El-Abd

[El Presidente]

He had a great 15 minute spell in the second half, other than that I did not think it was his greatest game BUT he was up against a very good striker in Giroud.

 

[Perkino]

I thought this was one of his poorer performances, but what an impressive team performance against one of the top 5/4 teams in the country. I for one am very proud

 

[South Stand Rebel]

El abd made some poor decisions in the game, but was pretty solid most of the time.

 

[BensGrandad]

In one of the red tops he was the player for us that received the lowest rating 5/10

 

[maltaseagull]

Some fantastic tackles by Adam today, but a few very poor passes. Thought he looked better with Calde in the middle.

I thought Adam played ok - not fantastic but he was up against some real top class players. I also think Calderon deserves special praise. He had a a good game as a fill in CB.

 

[golddene]

I never join in on these slating player threads as I don't entirely agree with them, but in this case I will comment.......does the OP not realise every Brighton player gave his f***ing all today, each and every f***ing one of them!! now nit pic if you must, but spare a thought for the way they worked very hard as a team and I for one am VERY PROUD to be a BrIghton & Hove Albion Supporter ................

Definitely this

 

[sydney]

What the f*** are you on about?

well , what i meant was, there was very little to moan about from that game , we played well and gave an in-form arsenal team a run for their money.........i didn't really see adam as a weak link today , we should be enjoying the occaision and enjoying having teams like arsenal at the amex...........sometimes the moaners really ought to just bite their lip......imho

 

[fleet]

El Abd was excellent today. People need to give this player slating a f***ing rest.

This. He was miles better than anything Arsenal had in defence. Very big job for him with GG coming off and being part of a make shift back four, he was outstanding.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Seems like it doesn't matter how well everyone plays people seem the need to blame or criticize someone..

 

[Deleted User X18H]

He was in the Exchange in Hove last night, with someone who used to be Tommy Fraser.

 

[seagully]

In one of the red tops he was the player for us that received the lowest rating 5/10

The Mirror had him in their FA Cup team of the day!

 

[edna krabappel]

Wait a second: it's not SLATING a player to say he didn't perform at his best, is it?

I think it's entirely reasonable for someone, lets say me, to opine that I didn't think he was on top form yesterday. It's not like I'm calling him a useless idiot, is it?

I entirely reserve the right to judge a player's performance based on what I've seen. Judging by the bemused "oh" that went around the stadium when El Abd was announced as MoM, I suspect plenty more were expecting the award to have gone elsewhere- Ulloa, Bridcutt, Barnes or Hammond at the very least.

 

[e77]

The MOM award might have been stretching the point, but he did have a good game.