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

[One Love]

Very very disillusioned with our team and the management.

That tonight was unacceptable.

 

[Bladders]

Come on guys - we may have lost but we are seeing some of the best football we've ever seen from an Albion team...

... so I'm told.

We are

But not today


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[Si Gull]

Oh well, more shit to pile onto the steaming turd that is 2020. Why can't we build on our decent performances? So frustrating.

 

[Swansman]

It was a poor performance but the players worked really hard... just to get ****ed over by a horrible VAR decision. ****ing annoying bollocks.

 

[A1X]

People will use VAR as an excuse. But we were awful in the second half. Never looked like scoring, lacked movement, urgency and any sort of cutting edge. Same story so often, look a million dollars, then concede a soft goal and it's like a clown car.

 

[Gabbafella]

Aside from my normal bets I also I spent £1 on this one:

* Brighton 2+ goals
* Bertrand yellow
* Lamptey & Gross goal scorers
* 10+ corners

Would earn me ca £400... please happen.

Damn you man, you owe me £1.

 

[Mackenzie]

Never a penalty. Game ruined by var yet again.

 

[um bongo molongo]

Very poor second half (again at home). Poor decision for the penalty but brainless defending from March who was very poor all game. Lamptey poor, Connolly poor, Gross poor. Webster poor. White is not a midfielder. Ryan beaten by the only two shots that didn’t go straight at him again. Bissouma MOTM by a country mile again.

 

[The Fits]

We need to have a serious look at what's going on at home. Some serious questions have to be asked of Potter after this shit show & Burnley & West Brom. These results are a disgrace. Why doesn't he motivate the players to get anything at home? Our form is only going to get worse now that fans are allowed in.

Dreadful to watch, how many fouls does March want to give away this season? Fuming!

And what does he say at half time?

 

[Saunders]

This is one of the big issues for me.
White is very talented so can blag it at CM but if you compare him to Biss, Alzate or even Gross you see his limitations. He needs to play, so he should be playing at CB. IMHO he should be playing instead of Webster. I don't dislike Webster, on his day he is great, but he makes a HUGE amount of silly mistakes.
White, Veltman and Dunk should be at the back.
Gross, Alzate or Molumby should play alongside Biss. Nobody, surely, can argue with that.

That, plus our set pieces, plus game management, are the pressing issues at the moment. Potter, i truly believe, is making things harder for himself than they should be. Which is such a shame because we play lovely football at times, and he is clearly a great coach.

We are also much worse against weaker teams, which is the sign of a team in trouble.

Beilsa has stated that DM is his best position and he was increasingly playing him in that position so no it is not that simple

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

I have a really good feeling about this game.
I'm sticking with my 4-1 prediction.
Welbeck hat trick

Regards
DF

 

[WhingForPresident]

Why are we so shit in the second half of practically every game? I don't understand how or why that would happen so often.

 

[Billy the Fish]

White is a quality player so he will always do a job there but we can’t play him there anymore. He’s a defender, that’s it.

Totally ruins the balance of our side and means Gross pushes further forward where he is really ineffectual and slows our play down. Particularly annoying when Gross has been so good starting deeper.

Spot on. Have we win a game with White in that position?

Would have a back 3 of Dunk, White, Veltman every game.

 

[Justice]

Did March tackle himself

 

[mashman156]

Poor performance in the second half, never tested Mccarthy. Very disappointing night. We will bounce back, need Maupay and Welbeck to find their cutting edge and Trossard back to his best.

 

[Mancgull]

Come on guys - we may have lost but we are seeing some of the best football we've ever seen from an Albion team...

... so I'm told.

Not tonight we didn’t. They closed us down and didn’t let us play at all. Fair play to them, they deserved it. We were poor and we just seem to lack belief at home.

 

[The Fits]

Not his best game, he was very quiet tonight. However, he has been great up until now and shouldn't be written off after one below par performance.

Yes, total nonsense. Lamptey has been one of the best players in the whole league this year, and even on an off day he did more than most tonight.

 

[Ding Dong !]

Shocking 2nd half.

Slow on the ball
Caught in possession
Webster scares me every time he gets the ball ( Ryan as well )
Connolly total ineffective
Never looked like scoring

Relegation fight i'm afraid

 

[vagabond]

Forget VAR. That will go for and against you, it’s gone our way a fair bit recently. Let’s be fair.

We did not play well in that second half. Very disappointing in the final 3rd. Probably our most ineffective game in a while. Shame as we’re capable of so much more.

 

[BrickTamland]

Potter got it wrong tonight, only 3 out and out attacking players in the starting 11 is inevitably going to lead to a performance like that. Shame as Saints were there for the taking. Penalty was just about right, and we can hardly complain about VAR so enough of that covering up a poor performance.

Still back Potter though - he is allowed to get it wrong with a young team and new style. Favourable away fixtures coming up so let’s go again.