[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur *** Official Match Thread ***

[Eric the meek]

One of the main criticisms of Rutter by Leeds fans was him giving the ball away (today that lead to a goal).

If he can be coached/encouraged to only take risks further up the pitch he could be a really effective player for us.

My thoughts exactly. The Leeds fans are correct (that's not something I write very often).

Rutter is far more effective further up the pitch, precisely for that reason - the risk of him losing the ball is lower.

He lost the ball in a dangerous area: result, a goal for Spurs.
He won the ball in a dangerous area for Spurs: result, a goal for us.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Doh….people having fun again!

 

[Triggaaar]

Even Steviewonder can see FFS. For the second week in a row, I've stopped watching

Ha ha!

 

[The Fits]

Absolutely f***ing brilliant.

 

[Javeaseagull]

The aforementioned spurs son-in-law spent most of the second half ranting about Ange for not making changes. Apparently he is always like this. I smiled condenscendly and agreed. Bliss!

 

[Triggaaar]

Feel the same. RDZ was a one off. We should have tried to accommodate him, strengthend in January and allowed him to have some say in signings.

No, no, no, no, no!

We allowed him to have some say signings, and they were shit. We've got where we are with the best recruitment policy in the country, so throwing that away to keep some primadonna happy is not the way forward. It's too early to know whether Fab is the right man to take us forward, but we shouldn't give up our system for a manager who'd leave soon enough anyway.

 

[Weststander]

Minteh and Rutter particularly were superb , like Carlos they get better each game , but our lads really showed guts and will in the 2nd half . We will hear a lot about how Spurs just didn`t show up 2nd half , but that is disingenuous - WE WERE PURE FIGHT and thoroughly deserved to win .

I thought Mitoma had a great 90 minutes, tore Porro inside out, a series of inviting low crosses.

And Spurs fans think Porro is an astonishingly great player.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

MOTD telling lies. I was there for the Man City game.

Brighton 3-2 Man City: We must improve for Champions League final, says Pep Guardiola

Manager Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must improve for the Champions League final after Brighton come back to beat his 10-man side at Amex Stadium.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The Fits]

Thought Wieffer raised it a couple of gears today. Promising.

 

[Javeaseagull]

Getting the impression that Sky are struggling with getting their priorities right as regards the line-up this afternoon. With Villa v Man Utd as the warm up and Brighton v Spurs as the main the main event they got it exactly right but they seem to be struggling to admit it. Maybe it’s just me.

 

[Eric the meek]

A comeback like we witnessed today is a bit of a rarity. Maybe once a season?

We should enjoy it. After a crap first half, to emerge as winners is something to celebrate. Cheers!

A good way to head into the international break.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

MOTD telling lies. I was there for the Man City game.

Brighton 3-2 Man City: We must improve for Champions League final, says Pep Guardiola

Manager Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must improve for the Champions League final after Brighton come back to beat his 10-man side at Amex Stadium.

www.bbc.co.uk

Didn’t they score their second in the second half?

Foden rinsing White for
Pace and slotting it in the South Stand. Gundogan scored in the North early in the first.

 

[Triggaaar]

2-0 down and he swaps a full back get Enciso & Ferguson on

Why do you do it to yourself?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

No, no, no, no, no!

We allowed him to have some say signings, and they were shit. We've got where we are with the best recruitment policy in the country, so throwing that away to keep some primadonna happy is not the way forward. It's too early to know whether Fab is the right man to take us forward, but we shouldn't give up our system for a manager who'd leave soon enough anyway.

This.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Well played

I mean, either that or you're an idiot, so I'm going with well played

Junior is a wind up merchant. I can’t believe people still fall for it.

 

[Change at Barnham]

MOTD telling lies. I was there for the Man City game.

Brighton 3-2 Man City: We must improve for Champions League final, says Pep Guardiola

Manager Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must improve for the Champions League final after Brighton come back to beat his 10-man side at Amex Stadium.

www.bbc.co.uk

Brighton were 1-0 down at half-time against Man City, Foden put them 2-0 up in the 48th minute.
MOTD are technically correct with their headline.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Didn’t they score their second in the second half?

Foden rinsing White for
Pace and slotting it in the South Stand. Gundogan scored in the North early in the first.

That’s just splitting hairs. We were still 2-0 down.

 

[Triggaaar]

Mitoma is on fire.

He was fantastic all game. He was the one problem Spurs had in the first half and they decided not to do anything about it in the second half.

 

[Eric the meek]

Why do you do it to yourself?

Perhaps he enjoys being the devil's advocate.

 

[portslade seagull]

Think some viagra was dropped into the tea at HT. Don't think anybody around us gave us any chance for the 2nd half. Minteh getting the early goal certainly helped. Thought Igor looked very impressive as was Mitoma