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

[Pevenseagull]

£80 on the win

A Christmas season defining match.

 

[rogersix]

Could be 3 at the back with Moder as right WB. Potter is never predictable.

or a 4-2-3-1?, i don't know who the one is tho, hopefully, we have got a one;

as ever, i'm baffled, and moyes i expect

 

[perseus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Izquierdo_(footballer,_born_1992)#Return_to_Brugge

 

[Pevenseagull]

C'mon JEZZA!

 

[um bongo molongo]

When he came on against Leeds, I had a look he was 10/1 to score, however macalister was 9/1 and he didn't get on.

MacAllister still looked more likely to score

 

[Pevenseagull]

28/1 Jezza 1st goalscorer on the exchanges


TAKE MY FIVER!

 

[Codner's Wallop]

Are. You. Serious. ?.

Well the mere fact I have twice won on Dunk as first scorer would suggest yes I am…

 

[raymondo]

He is competing with Peak-Trossard and a very good Moder who only needs goals added to his game. Factor in Mwepu who was stunning against Liverpool plus Potter’s odd urge to play Lallana at No.10 every now and then and you’ll see what a mountain Mac has to climb. I really like him as a player but he has so much competition.

That's exactly it - our midfield has a generous selection of ball players with Trossard an auto pick at the moment.

 

[Gabbafella]

Really happy to see Sarmiento starting. Shame there's no Lamptey but hopefully Größ being dropped will remove the lack of pace.
Still not overly confident about getting anything tonight, I think this west ham team is so different to any we've previously played.

 

[jackanada]

If Lamptey is not playing the full game I prefer him as a sub. Gives the opposition a lift and their left side players get all attack minded having been shitting themselves previously.
Sarmiento and Maupay will certainly be full of running if not goals. CBs and Biss really need to do their job.

 

[portlock seagull]

Groundhog Day for Albion fans - and boos reflect that
West Ham v Brighton (19:30 GMT)
Scott McCarthy
We Are Brighton
The booing which greeted the full time whistle of Brighton's goalless draw against Leeds appears to have caused quite a stir.

The majority of Albion fans at the Amex did not agree, supporters of other clubs were surprised that a team surpassing expectations to sit eighth in the Premier League could be booed off and Graham Potter described himself as perplexed by it.

To understand why it happened though is to realise the utter frustration Brighton fans have gone through for 18 months. Four transfer windows have passed in which the club have not done the one thing the world and his wife knows they need to do: sign a striker.

The result is something akin to Groundhog Day. Phil Connors used to wake up every day and have to tell the weather in Pennsylvania. Brighton supporters go to every match and know the team will dominate and yet fail to win because nobody is capable of taking the countless opportunities created.

Brighton fans have become so frustrated and that manifested in a smattering of boos.

Those boos were not directed at the players. Brighton were excellent against Leeds, bar sticking the ball in the back of the net.

They were not directed at the manager either. They were for the lack of recruitment of a new centre-forward, the missing piece in the jigsaw that would turn the Albion from still treading water five years into their Premier League adventure to being capable of finishing in the top 10 with one eye on Europe.

Nobody could blame Tony Bloom for not wanting to pay the £30m it would take to buy a new striker, not to mention the probable smashing of the club's wage structure that would come with it.

It is what is necessary though to end the Groundhog Day currently enveloping the Albion. The boos - unnecessary as they were - simply reflect that fact.

 

[oldboyroy]

Got feeling we may get stuffed tonight, hoping I'm wrong

 

[Somethingdean]

I have no idea how this will go. Would love to see a goal mind.

 

[swindonseagull]

They should be careful flicking the lights on and off...they might blow the bulbs.

 

[Bodian]

Seems to be something wrong with my stream tonight - loads of flashing and then dark screens. Hope that improves....

 

[RandyWanger]

Hope this woman ins't commentating all game

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Turn commentary off, it's fantastic!

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[LamieRobertson]

Hope this woman ins't commentating all game

I think she may

 

[RandyWanger]

Turn commentary off, it's fantastic!

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Bloody brilliant. TOP TIP

 

[Pevenseagull]

Number of times Matt Upson has got Sarmiento 's name wrong so far ....


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