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

[Orderabi]

Please no last minute Liverpool drama! This has been the best game Brighton played this year! Phenomenal team performance, better than Liverpool in possession, in pass accuracy, shots, everything!

 

[Hendrax]

Gomez replacing Konate

 

[LamieRobertson]

You can pick on our famously combative poster but don’t pretend this wasn’t the majority of this board reacting to the team

Oh my …..I quite like Dwayne’s posts …he’ll take it in the right spirit as does re the ribbing of Hinshelwood …so calm down dear

 

[London Irish]

Not only was that a our best first half this season but our only one! Keep it up boys!

Agreed we have been notoriously slow burners at the start of games - I still can’t quite believe we won across the road at Stanley Park given how much we were dominated

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Anyone else feeling rather nervous?

Feel more nervous at. 1 nil up than if it was nil nil because you feel we deserve a win and anything less would be annoying.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Hinshelwood and Ayari absolutely bossing the midfield, great from both of them.

Jack making his preferred position his own

Big second half

Cmon

Cheeky £1 on Mac being sent off

 

[Si Gull]

He does look a little hot-headed today.

Hinsh has had him in his pocket and he doesn't like it.

 

[Washie]

I personally think we have been poor in pretty much every first half and upped our game in the second half. It's good to see us start well for a change.

Wolves.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

McAllister will get sent off second half

Or get a pen. He has been bleating to the ref.

 

[London Irish]

Oh my …..I quite like Dwayne’s posts …he’ll take it in the right spirit as does re the ribbing of Hinshelwood …so calm down dear

lol you were the one biting in a prissy manner - unbunch your knickers

 

[Triggaaar]

Feel more nervous at. 1 nil up than if it was nil nil because you feel we deserve a win and anything less would be annoying.

We lost. Good consolation goal though.

 

[Algernon]

Was also thinking that I can see Mac Allister getting a second yellow.

I don't want that. They might bring someone better on to replace the overrated water carrier.

 

[Zeberdi]

Very dynamic through the midfield.

I don’t think Fab needs a defensive midfielder, he just needs a midfield that’s on it, high energy, covering each other, attack together, defend together.

Could all go wrong second half, but the first half is perhaps where we really start seeing what Fab’s tactics are about.

Yes - Hinsh looking very much in control there too - pivoting well and being all Grossmeister with his decision making -

Ayari really impressive as others have said . The strength of our lateral and central MF at the moment is a testimony to how we are managing without Dunk in CB. Verbruggen oddly seems to enjoy not having the big defender in front of him - he is coming out earlier so maybe there’s an advantage in not having 2 tall CBs in front of you!

 

[A1X]

Here come the dodgy ref decisions, first one of the half right there

 

[Seagull58]

Very, very nervous. Baleba will be on after 60 minutes to bully them.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Wtf is this ref on?

 

[Bodian]

Foul by Gakpo. Liverpool free-kick??

 

[Si Gull]

Here come the dodgy ref decisions, first one of the half right there

Very nearly cost us, too.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Mac Allister could’ve had three yellows quite easily. Should be off.

 

[Triggaaar]

How is that a free-kick - to them!?