I was responding to someone indicating that there were four star players out there. In my view, if four were to be picked out, Duffy deserved to be in there. There simply shouldn't be a debate about who the MotM was though.

 

Bozza

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #18

Machiavelli said:

Duffy was extremely good too.

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He loses a mark for heading over when there was an unmarked Lewis Dunk behind him waiting to power home.

 

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Machiavelli

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Bozza said:

He loses a mark for heading over when there was an unmarked Lewis Dunk behind him waiting to power home.

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I wouldn't disagree with that, but that still means he's worth a 7.5. He's been excellent in the last two home games.

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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• Sep 24, 2016

• #20

Almost felt sorry for the Barnsley player who accidentally whacked Knocky near the centre circle towards the end of the game and got awarded a free kick against him, might even have got booked for his troubles. He genuinely went for the ball, and then - HEY PRESTO! - it suddenly wasn't there anymore!