[Albion] Man of the Match ?

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Pedro - was actually able to hold up the ball quite well when put into him. Seemed stronger, which is strange after an injury, unless we’ve got the meds wrong

 

[Mellotron]

Baleba, or possibly Dunk - just for the ludicrously calm off-balance header back to Bart.

Are we CERTAIN he wouldn't be allowed to play for England in a Brighton shirt?!

Has anyone actually checked the fine print?

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Got to be Joao Pedro hasn't it? Looked fit and sharp and was a huge plus point

For 90 mins, he sprinted around the pitch like he'd never been injured

Baleba did well as did Lallana

I don't think anyone wasn't particularly bad. We were just collectively bad in the final third

 

[raymondo]

Toney. He could have so easily got a penalty when challenged by Van Hecke in the area, from which he would probably have scored.

That was my feeling too

 

[Mellotron]

I only caught the 2nd half but thought Dunk was superb whenever they broke, didn't put a foot wrong and a couple of excellent headers.

 

[Stat Brother]

I only caught the 2nd half

So that's why you're so effervescent today.

 

[Milano]

BV, Dunk, Baleba or Pedro.

Encisco did my head in a bit last night, not everything can be a 25 yard screamer. Wellbz also should have attempted to cross it at the end to Moder, he didn't look up once, he rarely does.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I only caught the 2nd half

some people have all the luck

 

[Seagull58]

My main recollection of the match is JPVH winning header after header after header. I don't know whether the stats back that up or I dreamed it but I saw what I saw, I think, so it's JPVH for me. Pedro was also fairly good.

 

[Giraffe]

Pedro, showed what we have been missing. Different level to other options.

Dunk/VDH also very good.

 

[Brok]

Baleba, or possibly Dunk - just for the ludicrously calm off-balance header back to Bart.

Just how the hell does he do that, so well, and so often? Eh?

 

[jcdenton08]

Van Hecke, Dunk or Pedro

 

[METALMICKY]

Toney. He could have so easily got a penalty when challenged by Van Hecke in the area, from which he would probably have scored.

That was a bit bizarre on two accounts. Toney not going down and only one tv pundit mentioning it fleetingly. Looking at it again I'm sure it would have been given.

 

[maltaseagull]

According to Glenn Hoddle there was only one player on the pitch last night.

Toney.

 

[Beanstalk]

Maybe it was different being in the ground but I thought we didn't put in a bad performance at all last night. If Wele had put his boots on the right way round then we would've deservedly walked away with three points.

Ajer was clearly man of the match overall annoyingly, a monster defensive performance when Brentford really needed it. From a Brighton perspective it could've been anyone from Igor, Joao Pedro, Dunk, JPVH. Good performances from Gross and Facu, Enciso and Lamptey off the bench as well.

We're only the second team to stop team to stop them from scoring at home this season as well. Aside from Toney's awful miss in the first half, they never looked like scoring either.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Igor and/or JP

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

According to Glenn Hoddle there was only one player on the pitch last night.

Toney.

Yes, but Hoddle is a ****

 

[goldstone]

I'm not sure we're allowed to use the term "man of the match" now. The BBC (which of course is not the slightest bit left wing) now uses the term "player of the match". So they do at the Amex .... unfortunately. Personally I'm fairly sure they're all men.

 

[Mellotron]

So that's why you're so effervescent today.

Assuming you watched the whole 90 that could also explain why you've been such a downbeat bastard today

 

[Beanstalk]

According to Glenn Hoddle there was only one player on the pitch last night.

Toney.

Drawing his seventh blank in a row...

He was fine last night, some lovely touches and very classy on the ball but not anywhere near the standard we've seen him perform at vs the Albion before.