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

[Thunder Bolt]

Far too sensible.
I detest Newcastle, their arrogant players, their filthy owners and their smug manager even more than I did yesterday, but they were very good yesterday.
And a special raspberry to Dan Burn, who would be nowhere if it wasn’t for BHAFC.

A neutral sent me a text saying Burn’s celebration was disrespectful. I know it’s his boyhood team and all that, but he could’ve shown a bit of class.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Dan Burn really pissed me off with his goal celebrations last night, boo material for me from here on

Sadly, we handed it to him really, more poor defending.

 

[Icy Gull]

Sadly, we handed it to him really, more poor defending.

If only we had a player who could deliver corners and free kicks like Trippier more than once a season

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

It almost worked, but Wilson stepped back too, just enough. I was a bit disappointed at the effort he didn't put in to chasing back after though, even if it was a lost cause.

Sorry it didn’t. You need to watch again.

The brain/eyes react to the pass which, whilst all split second stuff, is invariably too late and reactive.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If only we had a player who could deliver corners and free kicks like Trippier more than once a season

An England international. How much would that cost Tony Bloom?

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Just back at the hotel……..not the best performance but understandable with rotation of knackered players, injuries, and two more games in the next week coming. At 2-1 we were still in it. Will leave it to others to continue to dig out the owner, CEO, manager and/or individual players, not something I’m going to do.

Well done on going.

You haven’t missed many this year?

We’ve missed 4, including last night, which we were always going to struggle with as soon as it went mid-week.

 

[Nobby]

Van Hecke is a quality player, and will continue to improve. Can’t believe he’s getting so much grief.

Pathetic isn’t it. We really do have some morons
Nine out injured and this lad comes in and does ok considering he’s only played a few games
There were much worse performances than his last night.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

An England international. How much would that cost Tony Bloom?

James Milner….. must have been able to do it once

 

[Icy Gull]

An England international. How much would that cost Tony Bloom?

You need to be an England International to be able to deliver from free kicks and corners? We are probably the worst in the PL at it, imagine if we could find someone, even a Johnny Foreigner who could do it at least just once a game

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

You need to be an England International to be able to deliver from free kicks and corners? We are probably the worst in the PL at it, imagine if we could find someone, even a Johnny Foreigner who could do it.

We were quite short compared to Newcastle yesterday.

Gilmour/Undav on Burn.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

You need to be an England International to be able to deliver from free kicks and corners? We are probably the worst in the PL at it, imagine if we could find someone, even a Johnny Foreigner who could do it.

Don’t be silly. Trippier is an excellent player, and one of my favourites when England is playing.
Our recruitment is excellent. Pascal Groß corners are good quality.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

They're shattered. Perv has been unbelievable all season, but he's gone. Pascal is ultra reliable, but he couldn't hit a pass first half. Mitoma'a track is empty. The list goes on.

Injuries mean that we're not able to practically rest anyone. It's a shame but we all know the squad wasn't designed to play with many games this late in the season.

Yes good post….

It does also show quality wise, we’re light in terms of depth…..

Good to see the youngsters getting a few minutes though.

 

[Icy Gull]

Don’t be silly. Trippier is an excellent player, and one of my favourites when England is playing.
Our recruitment is excellent. Pascal Groß corners are good quality.

Remind me of the last time we put in a corner or a free kick that we scored from. I think we have managed one goal from a corner this season, so the quality by March and Gross is not all that. I am not moaning because overall we are brilliant but set pieces are pretty rubbish imo and need sorting.

If you think it’s a silly idea to find someone who can do it, that’s just your opinion and I don’t agree.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Was pretty angry last night.
Having spunked £12 on Now TV to watch it ( I don't know why I do this, pretty sure we have never won, when i have)

Seen some Twitter garbage about RDZ picking a shit team to "prove a point to the board"

Ridiculous comments, the point isn't under debate.
We don't have a deep enough squad to compete in every match of a 45 game season. FACT.

I didn't like the team he put out, but if that means there's a chance of putting out a better side against Saints, City and Villa, then fair play.
Much higher chance of getting points from those games.

Onwards.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Pathetic isn’t it. We really do have some morons
Nine out injured and this lad comes in and does ok considering he’s only played a few games
There were much worse performances than his last night.

Depends how extreme it gets IMO.

It is a discussion board and people have opinions….

Van Hecke, I felt was poor, so were others, but there were mitigating circumstances in terms of tiredness/fatigue, and in PvH’s case lack of practice.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Remind me of the last time we put in a corner or a free kick that we scored from. I think we have managed one goal from a corner this season, so the quality by March and Gross is not all that. I am not moaning because overall we are brilliant but set pieces are pretty rubbish imo and need sorting.

If you think it’s a silly idea to find someone who can do it, that’s just your opinion and I don’t agree.

Just need a 6’7” defender , with the turning circle of an oil tanker….

To be fair, Dunk, Colwill, Webster have all missed very presentable chances from corners on multiple occasions, so not sure it is delivery IMO.

 

[Icy Gull]

Depends how extreme it gets IMO.

It is a discussion board and people have opinions….

Van Hecke, I felt was poor, so were others, but there were mitigating circumstances in terms of tiredness/fatigue, and in PvH’s case lack of practice.

Given how little he has played and the enormity of the game I think he did OK overall and it’s a learning curve all defenders have to make at the level we are now at. It’s just a shame we were forced into playing him in a game like last night. Good experience though I think.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Remind me of the last time we put in a corner or a free kick that we scored from. I think we have managed one goal from a corner this season, so the quality by March and Gross is not all that. I am not moaning because overall we are brilliant but set pieces are pretty rubbish imo and need sorting.

If you think it’s a silly idea to find someone who can do it, that’s just your opinion and I don’t agree.

We do need to improve set pieces but you want an England international player or similar, when our boards MO is to find youngsters to improve and increase in value.

 

[Icy Gull]

Just need a 6’7” defender , with the turning circle of an oil tanker….

To be fair, Dunk, Colwill, Webster have all missed very presentable chances from corners on multiple occasions, so not sure it is delivery IMO.

Must just be me that can’t get excited any more when we get free kicks just outside the box and corners then. Might as well just give the ball to the opposition in most cases

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Just need a 6’7” defender , with the turning circle of an oil tanker….

To be fair, Dunk, Colwill, Webster have all missed very presentable chances from corners on multiple occasions, so not sure it is delivery IMO.

Spot on. We do score from crosses, like the excellent Welbeck header but dead ball situations are not so hot at present.