Final Score Brighton 2 Brentford 0

[JumboJet]

We’ve done well to keep the score down. I wasn’t expecting anything from this game when 11 v 11, so 10 men have done as good a job as can be expected.

 

[Banana]

That looks like the pulling of the shirt continued into the area....

 

[Banana]

We’ve done well to keep the score down. I wasn’t expecting anything from this game when 11 v 11, so 10 men have done as good a job as can be expected.

Yes. Conceeded one worldie and one penalty. That's it.

 

[jbee]

Thank God that's over.

 

[TadB]

Well other than a soft penalty Brighton could not score a single goal from open play after the unjust Thiago incident. Kayode gifted them the first, are they that good?

 

[teesbee]

You're going second in the league, so what do you do? Leave early. Shameful.

 

[Gee Bee]

Drew the 2nd half!!

 

[Andrelux]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if a defensive clearance went to a Bees player?

 

[stonehengebee]

Good second half bees seeing as Brighton are going second

 

[Twickenhamben]

I might get pelters for this but I get having 2 or 3 rows sitting down at front but it was 5 or 6 rows today. - and it does kill the atmosphere. Our away support sometimes feels like the crowd at Twickenham (admittedly the performance didn’t help).

 

[gj]

The only positive and its the only one is it stayed 2-0 feel for everyone of our fans who went today

 

[jbee]

Brighton weren't all that btw. Title challengers my arse.

 

[Oceanbee]

Well played Bees. A very respectable 2nd half, and the team stuck at it, never giving up.

Imagine if we had 11 on the pitch!!!

 

[teesbee]

I might get pelters for this but I get having 2 or 3 rows sitting down at front but it was 5 or 6 rows today. - and it does kill the atmosphere. Our away support sometimes feels like the crowd at Twickenham (admittedly the performance didn’t help).

Watching on tv all I could hear was the Bees fans. Brighton might as well have been cardboard cutouts.

 

[Tudor bee]

Well the commentary are still absolutely w***ing all over their performance

 

[NickThe(Half)Greek]

Not really bothered about not conceding in the second half. The game was done because of our ill discipline in the first half. We should expect a lot more given our squad and our ambitions.

 

[Hampshire Bee 2018]

Gave it ago second half but it helped that they’d stopped playing. 2 errors in the first half cost us the game.

 

[Beestaps]

That had the potential to go really wrong so did well to stay organised and keep them at arms length all second half, they didn’t have another chance.

Decent cameo from Wilson as well, which is handy considering

 

[Friji]

A defeat here was always the most likely result, just a shame we basically gave it to them with our own stupidity.

 

[pompeybee]

Not watching but it sounds like Brighton are this weeks recipients of the "random officiating decisions bias"

Blimey, if it's not big club bias it's random bias. What chance have we got?

 

[BEEcool]

That had the potential to go really wrong so did well to stay organised and keep them at arms length all second half, they didn’t have another chance.

Decent cameo from Wilson as well, which is handy considering

They literally didn't need to get out of 1st gear.

 

[BeesManMax]

Brighton weren't all that btw. Title challengers my arse.

To be honest I disagree… I don’t know the number but reckon they had close to 80% possession. Completely dominated the game from start to finish, had multiple other chances (admittedly not all easy) but on another day could definitely have had another couple of goals. We didn’t create a single chance. They’re the best team we’ve played this season by a long way

 

[Hippobee]

We set up to contain/ not to lose. Might have worked with 11 men.

Decent 2nd half performance - I feared the worst at half time.

Keith needs to use the break to drill in to our players the importance of self discipline. The stats are not good. It would be a bonus if we could see a more creative line up next match too.

Thiago was stupid. Schade and KLP even more so, because they have both been guilty of their misdemeanour before, this season.

Break has come at the right time.

 

[NickThe(Half)Greek]

So few Brighton fans there at the end to acknowledge their team going second in the Premier League. Like a fire drill. Weird.

 

[aawharris]

Blimey, if it's not big club bias it's random bias. What chance have we got?

It is always very random.
Almost Like Ally McCoist commentary where he picks a team to be biased towards with no rhyme or reason

 

[TadB]

Yep this is my take too - clearly catches him in the face but no way he has intended to do that, was trying to get him out of his face. There was force so red card albeit unfortunate.

What about the Head Butt movement?

 

[ABEEE]

Turgid performance, was always going to be difficult a man down but that was very poor

 

[A Real Mysteron]

To be honest I disagree… I don’t know the number but reckon they had close to 80% possession. Completely dominated the game from start to finish, had multiple other chances (admittedly not all easy) but on another day could definitely have had another couple of goals. We didn’t create a single chance. They’re the best team we’ve played this season by a long way

They were and are excellent and played well within themselves.
Good luck to them.

 

[JosephBFC]

The lads out there in the 2nd half can hold their heads up high, thought we gave a good account of ourselves. Only slight disappointment was that we didn’t make more of the few offensive set pieces we earned ourselves. Yarmo was industrious and combative off the bench, and Wilson was very involved despite only being on the pitch for a short period of time. Hopefully no injuries over the intl break and onto Everton. COYB

 

[lanzabee]

Sky commentator just now - Brentford have a good physicality to them. It's self-perpetuating.

Meanwhile, Brighton players throwing themselves to the ground theatrically today x 4

Taking advantage of our reputation - or doing this every week? Probably the latter.

But when are they going to start booking players for this playacting sh*t? It is ruining games.

 

[seanrs]

I haven’t got a clue whether the red card was justified or not. Rules are interpreted by refs so inconsistently. Evidence is that Sky commentators said it was a clear red but from reading comments on here, BBC and Radio Sussex said it was soft,

 

[aawharris]

We set up to contain/ not to lose. Might have worked with 11 men.

