It has clearly escaped your notice that in the three previous games:
Brighton 9 points 2 goals conceded
Newcastle 1 point 6 goals conceded.
Who was more professional then?
No, it so not false equivalences. Newcastle took 1 point from three games before winning their last 3 while we took 9, so both teams took 10 from 6. There is a need to look at the longer game. In only three seasons of last 10 has 93 points not been enough to win League.
Of course it is...
What you believe is that Newcastle won three on the spin and credit to them, whereas we took one point from three games. That is really all there is to it. In the three games previously, Albion took 9 points, Newcastle 1. It evened out. Unfortunate, especially as a keeper cock up caused it, but...
This. I really fear for some of the posters on here when we are stuffed 5-0 at Etihad or Stamford Bridge. In the heat of the moment people are just forgetting what's the game is about. To say there was no effort today is just crass frustration. Get a grip folks, we may not have been good enough...