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

[Robinjakarta]

What a great point away at a very effective team.

Really chuffed for maupay and the whole team.

Anyone who used the following:

Embarrassing
Shambles
Game over
Disgrace
Pathetic

And all the other comments written by adults masquerading as children. Get behind the team ffs.

We just moved into 7th for the time being.

7th

In the whole country

Playing good football

Try and enjoy life a little more

Great post! Many comments on here during the match .. honestly.

 

[The Fits]

Why does January = panic buy.

The club has a global scouting network, working 24/7, 365 days a year.


The list of potential strikers didn't get thrown out on 01.09.
They haven't sat twiddling their thumbs for 3 months.
It won't get to NYD before someone says 'ok chaps find us a striker'.

January equals panic buy because our number one target was Nunez who has proven that he is exactly the calibre of player we are after and is now at a level above our reach. Coming in in January means a number of things, most notably adapting to an extravagantly complex style of play that’s taking players months/seasons to get used to. So unless our number two target is right up there in terms of ability, intelligence and adaptability I just don’t see how this is simply a case of ‘sign a striker and he will score’. Andone is a striker. Locadia is a striker. Connolly is a striker. Zeqiri is a striker. The guy at Stoke is a striker. I fully understand how scouting works, and I totally accept that we will have coals in the fire, but we don’t just need ‘a striker’. There seems to be this desperation this season, even more than last season, but signing a striker who scores 5 goals in the 2nd half of the season will probably mean the difference between finishing 9thish and 11thish. But what chance they’re a total flop? I’d say on evidence more likely than not. Had we signed Nunez we would almost certainly be top 6 but we didn’t. We won’t even get close to being relegated without this mythical striker.

 

[Eric the meek]

Interesting that Moyes said West Ham were hanging on at times. That's what the Leeds fans were saying on Saturday.

We're better than we think we are.

 

[Swansman]

I would have Moyes as our manager if it came to it.


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He is and always has been a great manager

 

[Weststander]

You know you can have just the crowd atmosphere don't you?

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I forgot!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I love football

 

[paulfuzz]

I just look at the PL table and think..........WOW!!! enuff said!!

 

[Seagull58]

Interesting that Moyes said West Ham were hanging on at times. That's what the Leeds fans were saying on Saturday.

We're better than we think we are.

we know we can dominate most teams. We need to score when we're dominating.

 

[Stat Brother]

January equals panic buy because our number one target was Nunez who has proven that he is exactly the calibre of player we are after and is now at a level above our reach. Coming in in January means a number of things, most notably adapting to an extravagantly complex style of play that’s taking players months/seasons to get used to. So unless our number two target is right up there in terms of ability, intelligence and adaptability I just don’t see how this is simply a case of ‘sign a striker and he will score’. Andone is a striker. Locadia is a striker. Connolly is a striker. Zeqiri is a striker. The guy at Stoke is a striker. I fully understand how scouting works, and I totally accept that we will have coals in the fire, but we don’t just need ‘a striker’. There seems to be this desperation this season, even more than last season, but signing a striker who scores 5 goals in the 2nd half of the season will probably mean the difference between finishing 9thish and 11thish. But what chance they’re a total flop? I’d say on evidence more likely than not. Had we signed Nunez we would almost certainly be top 6 but we didn’t. We won’t even get close to being relegated without this mythical striker.

I'm not talking about buying more of the same, one for the future or a try this one player.

The club needs to do what it never wants to do and buy THE striker.
Not a player who needs to learn.
Not a player who's wet behind the ears.

A player, who they have meticulously scouted, are confident he can step up and one who can raise the level of the whole team, esp Maupay.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I forgot!

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[Weststander]

It is so refreshing to hear us talked about in the post match analysis. Well done Amazon Prime.

I loved their wall to wall ‘lockdowns’ era football.

Plus the rewind and start match from the beginning functions are useful.

 

[paulfuzz]

we know we can dominate most teams. We need to score when we're dominating.

I suspect that has been said by many a pundit since...................forever

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I suspect that has been said by many a pundit since...................forever

But crucially, never about us.

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[The Fits]

I'm not talking about buying more of the same, one for the future or a try this one player.

The club needs to do what it never wants to do and buy THE striker.
Not a player who needs to learn.
Not a player who's wet behind the ears.

A player, who they have meticulously scouted, are confident he can step up and one who can raise the level of the whole team, esp Maupay.

But why in January?

 

[LamieRobertson]

You know you can have just the crowd atmosphere don't you?

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Erm…”atmosphere”

 

[Happy Exile]

I made a piece of art to represent tonight's game. It's the perfect Christmas gift for any Albion fan.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Not just a point but the manor in which it was gained

You mean Stratford?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Erm…”atmosphere”

I suppose I fell into pleonasm.

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[Blackadder]

Interesting that Moyes said West Ham were hanging on at times. That's what the Leeds fans were saying on Saturday.

We're better than we think we are.

If I could just add to this. We are better than SOME* of us think we are (not you ETM)

*SOME of our detractors even go to matches.

 

[Mackenzie]

I thought we played some good stuff at times, cracking goal from Maupay to grab the draw.

Looking forward to Saturday now.