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

[Uh_huh_him]

My man-crush on Igor went up a level today.

Showed some proper attitude in the second half.

 

[Easy 10]

That was a plodding performance until Enciso entered the frame. He immediately upped the tempo, quickened our passing, got in and around the box and made things happen.

Without him that would have (at best) drifted to a 0-0. He came on and made the difference. Reminds me of a younger Coutinho, a bundle of energy with quick feet and always on the next page. What a talent. What a prospect.

 

[Seagull58]

Oh shit, RDZ to Spurs now?

f***, I thought he’d run out of clubs who’d want him

They're going to finish 5th or 6th. No way Levy will pay the compo to get rid with that finishing position.

 

[A1X]

Talking of Barco, how good was that header late on?

 

[dazzer6666]

Does that count as a goal from open play?

Yes. Xg of 0.76 for the penalty and 0.54 for the rebound on the stats I’ve seen

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Deliberately changed my pre-match/half time urinal.

I'm not saying the win was solely down to me.
But equally I'm not not saying that.

 

[aolstudios]

Does that count as a goal from open play?

Yep

 

[dazzer6666]

Talking of Barco, how good was that header late on?

There was a loud and collective ‘wow’ around us……..incredible height and hang time

 

[Flounce]

There was a loud and collective ‘wow’ around us……..incredible height and hang time

Talking of Barco, how good was that header late on?

Compared to Ronaldo on BBC

 

[Guinness Boy]

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

You may jest, but it was so much better with 3000 fewer tourists and fair weather fans. Trains better, bars better, atmosphere just as good / bad.

 

[birthofanorange]

Deliberately changed my pre-match/half time urinal.

I'm not saying the win was solely down to me.
But equally I'm not not saying that.

Will you stick with the new one now or go back to the old one? Maybe vary them each game?

 

[Oh_aye]

You may jest, but it was so much better with 3000 fewer tourists and fair weather fans. Trains better, bars better, atmosphere just as good / bad.

I was not jesting! No queues for the toilets, served a cup of tea immediately half time.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Talking of Barco, how good was that header late on?

According to a couple of mates who were at Bournemouth, his heading there was woeful.

If he’s been working on it that’s one hell of an improvement.

 

[Oh_aye]

There was a loud and collective ‘wow’ around us……..incredible height and hang time

As the ball went up in the air he took a few steps back off the pitch to get a run up

 

[Man of Harveys]

Terrific afternoon. I’ve long given up knowing what to expect from us this season: I really thought we were going to another thrashing. Thrilled to be wrong. Wonder if maybe behind the scenes some air has been cleared recently and everyone’s cheered to a bit. Hope so.

Does anyone know who the people were that Grossy gave his shirt to at the end? Lovely touch from the great man, as ever.

 

[portslade seagull]

Well I thought we played much better today and deserved the win. Even without scoring it was a much improved performance. Webby much maligned by many ( including me ) played a great game against Watkins. Adingra was a livewire and won the pen but just needs to improve his final ball. Ensico and Barco both look special ballers so hope for the future with them

 

[London Irish]

They're going to finish 5th or 6th. No way Levy will pay the compo to get rid with that finishing position.

Silly as talk of sacking RDZ really, their squad is about fifth in quality with Villa over performing and Chelsea underperforming for much of the season alas not now.

They’ve had similar problems to us in being an ultra attacking team without much of a defence if that doesn’t go to plan

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Will you stick with the new one now or go back to the old one? Maybe vary them each game?

i'm not going to mess with a winning combination.

I'm no fool.

 

[London Irish]

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

It’s been creeping in their last few games hasn’t it, tho they were unexpectedly and hugely dire today (credit to us for our contribution to that). Same set of players that have played all season with extra games, not really a surprise they look jaded.

Can they lift themselves Thursday, you wouldn’t be confident if you were them

 

[rebel51]

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

Yeh less plastics maybe, and a better quality of supporter if that makes sense.Travel was probably a lot easier too. I think we need a quick season in the championship, that would be a half empty experience.