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

[Cheshire Cat]

A bit twitchy but Stoke were never going to score (or get a shot on target) unless the defence messed up.

 

[Reddleman]

Poor performance but excellent result, all that matters. Need some of the first teamers back for Saturday, play like that against West Ham and we will get battered.

 

[Justice]

Undav is actually really good except for scoring, he seems really good at linking play and bringing his team mates into the game, but christ his finishing is poor

He’s really not, keeps giving the ball away

 

[willalbion]

Tough crowd on here tonight. I do believe we’re into the next round. I’m delighted. Thought we were very comfortable over all. Never in doubt (in my opinion like)

 

[Eeyore]

Hard work for the three points there. Need to win those if we want to reach Europe

 

[AlexBH]

Had all the signs of a typical Brighton game where we outplay the opposition, don’t take our chances and then get stung by a sucker punch luckily we saw it out comfortably in the end. Wembley here we come!

 

[worthingseagull]

Best thing he’s done is taking the yellow for the foul on the keeper

 

[Clive Walker]

Thought encisco was fast. Looked slower than gross tonight.

 

[FamilyGuy]

Undav is right on the cusp of cult hero status.

If only he’d stop over hitting his crosses and passes (imo)

 

[HH Brighton]

Horrible watch, poor passing and decision making but at least in the draw.

 

[GT49er]

May I just say that I completely agree with everubody who said, "Phew"!

 

[jakarta]

Dunk MotM- Stoke turned into cloggers pretty quickly.

Anyway they are despatched and we are quarter finalists.

 

[Zeberdi]

More anxiety than should have been necessary and it’s left me feeling rather flat but we did enough and I feel relieved so not going to criticise any one (or two) players - we win as a team and in the quarter finals of the FA Cup for only the 4th time ever.

 

[dolphins]

Dunky man of the match.

 

[Fiskmås]

Weird one. Can't remember ever being so annoyed after a win!

Yes, important minutes for the youngsters and some promising play. Just can't get over all the achilles kicks in the first half.

 

[Greenbag50]

Nice result, let’s hope we get a decent draw

 

[kevo]

Pretty unispiring all round. None of the new players really impressed, either. Into the quarters for only the fifth time in our history tho!

 

[The Fits]

Decent. Stoke played quite well.
Nobody really stood out. Thought JP was excellent in the 2nd half after a ropey start.
Enciso is MILES off. Nothing against the lad but if he was called Smith you'd be thinking wtf? Clearly very highly thought of and trains well but really needs to learn some basics (can't believe that someone like Moran isn't getting game time ahead of him or that people like Alzate are out on loan at his expense). Looking forward to being proved wrong, obviously.
You could see enough from Facundo's contribution to know he has real talent.

 

[Shooting Star]

Get the frig in there!!! One win from Wembley!!

Best thing Undav did was foul the keeper to stop the break.

 

[Sheebo]

Probably my least favourite ever Albion win - which sounds weird. We weren’t bad - we weren’t good, but we won. It was just hard, hard work. But most important thing is we’re in the quarter finals