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

[Scappa]

 

[peterward]

It's Old Trafford.

This.2 mins for stopages, a bonus 6 mins as theyre losing by 2

 

[Justice]

Brilliant day out at OT.. btw, don’t know if anyone else has mentioned but Enciso stayed until the very end to clap the fans, looked like a farewell

Going to Valencia on loan, he may be back who knows.

 

[jcdenton08]

This.2 mins for stopages, a bonus 6 mins as theyre losing by 2

There was shit loads of time to add for stoppages.

The base minimum was 5x substitution stoppages @ 30secs each - 2:30

Then a VAR check for the goal - 3:00

We also frankly time-wasted an awful lot, which I understand and am not criticising, but refs usually add time for this to the base minimum, he added 3:30 - which is a fraction of the time we actually wasted with very laborious goal kicks, corners (including corner shenanigans) and throw ins

I predicted 8 and it was right on the money.

 

[Han Solo]

Nah.

Bart regularly plays the ball into midfield and we lose it. It has to stop.

Mitoma still hasn't taken a player on down the outside since his injuries. He either plays back or crosses it. Good game today but not as good as he was.

It won't stop, it will happen on occasion. Brave passing is how we play and it comes with risk.

Unlike many teams in the PL, we allow our goalkeeper to pass a midfielder facing his own goal. If it succeeds, you have a player coming with pace and who can use that pace to turn around and carry the ball or start the attack while their midfielders are still on the heels, giving us more rapid attacks compared to previous seasons. If it fails, like one time today, the opponents likely get a decent opportunity. Bart, Ayari and Baleba could have done better in the situation but its first and foremost good pressing from whatever United player it was.

 

[Robert Codners Nostrils]

But but but Hürzeler has no game plan. And we have no identity. And the palace manager is better. And the medical team are the worst in the world. This week is ruining my narrative. Still, a 0-0 against Everton should get us all back on track!

 

[birthofanorange]

And mine too... 65 today!!!

Happy bus pass day.

 

[Jeremiah]

Wow! couldn't watch this one due to family commitments but when I saw our starting line up I thought we would win. It was probably our best line up possible and far better than anything they can produce at the moment. How things have changed

 

[A mex eyecan]

Happy bus pass day.

that’s 66 isn’t it?

 

[birthofanorange]

that’s 66 isn’t it?

It varies - mine is 67.

 

[dolphins]

I know he was only on for a very short time, but anyone have a view on Gomez's very short cameo?

 

[A mex eyecan]

It varies - mine is 67.

ah yes of course, it mirrors your SP date doesn’t it. 66 for me then in May still it will be nice to have some money coming in

 

[Birdie Boy]

It won't stop, it will happen on occasion. Brave passing is how we play and it comes with risk.

Unlike many teams in the PL, we allow our goalkeeper to pass a midfielder facing his own goal. If it succeeds, you have a player coming with pace and who can use that pace to turn around and carry the ball or start the attack while their midfielders are still on the heels, giving us more rapid attacks compared to previous seasons. If it fails, like one time today, the opponents likely get a decent opportunity. Bart, Ayari and Baleba could have done better in the situation but its first and foremost good pressing from whatever United player it was.

It was good pressing but the keeper should never pass to him in that situation. They/he needs to learn when and when not to pass into midfield. I know the benefits but I'm not sure we have received one from this type of pass.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I thought Leeds fans said Rutter can’t score

Maybe that was more down to Leeds than to Rutter…. Or even Georginio

 

[PTC Gull]

I know he was only on for a very short time, but anyone have a view on Gomez's very short cameo?

Well according to the BBC MOM (Mitoma) stats, he scored better than ALL of the UTD players in the short time he was on.

 

[B-right-on]

I thought the ref had a really good game. He let the game go as much as anyone could, a huge number of physical challenges from us particularly in the first 30 minutes went unpunished, he wasn’t having any nonsense.

The goal was correctly ruled out.

It was a stone wall penalty - and perhaps lucky it took place in the box so it could only be a yellow, rather than the one just before outside the box which may have been a professional foul.

He had a good game and got all the major decisions right. Oh, and I’d have said this win, lose or draw.

Agreed. I thought that the ref had a decent game. Gave us advantage after the Ayari foul which lead to the Mitoma goal. Penalty was spot on. Pedro's goal ruled out was 50/50. Could have gone either way imo but at least he looked at it and decided JPVH fouled the Man U bloke.

Yes some of the niggly fouls were soft but that's par for the course in the PL, especially at OT.

Another win. Amazing from the team and fans

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

I know he was only on for a very short time, but anyone have a view on Gomez's very short cameo?

I’ve seen enough to know he will single handily lead us to the title in 2026

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

I’ve seen enough to know he will single handily lead us to the title in 2026

But then Ted will flash his knickers at him, he'll leave and we'll all hate him, so we might as well boo now.

BOOOOOOOO!!!!

 

[Wozza]

Peaks at 15:02 imo...

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Only just seeing the disallowed goal now. All I can say is I’m glad we won. That decision is never changed if the teams are reversed.