I disagree about Ryan. You might want to see him come out for one or two of those, but I'm ok with him letting the back line handle them, instead of him getting caught off his line. He makes confident decisions and that's the important thing. I would have liked him to not go down to his right on...
Obviously much much better quality in the second half. That's what I expected from the opening kick. Shows Hughton responded properly, both tactically and in his message to the players. There was a lot of individual sloppiness, but only led to the first goal. Stoke had a number of legitimate...
**** paper, they're underperforming and should be beatable at the Amex.
Great save from Matty, stayed big and on his ball line. But another horrible decision in distribution out of the back to lead to that chance.
Awful defending, but they shouldn't be relying on the back line at home against 15th place Stoke. They're playing entirely too deep and allowing Stoke to use their weapons up top. Chris needs to rethink his tactical message, but I don't see Brighton getting 2 in the second half, and I'll be...
They're too rushed on the ball, not managing possession well. Too many bad decisions in distribution to start. Obviously too easy for Stoke in Brighton's end.