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

We'll beat West Ham and be four clear of Liverpool with three to play, calm down

Originally Posted by Stickman

Stupid manager.

yes. a two-man midfield - containing the abomination that is fred - away against brighton? it's a hard no from me.

Originally Posted by Ethers

It was an absolute sickener that.

Once the final whistle is gone, that should be that imo.

Revenge for Brighton after we did the same under Ole at that ground

Can’t feel too disappointed as we deserved it for that 2nd half “performance”

There’s still something seriously wrong with the mentality of this side

Originally Posted by Stickman

we are so so meek.

Too light up front, rarely pick up second balls, entire team is shit in the air etc

Why has Shaw handled the corner though, £#%&!en hell.

Don’t think he meant to in fairness to him,

Originally Posted by AK14

We’re a very painful watch at the moment

West Ham is no guarantee with the way we’re playing

End of the season can’t come soon enough.

Going there on the back of a stoppage time defeat, with Liverpool having most likely cut the gap again, I think it’s nailed on we’re in for a slapping.

This is West Hams game of the season.

Their heads are totally gone

Every game is a struggle

Originally Posted by beersexchipsgravy

Has he ever dived the right £#%&!ing way??

It must be embarrassing to be one of the 4 players he’s saved a penalty against. You could put a barstool on the line and it would’ve stopped more penalties than him.

Originally Posted by jem

yes. a two-man midfield - containing the abomination that is fred - away against brighton? it's a hard no from me.

It worked though didn’t it, when was the pen again?

Originally Posted by Ethers

It was an absolute sickener that.

Once the final whistle is gone, that should be that imo.

Same thing happened for us agains Brighton in lockdown football iirc.

I preferred it to this occasion.

As shite as Chelsea have been they've got enough quality players that we could do without the prospect of some hare-em scare-em bullshit at OT which that game will inevitably slide into if there's anything on the line.

WHU bit worrying. They've got enough in midfield w/ Pacqueta & Rice to give us a problem. Key is not losing that game .. would take a draw right now ..

Originally Posted by jem

yes. a two-man midfield - containing the abomination that is fred - away against brighton? it's a hard no from me.

Said it a million times, we need to £#%&! that 3 man attack off as there’s a shirt wasted. Eriksen, Casemiro, Bruno and Sabitzer all need to play away from home.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Brighton players just winning the ball 20 yards from their goal and just walking up the pitch with it totally unopposed. You can’t be that easy to play against, you just can’t. It’s ridiculous to be that open.

We don’t press well
Haven’t all season which is something I expected under ETH so that aspect of our game has been a disappointment

Far too much space between our lines

Originally Posted by Chris Quayd

We'll beat West Ham and be four clear of Liverpool with three to play, calm down

People were saying the same sort of thing before tonight.

Not sure anyone can have any real confidence in this team away from home. We could turn up there and win 2-0, but I’d say we’re more likely to do what we do in most games and end up arsing about before scratching our heads as to how we lost.

We’ve got 3 winnable home games and we’re going to need them by the looks of things.

All to do with not converting our chances. We do that and we don’t invite pressure on ourselves.

Knew it would be chippy tits shaw to do that. He was one of our best players before that too.

Originally Posted by believe

Don’t think he meant to in fairness to him,

Not so sure tbh

He’s as thick as mince.

You can’t win away from home in this league if you just leave massive gaps everywhere for the last 15 mins of every single game.

We’ve got about 20 decent minutes in us and after that it just goes downhill. 2nd half every game is a complete horror show. Last 15 mins we look like we’ve got 8 men. We don’t even make it hard for teams.

Originally Posted by RARAMSES

It worked though didn’t it, when was the pen again?

Worked?! We had no control of the second half whatsoever.

Originally Posted by Chris Quayd

We'll beat West Ham and be four clear of Liverpool with three to play, calm down

I don’t think they do calm.

Someone’s just said we’re in for a slapping on Sunday ffs. By West Ham.

Tonight was disappointing, the 2nd half anyway. Think we all would have felt happy with a point given that performance, so to feel like it was snatched away was particularly galling. Hardly a big result in wider terms though. It was only a point.

Win our home games and we’ll be fine. Which we will.

Originally Posted by RARAMSES

Sure did, you?

yes. shaw had been the best player on the pitch when I made that comment and had just done a magnificent clearing header to keep it at 0-0. for you to comment after the (inexcusable) handball is just a dick move, buddy.

similarly, anyone criticising de gea for not saving that after the saves he made. no keeper stops that.

10h's team selection cost us. and the ref, obvs.

We can't score to save our lives, we desperatley need a top quality striker, and we've got Greenwood(not guilty) still sat twiddling his thumbs, absolutely ridiculous situation.