[Albion] Aston Villa vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Napper]

2 be half better but no where near good enough today . Men against boys .

Harsh lessons

 

[Bingo]

Didn't vs Chelsea last werk

Premier League! Not tin-pot cup!!

 

[Icy Gull]

I'm starting to think DeZerbi is starting to believe his hype. He keeps making such strange decisions.

Very much Team DeZerbi here

 

[brighton_dave]

Think we need a bit of a reality check, everyone was getting a bit carried away.

You can’t lose the likes of Caicedo and MacAllister from your starting XI and see Hinshelwood and Gilmour as your replacements and expect to go to a decent PL side and get a result.

Estupinian, March, Webster, Welbeck and Ferguson are bang out of form and we’ve had a relentless run of games.

A personal opinion but just don’t think you can continue to make the changes that RDZ does and expect any consistency. None more so that in the goalkeeper position where Steele looks a bit exposed as of late.

However….

We are almost in October, likely to go into the international break in the top 6 and a much needed result in Marseille on Thursday would see a pretty solid start to the season.

Spot on...

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

I think so many of our big players have had shockers today. But ultimately for once RdZ must take some responsibility. Wrong set up first half.

 

[Napper]

I'm sure this won't be the last performance like this during this long, congested season.

Not really an excuse when season barely started

 

[chickens]

Do we have a defensive coach?

10 games without a clean sheet isn’t acceptable.

I’m all for risk and reward football but our defending has been shambolic at times this season.

I think you misunderstand De Zerbi’s philosophy if you’re watching for clean sheets. I’d go to your local launderette instead.

 

[GT49er]

Stuart Pearce makes some very good points on Talksport. While Brighton aren't playing well, ir's refereeing decisions that are making the difference in games - two goals disallowed on another day, a penalty for Brighton for that handball, and a red card for Konsa - and it all would look very different. And as Pearce also pointed out, every deflection has gome Villa's way too.

Not withstanding that, I'm worried that good managers have rumbled de Zerbi ball, and have worked out how to beat it (are we allowed to criticise de Zerbi on NSC yet without being shouted at?)

 

[JustJack]

But you know what we're like. We'll probably get a draw against them.

We'll beat City and everyone in the media who somehow missed our defensive performances against almost everyone with ask "Are Brighton serious title contenders!?"

No. No we're not. We're currently everyone's favourite second team and they love to daydream for us whilst glossing over every obvious flaw lol.

 

[dolphins]

FFS.

 

[Shooting Star]

We genuinely have a better chance at beating City or Real Madrid. Villa are our bogey team.

 

[worthingseagull123]

Premier League! Not tin-pot cup!!

Tip pot cup?

We’ve never won a cup.

A trophy would be nice.

 

[AlexBH]

6-1. JUST BLOW THE DAMN WHISTLE. FFS

 

[Marty McFly]

Six…

 

[miffy6]

Unacceptable this

 

[Mancgull]

Six now..... bloody hell.
Webster very poor there.

 

[Bridcutt]

Every attack is a goal

 

[Bald Head]

I think 6-6 is out of the question, I concede defeat.

 

[Littlemo]

Your happy with our options in the middle then? We aren't weaker there than last season? If we had similar quality in the middle we would still get battered 5-1?
It's an embarrassment. It's ok to be p+ssed off the same it is ok to be positive too. United and Newcastle was with our best team, now we see what happens without depth. Sadly the fringe players aren't good enough to patch us up.
We've been s+it, simple as and our lack of depth in some positions is and will continue to hurt us.
Guess we agree to disagree.

Unless you want to go and get them back from Liverpool and Chelsea, what is the point in continually pining for them?

We have injuries there and players to develop who do fill those gaps. We aren’t seeing the midfield at full strength, it doesn’t mean the players we have now aren’t good enough.

Of course we miss them but people act like we never had a bad game when Mac and Caicedo played, which was clearly untrue.

 

[worthingseagull123]

Whoops