Brighton and Hove Albion vs Charlton Athletic ****Official Match Thread****

[John Bumlick]

Think the confusion about who should start the official match day thread was to blame if I'm honest. It was a bad start.
Come on lads we can't leave these things to chance at this stage of the season. Let's get this sorted out here and now.

My vote is for Rowley to own the thread until we lose. Who's with me?

Do we need a poll on this or can we agree this now?

***grumpy old b'stard alert***

can we agree that all this 'oh no you've not used an ampersand we're doomed' and 'oh my god why only three asterisks we're going to lose' stuff is really tedious and it's about time you all stopped crapping up the first few pages of every. single. freaking. matchday thread with that cow poo? thank you.

 

[pork pie]

wasn't buckley involved in two of our chances in the last 5 mins?

But before that, listening to the radio, it sounded like he faded?

 

[birthofanorange]

We've all experienced games like that, probably many times over the years. It's a bit like going out on the lash, feeling rampant, but when you get home to your significant other, no matter what you do...it just ain't gonna go in.

 

[footychick]

We've all experienced games like that, probably many times over the years. It's a bit like going out on the lash, feeling rampant, but when you get home to your significant other, no matter what you do...it just ain't gonna go in.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

***grumpy old b'stard alert***

can we agree that all this 'oh no you've not used an ampersand we're doomed' and 'oh my god why only three asterisks we're going to lose' stuff is really tedious and it's about time you all stopped crapping up the first few pages of every. single. freaking. matchday thread with that cow poo? thank you.

Afraid it's all part of the ritual for me.... I enjoy it... It's part of my match day experience and I'm sure I'm a grumpier and older **** than you.

One thing is for sure .... we can definitely not agree on anything on NSC

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

***grumpy old b'stard alert***

can we agree that all this 'oh no you've not used an ampersand we're doomed' and 'oh my god why only three asterisks we're going to lose' stuff is really tedious and it's about time you all stopped crapping up the first few pages of every. single. freaking. matchday thread with that cow poo? thank you.

boo.....

 

[birthofanorange]

Bet you weren't laughing at the time!

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

But before that, listening to the radio, it sounded like he faded?

its hard to tell much from the radio especially listening to a biased commentary but he wasn't in it as much as the first half but it sounded like he came alive again at the end. Its a difficult situation to be in when you're the manager and the side are creating. do you make a change for the sake of it because they haven't scored with the chance that it could mess the good play up?

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Ha ha thanks fella, it's my pleasure to do it. But only if you guys want me to.

Rowley..... I think you should take the lack of objections as a vote of confidence in your match day tenure for now...... However........ please make sure the Leicester badge is not larger than the Albion badge on Saturday please... Schoolboy error tonight, which cost us 2 points.

 

[yxee]

52% possession , 5 shots on target , 7 shots off target , 14 corners.

those stats hardly flatter us

 

[Weststander]

God sake how did we not win that
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhh

We were not good.

LuaLua was awful, and Calderon bless him was constantly destroyed by their far better and faster little wide man down the left.
God, I hope Leicester haven't got a classy left wide man.

Vicente - disagree with those linking him to our failure to win. A wizard, not quite at his best, but lasted 90 minutes and created so much for the likes of LuaLua to screw up.
Kuzschak, Bridcutt, Bridge, Upson, Ulloa .... I thought played well.

 

[pork pie]

its hard to tell much from the radio especially listening to a biased commentary but he wasn't in it as much as the first half but it sounded like he came alive again at the end. Its a difficult situation to be in when you're the manager and the side are creating. do you make a change for the sake of it because they haven't scored with the chance that it could mess the good play up?

It is what makes a good manager, knowing when to change things. In my opinion, it is a major weakness with Poyet.

Luckily it is not my call, but if it were, I would have freshened things up a bit. Orlandi coming on at half time at Forest certainly turned the match in our favour - well before he was taken off again for Dunk, and Flappergren's howler.

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

Rowley..... I think you should take the lack of objections as a vote of confidence in your match day tenure for now...... However........ please make sure the Leicester badge is not larger than the Albion badge on Saturday please... Schoolboy error tonight, which cost us 2 points.

O.K bud, I will remedy my school boy badge error for Saturday. I will deliver the win to calm our play off nerves

 

[Uh_huh_him]

those stats hardly flatter us

Those stats also don't reflect the game I listened to tonight. We sounded significantly better than that.

Is that BBC stats? Their stats never seem to stack up to me anyway, I wouldn't pay too much attention to them if I was you.

 

[Mackenzie]

Vicente was bound to be a bit rusty, tonight will have helped. We've also got a breather into Orlandi. Still in our hands.

 

[Triggaaar]

We barely ever win when Vicente starts. Strange.

He normally plays well, but it doesn't go our way. He wasn't great today. Overall though we played well though. On to the next.

 

[Ernest]

Ours to win or lose but now I think the inconsistency will be our downfall, fail to beat Leicester and the game is over

 

[oldalbiongirl]

Still in the playoffs.

 

[Weststander]

Those stats also don't reflect the game I listened to tonight. We sounded significantly better than that.

Is that BBC stats? Their stats never seem to stack up to me anyway, I wouldn't pay too much attention to them if I was you.

Stats or no stats, Charlton carried a considerable threat from their academy / far more cheaply assembled forwards, their defence and goalie were made to look good, and it would be hard to argue that they didn't deserve a result.

The Albion were too predictable tonight.

 

[Black Rod]

The Albion were too predictable tonight.

Predictability comes when you throw all your attacking options on to start a game and so when you fail to break down a side, there is nothing on the bench to come on and change the way you are playing.

That is where we are really going to regret not getting an extra striker in.