[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs AFC Ajax *** Official Match Thread ***

[Marxo]

A great night! Our first win in Europe, we are on the map, I'm very, very proud!

 

[AlexBH]

Well that was easy. Only disappointment was we didn’t score 4 or 5. Yes I know how far we’ve come blah blah blah but we made them look awful.

 

[Weststander]

A special evening for all Albion fans.

I loved that. Dunk is the complete captain, CB and playmaker. Every player including the subs played well, Buonanotte looks the real deal.

 

[Eric the meek]

Brighton have just beaten Ajax, let that sink in...

Hope there are absolute scenes in the City Centre shortly.

There was a period late in the second half, when Ajax simply couldn't get the ball...

I can't get my head round this.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

A special evening for all Albion fans.

I loved that. Dunk is the complete captain, CB and playmaker. Every player including the subs played well, Hinshelwood looks the real deal.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Not being picky, but shouldn't we be 2nd

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

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Not being picky, but shouldn't we be 2nd

No.

 

[SeaGullBum]

Issue with Ajax is, any player brought up from the Academy worth their saltor any decent player is gone within a year / 2 years, they don't have the financials like the prem to keep younger players to progress, they have to sell. Quite heart braking if you're an Ajax fan.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

For those of us unable to go tonight, the tv coverage was ace. Ian Darke is a great commentator, and….

 

[papachris]

So glad we got our first clean sheet of the season
Also our passing stats were just amazing!

 

[Seagull58]

A special evening for all Albion fans.

I loved that. Dunk is the complete captain, CB and playmaker. Every player including the subs played well, Hinshelwood looks the real deal.

Dunk is a Bugatti Veyron of a player

 

[Weststander]

Doh.

 

[Bodian]

Perfect night. Three points, goals from both our strikers, clean sheet, didn’t have to expend too much energy, able to rotate and give non regular players minutes.

And no injuries

 

[Bodian]

Well that was easy. Only disappointment was we didn’t score 4 or 5. Yes I know how far we’ve come blah blah blah but we made them look awful.

We'll save the other goals for the return away leg.

 

[BevBHA]

Well that was easy. Only disappointment was we didn’t score 4 or 5. Yes I know how far we’ve come blah blah blah but we made them look awful.

They are awful!

 

[peterward]

It’s quite sad, they have a great setup and just get stripped of their good players every year. It is a shame.

Who Ajax or Brighton!

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Very good performance, always in control.
Pleased that Milner got a bit of redemption.
Dunk was magnificent, in total control.
2 lovely worked goals.
Fati starting to look like the hype and even Buannotte played well in his cameo role.
The bonus Will be if we haven't picked up any new injuries for Fulham.

 

[BevBHA]

Issue with Ajax is, any player brought up from the Academy worth their saltor any decent player is gone within a year / 2 years, they don't have the financials like the prem to keep younger players to progress, they have to sell. Quite heart braking if you're an Ajax fan.

I agree generally, but they do also reinvest it. £100m+ spent in summer on what looks like a load of tosh.

 

[US Seagull]

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Not being picky, but shouldn't we be 2nd

This was discussed earlier somewhere up there ^^^^

tl;dr; The first tiebreaker is head-to-head record.

 

[Weststander]

Issue with Ajax is, any player brought up from the Academy worth their saltor any decent player is gone within a year / 2 years, they don't have the financials like the prem to keep younger players to progress, they have to sell. Quite heart braking if you're an Ajax fan.

I think they’ll come good again.

Currently riddled with internal politics.