[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Aston Villa *** Official Match Thread ***

[amexer]

Well deserved win. I thought at time penalty award was fortunate. Just seen a replay and still looks like 2 players just bustling for the ball and weaker one going down. Anyway deserved to win Adringa outstanding just a pity his final ball in first half was poor

 

[Insel affe]

absolutely loved Pedro pumping the crowd up, fast becoming a legend and super fast reactions for the rebound

 

[birthofanorange]

Yes a great Win and we scored . Believe it or not that’s what it’s all about .

Very gracious...

 

[British Bulldog]

Slightly mixed feelings about the Newcastle and Man United games as priority number one is making sure Chelsea don’t finish in the top 6! Enjoyed that today though.

It's not about other teams it's about us

 

[Blues Guitarist]

VAR decision. Can't actually see if the blue line was drawn from the ball - which isn't in shot.

VAR denies Gross from giving Brighton lead against Villa

Pascal Gross strayed offside in his attempt to give Brighton the lead against Aston Villa.

www.skysports.com

If you compare the position of the ball relative to the edge of the 6 yard area before the VAR shot (that doesn't show the ball), it looks like the line is not drawn from the further forward part of the ball.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hope 'F*CK VAR' came over loud and clear on the telly

 

[Littlemo]

Hope 'F*CK VAR' came over loud and clear on the telly

It did

 

[Meade's Ball]

I sterling effort. You can't help but play teams in the condition they're in. Just as you can't help but make best of a squad semi-floored by injury. 4 centre backs. A clean sheet. A top display by our 1 remaining wideman, and determination to make something happen from depleted numbers. Not much else can be asked.
Proud and pleased and relieved.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Very gracious...

As always

 

[Pliny the Gull]

Falmer Station, waiting for train, never felt this good for a time.well deserved 1-0. The never give in attitude is back UTA.

 

[Questions]

I can’t for the life of me work out why Villa were so shy today. Why ?

 

[Blue3]

Well that was much better Welbeck Webster Dunk put in fine performances as did Adingra but the game changer was the introduction of Ensico

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I can’t for the life of me work out why Villa were so shy today. Why ?

Even their level of shithousing dropped down to 9 / 10

A very unusual Villa performance.

We'll take it

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Well that was much better Welbeck Webster Dunk put in fine performances as did Adingra but the game changer was the introduction of Ensico

Enciso if fit, should be starting every week. Miles ahead of Facu for me

 

[Oh_aye]

That was a much better experience at the Amex than for weeks - we should have scored more (especially the offside goal) - but the attitude was the right one from the beginning and especially so in the second half. Happy to be there, nice people around us in the ground and super fast out from the car park (ok, we left before the end of injury time).

The half empty experience is so much more enjoyable than the full one!

 

[Flounce]

Adingra would have got my MOTM if all his shots hadn’t looked like back passes. Wee Billy MOTM for me, spraying the ball around and getting stuck in. Lost a couple due to the Villa player being much bigger and tougher. Quality feet

 

[Cordwainer]

So much better. A much more together team performance..wonder if anything has happened behind the scenes to give the team a fillip? Great to see Adingra do so well on the left..Pedro, Webster and Enciso all good..some nice moments from goodnight and Barco megging Twatty Cash was the icing on the cake.

 

[Oh_aye]

Well that was much better Welbeck Webster Dunk put in fine performances as did Adingra but the game changer was the introduction of Ensico

Enciso is such a prime piece of quality. Spinning players, direct, shooting on site. Players like that, Mitoma, March etc, quality chess pieces, change our level immediately. I know it's obvious but sometimes you can simplify it. Much better players change games massively.

Shout out to Barco too who looks really wily and good on the ball even if he looks about 13

 

[TomandJerry]

Big Ange going sooner rather than later? Shocking stats

 

[amexer]

I can’t for the life of me work out why Villa were so shy today. Why ?

They can only play as well as opposition lets them