[Albion] Manchester United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[paulfuzz]

No it’s not. VAR didn’t overrule the ref - they suggested he might want to have a look at it again which he did and obviously he felt had made an error so changed his decision.

I hate VAR and wish it had never come in but the implementation there was absoutely fine and we can have no complaints. The correct decision was ultimately made in the end.

I agree with a but...... referees rarely, if ever, do not change there mind after being told to look at the monitor

 

[Stato]

In some ways, its reassuring that this team has enough of the club's historic ethos running through it that, underneath all of that skill, technical excellence and tactical flexibility, it is still capable of throwing a game away just when everything looks to be pointing towards a successful outcome. It's how we still know it's us.

 

[Drebin]

Funny five minutes lost it for us. Otherwise a close game with mistakes being made under pressure on both sides.
We were a bit unlucky with some chances; Moder against the bar and a quality save from De Gea in the first half. When you don’t take those chances there’s every danger they’ll find a couple of moments of quality, and they did.

It’s hard not to find the Utd player’s behavior provocative, so let’s put it this way, thank f**k we don’t have to cheer on that bunch of overpaid, whinging, ref-bullying, play acting, c**ts every week.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Playing Man U, if something can go wrong it does go wrong.

Apart from a couple of heavy losses and those 2 glorious wins every time we've played them since 83, we've been shaded out of it, by the odd goal, with some hard luck story or home field reffing

 

[Durlston]

Very frustrating losing the crunch games that define the season.

Almost embarrassing losing to Manure at the moment despite the great performance tonight. Still need that 20 goal a season striker - from somewhere! But the bar has been raised because of Graham Potter's extradionary management. Lucky to have him.

 

[seagullwedgee]

The officials did not lose us that game.

We did a perfectly good job of losing that on our own. No doubt about it.

 

[Farehamseagull]

I agree with a but...... referees rarely, if ever, do not change there mind after being told to look at the monitor

Yeah, because it’s usually the right thing to do.

I can only remember a ref sticking to his decision once which was for us actually, away to Spurs I think?

 

[portlock seagull]

Architects of our own downfall again.

So close to taking the next step. Not there yet though.

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Not sure we ever will? We’ve grown to a much noticed size and inevitably richer clubs are hovering for just about everyone from CEO downwards as we’re already seeing. With that comes disruption and more snakes than ladders for a club like us. Can we hold onto our team (on and off pitch) whilst we add to it to take that step forward? Will the footballing gods grant us sufficient time before it’s All Change at Brighton please?

 

[BN41Albion]

In some ways, its reassuring that this team has enough of the club's historic ethos running through it that, underneath all of that skill, technical excellence and tactical flexibility, it is still capable of throwing a game away just when everything looks to be pointing towards a successful outcome. It's how we still know it's us.

 

[portlock seagull]

Playing Man U, if something can go wrong it does go wrong.

Apart from a couple of heavy losses and those 2 glorious wins every time we've played them since 83, we've been shaded out of it, by the odd goal, with some hard luck story or home field reffing

This. This. And this again. Silly as it sounds I know but United really are a bit of a bogey side for us!

 

[portlock seagull]

In some ways, its reassuring that this team has enough of the club's historic ethos running through it that, underneath all of that skill, technical excellence and tactical flexibility, it is still capable of throwing a game away just when everything looks to be pointing towards a successful outcome. It's how we still know it's us.

 

[BeHereNow]

How many times have we’ve been ****ed over by pissy little VAR decisions now? It’s bloody ridiculous. The ref really didn’t need to give a red there, that’s no where near enough a ‘clear and obvious’ error. There was not enough there to suggest their player would definitely get the ball. How many VAR reds have ever been given for ‘stopping an obvious goal scoring opportunity’?

Shaw should’ve got a second yellow for that pull back on Lamptey.

How was their second goal a free kick to them when our player was pushed onto the ball?

The foul on Welbeck up there last season, when it should’ve been a penalty, wasn’t ‘obvious’ enough.

We had a penalty at home overturned against them a couple of seasons ago and how was that an ‘obvious’ mistake? Makes you ****ing sick.

That being said, Moder unlucky, Welbeck should’ve scored, 99 times out of a hundred he puts that in. Didn’t deserve to lose.

 

[Wardy's twin]

How many fans did we take... very noisy (again)

 

[Coldeanseagull]

The officials did not lose us that game.

We did a perfectly good job of losing that on our own. No doubt about it.

Have to agree. It was meant to be a free hit and I'm annoyed. More annoyed at the reaction of a couple of portugeezers who both should have been booked for acosting the ref. It just shows what the manure players still get away with. There is something seriously wrong at that club but I'm still annoyed!

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Not sure we ever will? We’ve grown to a much noticed size and inevitably richer clubs are hovering for just about everyone from CEO downwards as we’re already seeing. With that comes disruption and more snakes than ladders for a club like us. Can we hold onto our team (on and off pitch) whilst we add to it to take that step forward? Will the footballing gods grant us sufficient time before it’s All Change at Brighton please?[/QUOTE]

Almost certainly not!!

But we have good players coming through

 

[Lower West Stander]

The officials did not lose us that game.

We did a perfectly good job of losing that on our own. No doubt about it.

Totally this.

You can moan and gripe all you like about the game but we gave away two goals, our captain got himself sent off and we missed chances.

Just shows how far we’ve come that I’m so annoyed.


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[Lower West Stander]

Who said anything about Andy Townsend? I’m talking about everyone. Only some one eyed Brighton fans don’t think that’s a red.

Yeah. It was a red. He was through…..

Pains me to say it but VAR was correct.


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[BeHereNow]

How many fans did we take... very noisy (again)

Just under 1,300 probably. Sold out though.

 

[Deadly Danson]

No it’s not. VAR didn’t overrule the ref - they suggested he might want to have a look at it again which he did and obviously he felt had made an error so changed his decision.

I hate VAR and wish it had never come in but the implementation there was absoutely fine and we can have no complaints. The correct decision was ultimately made in the end.

Disagree completely and pleased to see Potter, who never has a go at refs, agrees that there was no need for a VAR intervention because it wasnt clear and obvious. It's a bollocks decision from that bloody awful Australian VAR ref and once he sends the on field ref over he's never going to go against him.

 

[paulfuzz]

In all this we must keep sight of the facts that:

A. The Albion were the better side even with ten
and
B. We actually expect to get a result now.

This is a fantastic time to be an Albion supporter