[Albion] Millwall vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

Dick Swiveller said:

Can't blame the lino as those are almost impossible to call but yet again, VAR would have overturned. FA need to hang their head in shame for their PL only VAR policy.

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eliotfrazier said:

Oi, where's everyone celebrating now? (in bermondsey)

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Raleigh Chopper said:

Coming down off the ceiling now.
Obviously ecstatic we won for a lot of reasons.
But I am still seething with the officials, it was a diabolical performance, at least biased at worse bent.
I honestly am not precious, and I am not wearing blue and white glasses either, but there was something very wrong with that ref today.
Even though we won, we should makes serious complaints, they should not be allowed to get away with that.
Regarding our performance, I really do not think it was as bad as many are saying.
FA Cup QF, away in tricky conditions against a tough Millwall side who were set up to stop us playing and crowded us out.
They knew their chances would come from set peices and they got away with a hell of a lot in doing so.
Sure we made too many mistakes but they did a job on us, but we stayed calm and character saw us through.
Great goal from Locadia and great save by Ryan.
We won against all the odds today, never been happier because at one point I was going to take it out on Mrs Chopper with a hard anal session with no lube.
Nope, very very happy with it that today.
And of course we have a good chance of winning the SF, ask Man City which is more important, the FA Cup or CL, and Liverpool will still be fighting with them in The PL.
If anyone thinks we can't win, give your ticket to someone who thinks we will.
It will be great day out, again.

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seagulls4ever said:

Obviously being a woman she gets extra scrutiny. Yet she mostly gets offside calls right, even really tight ones. She was obviously quite confident it was offside (she very quickly flagged), but she was wrong - it happens. That's why we need VAR in all the ties at this stage. Too much riding on it.

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ozzygull said:

I take it back, not the poor bit, just the bottle bit.

Though I guess this is why I love this club, nothing ever comes easy to the Albion, but doesn’t it make it even sweeter.

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Frankie said:

, i will be over the moon if lucky enough to get a ticket with 127 points

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B-right-on said:

At least Chris changed things. Lets see. 15 mins to go.

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Weststander said:

My own view is that their decibels and excitement were greater when Millwall went forward, any Albion failings criticised more.

Not a preplanned anti Albion thing, it happens in most televised games, there’s a narrative. It could be supporting an underdog, or Wenger’s Arsenal collapse again, or Spurs throwing away another title chance. Instead of calmly commenting on the game before them, most these days get sucked into bullshit big picture comments throughout games. I’m pretty sure that Peter Jones, Brackley, Tyler, Sinstadt, Brian Moore did/do simply commentate on what’s before them.

What was interesting in turning the sound down, was to witness players such as Kayal and AK playing alright, Brighton getting into the game, having a threat.

At the same time, a load of other NSC posters were fed up with our team, Jenas and Pearce.

Without the cacophony of Pearce/Jenas noise, I could rationally form my own opinion of the match.

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Pavilionaire said:

As an aside I think that battle will help us in the league. That was some contribution from our bench, two high pressure pens in the shootout and we have Andone to come back. So pleased for Locadia and Solly.

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ferring seagull said:

But I thought there was benefit of doubt and all that.

From a linesperson point of view, you just can't flag offside unless you are pretty certain, not because well it might have been !

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Sussex Nomad said:

Wouldn't it be great if tv gave us the option of just turning off the commentary and listening to the atmosphere.

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Frankie said:

Let's just celebrate we've made it to this years SEMI FINAL of the FA CUP , doesn't matter it's City , it will be so much sweeter halting their quadruple attempt , i will be over the moon if lucky enough to get a ticket with 127 points

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Sussex Nomad said:

If you are STH you should have no problem getting a ticket.

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