Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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He does, quality with his feet too
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[Albion] Stoke City vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
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LANGDON SEAGULL
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Ding Dong !
Boy I'm HOT today !
The Stoke pressing is making us panic at the back....stop the tippy tappy shit and get it forward............quickly !!!
- Oct 20, 2022
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Countering all the negative comments: (someone has to!)
I thought it was a good first half from Brighton (ignoring some sloppy passing). Of course I’m very pleased to see my boy Facu starting
and looking happiest when he’s running into space with the ball - would like to see him tackling ( but he’s won back possession a few times by picking up second balls). Sarmiento is the big surprise for me, especially in his 1v1’s - I think I’ve underrated him previously. I love Steele tonight too - looking super confident to me playing out from the back and really involved - Dunky has been brilliant/coordinating the game at the back (forgiving his awful passing at times) especially getting us through Stoke’s high, aggressive pressing. De Zerbi plays a tense style of football inviting such a high press at times - I felt nervous all through that first half even with us having nearly 80% of possession.
I thought it was a good first half from Brighton (ignoring some sloppy passing). Of course I’m very pleased to see my boy Facu starting
and looking happiest when he’s running into space with the ball - would like to see him tackling ( but he’s won back possession a few times by picking up second balls). Sarmiento is the big surprise for me, especially in his 1v1’s - I think I’ve underrated him previously. I love Steele tonight too - looking super confident to me playing out from the back and really involved - Dunky has been brilliant/coordinating the game at the back (forgiving his awful passing at times) especially getting us through Stoke’s high, aggressive pressing. De Zerbi plays a tense style of football inviting such a high press at times - I felt nervous all through that first half even with us having nearly 80% of possession.
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Pougatch a bit shite, loving Karen, ITV4 is a bit shite overall. Lee Dixon zzzzzzz. Happy to be 1 up, a superb, clinical move.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Too many touches. Nervy at the back. Dunk very poor despite a beautiful pre-assist. Caicedo is a monster. Buononotte looks a touch lightweight so far especially compared to Ferguson who is the same age. But a goal to the good!
Coldeanseagull
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Agree. Fluency not so fluid tonight....yet
Icy Gull
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Fannying about at the back is us
Not sure Lamptey is really cut out for the one-touch passing around the back play - seems to get caught out quite a lot. In fact, we seem to be playing two-touch rather than one-touch stuff a lot, which is slowing down our normal break speed.
AmexRuislip
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dejavuatbtn
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I don’t think any other team has resourced a press as much as this. We teeter on the edge of disaster all the time. It’s not the best for a dicky ticker. I’m sure Stoke will run out of steam in the end and we’ll end up fairly comfortable.
Coldeanseagull
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I don't mind Dixon, he does give a bit of insight to the mindset of a fullback who has practiced some dark arts
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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We desperately miss left footed players. You can't have a whole team of right footed players and play one touch football all over the pitch. Eventually someone's going to have to readjust, turn back etc.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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I can't listen to Lee Dixon and not think of Karl Pilkington
Codner's Wallop
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- Sep 11, 2013
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Just WTF is wrong with our refs these days?? That was a horrid, malicious ’tackle’. Surely red??
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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Dirty feckers.
