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

[Eeyore]

This ref is shit.

Yes. I would have thought that having refereed a number of major international finals is evidence enough of how bad he must be....

He's been fine. Let a bit of stuff go which has been evenly balanced as to which side might have got the rub.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I want to add another comment, but I don't know what to say?
This is too slow, lethargic and predictable

 

[Yoda]

Almost feels like we're playing with 9. Doesn't seem like Gruda & O'Riley have offered much at all.

 

[Gazwag]

Arsenal’s most comfortable 45 minutes of the season.

Have they even left first gear, let alone second?

When the ref has a bet on you it's easy.

 

[Krafty]

Once again we have no confidence up front and cannot score. We need a striker in January!

 

[Si Gull]

Tbh 0-1 at ht isn't a disaster. We haven't been great but we've had a couple of chances to equalise. Yes, Arsenal seem to be cruising, but if we keep plugging away we could still get something from this.

Mitoma for Adingra for the second half would be good, I think.

 

[Hendrax]

you wont score against this arsenal defence going so slowly. unless they make a mistake, which theyve done once, but Adingra slipped on the ball.

 

[ChickenDipper]

Their players clearly have a bit more quality and a lot more confidence but we’ve done some good stuff too. Having no striker is so obvious and poor defending for goal by Igor / Pervis / Van Hecke and Bart. Their time wasting and general cheating is embarrassing as usual and the ref has lost the plot - set the tone not Booking Joginho at start after clear shirt pull

 

[essbee1]

I think we ae too slow generally and when we break we just slow it all down. Pointless really.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Quote from BBC website. Is this true?

"There's a noticeable decline in Brighton's intensity in recent games. Its a shame. They were once a great watch."

 

[Alex BH]

Why are they taking sooo long on every set piece? They’re second in the league playing a mid table table in a bad run of form.

 

[Hamilton]

Not the end of the world, still in it.
Still absolutely no closer to having the remotest idea of what Fab is trying to do with us. Disorganised, chaotic, sedate. Let’s hope things start making a bit more sense in 2005.

Agree.

I have no idea what the game plan is beyond knock it about a bit and then go route one.

 

[oldboyroy]

We don't really look threatening at all. We've dropped into bottom half of table and nothing yet suggests we'll improve. 8 without a win if we don't turn this around.

 

[HillBarnTillIDie]

Quote from BBC website. Is this true?

"There's a noticeable decline in Brighton's intensity in recent games. Its a shame. They were once a great watch."

Got to agree

 

[AlbionBro]

I don't want to lose the Baleba kid even if he can't hit the corner flag. Ditch Pervis, Igor and get Stuart Pearce out of retirement, it's our only chance.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

I seriously hope O Riley improves in time, it's like watching Dahoud out there

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Quote from BBC website. Is this true?

"There's a noticeable decline in Brighton's intensity in recent games. Its a shame. They were once a great watch."

We have turned into a very boring/tedious side.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Yes. I would have thought that having refereed a number of major international finals is evidence enough of how bad he must be....

He's been fine. Let a bit of stuff go which has been evenly balanced as to which side might have got the rub.

But finals are big team v big team, so he refs those differently

 

[dangull]

The goal was worrying as we have seen before, a simple ball with the defence cut open in acres of space,

 

[The Fits]

Quote from BBC website. Is this true?

"There's a noticeable decline in Brighton's intensity in recent games. Its a shame. They were once a great watch."

It’s absolutely true.