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

[BN41Albion]

I can’t. Sorry. The fact we’ve been shit for the other 120 years isn’t an excuse when we miss glorious chances like tonight. And why do we always have to do it the Albion way? Now we’ve a point, do we wait until 2141 for a win? Sakes, what’s wrong with doing a West Brom? A Bradford? Lots teams gone to Chelsea and win without waiting a millennium first. So typical of our fans to accept. Pathetic. Get off your knees and change your mindset. Stop being happy with boring draws and demand more. It’s inexcusable the volume of misses we’ve had this season whether against Chelsea or Newport County. To win matches it’s vital to have a winning mentality. Isn’t it about time Brighton fans stopped feeling like uninvited guests and start believing we can beat these teams? As West Brom comfortably did a fortnight or so ago even thought they’re almost certainly going down?

Don't you see that people see we're making progress? West Brom aren't - they're heading down, despite the fact they put 5 past Chelsea the other day.
So many clubs like us come up and stay up one, maybe two seasons. We're heading into our 5th season on the trot at the top table, having vastly improved our playing style which now sees us regularly matching the top teams. The next step is obviously to start moving up the table by becoming more ruthless and converting more chances. Somehow I'm guessing Bloom knows this, and has been planning for a while how we make that next step.

If you want a club with more of a history in the top league etc, go and bloody support one

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Get over myself? Stop being such a curmudgeon and give Potter just a smidgen of praise

After you find a bitter post or one slagging him off.

 

[portlock seagull]

Seriously Portlock - I thought we were magnificent tonight, just missing a goal.

Set-up superbly. Defensively solid. Comfortable on the ball.

We just lack a forward.


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Yes, that’s the point! Every game seemingly. So bloody frustrating. Chelsea were there to be beaten tonight and yet again...

 

[Reinelt12]

I can’t. Sorry. The fact we’ve been shit for the other 120 years isn’t an excuse when we miss glorious chances like tonight. And why do we always have to do it the Albion way? Now we’ve a point, do we wait until 2141 for a win? Sakes, what’s wrong with doing a West Brom? A Bradford? Lots teams gone to Chelsea and win without waiting a millennium first. So typical of our fans to accept. Pathetic. Get off your knees and change your mindset. Stop being happy with boring draws and demand more. It’s inexcusable the volume of misses we’ve had this season whether against Chelsea or Newport County. To win matches it’s vital to have a winning mentality. Isn’t it about time Brighton fans stopped feeling like uninvited guests and start believing we can beat these teams? As West Brom comfortably did a fortnight or so ago even thought they’re almost certainly going down?

We don’t just believe we can beat these teams, we do beat them... Liverpool/Arsenal beaten away, Man U twice, Spurs twice, Arsenal twice beaten at home...

Do you think we should be winning every single game we play?

Being happy with a point away at a Champions League semi finalist as a Brighton fan is fine - yes, we should have scored more goals this season - pretty much everyone on NSC would agree with that, but we know we are going in the right direction and with more luck and better finishing we will be getting far more points going forward.

 

[StonehamPark]

Please Tony. For the love of god can we have some New Strikers and New midfielders who can score goals? Get rid Maupay, Welbeck, Percy, Connolly and Lallana and find yes FIND someone with those savings who can CAN put the ball in the net. It’s beyond a joke and I stopped laughing ages ago now.

Oof.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

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

Yes, that’s the point! Every game seemingly. So bloody frustrating. Chelsea were there to be beaten tonight and yet again...

Yes - but do you feel we played well?

Personally I enjoyed it more than the Liverpool game


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[vagabond]

Only you say that. I haven’t.

What I can’t stand is the over the top hyperbole of Potter being the best ever. He has allied the doubts I had, and I admitted those doubts, but I haven’t criticised him.

Who has said “Potter is the best ever” though?

I’m a big believer in the manager (what a crime), think he’s a very talented progressive young coach and proving to be an excellent appointment by Tony.

But I don’t think I’ve seen anyone go around saying he’s the best ever.

 

[Swansman]

Get over myself? Stop being such a curmudgeon and give Potter just a smidgen of praise

Open the window, let some of that spring breeze into your nostrils and then breathe it all out. Let it go.

Only four days until we get to see Brighton again

 

[The Fits]

Did we score? No. Do we regularly not score? Yes. Am I frigging sick of waiting to win against Chelsea? Yes!

Why not just give football a rest?

 

[vagabond]

Open the window, let some of that spring breeze into your nostrils and then breathe it all out. Let it go.

Only four days until we get to see Brighton again

Is that spring breeze you’re smoking at the moment Swanny? [emoji38]

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Funny how all these top sides happen to play poorly against us. Can't think why!

