[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs AEK Athens *** Official Match Thread ***

[Grizz]

Fair play to AEK they've done a number on us tonight and not really had to work for it. That's both the frustrating thing and what gives me hope. We cut out the mistakes we win.

 

[Bridcutt]

Really bad if we lose this. AEK are injury hit and the greek league is not good

 

[Bodian]

Solly another one that hasn't turned up tonight. Set pieces poor too

He's not had the ball much to be fair.

 

[London Irish]

If only all the team had Gross’s shooting boots

 

[GoingUp]

Did RDZ underestimate AEK with the selection?

 

[armchairclubber]

Igor looks not very good

Best Brighton player on the pitch for me tonight.. you must have been looking very hard for a mistake, really impressed & at no fault for goals

 

[The Fits]

Fati looks way, way off. Lovely technical ability, but he looks way off. Doesn't look remotely like a ten to me.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Gross has got a lead right foot tonight. Two absolute bullets he's hit tonight

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Should've had a few more shots from range

 

[US Seagull]

Really bad if we lose this. AEK are injury hit and the greek league is not good

It certainly looked like it should be the easiest of all our games. Weakest team, at home.

A very sobering experience.

 

[brighton_dave]

No matter what the outcome RDZ got this wrong. This wasn’t the match to start a youngster and a debutant in centre defence. Not their fault but it’s showed.

Fati has been miles off it as well.

He’s also been let down by unusually poor performances from Estupinan and Mitoma.

Such a shame.

How many times have we all said this about lineups and gone on to eat our words. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but won't help us here. Losing Dunks captaincy has been a massive hit. It's worrying no one has been able to step up in his absence though.

 

[Bodian]

It certainly looked like it should be the easiest of all our games. Weakest team, at home.

A very sobering experience.

It just means we'll win our three away games!

 

[beorhthelm]

Fati looks way, way off. Lovely technical ability, but he looks way off. Doesn't look remotely like a ten to me.

i cant believe he stayed on while Pedro off.

 

[macbeth]

Fati looks way, way off. Lovely technical ability, but he looks way off. Doesn't look remotely like a ten to me.

think he’s okay much better with someone like ferguson, who can drag the centre backs towards the six yard area. pedro and welbeck are great players but they don’t do that

 

[Grizz]

Just give the ball away so much.

 

[AmexRuislip]

What are you doing fouling there Solly. Been a pussy cat all evening now petulant

Jody Morris on SSN reckons Solly has had a decent game

 

[GoingUp]

So many unforced error smh

 

[sjamesb3466]

Best Brighton player on the pitch for me tonight.. you must have been looking very hard for a mistake, really impressed & at no fault for goals

He's looked very poor to my eyes. More speed and positioning in an aircraft carrier

 

[The Fits]

i cant believe he stayed on while Pedro off.

think he’s okay much better with someone like ferguson, who can drag the centre backs towards the six yard area. pedro and welbeck are great players but they don’t do that

Compare the two though. Our first ever European game isn't the time to bed in a player who both isn't ours and hasn't been particularly great for two seasons.
JP constantly made things happen.

 

[DJ Chi]

Adingra going to be pushing for a regular place on the recent evidence, offering as much in ten minutes as march and mitoma have in the rest of the game