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

[Freddo]

Likewise Wieffer. Not impressed with either tbh

Eh? Wieffer was good today. Only had to come off as Pawson was desperate for a chance to send him off.

 

[birthofanorange]

I'll be more than happy if we don't finish high enough to qualify, simply because it removes the nightmare of a Palace FA Cup win depriving us of a European place.

The thought of them wining the Cup far outweighs the the European placing....I think.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Liverpool's form was poor leading up to the Spurs game and there's a decent chance they won't be arsed

Wolves form relied entirely on a freak set of fixtures, where they played the bottom 6.

The Europa League final is BEFORE we play them.

Other than those facts.
You make a superb argument.

Is it a bird ? Is it a plane ? No it’s super smug fan alert

 

[Mr Phil]

Any theories on Mitoma?

 

[Zeberdi]

Yep, some of our fans on here get irrationally angry about these things.

Got a point against a stronger side who also desperately wanted all three? What's there to be angry about? It's not as if a draw was not a fair result for us.

No one is getting “irrationally angry” - that’s a rather trolling comment.

We did well the first half and were the stronger side but it was a poor second half from us. We threw away victory with a silly handball and missed open goal.

As a team, the match was littered with below par, individual errors (on both sides).

I think Hinsh looked lost in MF, we were vulnerable to counter attacks as usual in our transitions, gave away possession needlessly and there was poor communication between Bart and VH. Baleba arrived late, Dunk made several poor clearances and Adingra constantly ran into defenders … nitpicking but only because I have seen us play better and when Europe is at stake, it was disappointing second half.

I think a point a piece was a fair result and of course it was good to get something from it but for a home game that we almost had in the bag, it was 2 points needlessly dropped IMO.

 

[pigmanovich]

Any theories on Mitoma?

Naylor says minor back injury

 

[birthofanorange]

Brentford are the big threat now IMO.

Bournemouth have Villa and Man City before a gimme against Leicester. Fulham have Everton, Brentford and Man city. Brentford have Ipswich, Fulham and Wolves. We need Fulham to get a result against them. I assume that both teams consider that a derby?

One would hope so. This really is likely to go down to the wire.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Is it a bird ? Is it a plane ? No it’s super smug fan alert

Smug?

Nah.

Just not wrong.

 

[A1X]

Thought that was a gutsy defensive display IMHO, really dogged against a very good team

 

[BevBHA]

Any theories on Mitoma?

He’s with his graphic design team composing something that actually looks like him to replace the monstrosity the north stand displayed as the teams walked out

 

[GT49er]

TBH would be really want Conference League football? 7000 mile midweek trip to Kazakstan isn't ideal.

Not that there's much chance this season, but 100% would want a shot at the Conference. European experience, chance of winning a trophy. I thought it was only teams like United and Chelsea that whined about some competitions being beneath them!

I would rather we miss out and try again for Europa league.

Nah, let's miss out for five years and wait until the CL comes our way!

 

[Hometownglory]

TBH would be really want Conference League football? 7000 mile midweek trip to Kazakstan isn't ideal.

I would rather we miss out and try again for Europa league.

We could win the Conference and get Europa... You'd expect a side 7-9th in the Prem to go deep into the competition. I take your point about the travelling but any European competition is the target surely? Imagine us winning a European trophy - us!!!

 

[London Irish]

Very quiet walk back to the car but my expectations were that we would get overwhelmed today. In fact it looked like our previous two victories over them had left a mark on Howe, they were very unadventurous first half and our brilliant winger took advantage. Second half obviously the game broke up but we traded punch for punch like a good prize fight.

Our performance today has woke me up a bit, I thought our season was slipping away without a fight but we matched a very good team. We need to win next week of course but I’m more hopeful of that today than when I travelled this morning

 

[GT49er]

Match Sponors MOM - Matt O’Reilly.

Wow. Must have enjoyed the hospitality today.

Must have done, if the blithering idiots can't even spell the player's name.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Oddly flat game, notable for some wild shots and misplaced passes

 

[A1X]

Nah, let's miss out for five years and wait until the CL comes our way!

TBH the way it's going in 5 years time the CL might be taking 12 PL teams

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Match Sponors MOM - Matt O’Reilly.

Wow. Must have enjoyed the hospitality today.

I don’t know how anyone watched that game and thought anyone other than Minteh was our MotM. There were a few other decent performance (Bart, JPVH, Dunk), but Minteh was miles ahead of everyone else.

 

[BevBHA]

Match Sponors MOM - Matt O’Reilly.

Wow. Must have enjoyed the hospitality today.

Thought the same! He was woeful

 

[boik]

Unfortunately, Enciso and Buonanotte would have been far better options today than Adingra and O’Riley.

Every time people say that the players that weren't there would have made a difference.

 

[pigmanovich]

Our first time conceding fewer than two goals in the league since Fulham at home at the start of March.