[Albion] Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[kevo]

Gonna stick my neck out and say 38 would be plenty this year

I think it will be more than enough. The top six are so far ahead that most of the teams battling relegation will get very few, if any, points from those 12 matches. These days there's fewer points realistically up for grabs for the also-rans, which means fewer points needed for survival.

 

[BensGrandad]

sorry duplicate post

 

[BensGrandad]

Probably worth taking some notice of my post about re-integration after a long injury.

Why is that as he appears to have been training for some weeks now and also appeared both as a sub and starting for the U23s. So the next step is a sub appearance for the 1st XI not to sit on the bench for 2 or 3 games and stay there.

 

[maffew]

Have you heard of goal difference? Made quite a difference 2 years ago...

I couldnt at this time give a monkeys about goal difference (I would be happy to be proved wrong and stay up by it)

I see more value in chasing more points and losing 3-0/5-1 whatever than worrying about the goal difference for a point at this stage

 

[maffew]

Have you heard of goal difference? Made quite a difference 2 years ago...

I think what I am trying to say is that I would rather go down on GD rather than fighting for points and attacking more

 

[Renegade]

Like alot of teams in the Prem we are boring we are dross.Teams like us help to make the Prem such a boring league where at least half the teams can only hope for survival.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Have you heard of goal difference? Made quite a difference 2 years ago...

Oh sarcasm. Original.

It did make a difference two years ago, as did us drawing too many games and consequently not getting enough points.

 

[brightn'ove]

Yes indeed.

Although we already have +2 vs Watford which gives us 38 and borderline survival.

Yes this

 

[BN41Albion]

Like alot of teams in the Prem we are boring we are dross.Teams like us help to make the Prem such a boring league where at least half the teams can only hope for survival.

But that's cos the top teams are so rich they hoover up the best players in the world, the rest of us simply can't compete. It is boring, shame that the Prem has become so divided. Also because of the money in the Prem the fear of going down has gone up. Terrible combination as it's lead to over half the teams being pretty dross to watch.

As awesome as city are to watch, I'm bored of watching their games as they're so one sided and predictable.

 

[brightn'ove]

I think what I am trying to say is that I would rather go down on GD rather than fighting for points and attacking more

I’m sure Tony bloom would disagree with you.

 

[maffew]

I’m sure Tony bloom would disagree with you.

Do you think? (genuine question?) IMO a potential point or more is worth a lot more than how many goals conceded and would be potentially more important in staying up

 

[Surf's Up]

But that's cos the top teams are so rich they hoover up the best players in the world, the rest of us simply can't compete. It is boring, shame that the Prem has become so divided. Also because of the money in the Prem the fear of going down has gone up. Terrible combination as it's lead to over half the teams being pretty dross to watch.

As awesome as city are to watch, I'm bored of watching their games as they're so one sided and predictable.

Leicester? Burnley?

 

[maffew]

I’m sure Tony bloom would disagree with you.

Maybe I worded it wrongly - in that I would think we have a better chance of staying up on points that GD and that is worth a risk in how we play (IMO)

 

[BN41Albion]

Leicester? Burnley?

Granted Leicester. And Burnley are having a great season, albeit still playing pretty dull football to watch. But there are about 12 teams just fighting for survival in the league and there are 6 teams streets ahead of everyone else at the moment, which I'm sure won't change anytime soon as the rich continue to get richer

 

[Renegade]

But that's cos the top teams are so rich they hoover up the best players in the world, the rest of us simply can't compete. It is boring, shame that the Prem has become so divided. Also because of the money in the Prem the fear of going down has gone up. Terrible combination as it's lead to over half the teams being pretty dross to watch.

As awesome as city are to watch, I'm bored of watching their games as they're so one sided and predictable.

Yes spot on.The rich clubs buy up all the top players and they also make them so expensive by paying so much and dragging buying prices sky high. With the probable 20/25m we have for a striker in Jan,not so long ago we could have bought someone decent but now it will be much harder.

 

[Renegade]

Leicester? Burnley?

You know Leicester was a total freak partly due to the so called top teams performing poorly.As for Burnley it's just another one off but then again when you consider 3/4 of the Prem is average then why shouldn't they finish 7th or 8th.

 

[Ernest]

Swansea are relegated , no chance of them staying up, utterly pathetic today

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Swansea are relegated , no chance of them staying up, utterly pathetic today

Hopefully Dancing Alan's West Brom will stick close to them down at the foot of the table.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Like alot of teams in the Prem we are boring we are dross.Teams like us help to make the Prem such a boring league where at least half the teams can only hope for survival.

Hi Parish

 

[boik]

Seem to remember Blackpool and Barnsley getting a lot of plaudits for having a go. remind me, where are they now? First year is stay up at any cost, like Burnley did. Yes, the Burnley that everyone is loving now. If they hadn't ground out results last year they wouldn't be where they are now - they be in the Championship. When you're newly promoted and under-staffed, expectations of attacking the big guns are naive in the extreme.