[Albion] That second half though

[dwayne]

I think supporters and pundits are no longer thinking of Brighton being a cannon fodder side, guaranteed 3 points if you need them.
After 2 seasons of just trying to stay above the bottom 3, the club is now well and truly established as a Premier league club.

It's usually at this point we start losing ..... Starting with the 3 games we have next let's not get carried away yet.

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[BN41Albion]

Yet on another day Norwich bury the free kick Stephens conceded on the edge of our area and it finishes 1-1.

On another day we score 4 or 5...

 

[West Upper Seagull]

It's usually at this point we start losing ..... Starting with the 3 games we have next let's not get carried away yet.

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Tough run of games coming up now (Man Utd, Leicester, Liverpool & Arsenal) with 3 of them away, so this win today was huge.
Strangely I fancy us to get something at Man U and/or Arsenal more than the Leicester home game !

 

[Saunders]

I think supporters and pundits are no longer thinking of Brighton being a cannon fodder side, guaranteed 3 points if you need them.
After 2 seasons of just trying to stay above the bottom 3, the club is now well and truly established as a Premier league club.

They will expect us to roll over to Man U next week.

 

[tigertim68]

I also think we will pick some points in the next 4 matches

 

[Richy_Seagull]

Quite extraordinary what Potter has achieved in the 4 months or so he has been here. Results aside, to transform an entire squads ethos and playing style to such a level that it is competitive in the PL is a remarkable achievement.

When it comes to points, the 15 that we are on is the absolute minimum that we deserve. Could easily be sitting in a top 4 spot if a few major things had not gone against us.

But for now, not worrying about points or league position. Just enjoying the way we are playing and let’s hope for a couple of upsets in the tricky run of fixtures coming up.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Tough run of games coming up now (Man Utd, Leicester, Liverpool & Arsenal) with 3 of them away, so this win today was huge.
Strangely I fancy us to get something at Man U and/or Arsenal more than the Leicester home game !

Followed by Wolves, Palace, Sheffield. Not getting easier.

But its the premier league, not supposed to be easy, and everyone should be wary of us too

 

[Icy Gull]

Followed by Wolves, Palace, Sheffield. Not getting easier.

But its the premier league, not supposed to be easy, and everyone should be wary of us too

You would have been laughed at, and deservedly so if you’d made that last sentence comment last season, even after our three lucky wins. The change is phenomenal, we now look like a Premier League side. For two seasons we made up the numbers and were not expected to win any games.

 

[Sorrel]

It is nice seeing us play like this. We should remember this when the luck goes against us again.

 

[BN41Albion]

You would have been laughed at, and deservedly so if you’d made that last sentence comment last season, even after our three lucky wins. The change is phenomenal, we now look like a Premier League side. For two seasons we made up the numbers and were not expected to win any games.

But let's not forget the job hughton did though. Looking at some of the other teams that have come up and gone back down/started badly this season, is a good reminder that Hughton did an incredibly good at ensuring that we still made up the numbers the next season. Especially that first season with largely the same team that came up. Bloom's decision that it was time for a change has certainly been justified now, though

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

You would have been laughed at, and deservedly so if you’d made that last sentence comment last season, even after our three lucky wins. The change is phenomenal, we now look like a Premier League side. For two seasons we made up the numbers and were not expected to win any games.

But let's not forget the job hughton did though. Looking at some of the other teams that have come up and gone back down/started badly this season, is a good reminder that Hughton did an incredibly good at ensuring that we still made up the numbers the next season. Especially that first season with largely the same team that came up. Bloom's decision that it was time for a change has certainly been justified now, though

Yes, we should remind ourselves of Huddersfield going back down in the second season, Cardiff and Fulham one and done, Norwich looking so naive this year. If it wasn't for Chris's efforts for two years we wouldn't have the opportunity to be doing what we are this season

 

[Sheebo]

Am I right in recent weeks we’ve essentially ditched the 3-4-3 and now play a 4-4-2 but narrow? Isn’t it weird Burn is playing as a conventional left back...? Seems to work though. I’m sure we’ll switch it around again soon - possibly Sunday.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Am I right in recent weeks we’ve essentially ditched the 3-4-3 and now play a 4-4-2 but narrow? Isn’t it weird Burn is playing as a conventional left back...? Seems to work though. I’m sure we’ll switch it around again soon - possibly Sunday.

It feels like that - they're are times though like today when it seems we're playing 5 at the back, but so dominant that we just do away with the left back

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Maybe. But the hard work had been done by others earlier, which allowed him to exploit the time and space later on

Unfair! Propper was on the case from the kick-off in my eyes. MOTM by a country mile,

 

[Sirnormangall]

Unfair! Propper was on the case from the kick-off in my eyes. MOTM by a country mile,

Yes - tho I think Dunk ran him a very close second.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Yes - tho I think Dunk ran him a very close second.

I'll go along with that, to be fair. The timing of some of Dunk's tackles and interceptions was sublime.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Unfair! Propper was on the case from the kick-off in my eyes. MOTM by a country mile,

I wouldn't have said "country mile". We were debating in our bit of the WSU between Propper, Alzate and Dunk. I'd have been happy with any one of the three.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Hasn't posted in over a month. Must be palace.

He’s not Palace, but he’s grown disillusioned with modern football. As far as I know he was cancelling his season ticket, I know he’s has accounts on other football forums closed.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Some of the one touch football was sublime. There was a move with 5 or 6 players involved that would have been goal of the season if we'd finished it.

I thought we wanted too long on the ball in the first half, everyone was taking a touch then looking up which gave Norwich a chance to maintain shape, in the serving half were started the one touch stuff and Norwich were chasing shadows.

 

[darkwolf666]

As said already:-

Propper's second half performance was the stuff of legends.

But isn’t he supposed to be shit and playing out of his best position?