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

[Eric the meek]

Dunk and Veltman look better and better with every absence though don’t they?!

Yes, but games are won or lost in midfield.

If we don't keep the ball, our defence will continually be under pressure.

 

[Flagship]

My take is that we have given them too many free hits against the run of play and yes we lack a leader, but have been far the better team with over 70% possession and in control for the most.
Igor the best performance on the pitch for me and a real positive.
Not to say that I'm over confident we'll get the breaks and turn things around on this occasion but here's hoping

What?

Igor. More like Herman Munster.

 

[Bodian]

you make your own luck by being in the situations

Exactly.

 

[maffew]

A Greek tragedy.

Meanwhile, Marseille fans have rioted in Amsterdam with reports of stabbings and firebombs set off in the ground! Good luck to anyone going to the French Riviera next time out.

Sussex police are gonna have a rude European awakening christ

 

[GoingUp]

Actually - we weren't too bad at the corner taking aspect tonight. For a change, most of them beat the first man. It's just we didn't get on the end of them.

That's the problem!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Crowd had an absolute shocker. It's funny at the AMEX sometimes.

Crowds are so important in European games. It sounded flat after initial burst

 

[Vin]

Difficult night, move on and upwards, good learning curve

 

[Bodian]

That's the problem!

Yes. But normally there's nothing to get on the end of!

 

[allystrat]

That moment you arrive to go toe to toe with Europe's elite ball players and find out Sean Dyche's Burnley have turned up to turn you over.

Yep, pretty sure AEK would struggle in our league.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Was surprisingly impressed with AEK tonight.

 

[Berty23]

Oh well. A night of what could have been. Two freak goals conceded. Pedro really should have won that. Oh well. Win next week and it’s all good.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I just get worried that Dunk in our central partnership makes up for the inadequacies of all the other central defenders. If Dunk and Van Hecke don’t play we are going to struggle. It doesn’t surprise me that Igor’s disciplinary record is so poor.

 

[Bodian]

Was surprisingly impressed with AEK tonight.

Second win in England....

 

[maltaseagull]

Sad to say but we deserved nothing from that. Defence was very poor and once again we cannot breakdown a mass defence

Or score from set pieces. And don't defence them well either.

 

[Javeaseagull]

Spare a thought for English teams in the past that have been cheated in Europe. If not for VAR what would that result have been? That ref wasn’t bent imo but I have seen games in the past that were later proved to be corrupt decisions.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Oh well. A night of what could have been. Two freak goals conceded. Pedro really should have won that. Oh well. Win next week and it’s all good.

Yeah, thought he should have found our player unmarked in front of goal, Mitoma I think.

 

[Kosh]

Hey ho.

From Doncaster away under Case, which I was at, to this… I guess we we have to be proud and suck it up.

Not really time to get all bent out of shape, we need to aim to bounce back on Sunday and as Graham would have said: learn our lessons. Lol.

Feels a bit West Ham to me, or a touch of Sean Dyche … a pragmatic job, but they got their win.

We move on.

 

[Mancgull]

That moment you arrive to go toe to toe with Europe's elite ball players and find out Sean Dyche's Burnley have turned up to turn you over.

They did remind me of a Dyche team. Sometimes we just need to gain greater control. Better in the second half but still off our normal levels.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Second win in England....

A Greek tragedy, but no disaster.

 

[The Fits]

I just get worried that Dunk in our central partnership makes up for the inadequacies of all the other central defenders. If Dunk and Van Hecke don’t play we are going to struggle. It doesn’t surprise me that Igor’s disciplinary record is so poor.

Anyone would look good with Dunk. We don't have another defender anywhere near him. We are going to be very reliant on him keeping fit and it hasn't started well this season.