[Albion] Manchester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[US Seagull]

Positives from the first half: it's over

 

[BHA Fan93]

And there you go again, just proving it!

You aren’t even worth replying to, reading some of your comments it’s embarrassing some of the things you say, mental how someone can know so little about football. But that’s the last time I’ll react to you.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

I am not sure I agree. Steel replaced him for a large amount of games last year, and RDZ was very vocal in saying how much he preferred him. Even when Steele has bad games I.e Everton at home, Sanchez doesn’t get a chance and when Sanchez did get a chance and played well v Man U, it didn’t get him a run in the team.

If you are a player, you need to see you have a chance at earning first team football, when you get shown that performance etc doesn’t matter and the manager doesn’t want to play you, you are always going to leave.

Don’t go throwing logic around here. We all hate Sanchez because he was a bad boy and wanted to play football. BOOOOOOO!

 

[Skaville]

How bad is their atmosphere?

 

[Seagull58]

Steele has turned into Sam Johnstone. Play it around at the back and then hoof it to the big man up top, rinse and repeat.

 

[shoreham by splash97]

count your small fortunes- like folks have said- could have been like 4 or 5 in already

 

[fruitnveg]

How bad is their atmosphere?

They have one?

 

[Questions]

This was so predictable.
Another self destructive performance. A line up clearly selected with Thursday in mind.

Who would you have played ?

 

[TottonSeagull]

You aren’t even worth replying to, reading some of your comments it’s embarrassing some of the things you say, mental how someone can know so little about football. But that’s the last time I’ll react to you.

And there you again with your insults. Playground stuff!!

 

[maltaseagull]

Positives from the first half: it's over

And only 2.0 could easily have been more.
Possibly our worst performance in a year.
Outplayed everywhere. Only Dunk played well.

 

[bluenitsuj]

Outplayed
Outclassed
Outfought

No plan B

 

[TottonSeagull]

Steele has turned into Sam Johnstone. Play it around at the back and thenhoof it to the big man up top, rinse and repeat.

But Johnstone saves shots!

 

[Sheebo]

Feel sorry for us here. We won’t play anti football shite like most at the Etihad and our hope is to catch them on an off day, but they’ve been bang on it and relentless. Free hit today as always there.

That said, our defending down our right has been shambolic. Backing off and just letting them cut in and shoot at will. Lack of pace with Milner and Gross showing. Don’t like the Pedro up front and Fergy / Welbs in the hole either. Get Veltman on and Gilmour for Pedro - make it more solid.

 

[One Love]

Got to be a RDZ hairdryer at half time surely.

We don't look interested.

Why are we starting these games with no tempo?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Steele has turned into Sam Johnstone. Play it around at the back and thenhoof it to the big man up top, rinse and repeat.

Nobody ever heard of Sam Johnstone until he popped up in the England goal

 

[jcdenton08]

Steele has turned into Sam Johnstone. Play it around at the back and thenhoof it to the big man up top, rinse and repeat.

He has no options because they’re pressing us into oblivion. Haaland, Doku and Alvarez stand on their markers, the full backs push right up onto the wingers, using the centre backs as cover. It’s exemplary play from City, because our style at this stage is predictable and they’ve got the players to stop us doing it.

Steele has no option when last man, everybody marked perfectly, other than to kick long.

 

[chickens]

How bad is their atmosphere?

Russ Abbott bad?

 

[dwayne]

And only 2.0 could easily have been more.
Possibly our worst performance in a year.
Outplayed everywhere. Only Dunk played well.

Villa definitely worse. But this is absolutely rubbish.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Collectively shit, making a good team look brilliant. Unforced errors, coupled with a few looking star struck. I don't single players out, but pedro has been awful and adingra playing like he's never seen a ball before. Baleba made a mistake and seems to still have it on his mind.
Dunk seems to be doing ok!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I am not sure I agree. Steel replaced him for a large amount of games last year, and RDZ was very vocal in saying how much he preferred him. Even when Steele has bad games I.e Everton at home, Sanchez doesn’t get a chance and when Sanchez did get a chance and played well v Man U, it didn’t get him a run in the team.

If you are a player, you need to see you have a chance at earning first team football, when you get shown that performance etc doesn’t matter and the manager doesn’t want to play you, you are always going to leave.

Totally agree. Moreover, Sanchez wasnt some experienced, established keeper, he is still young and learning and needed an arm round his shoulder, not the cold shoulder.