First half was very poor, Far better team second half, always had to push for the equaliser and getting hit on the counter was always a worry, with the injuries we have at the minute and relentless games I think the criticism being shown on here is very harsh. Shout out to Steele tonight bar a couple of misplaced passes he did everything he could.
[Albion] Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
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First half was very poor, Far better team second half, always had to push for the equaliser and getting hit on the counter was always a worry, with the injuries we have at the minute and relentless games I think the criticism being shown on here is very harsh. Shout out to Steele tonight bar a couple of misplaced passes he did everything he could.
albionalex
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I think he made the right decision. Wilson was between him and Dunk and there's no way he would have caught up with him. It didn't work but it probably gave a better chance than staying deeper and getting into a foot race with Wilson.
Just back at the hotel……..not the best performance but understandable with rotation of knackered players, injuries, and two more games in the next week coming. At 2-1 we were still in it. Will leave it to others to continue to dig out the owner, CEO, manager and/or individual players, not something I’m going to do.
- Aug 24, 2020
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I'm trying to manage expectations. But not doing it very well !
Yes, every team has aberrations. The trouble is, we have had two deeply unpleasant aberrations recently.
And we are in danger of falling into the trap of making excuses for failure.
No we are really not. RDZ employs a highly experimental philosophy about how to play football. It has got us higher in world football than we have ever been. It is not falling apart neither is it failure!
- Aug 24, 2020
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I wasn't talking about RDZ, who made no excuses in his post match interview. I was talking about people on here.
So you post: 'And we are in danger of falling into the trap of making excuses for failure.' WHAT FAILURE?
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
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If someone can let me know what I'm allowed to say about our performance I'd appreciate it, wouldn't want to offend or say something that makes me a bad fan.
- Aug 24, 2020
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Explaining away a 4-1 defeat, with a selection of reasons, all of which may have a grain of truth in them.
Oh jeez, put the beer down.
Baldseagull
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We have not really recovered from extra time and disappointment at Wembley have we?
Think it's a bit unfair to lay too much of what went wrong tonight on the players that have not played much. Eddie Howe had a plan, his players executed it well, and without being at full strength, we struggled.
Many times under Potter a team came to the Amex, and the away fans said that was their worst performance, not crediting Brighton with having stopped them being able to play their game. We came up against a manager who played us right, we were below the strength we have had most of the season, and that made it even tougher.
Lets give Newcastle and Howe a bit of credit for working hard and making it hard for us to be at our best.
Think it's a bit unfair to lay too much of what went wrong tonight on the players that have not played much. Eddie Howe had a plan, his players executed it well, and without being at full strength, we struggled.
Many times under Potter a team came to the Amex, and the away fans said that was their worst performance, not crediting Brighton with having stopped them being able to play their game. We came up against a manager who played us right, we were below the strength we have had most of the season, and that made it even tougher.
Lets give Newcastle and Howe a bit of credit for working hard and making it hard for us to be at our best.
HangletonGull
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- Apr 10, 2023
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Really I was down the other end and didt hear it, newcastle fans I’ve met today eveyone of them has been completely about us
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And onwards we go, to the biggest weekend of football for Brighton in many years. Saturday sees two games, only one of which needs to go our way.
Sunday could be the icing on the cake. And we've still got a +12 GD over them, and Haaland may not play Wednesday!
Sunday could be the icing on the cake. And we've still got a +12 GD over them, and Haaland may not play Wednesday!
BN41Albion
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Yeah, to an extent, but his job was made much easier by the 11 we started with on the pitch. Would have loved to see our 1st 11 go up against theirs- we'd have given them a great game I'm sure. Alas fixture congestion and injuries fvcked us over for this one
GT49er
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What about FFS? - we go out in the second round and finish lower mid-table?
Bloody hell, that would be like losing a world war, wouldn't it?
GT49er
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What first eleven? March, Veltman, Webster, Lallana............
Brian Fantana
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Had great chats with Newcastle fans in the Lady Grey, Crown Posada and The Strawberry, so by no means tarring them all with the same brush.
Baldseagull
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It almost worked, but Wilson stepped back too, just enough. I was a bit disappointed at the effort he didn't put in to chasing back after though, even if it was a lost cause.
pure_white
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- Dec 8, 2021
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Trippier and Burn post match on TV looked like the little and large show!