Swindon Town vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Not surprised by the result at all, bloody glad to be out of the COC.

Positives: 90 minutes for Vicente and Bridge. That's it.

 

[Ernest]

Absolutely nothing attacking tonight, very worrying

 

[Gazwag]

Indeed, we probably made a couple of million last season from the League Cup although getting to the semi-final was the main reason for that.

what semi final was that

 

[Lawro's Lip]

Good. That's got that over with. Now let's get on with the season.

 

[Mr Burns]

So what have we learnt tonight?

We should have taken Cardiff's money for Noone, he is not upto the championship consistantly.
Harley and Dicker are not good enough.
We don't win games when Vicente starts(however great he is),
All the possession in the world doesn't score you goals.
Playing one striker does not work, Barnes is not all that,
Cms is still the best striker at the club,
If we keep Bridge and Bruno fit we have got two great players.
El Abd should always start over Dunk everytime.

So nothing most of us didn't know already then,

You should write that on a postcard and send it to the club

 

[The Camel]

So what have we learnt tonight?

We should have taken Cardiff's money for Noone, he is not upto the championship consistantly.
Harley and Dicker are not good enough.
We don't win games when Vicente starts(however great he is),
All the possession in the world doesn't score you goals.
Playing one striker does not work, Barnes is not all that,
Cms is still the best striker at the club,
If we keep Bridge and Bruno fit we have got two great players.
El Abd should always start over Dunk everytime.

So nothing most of us didn't know already then,

Barnes has been an embarrassment alongside Vicente.

V is putting the ball into places he expects Barnes to go, but Barnes isn't aware enough to get into the positions he should be in!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Looking at Poyets face u get the feeling he's going to keep them in the changing room for a while

 

[Sam Ovett]

Look on the bright side: last time we lost to lower league opposition was the first round of the Carling Cup at Northampton...we won the league

 

[Albion Dan]

BUT look at our results after we were dumped out of both cups last season

Look at our results last time we were knocked out the league cup in round one!

 

[JBizzleBeard]

So what have we learnt tonight?

That NSC is gonna be even more embarrassing this season if we lose a game of football compared to the 2011/12 season.

 

[Surf's Up]

So what have we learnt tonight?

We should have taken Cardiff's money for Noone, he is not upto the championship consistantly.
Harley and Dicker are not good enough.
We don't win games when Vicente starts(however great he is),
All the possession in the world doesn't score you goals.
Playing one striker does not work, Barnes is not all that,
Cms is still the best striker at the club,
If we keep Bridge and Bruno fit we have got two great players.
El Abd should always start over Dunk everytime.

So nothing most of us didn't know already then,

Agree with this but it means we haven't solved the problems of last season and, although this was clearly treated like a pre-season game by Gus, there is cause for concern

 

[Barnham Seagull]

This really is the worst performance by a Brighton side since Gus took over! Still negative, and nothing at the back.

I would agree with that.

Still think we will have a good season if we bring in a centre forward and midfielder.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

They have defended very well but we have been woeful in the final third!

Their centre back has been fired up all game and their keeper has made a couple of fantastic saves.

 

[churley1]

what semi final was that

I'm a Palarse fan

 

[Frutos]

what semi final was that

Is he not "one of them"?

 

[Worthingite]

BUT look at our results after we were dumped out of both cups last season

I'm sorry, but getting knobbed by a team that was in L2 last season isn't exactly a confidence boost when we are playing away at a team tipped for the playoffs this season on Saturday!!!

Am I the only one that is hurt, not by the result, but for the whole "couldn't give a shit" attitude shown by the team tonight?? Had we won tonight, it would have put confidence into the team (and us) for Saturday. Now I'm shitting myself, looking at the fixture list for the next month after watching tonight is like looking at a f***ing suicide note right about now

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

*shrug* It happens, that's football.

I want us to win every game but if you expect no slip ups then you'll never be happy...

On the plus side, Toby has looked good since he came on.

 

[Simster]

We should have taken Cardiff's money for Noone, he is not upto the championship consistantly.

Little argument from me on this one. I still think Harley is better than we have seen, and the same goes for Dicker, who was injured last season and didn't play well on his return.

I hate losing to Swindon but can't help feeling this game was always well down the list of priorities.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Your the prick. Been given more money than any other manager, worst away record in the league last year bar Coventry, utterly clueless when it comes to attackers, only knows how to play one type of football. Bring back Lloyd, Coppell, Slade, Mc Ghee - at least they know how to play attacking football & relegation form for most of 2012. SMELL THE COFFEE. Hull will maul us on Saturday

Well that's just not true. This proves you're either a JCL, Palarse fan, or just a complete idiot. I suspect it's two of the three.

 

[Worthingite]

BUT look at our results after we were dumped out of both cups last season

I'm sorry, but getting knobbed by a team that was in L2 last season isn't exactly a confidence boost when we are playing away at a team tipped for the playoffs this season on Saturday!!!

Am I the only one that is hurt, not by the result, but for the whole "couldn't give a shit" attitude shown by the team tonight?? Had we won tonight, it would have put confidence into the team (and us) for Saturday. Now I'm shitting myself, looking at the fixture list for the next month after watching tonight is like looking at a f***ing suicide note right about now