[Albion] Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Jim in the West]

Wasn’t at the game but curious how Evan contributed after coming off the bench. Would bringing on McConville for Welbeck notwithstanding his inexperience and switching to a back five as we did at SJP have helped avoid conceding the consolation goal?

Definitely NOT the time (or the game) to bring on McConville - Down to 10, Bournemouth all over us, speed down both wings, pissing down with rain, high winds - a true nightmare situation!! But great that he got experience of the first team match day environment.

 

[Mustafa II]

Re-watched the highlights a few times now, and the more I watch the goals, the better they get.

I would even go so far to say they are amongst the best Brighton goals of all time, incredible skill all round. This is the best Brighton side of all time (so far).

The first goal was elite one/two touch play involving top class forwards with great rapport with one another and at the top of their game. It was an elite build up.

The second goal, great finish from Mitoma of course... but pay attention to Pedros HEAD. He deceived the entire Bournemouth defense by looking in another direction when making an absolutely pitch-perfect pass, Ronaldinhoesque.

What a time to be an Albion fan.

 

[BN41Albion]

Re-watched the highlights a few times now, and the more I watch the goals, the better they get.

I would even go so far to say they are amongst the best Brighton goals of all time, incredible skill all round. This is the best Brighton side of all time (so far).

The first goal was elite one/two touch play involving top class forwards with great rapport with one another and at the top of their game. It was an elite build up.

The second goal, great finish from Mitoma of course... but pay attention to Pedros HEAD. He deceived the entire Bournemouth defense by looking in another direction when making an absolutely pitch-perfect pass, Ronaldinhoesque.

What a time to be an Albion fan.

That's the amazing thing about this season so far. Even when we've not been at our best, we can still produce two goals of such incredible quality. That's what the top teams who win trophies do (not getting carried away ftr!)

 

[Cheggers]

Quite easily, from the angle he was at, it looked like a foul and a second yellow. As I've already said twice, he called what he saw (and having seen replays, Baleba did actually catch the player)

I order you to stop this nonsense.

 

[GT49er]

Agree to disagree then. Sorry it was a foul but not a booking. Look at it another way, he was always going to rack up 5 booking at some point. Southampton H not the worst game to miss!

He's not missing Southampton because he's had five bookings - he's missing Southampton because he got two yellows (and a red) yesterday. The count towards five yellows still goes on - neither of yesterdays count towards the five, as they will have been punished by the ban against Saints.

 

[GT49er]

Definitely NOT the time (or the game) to bring on McConville - Down to 10, Bournemouth all over us, speed down both wings, pissing down with rain, high winds - a true nightmare situation!! But great that he got experience of the first team match day environment.

Agreed - but it was a shame we had the red card, otherwise we might have been able to give McConville (or Samuels) a few minutes.

 

[B-right-on]

Still, with Stuart (No Penalty At Spurs for Mitoma) Atwell as Ref and Constantine (Elbow To The Face) Hatzidakis as Lino we're bound to have no issues.

From my second post on this thread.

#prophetic
Or
#experienced

Take your pick

 

[tigertim68]

Definitely a harsh second yellow, but I was wanting Baleba yanked at ht as his playing style would obviously be impacted by the first card. Some responsibility lies with Fab there.

I think it’s the ref decision that needs to be questioned, not Fab

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

I’m currently 38000 feet above the Indian Ocean, following this by text commentary. Heading for the Christchurch Test Match.View attachment 192783

I see that you were flying Emirates - they show Premier League games 'live'
Was on my way back home to Australia on the Dubai - Sydney leg and found I was able to watch the Leicester v Spurs match played on the Monday night of the opening weekend.
Perfect vision & audio, no buffering at all.
Maybe they don't have enough channels to cover all the Sat 3.pm kick-offs ?

 

[Silverhatch]

Huge win. Thought we looked leggy, slightly off it and suffering a bit from International breakitis. That Chelsea defeat was a disguised blessing.

 

[Mike Small]

No way was that a second yellow card or even a foul but Baleba is going for that with his wrong foot (his left as always). I think the thing that swayed Atwell's mind was Arola's reaction on the sideline. Look at it. Fab got sent off for worse V Forest. He was really protesting which added into the ref's head that there was something there that wasn't. Such a shame but not the worse game to miss. Plus, I feel Carlos needs to stay grounded and fight for his place. His performance when he came on V City was another level above everyone BUT he was coming on fresh against an ageing City team who'd played 4 games in 10 days with no rotation.

I like Weiffer and want him to do well. The positions he picked up again yesterday was good BUT it still seems all a bit too quick for him at the moment. Also, he hardly sprinted out to block Semenyo's effort as the last kick of the game. You don't want him diving in (giving away a penalty) but he just jogged out to him. There's moments like that and Liverpool's third where you are just like, come on! Anyway, I hope he can come good because he could really help us.

We shouldn't have got overloaded like that for their goal (even with 10) but we're Brighton and it's never straight forward.

We are doing so well.

 

[tronnogull]

Re-watched the highlights a few times now, and the more I watch the goals, the better they get.

I would even go so far to say they are amongst the best Brighton goals of all time, incredible skill all round. This is the best Brighton side of all time (so far).

The first goal was elite one/two touch play involving top class forwards with great rapport with one another and at the top of their game. It was an elite build up.

The second goal, great finish from Mitoma of course... but pay attention to Pedros HEAD. He deceived the entire Bournemouth defense by looking in another direction when making an absolutely pitch-perfect pass, Ronaldinhoesque.

What a time to be an Albion fan.

Same thing happens when I watch our second goal against Man City.....it just gets better and better......

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Re-watched the highlights a few times now, and the more I watch the goals, the better they get.

I would even go so far to say they are amongst the best Brighton goals of all time, incredible skill all round. This is the best Brighton side of all time (so far).

The first goal was elite one/two touch play involving top class forwards with great rapport with one another and at the top of their game. It was an elite build up.

The second goal, great finish from Mitoma of course... but pay attention to Pedros HEAD. He deceived the entire Bournemouth defense by looking in another direction when making an absolutely pitch-perfect pass, Ronaldinhoesque.

What a time to be an Albion fan.

On MOTD last night they highlighted too how much Pedro was looking around him, knew exactly where everybody (including Mitoma) was, and Pedro himself said he knew exactly what Mitoma would do ! Stunning!

 

[seagullwedgee]

I see that you were flying Emirates - they show Premier League games 'live'
Was on my way back home to Australia on the Dubai - Sydney leg and found I was able to watch the Leicester v Spurs match played on the Monday night of the opening weekend.
Perfect vision & audio, no buffering at all.
Maybe they don't have enough channels to cover all the Sat 3.pm kick-offs ?

Yep they were showing the Arsenal and Everton games, and just flicking across to our goals.