[Albion] Brighton 4 Man U 0 - is it best team we have ever fielded?

[A1X]

I took a photo of the scoreboard of this game at 2-0 thinking "blimey, this might be as good as it gets".

I did the same at 3-0. And at 4-0. Because it did get better.

And yet who would have thought that it was only the second most important win at the Amex over Man Utd in those 12 months?

 

[Commander]

I watched that match on TV with my dad who is in his mid 70’s now. It was actually a little bit emotional. To that point it was the best team and arguably performance I had ever seen (wasn’t around in the late 70’s!). Almost unbelievable.

That game was the first time my eldest son saw us win, after 3 years of going! (Covid messed up a year of that). I remember saying to him at half-time "No matter what happens in this game, I've never seen a Brighton team play that well before, and even if we lose this game 1-4 you have still just witnessed possibly the best half you will ever see us play. You need to remember this because you might never see this again".

Little did I know he'd go on to see us batter Arsenal, Chelsea, Marseille, Spurs, Ajax, Liverpool etc in the next 2 seasons.

 

[Exilegull]

Potter had a world class midfield that Roberto doesnt have is a theory that suggests Bissouma, Mac, Caicedo and Gross were world class already when we signed them and thats not true. Our managers and staff deserve a lot of praise for helping those players along with others. From Chris helping Bissouma get better defensively to Roberto adding more flair to Alexis it all played a role and the players will be the first to admit it. Also goes for Potter ask any of those players if he helped them get better and get a firm yes

 

[HangletonGull]

That midfield

 

[AlbionBro]

Well what in your opinion would say was our best team? That’s the whole point of the thread. If not this 11 then what?

OK then, name Albion's best-ever team...

I really don't have a single team, I will leave you gents to satisfy yourselves by finding one!

 

[Wozza]

I really don't have a single team, I will leave you gents to satisfy yourselves by finding one!

"I don't agree, but I'm not going to offer my own opinion."

Lame.

(Added to ignore list)

 

[AlbionBro]

"I don't agree, but I'm not going to offer my own opinion."

Lame.

(Added to ignore list)

Well you may have all day to look at this I'm not going to. You seem a rather unforgiving type, perhaps you are one of those who has been trying to make young Adam Webster rise, because he did a club cooking video.

 

[herecomesaregular]

"Best" team we've put out is an interesting oddity because we'd all like to just squeeze in a Mitoma, Pedro and Estupinan into that OP lineup. But yeah, for me, all things considered (performance, result, opposition and actually being there* then that's subjectively the best Albion side fielded that I've seen.

*thanks again to HWT for the ticket

 

[ROSM]

Was thinking about the Arsenal (away) line-up just the other day.

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Switch Welbz for João Pedro, and put RDZ in charge and well....

And of course sanchez who we all agreed previously wasnt a great keeper




I'll get my coat

 

[Wozza]

And of course sanchez who we all agreed previously wasnt a great keeper

Ball is going nowhere near our goal with that line-up.

 

[Robinjakarta]

A bit mean about Potter there.

A few here are despite him taking us higher than we'd ever been before.

 

[Seagull58]

Was thinking about the Arsenal (away) line-up just the other day.

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Switch Welbz for João Pedro, and put RDZ in charge and well....

Mitoma for Trossard.

 

[Seagull58]

I watched it in the pub and cried.

I watched it in a bar with a father-son Manure combo sitting alongside. They were gutted that they found a bar containing the only Brighton fan in town. They didn't join in with my "we want five" chant. I'd already had 5 beers

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The greatest win in the Potter era and revenge for 83 finally, a superb day

The twats couldn't help themselves when they went 4-0 down.

With Potter being totally incidental to the result

 

[Weststander]

This was my favourite winning Albion team. Imho Estupinan is a better player than Cucu. a fit Welbeck would be a fine alternative to Ferguson.