Final Score Brighton 2 - 0 Bees

[marvelous007]

I really have no idea what you’re even trying to say here

Typical response on the GPG (avoiding the direct questions agaun and losing my faith here). But probably best avoided all round.

 

[westendbee]

Stone wall pen, what is the point of VAR

No way, would have been most unhappy if we had conceded a penalty from a similar incident

 

[TW3Bee]

Why isn't the Brighton player booked for diving?

 

[ladbroke]

So why wasn't he booked for diving?

 

[kullyrai]

Great save Alvaro!

 

[Gparsfan]

We should have scored in this game, the run of fixtures looks so, so tough aswell.

 

[Banana]

Typical response on the GPG (avoiding the direct questions and losing my faith here). But probably best avoided all round.

To be fair, I didn't understand it either.

 

[Rob-BEE]

Stone wall pen, what is the point of VAR

I do wish you refereed our games. We'd have 50 penalties a season.

 

[ladbroke]

Have a shot Toney!

 

[hairman]

I love this club, but to be in a position to have Sergi and Thompson as full backs in the Premier League is borderline negligence.

Negligence would be letting someone like Dave Webb or Ron Noades taking over the club.

 

[cheshirebee]

Time for a drink before the cricket comes on.......You Reds....

Yep, that should cheer us up

 

[kullyrai]

Canos should have buried that

 

[jonny c]

4-4-2 is unlikely to be the answer as we've left ourselves short of an out and out right back, something we badly need to address. But there are other creative systems we could use, firstly a system that allows Ivan to get into the box more often would be a good start. I'm not convinced the long ball to Ivan with a runner off him is as effective as it was earlier in the season, teams have worked it out.

I'd like to see us return to Ivan through the middle in a front three for certain games.

Fair point and agree about getting Ivan into scoring positions. We have looked predictable going forwards. As good as Canos has been this season, I still think we need another option to play on the right and give us an attacking outlet.

 

[bee good]

happy with the 2nd half performance. But its after the horse has bolted

 

[ladbroke]

Only 3 minutes?

 

[Beat Poet]

Close ups on TV show some dejected-looking faces out there in yellow.

 

[A Real Mysteron]

To add insult to injury they award man of the match to a pantomime horse.

 

[The Walrus]

Awful tonight. Anyone on a bad run must be desperate to play Brentford

 

[Turkish]

We can’t keep going behind in games. First half was woeful. Second half a slight improvement. Just got to get through the next few games without too much damage.

 

[teejay46]

Well played...the travelling fans!

 

[beebopalula]

Can you reference the data on this. Hamstrings are probably one of the most common injuries for football players.

And what is the preventative cure?

It can be failure to put enough emphasis on stretching the hamstring in training. Maybe overtraining too. It does seem that we have had a disproportionate number of these but l may be wrong. It shouldn't be the case with modern training methods but who knows?

 

[mundee4england]

Too many players missing, too many having to play out of position, then players not performing as they can…. put this down to experience, ride out City and hopefully have a few back fit for Villa!

 

[brooks]

Brighton's first win since September. Sums it all up.

 

[ladbroke]

When we play City, can we play the 2nd half only.

 

[HaylingBee74]

To add insult to injury they award man of the match to a pantomime horse.

The front half or the back half?

 

[Hampshire Bee 2018]

As bad a first half as we’ve played all season.
We’ve huffed and puffed in the second half, unlucky not to score and had a more than questionable penalty shout, but Brighton have been in second gear knowing they’d done enough already.

 

[longtimeagobee]

Close ups on TV show some dejected-looking faces out there in yellow.

Probably been reading the Christmas cracker thread on here.

 

[lanzabee]

To add insult to injury they award man of the match to a pantomime horse.

Rear end too, sums it up nicely. f*** me, bring on the City...

 

[jbee]

Oh well, lots of chocolate and alcohol to get through. These things happen, and Man City are due a tonking...

