Brighton vs Manchester United KO 8pm - 04/05/2023 - Official Match Thread

There’s that stupid £#%&!ing smile again

Originally Posted by ErikvanHaaksbergen

5x CL winner as engine room of team. Clearly low IQ

our players are so thick.

Our midfield is a bit of a car crash tonight

Decent enough. Some nice play, but we are so careless and criminally dumb. Wrong choice almost every time in the final third.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Our midfield is a bit of a car crash tonight

Doing better than expected to be honest. Don’t forget they’ve got a pair in there rated £70 m + each. City/Liverpool after MacCalister & Caicedo was hot property.

Good half of football tbf but feels like a missed opportunity. Martial wants dragging off at half time but I doubt he will and we’ll start on the back foot second half especially with Casemiro on a yellow.

Love the way people are poised for Fred though. He was probably our best player until he misplaced a pass on 46 minutes

Weird half

Should be in the lead but we’ve just been too sloppy with our passing and finishing

Casemiro back to his pre Villa careless performances

Need to sharpen up and we should win this one

Should be pissed off at not being in front. But entertaining enough.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Our midfield is a bit of a car crash tonight

the base of our midfield cost 60m and the tin said “cool and composed 5x champions league winner who promised to “fix things”.

what i see is something quite different.

Casemiro is class but boy does he pick up so many needless reckless bookings. He could easily go second half here.

Although that all stemmed from Rashford %@#$&!sing up another counter attack.

Originally Posted by marlo

the base of our midfield cost 60m and the tin said “cool and composed 5x champions league winner who promised to “fix things”.

what i see is something quite different.

Isn't that your purpose?

Just need to fix up , up top. A bit more conviction, they’re playing alright just seem to let themselves down in the final third .

Just need one of Martial or Rashford's wild shots to fly in. More by luck than design obv.

As alluded to already. Put Harry Kane up front for us and the game is over before half time. Martial, Rashford and Antony criminally wasteful.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Casemiro is class but boy does he pick up so many needless reckless bookings. He could easily go second half here.

Although that all stemmed from Rashford %@#$&!sing up another counter attack.

I don’t think he needed to dive in but he probably looks at that front three and gets annoyed that they’re not finishing to the standard they should be. Enough to bring most people games down

Tell martial he has 10 mins before he gets hooked off in the second half. Maybe get Antony more on the ball out wide.

That languid body language of Martial and Rashford seems to translate into their finishing

Casemiro starting his journey to cup final suspension

Originally Posted by Sparky***

As alluded to already. Put Harry Kane up front for us and the game is over before half time. Martial, Rashford and Antony criminally wasteful.

100%

Martial is so, so lazy. Never harasses or presses. Total bastard.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

As alluded to already. Put Harry Kane up front for us and the game is over before half time. Martial, Rashford and Antony criminally wasteful.

True. Not easy chances, but I’d like to see Martial and Rashford try to open their body out on those chances on the left side of the penalty area. Ole was always good at that. What’s he up to?

Originally Posted by ErikvanHaaksbergen

Doing better than expected to be honest. Don’t forget they’ve got a pair in there rated £70 m + each. City/Liverpool after MacCalister & Caicedo was hot property.

Playing at right back