[Albion] Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Uh_huh_him]

Too many loose passes tofay

You left Gross off!

Excellence is his standard.
Felt he looked tired in the first half
Much better in the second.

 

[Normandy seagull]

Gutted big time but c.rap game management from us. There’s a time for risk and reward but not last minute of the game. Wtf was Dunky doing lunging in on the half way line. Both he and JVP were stranded miles up the pitch. Very disappointing and makes all the hard work and good play irrelevant. Our away form is shyte this season- what’s happened? 1 win in 10. That’s not good enough for top 6 let alone top 10.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Too many loose passes tofay

Great. Gonna have to hear the massively irritating Spurs media fans creaming themselves over ‘Ange’ for the next week. He’s just a f***ing annoying football manager, not your best f***ing mate.

They all think they’re massive when they’re just a noddy club who’ve won f*** all for decades and cheating bastards to boot.

Well if they cqn keep the ref and lino for every gqmr, it won't be long until he wins a trophy

 

[Justice]

Not worth crying over a point would rather win one lose one.

 

[Billy in Bristol]

Reading the BBC Sport article we were lucky to have not lost 5-1 #defundthebbc

 

[BBassic]

Didn't expect to come away with anything so can't say I'm too disappointed.

Pervis sounds like he had a mare which is a bit of a concern.

 

[Pete Skinner]

Well, that was heartbreaking.

Why are we losing so many away from home this season? Has to be a mentality issue

 

[Right Back]

Why are we losing so many away from home this season? Has to be a mentality issue

Might be something to do with all the injuries and playing in Europe. Nothing to do with our mentality.

 

[kevo]

Romero is the biggest thug in the Premier League. I actually think refs are scared to book him. Remember the challenge from a few weeks back which was a clear straight red but somehow went completely unpunished?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Why are we losing so many away from home this season? Has to be a mentality issue

We’ve lost 6 but 5 of them were to Villa, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs. Only the Luton loss is one we’d have really been expecting to win.

 

[Birdie Boy]

Definitely not mentality apart from when we played Luton!

 

[Springal]

Might be something to do with all the injuries and playing in Europe. Nothing to do with our mentality.

How can it be Europe ? We’ve not had a game for ages.

The bigger concern is lack of goals. Only had 1 game in the last 5 where we’ve scored from open play. Worse than Potter - only masked by a heavy Palace win

 

[dazzer6666]

From the stands it felt like grabbing a point would have been a bit of a steal imo, but still gutted we didn't hang on.

 

[Mustafa II]

Didn't expect to come away with anything so can't say I'm too disappointed.

Pervis sounds like he had a mare which is a bit of a concern.

He didn't have a mare, and so this is not a concern.

Lamptey, Dunk and Van Hecke were exceptional defensively, so Estupinan was probably the weakest link in that respect, but he was fine. Did a lot of useful moves.

 

[kevo]

My issue with the ref was not that he whistled for fouls but that he refused to punish clear Spurs yellow card offences (even borderline red for Romero's off-the-ball assault on Gross) with yellow cards. Yet he booked Dunk when he won the ball against the Brazilian twat, and booked Buanonotte for a nothing foul.
Surely he saw Maddison clapping sarcastically when Spurs finally got a yellow? That's clearly dissent.

Absolutely this. And the Romero challenge on Gross wasn't even given as a foul.

 

[Mustafa II]

How can it be Europe ? We’ve not had a game for ages.

The bigger concern is lack of goals. Only had 1 game in the last 5 where we’ve scored from open play. Worse than Potter - only masked by a heavy Palace win

It's a fair point. Europe has effectively added 6 more hard fought fixtures to our season already - it has surely contributed to our injuries this season, especially when you consider it puts more strain on the remaining players who might not get the rest they otherwise would have had.

 

[One Love]

He didn't have a mare, and so this is not a concern.

Lamptey, Dunk and Van Hecke were exceptional defensively, so Estupinan was probably the weakest link in that respect, but he was fine. Did a lot of useful moves.

The worry with Pervis is he looks like he's playing injured which is not good when he hasn't been back long from the last one.

 

[Bodian]

Game management is a bit of a concern. If Baleba (I think it was him) hadn't wasted a crucial moment appealing for offside, he could have got to the cross ahead of the scorer.

 

[chickens]

Why are we losing so many away from home this season? Has to be a mentality issue

Honestly, that feels a bit harsh to me. I just think we have a largely very young squad, being coached by a coach whose attitude is pretty much “we’ll score one more than you.”

I’m a massive fan of RDZ’s style and coaching, but I do feel he’ll eventually see the benefits of pragmatism in the Premier League, and gently tweak how he coaches.

FWIW I love the players out there fighting today, and when you get hit with a sucker punch like that, all you can do is get up, take a deep breath, and go again. On to Sheffield Utd.

 

[Questions]

I love our attacking intent but we had a point there surely ?