Curious Orange
Punxsatawney Phil
Football equivalent of rope-a-dope I thought!
Those around me were swearing and getting very agitated that Brighton weren't scoring many goals. To me and [MENTION=1320]Notters[/MENTION] it seemed that Hughton had a game plan and was sticking to it, I.e wear Fulham out and punish them, given their record. Anyone else think Brighton played badly in the first 20 Mins until we scored?
Those around me were swearing and getting very agitated that Brighton weren't scoring many goals. To me and [MENTION=1320]Notters[/MENTION] it seemed that Hughton had a game plan and was sticking to it, I.e wear Fulham out and punish them, given their record. Anyone else think Brighton played badly in the first 20 Mins until we scored?
Penalty decision changed the game
It didn't feel like that where I sit, although I'm sure plenty in the crowd were sharpening their knives.I tune into BBC Sussex and NSC. The doom and gloom emanating from this board was seriously depressing. We were third in the table for God sake and at 0-0, Fulham were having a passage, so what?
I can picture a couple of long rants being put on hold when the penalty was given.I could feel an under belly of 'fans' just coiling up and ready to say how sh!t we were on this forum.
That's how I saw it too. Quick passing and first to the ball. Closed us down very quickly. Penalty kick and it all changed.Fulham played us off the park for the first 20 minutes, apart from having no end product. Then the penalty knocked the wind out of their sails and their heads went down.
When Fulham had possession in the second half they didn't do much with it either. From memory the passage of play where the 'Ole's were going on ended when when of their players kicked the ball out for a goal kick.
I'm not sure any sensible manager would have a tactical game plan conceding possession and letting your opponents settle into the game building confidence especially if you are at home pushing for promotion. More likely Fulham just played quite well in the first 20 which they did.
I'm nearly gutted, if it weren't for those first 20 mins I'd have nothing to moan about
Those around me were swearing and getting very agitated that Brighton weren't scoring many goals. To me and [MENTION=1320]Notters[/MENTION] it seemed that Hughton had a game plan and was sticking to it, I.e wear Fulham out and punish them, given their record. Anyone else think Brighton played badly in the first 20 Mins until we scored?
Fulham played us off the park for the first 20 minutes, apart from having no end product. Then the penalty knocked the wind out of their sails and their heads went down.