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

[Greg Bobkin]

When wil these journalists realise, manure aren't all that. It should have read Brighton wipe the floor with their opponents....again! Give us the rightful credit we all crave

I'd keep away from tomorrow's back pages if I were you - I've just seen most of them and the angle is very much 'this is the worst MUFC team ever', as opposed to 'Albion were victorious'. I didn't spot a single Albion player in the pictures

 

[RM-Taylor]

I must have been distracted for a few seconds.
Please tell me what I missed?
My impression, and I admit i could be wrong, was that he didn't actually touch the ball at all?
Not once.

What happened that suggested he has boat loads of potential?
(I fervently hope he has by the way, but I clearly missed what he did to give that impression).

He definitely touched the ball; a good few times too. Looks like he likes having the ball stuck to his foot and skilfully running with it. Thought he should have shot at the end when cutting in on his left foot at the edge of the box but instead he passed it across the box where there was 3 Albion players waiting to smash it home and make it 4-1 but somehow we messed that up

 

[portlock seagull]

FAN.TAS.TIC!

 

[portlock seagull]

I'd keep away from tomorrow's back pages if I were you - I've just seen most of them and the angle is very much 'this is the worst MUFC team ever', as opposed to 'Albion were victorious'. I didn't spot a single Albion player in the pictures

But they have to write something new, so us being victorious can’t be the headline.

 

[Dave Fishwick]

for all the hype there has been about young Mainoo, he has been absolutely abysmal this season. He looked a little lost puppy out there today.

 

[Han Solo]

for all the hype there has been about young Mainoo, he has been absolutely abysmal this season. He looked a little lost puppy out there today.

Unsurprisingly, the United philosophy to let some teenager carry the expectations of 500 million Manchester United fans burns these players fast. Its a horrible environment for young players.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Meh. We have 4th least dangerous mistakes on our own half, only City, Arsenal and Everton are better in that area. It just seems like we make more defensive errors because we don't give a shit when other teams does them.

This is a really interesting stat. It's felt to me that we're not that great at playing out from the back and that we give the ball away cheaply quite often while trying to do it. Can you link to wherever you found that stat?

Does it have the same stats for previous seasons? Maybe I'm judging it against our last few years rather than other teams.

 

[Robinjakarta]

All the comments were about how poor Man Utd were. No appreciation that there were two teams on the pitch.

There's one here. Well, kind of: 'How can the club and the execs sit by and watch shitty f**king clubs like Brighton and Bournemouth have their day every time they come to OT?'

 

[Robinjakarta]

Happy yet?

Nice one! There was a lot of moaning on here during the first half and at half time. Not sure what some expected, but we did fine all through the match except for a wobbly bit up to their penalty.

 

[Monkey Man]

There's one here. Well, kind of: 'How can the club and the execs sit by and watch shitty f**king clubs like Brighton and Bournemouth have their day every time they come to OT?'

Didn’t Norwich refer to us in similar terms on their forum?

Been a good week for our shitty little club.

 

[Boroseagull]

I'd keep away from tomorrow's back pages if I were you - I've just seen most of them and the angle is very much 'this is the worst MUFC team ever', as opposed to 'Albion were victorious'. I didn't spot a single Albion player in the pictures

Not so The Times including photos of the goals. The picture of Mitoma scoring is a cracking shot, how he stretched for that ball with a United players hand around his throat!

Andre Onana’s howler seals Manchester United’s defeat by Brighton

Manchester United 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3: André Onana gifts visitors third goal as Ruben Amorim’s side slump to sixth league defeat of season at Old Trafford

www.thetimes.com

 

[brighton_tom]

Long drive home last night, lots of traffic, but well worth the trip. Really enjoyable game. Every player working hard for 90 minutes. We seemed to have the right team selection, & good subs. Albion fans loud throughout. & 3 lovely points. Well done all

 

[CHAPPERS]

Unsurprisingly, the United philosophy to let some teenager carry the expectations of 500 million Manchester United fans burns these players fast. Its a horrible environment for young players.

Not only that but the press piled it on when he was called up for England (who called him up at the age of 18).

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Not so The Times including photos of the goals. The picture of Mitoma scoring is a cracking shot, how he stretched for that ball with a United players hand around his throat!

Andre Onana’s howler seals Manchester United’s defeat by Brighton

Manchester United 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3: André Onana gifts visitors third goal as Ruben Amorim’s side slump to sixth league defeat of season at Old Trafford

www.thetimes.com

Yeah, but this is the physical back page. I get why they went with this angle, but pretty much every other paper did too!

 

[dazzer6666]

From the bbc…..

It was the Seagulls' sixth win in seven meetings with United, while Manchester City are the only club to have emulated their achievement of winning three games on the trot at Old Trafford in the Premier League era.

 

[Han Solo]

This is a really interesting stat. It's felt to me that we're not that great at playing out from the back and that we give the ball away cheaply quite often while trying to do it. Can you link to wherever you found that stat?

Does it have the same stats for previous seasons? Maybe I'm judging it against our last few years rather than other teams.

MARKSTATS

 

[LamieRobertson]

Nice one! There was a lot of moaning on here during the first half and at half time. Not sure what some expected, but we did fine all through the match except for a wobbly bit up to their penalty.

You mean a typical match day thread unless we are 10/0 up after half an hour

 

[pigmanovich]

Every time Dalot made a run behind and it looked like it might become a 1v1 I remembered this howler

 

[PTC Gull]

Andre Onana’s howler seals Manchester United’s defeat by Brighton

Manchester United 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3: André Onana gifts visitors third goal as Ruben Amorim’s side slump to sixth league defeat of season at Old Trafford

www.thetimes.com

if you scroll down the Times piece, the league table at the end seems a little odd

 

[Is it PotG?]

Quite a few lingering fans on the 1055 from Piccadilly..... fantastic trip.