 

[RAF_Patto]

As bad a first half as we’ve played all season.
We’ve huffed and puffed in the second half, unlucky not to score and had a more than questionable penalty shout, but Brighton have been in second gear knowing they’d done enough already.

I don't think they got out of first TBH with you!

 

[Lush55]

Only good thing about that was our support, well done chaps and chapesses!

 

[mhead bee]

And this is spot on. I’ve always considered Ivan to be very limited and now he’s being exposed…

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And here we have someone who knows nothing about football,

 

[TW3Bee]

Oh well that ones out of the way onto the next one.

Oh sh*t it's against Man City.

 

[BedfontRed]

No just 2 excellent saves and a clearance off the line

We were awful end of

 

[kendo]

Better second half
spine of the team out and the size of our squad we will always struggle.

Let’s just at least as a crowd make it uncomfortable for Man City and make them feel like they have been in a game!!

 

[Twickenhamben]

They sure are. Having a differing opinion doesn’t make one an idiot.
7 other “idiots” currently agree with me.

The DoFs wanted a right back but just couldn’t get one over the line. Ajer is seen as a decent back up if we go to a back 4 but he’s been out. Roserlov has done okay but he’s also out….

 

[Ashford Bees]

happy with the 2nd half performance. But its after the horse has bolted

We were consistently sh*t both halves.

 

[Mark H]

Why isn't the Brighton player booked for diving?

My thoughts as well. The yellows that we received were appalling. The two footed tackle on Ghoddas didn’t get a yellow
The bookings didn’t impact the results.

 

[olliebfc]

Brighton much better than us. That was a painful watch, completely energy sapping.

I know we have lots out, but we looked exhausted and completely out of ideas… good noise from the travelling fans, big effort being there. I’m sh*tting myself at a record loss to city with the missing players.

 

[Eieieio]

One to forget. Someone mentioned cricket on here. Should I watch that now? Will it be better?

 

[OrchardBee]

Not for the first (or second) time this season we looked significantly better once Ghoddos was on the pitch.

 

[Shamrock_Bee]

Poor performance all round, second half looked better but in truth it was more to do with Brighton's game management. If required they'd have went up a few gears again, job for them was done by HT. The City game is an occasion to enjoy but Villa is the next big game and the one we should be planning for. Safe trip home to the fans who made the effort, they all deserve 50 TAPs.

As I mentioned during the game we need more than one way of playing.

 

[bee good]

We were consistently sh*t both halves.

Not sure thats true. Second half we were ok.

 

[sonofabee]

What’s obvious is we lack real quality and anyone special.

They had Trossard and a spark, we didn’t.

Brighton weren’t better second half and could get caught up in the relegation battle, we need to buy in the window as this squad doesn’t have the depth to survive 38 games at this level when injuries and suspensions kick in.

My biggest issue is a complete lack of pace on either side of the pitch today, that has to be a priority in Jan.

Thoughts Pontus and Mads actually did ok

 

[Humblebee]

Man City are due a tonking...

...but not from us.

 

[Stofer]

Our second half performance deserved a goal.

Just on Frank the tank, first few outings I thought he looked mustard, he looked the real deal..,.but, I’m now starting to think that he just isn’t very good

 

[djm21]

Awful first half but unfortunate second half. Both of their goals were individual moments of brilliance whereas we went close a few times. Scoreline doesn’t quite tell the story although they still deserved the win.

Would really like a proper right back in January so Sergi can have a more attacking role. I also want to see Ghoddos have another premier league start. He always makes a couple of passes into dangerous areas that our other players can’t/don’t. We really need to learn to hold onto possession while advancing up the pitch

 

[LingfieldBee]

Norgaard had a stinker, if he has a bad game the team have a bad game. We couldn't put 5 passes together.

 

[Wise old Bee]

2/10 for the first half, about 5.5/10 for the second. Our supporters at the Amex 10/10.

 

[TW3Bee]

Much better in the second half, and with a bit of luck we might have got one if not two goals, but the damage was done in the first half.