[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers *** Official Match Thread ***

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Oh, and Minteh's passing was the worst aspect of the first half

 

[Farehamseagull]

We have one hell of a squad but jury is massively out on Fabiball so far.

Yeah - 6 games, 4 wins, 2 draws. He’s clearly a fraud.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Well, true at the time. Spurs being very non Spursy.

 

[Flounce]

That was such a f***ing Brighton performance

But a win’s a win

 

[Weststander]

Also, hopefully very useful for Fab....not just his own education (still incredibly inexperienced at this level), but also regarding the likes of Igor, Lamptey, Webster (maybe), Steele, etc. Great to have had that sort of test against a Premier League club (even much-changed). Also, I think we tend to forget how young some of our players are (huge potential with the right coaching).

Steele rarely lets us down, especially passing.

I wonder if his game fell apart playing with that gash set of defenders?

 

[um bongo molongo]

The whole defensive unit given a rest, Ferdi getting minutes. Ferguson had a very good first half which is enormously encouraging and unfortunate not to get a goal. Baleba and Adingra both looking superb. As much as the second half was pretty poor, Wolves were gash and we gifted them both the goals. Cut those mistakes out and job's a good'un. I'm greatly enthused, even if seeing no midfield structure when we play is taking some getting use to

This is about right I think. And a lot of players who haven’t played much recently tired in the second half, understandably. I think we’re also becoming clear on players we need to clear out: Igor, Moder, and we need to upgrade Steele

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I'll be very pleased when they finally get DeZerbi ball out of their system, that second half reminded me of all the dross we endured in the back end of last season.

 

[GT49er]

Steele is fine as a number 2 keeper playing early round cup games and being able to a job on the rare occasions that the first-choice keeper is unavailable. He’s definitely not good enough to even think about as a regular in the PL and rotating with Verbruggen though.

We all knew that last season, but RDZ too stubborn to admit that it was a case of getting away with it playing him for 15 games in 2022-23, and not a de Zerbi brilliant master-stroke.
TBF, the 'de Zerbi can do no wrong' brigade were equally blind.

 

[Eric the meek]

We need to defend as a unit a bit more. Minteh and Enciso need to chase back if we lose the ball.

Defend together. Attack together.

 

[Normandy seagull]

We were lucky wolves didn’t score with every counter with us having most the team left up the pitch. I know this is the risk of fabi ball but in the prem against good sides we will get dicked more often than not

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

There are some positives.

3 very good goals
No obvious injuries, though Minteh did walk off gingerly
Excellent performance by Baleba again. Very decent by Adingra and Hinsh. Ferdi and Wieffer with good cameos
The manager will now know for sure where the squad needs improvement
We're through

There are some negatives

This 8 changes type line up isn't going to get us past a top half PL side
Some calamitous losses of possession. I think every player on the team had at least one dreadful pass giving Wolves possession in a key area. Some players 3 or 4

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

We were lucky wolves didn’t score with every counter with us having most the team left up the pitch. I know this is the risk of fabi ball but in the prem against good sides we will get dicked more often than not

Alright, but we've started well in the league against good sides

 

[HangletonGull]

Simply I love this stuff under fab there will be times this season where we will get a right tonking but on the other hand we will dish a few out, this is the opposite to potterball im excited for the next few seasons under fab

 

[Weststander]

With better strikers on they could have scored more with those incisive attacks.

Estupinan was outpaced many times and/or we seemingly had no cover for that

Hinsh as a defender too, whilst all the supertankers of Igor and Webster could resort to was impeding Wolves far superior athletes breaking through the middle.

 

[jcdenton08]

Tell me about the catering, damn it.

 

[origigull]

Well that was a comedy of errors especially 2nd half. The 1st half we looked pretty good but oh that 2nd half was a bit of a joke. Poor passing at the back nearly cost us the game.

 

[Eric the meek]

Baleba and Wieffer are going to be awesome as a pairing in midfield.

 

[Normandy seagull]

Alright, but we've started well in the league against good sides

true but we got lucky tbh

 

[GT49er]

Was pleased when the team was announced - looked as if Hurzeler wasn't going down our traditional league cup line of picking a team to enable us to concentrate on the league.
Made heavy weather of it in the end though.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Steele rarely lets us down, especially passing.

I wonder if his game fell apart playing with that gash set of defenders?

Could be.