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

[boik]

Hilarious? Oh well, it's a nice world for the hindsight experts I suppose. Always nice to be smug?

Actually, earlier comments on this thread were genuine and legitimate - the team had been abysmal at Watford, and now the team named was (virtually) just same old, same old. Strangely (and yes it was strangely) the same team managed to play 2 or 300% better than against Watford. If they'd played the same as they played last week they would have been slaughtered, even by a fairly shambolic Utd. team - so concerns were perfectly reasonable.
Good for Hughton - he got it right today, well done him - just as he (and the players) got it wrong against Watford. Someone wise after the event thinks it was hilarious that many people weren't hopeful before the today's match. Fine, if it makes them feel superior.

But that happens all of the time. Team plays terribly one week and well the next. To assume that we will lose because the team is similar to the one that lost to Watford (and similar to the one that actually beat United not all that long ago) is a bit naive.

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

NOBODY was expecting it!

To be honest I had this game marked down as a Brighton win for a good few weeks, but never wanted to tempt fate by posting about it on here. With the whole sour atmosphere and whinging that Mourinho was doing during the Man Utd preseason tour in the States I just had a feeling they would implode today. After last week I'd lost some of that belief though!

 

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[Arvin]

Football is beautiful (when it's not against Watford)!

 

[GT49er]

But that happens all of the time. Team plays terribly one week and well the next. To assume that we will lose because the team is similar to the one that lost to Watford (and similar to the one that actually beat United not all that long ago) is a bit naive.

Hilarious............................................

 

[origigull]

Old fashioned approach rather than make wholesale changes.
That was not good enough.
Not for the club
The shirt
The fans
Me
And yourselves.
Now get out there and do what I know you are capable of or not only will you be replaced you will be polishing my f******g boots.
Now piss off and go and play some football.

I hope I put a thumbs up on your post

 

[Weststander]

United played effectively four forwards in the 2nd half yet Hughton still had the bottle to play tactics which effectively said come and have a go if you think you hard enough.

Unlike some games last season, today CH set our defence/entire team pushed out, negating Mourinho's ingenious Stoke tactics of high balls into Pogba, Lukaku and later Fellaini. With relentless pressing to ruin the quality of crosses played in.

CH won the tactical match.

 

[royceyboy]

Just landed in Washington, having missed the game. I was not expecting to see that result when I landed that’s for sure!!
What f^€king result!! Absolutely brilliant. Can’t wait to watch the highlights!!
Get in, you mighty Seagulls!

 

[Stat Brother]

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[persiangodfather]

"Houghton?".......cough......

im still new here sorry

Hughton!

 

[GT49er]

im still new here sorry'

Yes I know. Otherwise I'd have been much ruder!

 

[SeagullSarge]

I hate the Daily Mail, I hate that most media outlets are focusing on the poor United performance rather than the comprehensive Brighton showing. But I never though I would see the day a Brighton league win would take over the back pages so much!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/index.html

 

[armchairclubber]

I think this will be our first three points of a glorious campaign in which we challenge Manchester City for the top spot, send Palace down, win the FA Cup and secure our place in the Champions League. Second season syndrome can suck my balls! My glass isn't half empty, it's half cornucopian. Or we could lose.

and I thought you were joking

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Great first half...

We were all moaning about what an awful lineup it was, why is March starting, etc.

Lesson from this? Have faith in Chris who gets to see the players in training every day!

Quite. The first 150 posts in this thread are, in the majority, total negativity without any sense.

 

[hart's shirt]

Just got back from the local sports bar and watching the Albion smash United into pieces.

Don't fancy reading the whole thread, but it doesn't really matter. does it?

We deservedly got the 3 points and United go home with nothing.

Now it's onto Liverpool thumping Palace tomorrow...

 

[GT49er]

Just got back from the local sports bar and watching the Albion smash United into pieces.

Don't fancy reading the whole thread, but it doesn't really matter. does it?

We deservedly got the 3 points and United go home with nothing.

Now it's onto Liverpool thumping Palace tomorrow..

Warming up for their next home league match at Anfield, I guess............

 

[hart's shirt]

Warming up for their next home league match at Anfield, I guess............

Yes, you're quite right. It's not like we've ever won at Anfield, is it?

(Ok, we all know it's going to be very tough up there, but what's wrong with dreaming?)

But for now, it'll be nice to see Palace taken to the cleaners.

9-0 should do it. Well, there is history there...

 

[Guinness Boy]

Great first half...

We were all moaning about what an awful lineup it was, why is March starting, etc.

Lesson from this? Have faith in Chris who gets to see the players in training every day!

Yep, guilty of this,

On paper it looked like a Championship team against a Champions League team. On actual grass it sort of was except we played the Champions Leage role

United were awful but we were very, very good. March and Murray, my two biggest worries were probably both 8/10s, beaten only by (for me) Knockaert and Montoya. There was general puzzlement at the sponsors choice of Propper for MoM around me but you have to say we looked like we had a more spirited and tenacious midfield than one that contained hundreds of millions of pounds worth of player.

 

[Triggaaar]

We're not expecting anything from this so I hope to God we blood the new players. Not only would it be exciting to watch an Albion team with real pace and an unknown quantity, but even if we don't get any points it will help bring the news boys up to speed. It can't be any worse than last week...........

No.

I hope to see Locadia start. (yes, I know, I am completely mad) I imagine United will have most of the ball, so we need to break at them with pace. Glenn for the last 20 maybe.

No.

I'm hoping for

Ryan

Montoya
Dunk
Balogun
Bernardo

Ali J
Stephens
Bissouma
Knocky

Gross
Locadia


Might as well see what these new lads have got

No.

Hughton out zzzzzz

No.

March keeps his place? Quite how he gets a starting place is beyond me, when was the last time he started and had a good game? Genuine question.

Just under 6 hours ago.

Perfect opportunity to blood some of the new boys yet he doesn’t do it.

Fundamentally disagree with that team selection. Last week should have rung the changes.

No.

I would’ve prefered Ali to start, but I’ll bow to Chris’s superior wisdom.

At last some sense

 

[LamieRobertson]

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