Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Newcastle United (13/08/2022)

[Conjo]

1 minute ago, Andy said:

Thought we were miles off it and completely lacked intensity, looked like we expected an easier game than we got.

 

Maybe some of the players got comfy after a relatively easy opening match against Forest? I also felt we should have been able to up our tempo a bit to match Brightons pressing better. They were first to nearly every second ball.

[samptime29]

Sounds like we didn't play that well but a point away to Brighton is a solid result. 

[La Parka]

When ASM is off his game we look weak. Looking forward to a forward joining the club for these situations and to balance the load

[54]

Playing poorly and getting a decent result, the sign of Champions to be honest.

[jackyboy]

Why does Burn go up for corners? All he does is head the ball into the air

[Gallowgate Toon]

Just now, ponsaelius said:

Think it's important not to overreact or be too upset. Brighton are a good side, it was 31 degree heat, and we're the long distance travelling away side. 

 

Everything Howe wants them to do was still there I think, just far too many players not able to get anything right whatsoever. Lots of missed challenges, sloppy giveaways and general poor passing broke down the structure of our game and we never really got going. Despite that we've took a clean sheet and a point.

 

The main thing is how clearly we need at least 2 attacking reinforcements.

Yup. Easy to get lost in a crap performance but it's not like we've not played well against better sides under Howe. The XI today is much more capable than they showed.

 

Not a good one, sometimes it happens. 

[relámpago blanco]

I'd have taken an away draw against Brighton all day long.  We can't play like 1970 Brazil every gsme

[Yorkie]

It wasn't a terrible performance by any means, we just looked half a second off the pace throughout most of it and uncoordinated going forward. Cross everything that it's just a poxy day at the office and not a sign of things to come. 

 

Brighton are so well drilled, like - well 6 have definitely had a good season if we finish above them. They move the ball so well and are absolute fuckers out of possession. 

[thomas]

lucky not to lose but i'll take it. potter had them set up well to shut down our threats. we definitely need more of them.

[tomlynnherrington]

1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said:

We looked absolutely shattered like 

 

Pressing a team like Brighton is hard though as they're so good on the ball, a great performance today was a long shot like.

But we didn’t press them.We stood off.Big Joe is our only real pressing midfield player.

[KaKa]

Really important that we are becoming a team that can still pick up a point when we haven't played well.

 

Really glad for Botman getting a clean sheet first time out. Big props to Nick Pope as well for getting us the point today.

 

No goals conceded first two games and 4 points on the board. Decent.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Thought we had the right ideas at times but were very sloppy in our execution. No doubting the heat played its part. Rode our luck at times and given we usually get spanked there, I’m happy with the point.

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

Murphy is utter utter dog turd and should be nowhere near this squad, no idea what Howe sees in him.

[Holloway]

taking a point from a shite performance like that will do me

[Shak]

2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Will take that all day long. Don't want to be too harsh on the players because I didn't think Brighton were any good either and it looked like all of the players were suffering with the heat and agitated.

 

Pope - 8.5

Trippier - 5.5

Schar - 7

Botman - 7

Burn - 8

Bruno - 5.5

Joelinton - 5.5

Willock - 5.5

ASM - 5

Wilson - 4

Almiron - 6.5

 

Really surprised to see Wilson with a 4, don't think he was the worst of our players by any means at all.

[TheBrownBottle]

3 minutes ago, Mahoneys Tache said:

Just checking, third, home win away draw against a good side? 
mustn't grumble. Simmer doon fannies.  

No-one should be panicking, but the position in the table after some teams have played only once is utterly irrelevant 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Murphy is utter utter dog turd and should be nowhere near this squad, no idea what Howe sees in him.

Maybe he sees we have no other wingers available and has no other choice ?

[prefabtoon]

Is ASM even trying now, Spit his dummy out went in the huff.

If a club is offering 30-40 mil snatch there hand off.

[pubteam]

We didn't seem too bad in the first half, second we just seemed to run out of energy and ideas. We desperately needs some more quality, noticed  Maddison scored again today.

[ponsaelius]

It no surprise that Bruno and Joelinton had their worst games in ages. Brighton are brilliant out of possession. A very good side who just lack forward players.

[Andy]

 

Just now, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Murphy is utter utter dog turd and should be nowhere near this squad, no idea what Howe sees in him.

 

If we're still bringing Murphy and Wood off the bench to try and change games by the end of January, we won't be finishing top 8. 

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Just now, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Murphy is utter utter dog turd and should be nowhere near this squad, no idea what Howe sees in him.

I’ve made it well known on here I absolutely can’t stand him, but a piece of me is dying every time I see him feature now. Really hoped we’d get rid this summer.

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Murphy is utter utter dog turd and should be nowhere near this squad, no idea what Howe sees in him.

It’s all we’ve got because we haven’t bought any wingers, despite that being comfortably our weakest position 

[Heron]

Pope man of the match, shortly followed by Joelinton for me, then Miggy.

 

Fairly poor game on our behalf, but shows the importance of discipline, rigidity, understanding the system, intensity, everything we didn't have with Bruce. Would have lost 3 or 4 nil today under Bruce. 

 

Both teams lacking quality in the final third, think the heat played its part too.

 

All in all, a great result, another clean sheet, one of our top 10 difficult fixtures done for the season and unbeaten. Free punch at City now. 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2022 by Heron

[54]

On a serious note, I legitimately think the kits played a massive part in that, there where multiple occasion where both sides played it to the other team, at the start of the second half a Brighton player player a through ball to Trippier for instance.