 

[B-right-on]

Why? WHY?!! This is what peeves me off about some Brighton fans, always settling for less. Why not believe we can go there and win? Why not get frustrated by missing golden chances late on to win all three points? West Brom put FIVE (FIVE!!) past them! Not saying we should and could follow that but when are we ever going to pull that sort of result off when fans are just so grateful for a nil nil all the time? Get out the drip tray and starting drinking man! And most disappointing of all tonight is we had the perfect chance to add the Cherry to the biggest footballing story ever. But no, we trot out another goalless feast and can’t hit a cows arse again with the worlds biggest banjo. So so so frustrating. Brighton and Bloody Hove Albion. Disappointing since 1901. Why win games when you can draw your way to safety (and your fans will be cock a hoop with). And if anybody says we’re still learning...

We still getting more educated. Happy?

 

[Insel affe]

Jee whiz. West Brom slaughtered Chelsea 2 weeks ago. And before we get too big headed, yes we beat Liverpool...as then everyone else did in their worse home run EVER! But we also don’t beat teams in the bottom half btw, including at home with a one man advantage against the worst team in PL history. We bore draw often goalless our way to safety. And yet again we missed golden chances tonight. The mindset of our fan base really needs to get off its knees and start living on its feet, expecting to win a few games. Next season will be our 5th in the PL and we’ve yet to see a single season the likes of Reading, Bmuff, Wigan, Burnley, Watford and plenty others have/did. And before anyone mocks the fact they’re not there and we still are, all have achieved more as clubs so watch your disrespect of them!

Please Tony. For the love of god can we have some New Strikers and New midfielders who can score goals? Get rid Maupay, Welbeck, Percy, Connolly and Lallana and find yes FIND someone with those savings who can CAN put the ball in the net. It’s beyond a joke and I stopped laughing ages ago now.

Your such a depressing shite, wallowing in a sea of ignorance....

 

[Jim in the West]

Great defensive display. Get the points to stay up, one-by-one. No need to do anything fancy at this stage of the season.

PS: I was at Stamford Bridge for our 3-0 defeat under Hughton. Just two years ago. We were COMPLETELY out-classed. Great to see the progress we have made (and that's not a dig at Hughton, by the way. Just pointing out the facts).

 

[Weststander]

Exactly

There’s a poster who says they’re a fence sitter, yet patently hates Potter the person ... a lower/overseas leagues loser, an imposter.

That loser orchestrated; beating Spurs x 2, Liverpool, got us a rare point away at Abramovich’s expensive play thing, a double over Arsenal and will deliver EPL again next season. He’s introduced young players into the team, in the midst of difficult EPL fixtures.

It’s no surprise that Lallana’s optimistic and full of praise.

 

[Arkwright]

I thought it was an excellent display tonight. We stopped a quality side from playing a created enough chances to have sneaked a win.
GP had clearly put a lot of time into nullifying Chelsea.

 

[Dick Head]

Get over myself? Stop being such a curmudgeon and give Potter just a smidgen of praise

He's fairly satisfactory.

 

[Swansman]

Is that spring breeze you’re smoking at the moment Swanny? [emoji38]

I wish...

But gone from snow and minus degrees two weeks ago to 20+ today, even the clean air is good currently.

 

[portlock seagull]

Mate, feel free to flame me but maybe get some Albion joy in your life. It's been a tough year. We're actually a pretty a good side. All those sides you've mentioned above bar Burnley are in the leagues below.

They were all above us too, it’s swings and roundabouts. Only when it was their turn, they had so much more fun. I’m utterly bored with this rearguard action, no goals, constant missing chances, draw your way to safety each season. Football is supposed to involve scoring some goals and our ability to do so is shite. Really shite. We need 2 maybe 3 strikers, not one. They are all not good enough at this level if we’re to progress. And Lallana can go too, when he isn’t on crutches he’s blazing over or wide more times than not. We need midfielders capable of scoring too, and his return is shocking.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I can’t. Sorry. The fact we’ve been shit for the other 120 years isn’t an excuse when we miss glorious chances like tonight. And why do we always have to do it the Albion way? Now we’ve a point, do we wait until 2141 for a win? Sakes, what’s wrong with doing a West Brom? A Bradford? Lots teams gone to Chelsea and win without waiting a millennium first. So typical of our fans to accept. Pathetic. Get off your knees and change your mindset. Stop being happy with boring draws and demand more. It’s inexcusable the volume of misses we’ve had this season whether against Chelsea or Newport County. To win matches it’s vital to have a winning mentality. Isn’t it about time Brighton fans stopped feeling like uninvited guests and start believing we can beat these teams? As West Brom comfortably did a fortnight or so ago even thought they’re almost certainly going down?

We contained and nearly beat one of the best and in form teams in the League!!! If Welbeck’s late effort had gone in, it would have been a spectacular winner and no more than we deserved. A late Chelsea winner would have been us throwing it away.

I for one don’t feel like an uninvited guest. When someone the other day was asking how many points from the remainder of the season, I looked at what we had left and thought we are capable of beating any of the teams we still have to play.

Graeme Souness said tonight that. Brighton are always good to watch. If only they had a cutting edge.......