Noise of Albion support. My take was:
Last season - you were only 1-0 up and not playing that great, giving the home support something to get its teeth into. Once we got the pen, the crowd were urging the team over the line, for a key point to stay up.
This season - the Albion/CH allowed you...
The arrogant posts pre-season that laughed at Watford, Wolves and Palace as strong relegation candidates, and how we were going to be mid table with ease .... well .... we were always part of the mix.
But the Albion, with a solid defence, and a couple of pacey players supporting Murray, took ManU apart. Pacey, in their faces, on fire from the start, pressing but not reckless.
The in their faces football, with a couple of players giving support to Murray, worked twice against ManU and also Arsenal. Out of the blocks. AT HOME.
CH wins nothing from this today, just a silly award for GD not too damaged. AT HOME.
CH, 9 times out of 10, simply sets out teams not to concede against 'better' opposition, with a 10 man defence. That is the THE game plan. When the opposition score, we're f*cked.
In overall terms, it works because we stayed up.
But there are so many games where Brighton aren't in it, making...