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

[Hugo Rune]

I've watched The Albion since the mid 50s and I can't remember us having such talent trying to get in the 1st team.

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You are so right.

Two Dutch internationals.
One Iranian international.
One Argentinian international.
One Irish international.

Then Premer League stalwarts like Groß, Stephens & Burn plus some brilliant prospects.

A great night’s of footballing entertainment.

 

[Questions]

Although that team would struggle week in week out in the Premier League , where do you think they would finish in the Championship ?

 

[portlock seagull]

Spot on night all round, really. Obviously, I was unimpressed with the pudding formation at the start but against 3rd tier opposition we did more than enough. Good performances across the whole pitch tonight. Gyokeres worked very hard up front and took his goal well, but he's still short of being what we need in the league. A Championship loan would do him the world of good.

Molumby is very comfortable and is ready to be playing in our first team I think, very assured and comfortable on the ball with plenty of strength in the tackle and good positional awareness. Switching from right back to central midfield isn't easy but he was solid in both positions.

Bernardo was solid defensively, put in a good cross or two and scored - forget the crazy miss! He at the very least shouldn't be leaving so we maintain our strength in depth at left back/left wing back.

Let's not get carried away, we were playing a League 1 team - but we did exactly what you should do against that type of opposition and it was a thoroughly enjoyable performance.

What sort of side did Pompey put out? 1st team? 2nd team? Bit of both? Key players rested for league?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Portsmouth *** Official Match Thread ***

Tremendous.

Disappointed there were no fans. Theirs should have been kettled, beaten up by the old bill, had water poured on them and made to inhale the smell of piss and dog burgers before being squeezed on a train three carriages too short for the full “losing in that game” experience.

Fair play to Ali J and Steele. If we go down two seasons in a row let’s hope they’re either still here or on loan and we’ll ****ing boss League One.


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[Palacefinder General]

Although that team would struggle week in week out in the Premier League , where do you think they would finish in the Championship ?

Above Wayne Rooney’s Derby probably. #The Derby Way

 

[Bridcutt]

Alireza's accent haha funny


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[peterward]

Got to love Ali J. First class attitude.

 

[Originunknown]

Ali bless him, what a lovely bloke

 

[GT49er]

You are so right.

Two Dutch internationals.
One Iranian international.
One Argentinian international.
One Irish international.

One Swedish international......................

 

[Motogull]

Alireza's accent haha funny

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He speaks better English than me.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I must say the shoot on sight policy of the second half is much better than trying to walk the ball into the net. Not sure it'll work as well against an experienced premier league side, but I like it.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Got to love Ali J. First class attitude.

Said the same thing.
Came across brilliantly


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[dazzer6666]

What sort of side did Pompey put out? 1st team? 2nd team? Bit of both? Key players rested for league?

Talked about on TV before the game - full strength

 

[Weststander]

Take it seriously? With 11 changes? He couldn't have made more.

Edit: I was at the Villa match last season, point taken.

Thanks, I had that exactly in mind. NSC knew that night that GP had handed Villa the tie, when the team sheet was released. Before the bookies reacted, many of us made a killing on generous odds of Villa going through.

 

[Dick Head]

Graham Potter on the telly now, sucking air through his teeth like some kind of vacuum pump.

 

[NorthLainer]

Said the same thing.
Came across brilliantly


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Looks and sounds genuinely happy to be here. Hopefully that will do his confidence some good. Potter sounds positive about him too.

 

[portlock seagull]

Talked about on TV before the game - full strength

Thanks D6666. That makes it even more impressive.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Looks and sounds genuinely happy to be here. Hopefully that will do his confidence some good. Potter sounds positive about him too.

Would be lovely for him to succeed


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[Marxo]

Brighton won, a good day!

 

[VAL1850]

Can't remember seeing a better interview with a footballer for a long long time than Ali J tonight. Looking forward to many more top performances and interviews...