[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Manchester City *** Official Match Thread ***

[Cheshire Cat]

Is anyone else FUMING that we can't get 5th??

Nope, me neither.

Bloody scousers.

 

[GoingUp]

Looking at the table (yes I can't stop staring) it's mad how close we got to 3rd and 4th! Especially taking into account the Spurs game

 

[hart's shirt]

Danny Welbeck, speaking to Sky Sports about securing Europa League football:

"It means a lot. We have worked really hard this season. It has been difficult, we've had a transition with a new manager coming in and everyone has responded in a brilliant way. To get Europa League football is amazing."

"From top to bottom the club is outstanding. It has some amazing people in it. We want to improve every day as players and people. It is an amazing club for youngsters to come to, to get professional football and play in the first team."

"This club is on a rise and we can't wait for the Europa League next season."

Jason Steele, speaking to Sky Sports:

"What an achievement, what a club, what a group of guys. The togetherness, the culture and we are driven in by a top, top manager. Special times."

 

[Muzzman]

Seagulls soar into Europe.

Wow. Just wow.

 

[AlexBH]

Van Hecke was definitely much better in the second half than the first half. JUST GRAB HALAAND AND PULL THE F*CKER DOWN!!!!

 

[kuzushi]

Brighton have managed to qualify for Europe, while playing the most attractive football in the Premier League, on one of the lowest budgets in the league.

 

[Scappa]

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I'd love to see the supposed wantaways stay. It can't just be about money surely, wouldn't you want to be a part of something special like this?

If we lived in a world where agents held less influence, you'd like to think so

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Mac doesn't look like he's leaving.

Sky - “It looks like he’s saying his goodbyes”

Ali Mac - Standing there smiling.

 

[Shooting Star]

 

[Eeyore]

As the much loved departed singer would have said 'Simply the best'

 

[The Fits]

What if? What if the Europa League can keep Moises and Mac for next season....

 

[Blue3]

Brilliant result fantastic goal from Ensico the game was a mixture of exciting skill full football combined with a bit of inevitability that a draw was written before the game even started.

Take nothing away from this team it’s very very special and we are incredibly lucky to be alive to witness it

 

[kuzushi]

Looking at the table (yes I can't stop staring) it's mad how close we got to 3rd and 4th! Especially taking into account the Spurs game

Yeah, and the rest..

 

[hart's shirt]

Danny Gabbidon, former Wales defender on BBC Radio 5 Live:

"Brighton showed exactly why Pep Guardiola has so much respect for them. For long periods of this game Man City had to suffer. Some of the football from both teams was super. What a game of football, Brighton showed exactly what they are about."

 

[AlexBH]

Sky - “It looks like he’s saying his goodbyes”

Ali Mac - Standing there smiling.

If Mac goes surely he can at least go to a Champions League club not Liverpool.

 

[sir_gullahad]

So *that's* what the table looks like when we have actually played the same number of games as everybody else!

 

[chickens]

What a match. Thought Van Hecke played really well, and that Enciso goal made me grin almost as much as he did. We really are superb at the moment.

to all at the club. I really hope that we don’t lose too many of you over the summer.

 

[Mackenzie]

Well that's it then, I don't fear any team on the planet now.

Bring on Europe!

 

[Quebec Seagull]

What if? What if the Europa League can keep Moises and Mac for next season....

Then we'd have an awfully deep bench

.

 

[kuzushi]

We're used to dominating possession under De Zerbi, yet in this match where City had 60% possession we still outstripped them with 20 shots to their 14, 7 on target to their 4. Amazing what is happening at Brighton, and I get the feeling that we are only going to get stronger and better going forward.