[Albion] ***Brighton & Hove Albion vs AFC Bournemouth Official match thread***

[nwgull]

2-2 FT at Fulham. That's a good result for us, as that was one of Wigan's easier games. I'd say that they can't get 46 points now even if we lose the next 4; there is no way that they'll get 10 points in their last 4 games.

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Eddie Howe talks a lot of sense. Decent manager for sure.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

According to SSN just a few seconds ago we are still drawing 0-0 so still in with a chance, as long as we don't give away any silly freekicks

 

[jimbob5]

Oh Dear.....But have to say Bournemouth deserved their points and I would like to see them win the League.

They might do but their remaining games are against teams which give a fu..!

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Millwall 2 games in hand. People seem very confident we're safe but we could get dragged into it!

 

[maltaseagull]

Thank god I come back from holiday today with a stinking head cold and didn't feel up to going tonight, otherwise I'd really be spitting my dummy out about the sub standard loanees we have.
Can't wait for next season and automatic promotion

From league one?

Cos that's more realistic.

 

[Jim_AFCB]

We were poor for large periods tonight - probably as bad as we have played all season.- Luckily a couple of bits of magic from Yann saw us through.
Brighton worked hard and played well, stopped us, but without really having a cutting edge.

If you guys can sort out your scoring problems over the summer,can see you being much more of a force.

Good luck for the rest of the season!

 

[nicko31]

Millwall 2 games in hand. People seem very confident we're safe but we could get dragged into it!

Millwall get something against Watford and win at Wigan and suddenly there will be pressure

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Fair appraisal! Made it all the more frustrating that we competed well but aren't getting close to scoring

 

[jimbob5]

I don't care that it's just little Bournemouth. They have stuffed enough good teams in this league to earn their position 4 points clear!

nothing against them but just because other teams have lied down to be shafted by this quite good team it doesn't mean we can't put in a shift

 

[Diablo]

We were poor for large periods tonight - probably as bad as we have played all season.- Luckily a couple of bits of magic from Yann saw us through.
Brighton worked hard and played well, stopped us, but without really having a cutting edge.

If you guys can sort out your scoring problems over the summer,can see you being much more of a force.

Good luck for the rest of the season!

100% right...even the opposition telling us we need Goalscorer...

 

[nwgull]

Millwall 2 games in hand. People seem very confident we're safe but we could get dragged into it!

Can you see Millwall getting 10 points in 6 games, when 3 of those are against Watford, Derby and Wolves?

 

[Kosh]

I've always liked Bournemouth... It'll be cool to see you travel to Man Utd etc... all best...

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Millwall get something against Watford and win at Wigan and suddenly there will be pressure

exactly - you'd hope they get nothing from Watford though

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Can you see Millwall getting 10 points in 6 games, when 3 of those are against Watford, Derby and Wolves?

Yes unlikely but I didn't expect us to get anything from Derby either! End of season, form book goes out the window. Hope you're right though!

 

[nwgull]

Yes unlikely but I didn't expect us to get anything from Derby either! End of season, form book goes out the window. Hope you're right though!

It's standard for football fans to see the worst case scenario all the time. However, Millwall are 2nd bottom for a good reason. Yes, they won on Saturday, but it was against a team with absolutely nothing to play for who were down to 10 men for over an hour. I predict that they'll get 5 more points: a win against Wigan (which will relegate them) and a couple of scrappy draws.

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

It's standard for football fans to see the worst case scenario all the time. However, Millwall are 2nd bottom for a good reason. Yes, they won on Saturday, but it was against a team with absolutely nothing to play for where down to 10 men for over an hour. I predict that they'll get 5 more points: a win against Wigan (which will relegate them) and a couple of scrappy draws.

Agree that as a fan you always see the worse that could happen. I'd certainly take the scenario you outline! I just hope they don't have a few out of their skin performances!

 

[French Seagull]

It was Dunk giving them the free kick that lost us the game!

 

[GT49er]

Not sure what game you were watching? we were miles from getting a draw!! they were always going to score, we were always NOT going to score! when we went forward we got near there goal and had not a clue what to do, Bestt is as much a striker as I am!...........whilst we are all upset, plese see reality....................they only had 2 shots on target....we had one..............they won 2...0.........

Watched the first half in the pub, then came home. We'd had more shots than they had, but neither side had had a shot on target. They were much faster than we were, but it was 0-0, and a second half the same would have got us a draw. They had two shots on target in the second half, and scored from both - that's why we're at opposite ends of the league. To say we were miles from getting a draw is far from the truth - we were twenty minutes away from getting a draw!

Yes, it was disappointing, as the whole season has been. Yes, we were second best, but defended well for 70 minutes. Still been some crap on here though. We've pulled 9 points clear of relegation; that wouldn't have happened if we hadn't replaced Hyypia with Hughton. It's called making the best of a bad job.

 

[Scoffers]

2 goals in last 7 matches excluding the own goal
no goals in last 3 matches
1 shot on target tonight
We're just not setup to score.
Shocking defending at times
Depressing