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

[Icy Gull]

Only positive I can see at the moment is that we are still fighting

 

[Miximate]

Foot off the Gas TG , job done

 

[kjgood]

Lesson in premier league football tonight. Shows just how far we are behind the top 6.

 

[Hamilton]

Left early.

I’m not surprised we lost. I was sort of expecting it.

But. We were spineless.

No fight. No aggression. No sense of wanting to do anything other than defend. The attitude was just all wrong.

Is this team mentally up for the fight required to stay in this league?


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[spence]

Massive gulf in class. Makes watching it very painful and dull.

 

[Washie]

Absolutely be furious with the performances then. I sure as hell was. But there is a massive difference between playing Fulham and playing Chelsea, and it seems some people don't seem to grasp that.

Is this the same Chelsea side that should have lost to Cardiff? The same Chelsea who lost 6-0 to the side we play on Saturday? The same Chelsea side who struggled against Fulham?

 

[BensGrandad]

Absolutely be furious with the performances then. I sure as hell was. But there is a massive difference between playing Fulham and playing Chelsea, and it seems some people don't seem to grasp that.

There is but then again you expect some effort irrespective of the opposition.

 

[Mayonaise]

Does feel like a few of the players have just been going through the motions since Christmas TBH.

 

[tiberious]

look at the Palace stats 1% more possession 0 shots on goal,, not too different to us except we had a shot on goal and Cardiff are loosing... oh and chelsea 4 shots on target Spurs 8 lets just the season over and then we can think about what needs changing. First half we were flying not sure what changed , maybe injuries

 

[Reddleman]

To whoever said have we played well other than palace...

Beating Man United
Narrowly losing at Liverpool
Drawing with Arsenal
Win away at Bournemouth in the cup

 

[Hamilton]

Only positive I can see at the moment is that we are still fighting

I must have missed those few minutes [emoji3]


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[Weststander]

Left early.

I’m not surprised we lost. I was sort of expecting it.

But. We were spineless.

No fight. No aggression. No sense of wanting to do anything other than defend. The attitude was just all wrong.

Is this team mentally up for the fight required to stay in this league?


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Respect to you and all the others who keep travelling. Sorry that the team didn’t turn up with you.

 

[BN41Albion]

Absolutely be furious with the performances then. I sure as hell was. But there is a massive difference between playing Fulham and playing Chelsea, and it seems some people don't seem to grasp that.

I think most people are grasping that fact though. We are really, really spineless and have been most of the season. Yes we're playing Chelsea, but the way we have been beaten tonight is very frustrating.

 

[gripper stebson]

So, Saturday - when goal difference in irrelevant.

Do we set up to meekly lose 3 or 4 nil or will we try something different. Like Swansea in the last round who had a right go at them.

I fear I know the answer.

 

[Dick Head]

The mood of this thread.

 

[PoG]

So is Knocky back to being shite again?

 

[DavePage]

a whole game without a card, well done referee

 

[Reddleman]

I’m getting worried about injuries now. Gross, Locadia, March, Izzy clearly not fit we are going to run out of options quickly with a couple more knocks

 

[Icy Gull]

The manager, the players and the fans expected us to lose this and we showed no inclination to try and win it so a Chelsea team on the back of some poor performances were playing a team that was beaten before a ball was kicked. Some stoic first half defending but with CH’s ingrained defensive tactics we were beaten as soon as they scored. Chelsea played themselves back into form against a team who offered absolutely nothing apart from organised defence.

To think I was stupid enough to think we were doing OK at halftime

 

[twickers]

It's so easy in hindsight to say we should set up to take more risk, but the truth is no-one outside of the top four has successfully bridged the gulf in class by doing that. Even then it's only Man City who are consistent. Spineless? Our boys are not spineless. Gulf in class between us and the top 6? Is that really new news? The gulf in the PL is growing bigger.

Not sure what can be done on Saturday given Man City gave their starting team a rest tonight, but the upside is they did us a favour tonight.

Hopefully better results against Bournemouth and Newcastle will settle the nerves and settle us in a finish in the same place as we did last season...which if asked in August we would have absolutely taken.