Brighton & Hove Albion vs Reading *** Official Match Thread ***

[Cheeky Monkey]

God knows how Yeovil held out last Saturday with 8 men. Us going down to 10 should not have affected the game as badly as it did, it was wave after wave of black shirts queuing up for target practice after Greer went

 

[maltaseagull]

I'm so pleased that our club is nothing like Readings. Tinpot club, plastic fans, identikit ground, cheating players.

I am trying to be objective here.

I have seen us do the same thing in games. Under Gus we were definitely divers.

 

[horshamite]

sorry but just thought I checked that you and the others on here being critical of the team, tactics, manager, stats etc are aware we played the whole of the second half with ten men against a team down from the premiership and currently above us in the table. What do you really expect?

Before the sending off we hadn't had a shot on target. We don't seem to have many nowadays. At home, against direct opposition, myself and many others would have liked to have seen a more attacking starting line up. From the radio commentary the match seemed dull until the sending off. Overall I'm an Oscar fan and eagerly looking forward to seeing his starting 11 for the first game of next season.

 

[Doc Lynam]

 

[carteater]

he looks sad

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

he looks sad

I think he is trying not to laugh at the very bad Gus Poyet impression

 

[dougdeep]

It's now been 11 league games since we scored more than one goal

We really need to put this streak to bed today.

Maybe Tuesday.

 

[Mackenzie]

Not a great surprise as we were playing with 10 men for half the match, is it?

No surprise, just disappointing that we only mustered one shot on target in 90 minutes at home in front of a large crowd.

Still its a point.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Another 2 despicable managers for Oscar to out-think in the next couple of games , 'Arry "Triffic" Redknapp and Dougie "Greaseball" Greedman

 

[Ernest]

3 wingers on the bench whilst we were crying out for one on the pitch. . This was a match we had to win and could have won but as usual there was no cohesion between midfield and attack and Lingard may as well still be in Manchester for the service he got today. I wonder when the penny will drop that Oscar is just not up to this job

 

[ruthers]

My observations were:
we sit too deep (as usual) even when 11 v 11 we just do not push forward to support our front players. Is it any surprise we only had 1 shot on target?
Leo slips over far too much. Is he wearing studs?
Greer is always liable to do something to fuel a NSC binfest
Oscar was proud of the players.....at least that's all he managed to say in the post match interview.

I desparately want to come away from a match with only positive comments but once again I don't feel we have been entertained in an attacking manner and blaming the referee doesn't cut it for me, we simply do not create enough chances.

 

[Geestar]

Another game with 1 goal. Only been two years, no need to change anything yet.

 

[Napper]

Criminal those 3 being on bench . Very very negative . Must not lose attitude . Would it of worked . . Maybe

Kuzcazk kept us in it

 

[BBassic]

What I took from the game:

March really needs to be starting.
Drenthe is a fat, smug *******.
Reading like to dive. A lot.
The refs in this division are largely clueless.
We can't keep thumping balls to Ulloa.
Ulloa can't keep going to ground expecting the foul.
WE HAVE ZERO PACE!

 

[BensGrandad]

What happened when Ulloa went down in the 2nd half as I missed it. I suspect it was Pearce digging him in the stomach as he continually did at Reading

 

[Mr Banana]

I've only gone and uploaded the highlights. TunnelCam with GG biting a brick and swearing at a door coming up later

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[Footsoldier]

God knows how Yeovil held out last Saturday with 8 men. Us going down to 10 should not have affected the game as badly as it did, it was wave after wave of black shirts queuing up for target practice after Greer went

You'd expect that if you was playing away but not at home. Burnely last season when we was down to 9 men, be battered them and was unlucky not to get a draw at least.

 

[dougdeep]

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/brighton/9204569/brighton-1-1-reading

 

[Napper]

Stadium roof would of come off if Buckley had scored one of them .

Not his fault as did well to make the chances