[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Grimsby Town *** Official Match Thread ***

[hart's shirt]

"...the game's still in the balance, Grimsby are still in this game..." - Glenn Murray on BBC1

Are we deservedly winning? Yes.

Are we in control of the game? Yes.

Is the game done yet? No.

 

[OzMike]

Good to see views of the ground and surrounding areas. No commentary at half time on Paramount, just highlights of the first half.

 

[jcdenton08]

We are doing just enough. Very wasteful as usual. Couple of players having pretty poor games (Groß, Pervis, Mitoma).

We are just wearing them down, and expect will bag a couple in the second half as they tire further and lose their confidence/energy levels.

Pretty mediocre performance for me Clive

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Has someone told the team there are higher gears than 1st ?

 

[Weststander]

A final ball away from a big HT score.

Caicedo etc overhitting passes on repeat. Or too many cooks … players in great positions getting in others way.

Player of the half Dunk, running the show.

 

[FamilyGuy]

Too busy looking for the perfect shot.
Test their goalie ffs!

And relax.
We’ll win this.

 

[OzMike]

Was a good poacher's goal from Undav.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Bob's "howler" was just on the line. Just. Similar to Mitoma's assist in the World Cup

 

[Gabbafella]

Boring game, flat atmosphere.

 

[Bodian]

Too busy looking for the perfect shot.
Test their goalie ffs!

And follow up the shots. Worked well so far,

 

[pasty]

Nearly fell asleep watching that.

 

[Si Gull]

Well, I guess we're not Man City. Too slow from us, yes we're in control but at 1-0 it's way too close. We do need the second to put this to bed. No way we want to be going into the last 15-20 min at 1-0.

 

[oldboyroy]

Roberto will have them up the tempo 2nd half. Not sure he'll be happy with 1st half showing.

 

[Justice]

Mitoma’s miss identical to his West Ham goal where he scored obviously

 

[FamilyGuy]

Too busy looking for the perfect shot.
Test their goalie ffs!

And relax.
We’ll win this.

 

[Swansman]

Saving energy - for what?! We should be 3 or 4 up by now and are boringly unaggressive - we didn’t see Citeh passing the ball around saving energy against Burnley yesterday they attacked unrelentingly - from an entertainment point of view, this is great for Grimsby fans believing they are still in the game.

Plenty of the players are going on international service and after that there's a few very intense month. Pulling a hamstring because you want to stop some Grimsby player from passing the ball to Dunk or Webster is just not that tempting, I guess.

True, Manchester City looked different. But they are both a lot better and also faced opposition that normally demands a bit more effort.

The fact we were centimetres away from being down to ten men shows you are talking nonsense.

I'll give you that if Rob Sanchez was sent off they might have had 1% chance of turning it around or something.

 

[Kosh]

That was like watching a woodlouse struggle through a big pile of treacle.

We’re playing like we did at Stoke, half speed, half awake and completely within ourselves.

3/10 so far.

Dunk aside it’s just sooooooooo slow.

 

[OzMike]

Showing highlights of Sheff Utd v Blackburn now.

 

[Bodian]

Well, I guess we're not Man City.

Man City were only 2-0 up at half-time though. So, only a goal different!

 

[jcdenton08]

That was like watching a woodlouse struggle through a big pile of treacle.

We’re playing like we did at Stoke, half speed, half awake and completely within ourselves.

3/10 so far.

Dunk aside it’s just sooooooooo slow.

Dunk is having a good game but hardly tested. Pretty frustrating half all round. Don’t think I’ve ever seen Mitoma look this disinterested and I adore the guy