Decent 2nd half performance - I feared the worst at half time.

Keith needs to use the break to drill in to our players the importance of self discipline. The stats are not good. It would be a bonus if we could see a more creative line up next match too.

Thiago was stupid. Schade and KLP even more so, because they have both been guilty of their misdemeanour before, this season.

Break has come at the right time.

I would go the other way and teach the players to incite and wind up as many oppo players as possible from now on because we all know that you get away with that.

 

[BaildonBee]

I think you call that a spirited performance. We stayed in it although we never truly looked like we could mount any kind of late fight back. Brighton are very good. Today they scored a worldie and a penalty and we had ten men. Many teams would have completely gone under after half time. We didn't. Some very dogged performances from our guys which tells you more about them than you would learn from a win. Disappointed but certainly not disheartened after that.

 

[brooks]

So few Brighton fans there at the end to acknowledge their team going second in the Premier League. Like a fire drill. Weird.

The ground is in the sticks. It's a long way home.

 

[Windmill Rd Bee]

Yet another day to forget against these. Stuff just always goes wrong. It’s been a decent start to the season – still our best total after 10 games – and this is a good team with serious potential.

But this international break has to be a hard reset in terms of discipline. Serious conversations need to be had. Whether you think there’s some sort of illuminati conspiracy against us or not, the refs aren’t going to change. We have to. No more of these individual head losses. No more letting each other down. No more letting us fans down. Enough.

 

[Gee Bee]

We set up to contain/ not to lose. Might have worked with 11 men.

Decent 2nd half performance - I feared the worst at half time.

Keith needs to use the break to drill in to our players the importance of self discipline. The stats are not good. It would be a bonus if we could see a more creative line up next match too.

Thiago was stupid. Schade and KLP even more so, because they have both been guilty of their misdemeanour before, this season.

Break has come at the right time.

How can he drill anything into the players when most aren’t there?

 

[tinman]

The next two weeks will very important to our season. Andrews needs to address the petulance that is creeping into our game. We need to discover our passing game and increase our tempo. To often today we were too passive. If we don’t overturn Thiago’s red it will give us the opportunity of trying something different up front. Not sure Schade cuts the mustard as a number 9, so it could be Wilson but I’m not convinced.

 

[jbee]

To be honest I disagree… I don’t know the number but reckon they had close to 80% possession. Completely dominated the game from start to finish, had multiple other chances (admittedly not all easy) but on another day could definitely have had another couple of goals. We didn’t create a single chance. They’re the best team we’ve played this season by a long way

They didn't create much if you take the penalty out. They did what they had to do but we didn't exactly make it hard for them.

 

[TadB]

They literally didn't need to get out of 1st gear.

Rubbish, are you a Brighton Supporter?

 

[shepperton bee]

That was a tough watch but fair play for a dogged second half performance and we’ll never know what it would have looked like 11v11 .
Not sure we’d have fared much better I think Brighton probably had enough to win today whatever , right now they are probably the best team in the league , they also have some key players coming back from injury .
They’ll hit a poor patch at some point let’s just hope it coincides with when we play them again as it’s getting a bit boring keep losing to them.

 

[lanzabee]

I would go the other way and teach the players to incite and wind up as many oppo players as possible from now on because we all know that you get away with that.

We certainly don't go in for the same level of playacting do we? And I've yet to hear KA trot out the P word about other teams. If it helps give team an edge then no doubt it will become ubiquitous. But we all know this playacting sh*t is just so f***ing undignified

 

[HerefordB]

Trying to be objective after that.
Excellent defensive display 2nd half without offering much attacking threat.
Game hinged on two decisions, both correct.

 

[beeeehive]

2-0 killed the game off, Brighton happy to just keep us pinned back and not throw everyone forward for another goal, just kept it well.

 

[A Real Mysteron]

Rubbish, are you a Brighton Supporter?

He’s 100% right.

 

[Andy_Mc_is_God]

We take of an attacking player for a center back down two goals. I guess the plan is to survive at 2-0. Very pragmatic to sit deep and hope they don’t run it up…

But I don’t have to watch it.

So don’t watch it
And if you’re here just to support a team that’s successful I suggest you’d be better off jumping ship and ‘supporting’ someone else.
Thick and thin mate.
It’s a life choice.

 

[Dribble chop]

Time to prepare for the next fixture, no dissection will change the result, and it's not like the better team didn't win.

 

[Rob-BEE]

Do you think he deliberately struck him in the face?

I don't think it matters what I think. Nor does it matter what you think (although it seems you think it does!)

 

[TadB]

I think you call that a spirited performance. We stayed in it although we never truly looked like we could mount any kind of late fight back. Brighton are very good. Today they scored a worldie and a penalty and we had ten men. Many teams would have completely gone under after half time. We didn't. Some very dogged performances from our guys which tells you more about them than you would learn from a win. Disappointed but certainly not disheartened after that.

Worldie it may have been, but Kayode laid it on a plate for him.

 

[ManorBee]

Oliver is so much up his own ar*e. All about him. So so arrogant.

Player jumps up puts his face in Thiago who shoved him off. No way is that intentional elbow in the face. Not violent conduct. Player goes down as if shot and Oliver took great satisfaction grabbing his red card. VAR also has much to answer for.

Make a really dangerous tackle and it’s fine these days.

 

[HerefordB]

That had the potential to go really wrong so did well to stay organised and keep them at arms length all second half, they didn’t have another chance.

Decent cameo from Wilson as well, which is handy considering

Agreed and I dont think Thiago will be missed very much.