Match Thread Brighton 0-1 Everton. Sat January 25th. 3pm

[GT77]

She looks like good craic tbf

Flicking the V's before going back to her shop selling artisan driftwood wind-chimes .

 

[Marius57]

That Brighton bubble will burst within the next few years imo

What bubble? They have had one top 7 finish in their history and then immediately went back to bottom half.

They get talked about on here as if they are challenging for trophies and are a top team.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Thought they were all over us second half but looking at the stats all they did is just shot from the halfway line. Both teams 1 on target, they had 4 blocked to our 0, and they had 11 off target. We had the higher xG. Deserved win then.

For sheer effort probably deserved. But that game was horrific. We've been poorer this season but I don't think our opposition have been as bad. Fantastic win that's all that matters really.

 

[Verbal Kint]

They're technically streets ahead of us, hopefully we'll start catching them up in the next year or two.

Technically we haven't anyone bar Ndiaye that's technical

 

[TimHowardsBeardJuice]

haaaaa

 

[matty1878]

What bubble? They have had one top 7 finish in their history and then immediately went back to bottom half.

They get talked about on here as if they are challenging for trophies and are a top team.

the thing is we’ve been a mess whilst
they’ve been ran as a stable club

once were ran properly the tables will turn

 

[Verbal Kint]

I hope so. Barely a highlight in there. Better off doing a deep dive on that scuffle.

No deep dive that Scrot Murphy if he's on will look to retrospectively get 6 Everton players banned.

 

[lieneverton]

For sheer effort probably deserved. But that game was horrific. We've been poorer this season but I don't think our opposition have been as bad. Fantastic win that's all that matters really.

I'll give you Southampton for starters. They were rubbish and still beat us.

There's an element of making Brighton look bad. That's twice in a row we've had opponents play badly... or is it that the players are now being better coached?

 

[CielosGrises]

The sour grapes, they taste so sweet.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

We've been relegation threatened for 5 years, what the hell do they expect?

I would also say the importance of keeping Everton, as one of English football's historic aristocracy, is far more important than Brighton's survival.We have survived in the top flight longer than pretty much any other club by doing what we need to and that approach sees us 4th I think in terms of league titles.

 

[bernie inn]

So a very Dyche 2nd half. However I seem to remember Pickford playing a massive role in our clean sheets, whereas today he had nothing to do. Different

 

[hallamblue]

Brighton have turned a bit entitled in the last couple of years. The price you pay for getting better is that some teams will come and shut up shop against you. You can learn how to play against it, or you can consistently fail like Brighton have this season and then whinge about it.

 

[anton66]

Great support and noise.

Brighton can only dream of having that support.

 

[mrgravy]

We I had a pint in Lewes afterwards (great pubs incidentally) and their fans were going on about us cheating etc. In a good natured way.
I reminded them of the ridiculous penalty they got against us a few years ago when we lost 3-2. Most of them couldn't remember strangely.

Which pub were you in Preki?

 

[SJB]

Dunno why they're sulking, we stuffed them 5-1 at their place a couple of years back with Dyche as manager so it's not as if they're a top team who opponents always park the bus against.