[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur *** Official Match Thread ***

[jimhigham]

I still can’t quite over the thrill of seeing our young right back slam home the opener like he’s Mo Sarah.

 

[raymondo]

Amazing! What a brilliant game of football ! …The way Tottenham played allowed us to show our strengths. Thank god they could not finish early on , we could have been stuffed . But the gods smiled upon us and we put on a marvellous performance.
Everyone played well , the much maligned Milner put in a shift and the absence of Mitouma and Adringa didn’t seem to matter.
What a night to be an Albion fan …. “ Seagulls!”

Yes, Milner was excellent and we found an effective way to play without 2 out and out wingers... brilliant stuff.

 

[Cordwainer]

we adapted to the situation I assume by design with no wingers, Spurs playing such a high line with Pedro and Welbeck being so fast early balls over the top were the order of the day

Also nice to see Steele go long and direct now and again, putting Pedro in particular in numerous one on ones , presumably by design.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Also nice to see Steele go long and direct now and again, putting Pedro in particular in numerous one on ones , presumably by design.

Did anyone think Pedro lacked a little pace? He was ahead of last defender two or three times but couldn't stay clear. He was great yesterday but I thought he was quicker.

 

[heathgate]

What a mad match to wake up to.

We played so well for 80 minutes, were cruising to a thumping win and a lovely clean sheet and then nearly imploded.

Bloody entertaining though and we close out the year well in the mix for another European spot and in the last 16 of the Europa league. We've got everything to play for in the second half of the season.

With hopefully a few extra bodies available, either recovered injuries, or new purchases.. or both.

 

[Cordwainer]

Did anyone think Pedro lacked a little pace? He was ahead of last defender two or three times but couldn't stay clear. He was great yesterday but I thought he was quicker.

Did wonder that, but perhaps in the second he was simply tiring..he put in a fair old shift. Only times for me when the lack of wingers were an issue was when Milner was the out ball and furthest player forward..he had to check back, whereas Adingra or Mitoma would likely have sped on. Maybe overly critical though as he had such a good game and would have deserved scoring when hitting the post.

 

[aolstudios]

Did anyone think Pedro lacked a little pace? He was ahead of last defender two or three times but couldn't stay clear. He was great yesterday but I thought he was quicker.

I think he's a little fatigued. Does seem to've lost a yard

 

[Hastings gull]

Did anyone think Pedro lacked a little pace? He was ahead of last defender two or three times but couldn't stay clear. He was great yesterday but I thought he was quicker.

Yes, I too was surprised to see that he was being overtaken or stopped, feeling that he would not out-run the defender, but then as others have said, he did do an awful lot of running, as he always does, so perhaps we should not be too critical.

 

[Clive Walker]

What a performance. Was delighted with that.

Have to say Glenn Murray did a great job at fending off questions for 20 minutes that focused purely on how spurs can get back to winning ways and how hard done by they are to be so injury ravaged. Amazon can now go f*** themselves.

 

[Bodian]

Hinshelwood did hit his shot straight at the keeper - it just went through him at great speed.

I think in his post match interview he implied he was aiming for the bottom left!

I loved Estupinian's hands behind back block near the end. Absolute class.

And yet Spurs appealed vociferously for a handball. Ridiculous.

Ange wanting a red card for Dunk.. it’s one where if you freeze frame at certain point it looks kind of nasty… but given that Dunk had possession, was making a pass/clearance, kulusevski is rushing in as much as anything, and the only reason any contact is made at all is because dunk slips, means it would be a veeeeery harsh red card.

Trouble is - there have been a few red cards for precisely that already this year. Didn't MacAllister get one (may have been reversed on appeal?).

 

[HCxUK]

Great night - up there with Newcastle & United away as the best PL games of the season.

Don’t want to start a thread or bounce an old one BUT the exodus after Spurs scored their second was pathetic. When the team really needed support. The trains were fine, most are off work, no school etc. It really is a joke.

The Spurs fans dotted around W1F stayed longer than loads of Albion fans even at 4-0 down.

 

[Dick Head]

I think I like Postecoglu even more after tonight. Always loved a whinging Aussie!

 

[Mr Bridger]

Fam, top rant Blud!

 

[jackanada]

They always do that (annoyingly!) the same night. The full match is usually up in the morning.

Just discovered that target than click on Brighton v Tottenham you need to select "more information" and then you can choose full replay, extended highlights etc

 

[GJN1]

Also nice to see Steele go long and direct now and again, putting Pedro in particular in numerous one on ones , presumably by design.

And more than a little weird seeing Steele taking long goal kicks too. Proper old school.

 

[dolphins]

Fam, top rant Blud!

That's fab! Great turns of phrase in it. Definitely worth watching!

 

[AlexBH]

Thought Milner was superb last night. Like a young Solly March, but better! He showed he still has something to offer going forward and shouldn’t be consigned to play so deep all the time.

 

[tigertim68]

Great night - up there with Newcastle & United away as the best PL games of the season.

Don’t want to start a thread or bounce an old one BUT the exodus after Spurs scored their second was pathetic. When the team really needed support. The trains were fine, most are off work, no school etc. It really is a joke.

The Spurs fans dotted around W1F stayed longer than loads of Albion fans even at 4-0 down.

They didn’t behind the goal , was like watching the Chelsea fans

 

[Eeyore]

Another little stat.

This was Albion's 10th score of 4 or more since joining the Premier League.

Nine of those have come in the last two seasons- 7 under De Zerbi

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

No chance. Brighton getting more goals imo

Yep. Never been happier to lose a tenner