[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Everton *** Official Match Thread ***

[zefarelly]

Ehh game is over, would expect the same from our keeper too.

Would he been classed as playing as an outfield player too, therefore an indirect free kick?

You'd expect our keeper to run full tilt bared teeth and floor an opposition striker?

ok.

 

[AlexBH]

Quite some achievement to have 77% possession and lose 5-1

 

[Krafty]

Then what can we say? He got today horribly wrong and if he can be praised as highly as he is then he can be examined negatively also. He was woeful today and showed arrogance

Please explain how RDZ "showed arrogance"?

 

[Hovegull]

Everton singing was some of the worst part of the night. The goals were one thing, but their non stop singing and the oooooohs were insufferable. Glad I left before they did just so I didn’t have to encounter any smug scouters on the train.

 

[banjo]

That’s our feet firmly back on the ground. They wanted it more. Onwards and upwards.

 

[dolphins]

It’s just a perfect storm of a few things, injuries, tired players, a few mistakes from RDZ, Everton being great. Bad games are going to happen but it doesn't mean that we panic and chuck it all out of the window. Europa league is still well on for us and it’s been a fantastic season so far.

Exactly. We've got five days off/preparation for the next game, so a bit more than we've had most recently.

And let's not forget we've had far FAR worse times. I'm trying to chill and move on - just opened a bottle of Harvey's Christmas Ale that was lurking in the fridge.

We can be sure that RDZ and the players won't be throwing in the towel for the season and things are still very possible. Shit day in the office but tomorrow's another day and our season isn't done by a long way.

 

[Normandy seagull]

Please explain how RDZ "showed arrogance"?

He wasn’t arrogant- just got it wrong today with tactics and line up imo

 

[dolphins]

Everton singing was some of the worst part of the night. The goals were one thing, but their non stop singing and the oooooohs were insufferable. Glad I left before they did just so I didn’t have to encounter any smug scouters on the train.

Presume it was them doing that weird camp "Wooo" at times. WTF was that all about?

 

[Bridcutt]

Please explain how RDZ "showed arrogance"?

Not changing anything first 45 minutes when tactically we were getting destroyed. They run through us and he changed nothing. Was obvious from minute 15 onwards that it wasn't just bad performances, tactically we were being exploited hard and he did no subs or change in shape. Waited until half time when we were 3-0 down. We were much better second half (even though we lost the half 2-1)

It's pure arrogance to not respect the opposition at all and expect things to change without his input

 

[Zeus]

Horrific performance today. I see some people defending RDZ but he’s had a mare today. Two players with zero fatigue in Gilmour and Enciso who’ve been on fire get dropped. Buonannote no where near strong enough to play against physical sides like Everton yet. Undav, I’m sorry yes he scored a cheeky goal against a totally useless wolves but he is not a premier league footballer. All that compounded by Mitoma looking like he’s packed up for the season and Gross deciding to give an impression of a tortoise when tracking runners and we’ve seen the end result.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Laughable that some are saying RDZ got outthought/outclassed today, most of our key players are running on empty with no rotation options, throw in a lot of poor individual errors and the game was over. They needed it more than us and had some key players recently back, and were remarkably clinical - fair play to them, but the size of the defeat matters little to us, to be honest.

Just got to dust ourselves down and get ready for the next game, we tend to play better against the better sides - but another injury blow this time for March was the worst news of the evening, as the squad is already thin.

Yet the players rotated out March, Gilmour and Enciso look full of energy when they came on.... Wrong team to start compounded by some serious mistakes by individuals and no changes until second half when we looked a far better team going forward.

 

[Hovegull]

Mitoma has become too obvious. He’s been found out. Teams know how to mark him now. Sadly.

 

[Triggaaar]

Back to the glory days of fabulous xG wins

Holy shit, is that real!

 

[Normandy seagull]

Horrific performance today. I see some people defending RDZ but he’s had a mare today. Two players with zero fatigue in Gilmour and Enciso who’ve been on fire get dropped. Buonannote no where near strong enough to play against physical sides like Everton yet. Undav, I’m sorry yes he scored a cheeky goal against a totally useless wolves but he is not a premier league footballer. All that compounded by Mitoma looking like he’s packed up for the season and Gross deciding to give an impression of a tortoise when tracking runners and we’ve seen the end result.

All good points. Think oppo teams and managers have worked out how to stop Mitoma. He went under the radar earlier a bit.

 

[albionalex]

And the other goals ? I agree we had some poor individual performances and although RDZ made subs he didn’t change our shape or try to make us better defensively at all

2nd goal, Webster/Mac turn the ball over, Doucore outruns Mac on the counter to be unmarked at the back post, and a top quality finish.

3rd goal, Gross slips and Steele is out of position.

4th goal, March under hits a pass leaving us out of position from a corner. Caicedo slips chasing back, March pulls his hammy chasing back.

5th goal, Gross has the pace of a snail chasing back the through ball to McNeil. McNeil blasts it top bins (Steele possibly could have done better)


All preventable goals, not because of the tactics of RDZ.

 

[Oh_aye]

No point in pulling that apart. We were just shìt. Really really shìt and and complacent in the first half and EVERYONE was sloppy. Once you're 0-3 down you're always going to get picked off even when you're the better side.

So, I'd rather be dignified and give credit where its due. You can only beat what's in front of you and Everton had a good gameplan and executed it and defended resolutely. Also, unlike some others on here, I thought their fans were exceptional. The loudest weve had this season even more than Grmsby.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Was Groß under strict instructions not to pass to Buonanotte or even look up to see where he was? It was 10 v 11 first half

I made the point in the first half if he’s not trusted he shouldn’t be on the pitch

 

[Hovegull]

Up to the point Welbeck was subbed, I forgot he was even in the team? Where was he?

Also, I don’t think we should do the National Anthem again. Clearly not good for us.

 

[JOLovegrove]

Surprisingly, I am not annoyed. We just got completely out played and out thought by a team that wanted it far more. Give me this kind of result then the dirty/undeserved/soul-crushing results like the Spurs or Fulham game.

 

[Normandy seagull]

Ultimately also we were also punished for being brave, gung ho. Punished on the counter. It was bound to happen with de Zerbi ball at some point. Nearly happened v Utd - got away with some passages of play and having Caicedo at RB, wouldn’t have been a big surprise.