Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle United: 04/05/25 @ 14:00 (Sky Sports)

[Shearergol]

Christ, blast from the past that!

[LFEE]

 

[SiLvOR]

As usual, starting the week flip flopping in confidence and right now I'm supremely confident. Here's why: it'll piss Eddie off that this fraud in the dugout at Brighton has done him twice, through sheer luck and VAR incompetence. Eddie knows he's the better manager, hell, everyone does. And he'll prove it. 3-1.

[Superior Acuña]

12 hours ago, Pilko said:

 

Welbeck is a decent-to-good PL striker at least. In years gone by you could make a YouTube video of "versus Newcastle" where the likes of Jason Roberts, Shane Long, Jon Walters and Morten Gamst Pedersen all looked like Pele and Eusebio's long lost illegitimate son.

Ryan Taylor 

[et tu brute]

Need to start strong (certainly not like Villa) and try and control the game. Pedro missing is certainly a plus, as he is a very decent player, and is the player who always seems to be the key when Brighton are playing well.
 

They're not in the greatest form, but, they're a decent team and we need to be on it from the off. We have struggled against the teams in the upper mid table positions this season, and it's vital we don't allow another one to put our champions league advantage at risk. 

[ExiledGeordie]

Brighton are an odd side at the moment as shown v West Ham. Concede goals very easily but have the players to bang a few in pretty quickly. I watched them a few weeks ago v Leicester though and they were awful and for much of the West Ham game they were pretty poor. 

[ElDiablo]

No idea what to make of this lot. Have a nagging feeling that stylistically this is a bad match up for us and a point would be a decent result. Whether that is sufficient remains to be seen.

[Tisd09]

I think recent shit results against them is swaying my confidence and then I see they go life and death with a poor West Ham team . I will still settle for a point but all three would be a massive boost and would take a bit of pressure off the Chelsea game. 

 

Welbeck has been a nuisance against us as well but good that Pedro is not available. 

 

[Optimistic Nut]

10 hours ago, LFEE said:

 

 

You'd think they were about to finish top 3 looking at those ratings.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

You'd think they were about to finish top 3 looking at those ratings.

They are historically a small club. I'm sure they are happy to be competing in and around Europe. 

[Menace]

Aye was just about to say. Very generous ratings. They've been mostly underwhelming when I've watched them to be fair.

[Optimistic Nut]

They've spent about £250m this year and been caught up by the likes of Bournemouth, Brentford & Fulham. I know it's a tough position to be in but they're very underwhelming.

[LFEE]

6 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

You'd think they were about to finish top 3 looking at those ratings.

 

Carlos Beleba will be the difference i feel without Joelinton. Fear a bit for our midfield setup trying to contain him. Tough game ahead.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

It’s a challenging game but Brighton just concede so many goals. Big prize of a more relaxed CL run-in as well. 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by AyeDubbleYoo

[TRon]

1 hour ago, LFEE said:

 

Carlos Beleba will be the difference i feel without Joelinton. Fear a bit for our midfield setup trying to contain him. Tough game ahead.

 

 

It's very hard to predict without knowing if Joelinton is playing or not. He makes a big difference to our team, and if he's out we will need to have a think whether to set up differently to get the best out of the team we put out.

[PauloGeordio]

8 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

It's very hard to predict without knowing if Joelinton is playing or not. He makes a big difference to our team, and if he's out we will need to have a think whether to set up differently to get the best out of the team we put out.

I'm hoping the specialist visit was to confirm that he can be nursed through to the end of the season.

[Andy84]

Ref for Sunday, Craig Pawson @Kid Icarus 

[Kid Icarus]

20 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

Ref for Sunday, Craig Pawson @Kid Icarus 

 

 

3-1 Brighton

[nemtizz]

Isak hasn't scored against these yet. Worrying.

[Fak]

1 minute ago, nemtizz said:

Isak hasn't scored against these yet. Worrying.

 

Scored a penalty against them in the cup man.

[nemtizz]

2 minutes ago, Fak said:

 

Scored a penalty against them in the cup man.

 

In the league*

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

Chronicle saying Craig Pawson is the ref

[LFEE]

Pedro suspended I see. Can’t harm.