[Albion] Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

brightn'ove

cringe

Apr 12, 2011

9,137

London

• Dec 30, 2017

• #381

Watford are ****ing USELESS.

 

Kosh

'The' Yaztromo

Jul 14, 2003

5,219

Yaztromo's Tower; the borders of Darkwood Forest

• Dec 30, 2017

• #382

DavidinSouthampton said:

I am quite happy to think that we should be able to beat Newcastle away......

....... But

........ newcastle will also be thinking they should beat us at home. Good result. The game is always complicated by the presence of the other team, as Jean-Paul Sartre once said........ see my sign-off.

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Indeed.

One of my Newcastle (season ticket holding) supporting friends was on his FB page around 3pm claiming this was almost a guaranteed three points for the 'Army... Nothing too usual about that up here, BUT... the above (your line) bears repeating. This is a tough league and we're capably hanging in there.

Rock on...

 

S

Sussex Nomad

Well-known member

Aug 26, 2010

18,185

EP

• Dec 30, 2017

• #383

sydney said:

yeh .....i would have taken a point before kick off but having watched the game we had numerous opportunities to test Darlow out ....March , Stephens and Knocky most notably......why will they just not have a go when they get a sight on goal .... frustrating to the max but a point is good up there....please , please , please can we beat Bournemouth tho........please....!!!

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We never beat Bournemouth!

 

Trigger

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Jul 4, 2003

40,457

Brighton

• Dec 30, 2017

• #384

Knockaert was just as poor as March too I thought.

 

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..

Nov 4, 2006

11,444

Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• Dec 30, 2017

• #385

Trouble with drawing a lot of games now against teams of a similar status, is that if/when we start losing (as in the last few games of the season), we could drop down the league like a stone.

 

D

Deleted member 2719

Guest

• Dec 30, 2017

• #386

Trigger said:

Then it's bad point, as we settled for the draw after taking Murray off, but 4 points from these two games will be fine for me, just need the 3 on Monday, to win neither won't be clever.

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Lets hope we go for the 3 then.

 

Me and my Monkey

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Nov 3, 2015

3,354

• Dec 30, 2017

• #387

I don’t really care how boring/cautious/lucky/etc we are. Every point is precious, lets strive to be the least bad team, get as many points as we can, no matter how, and build on that from next season. Saying that, I’m rather glad I didn’t make the trip up to the frozen north today, SSN had nothing good to say about either team (except Maty Ryan, who was brilliant)!

 

K

Kneon Light

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Jul 24, 2003

1,818

Falkland Islands

• Dec 30, 2017

• #388

Considering we ended Sept with no striker signings I think Chris has worked wonders.
I defy anyone to honestly say they wouldn't have taken this position (including style of play etc) at the end of August.
I'm absolutely delighted with the season so far and intend to keep on enjoying it whatever happens.

 

Me and my Monkey

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Nov 3, 2015

3,354

• Dec 30, 2017

• #389

Sussex Nomad said:

I must have said one pea? A pea is good.

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Was it a mushy pea?

 

S

Sussex Nomad

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Aug 26, 2010

18,185

EP

• Dec 30, 2017

• #390

Me and my Monkey said:

Was it a mushy pea?

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Petite... come on this French, they have je nais ce quois... which I also bet is totally wrong

 

S

Sussex Nomad

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Aug 26, 2010

18,185

EP

• Dec 30, 2017

• #391

Anyway, I have got it off my chest now, one point, none conceded, 12th in the league and a bunch of Stella sitting around me, happy days

 

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

65,515

Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Dec 30, 2017

• #392

neilbard said:

Yes, we are having a moan mate because we actually attend these games year in and year out.

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And we don't? Yes, I'm off to the Palace cup game, & West Brom.

 

Horton's halftime iceberg

Blooming Marvellous

Jan 9, 2005

16,484

Brighton

• Dec 30, 2017

• #393

BNthree said:

Dunk just got booked. Is he missing Bournemouth game?

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Radio commentary team said that both Dunk and Knockhaert would be suspended for the Bournemouth games after picking up yellow cards.

Poor prep as the yellows were expunged after the Watford home game. Duffy was the only one picking up a one game ban for 5 yellows.

 

Albion Dan

Banned

Jul 8, 2003

11,125

Peckham

• Dec 30, 2017

• #394

Take the point but we are toilet in the final third. That game could be going on till midnight and we’d not score.


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Shins

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Aug 13, 2015

414

• Dec 30, 2017

• #395

Mayonaise said:

I was pleased with an away point and would have taken that at the start. Expected more from Newcastle (as did their fans clearly). Agree we should have given Jose the last 20 mins though, we enjoyed good possession, had more shots on target, more corners....but never really looked like scoring.

We are a mind-blowing 12th in the premier league going into 2018 (and the window opening). We have a side that belong at this level but clearly with no cutting edge up top - will Tony gamble?

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I just mentioned it in another post, it's not just 'up top' (a striker) that we need. I think it's a quality winger and giving Izquierdo a really good run of games to see what he can do. Also taking a little gamble every so often like today needed to go steal a win.

I'm being quite negative after the result today which I'm going to blame on how sh*t the match was.

 

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

65,515

Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Dec 30, 2017

• #396

Mouldy Boots said:

If we:

Draw against Bmuff?
Lose against Bmuff?

What do you think?

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I think we should cross that bridge when we get to it. It's bad enough moaning about today's game, without worrying about Momday.

 

W

Wardy's twin

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Oct 21, 2014

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• Dec 30, 2017

• #397

Trigger said:

Then it's bad point, as we settled for the draw after taking Murray off, but 4 points from these two games will be fine for me, just need the 3 on Monday, to win neither won't be clever.

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It is never going to be a bad point... its one more than I thought we would get or in my more positive times the point we might have got. Never thought we would get 3.

The muff game is a separate entity and one we must win...

 

Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!

Sep 1, 2012

32,165

Valhalla

• Dec 30, 2017

• #398

Horton's halftime iceberg said:

Radio commentary team said that both Dunk and Knockhaert would be suspended for the Bournemouth games after picking up yellow cards.

Poor prep as the yellows were expunged after the Watford home game. Duffy was the only one picking up a one game ban for 5 yellows.

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The radio information doesn't comply with the card amnesty rules published by the PL.


There is a mistake / misunderstanding somewhere.

 

D

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• Dec 30, 2017

• #399

Thunder Bolt said:

I think we should cross that bridge when we get to it. It's bad enough moaning about today's game, without worrying about Momday.

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But you could say it puts more pressure on that match when maybe we could have lifted that off a bit today.

Why only use the one sub

 

Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003

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at home

• Dec 30, 2017

• #400

Trigger said:

Knockaert was just as poor as March too I thought.

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Ok I have only seen home games, but I can't remember knocky having a decent game.

I just don't understand why we don't give iz a game. He is our big signing and he is very much a bit part player...I hope this is not another elvis situation.