[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace *** Official Match Thread ***

[Icy Gull]

Those spawny Palace pikies are in relegation trouble.

We won’t be seeing that twonk Dougie on here anytime soon.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Dunk and March for England. cheers.

Not while Southgate's arse points downwards !

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Downside is Brentford win,had Southampton picked up three points that would put the Fox in the coup.

 

[hart's shirt]

"Since the Premier League returned on Boxing Day, only Marcus Rashford (10) and Erling Haaland (eight) have scored more non-penalty goals in the competition than Brighton’s Solly March (seven).

Brighton have picked up 18 points in the Premier League in 2023 so far (played nine, won five, drew three and lost one) – only Manchester City (25) and Arsenal (23) have won more this calendar year.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are the only Premier League side without a league win in 2023 so far (played 11, drew five, lost six) – it’s their longest run without a league win since going 14 in a row without a win between December 2015 and April 2016."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/64919301

 

[dolphins]

Interesting on BBC website:

Since the Premier League returned on Boxing Day, only Marcus Rashford (10) and Erling Haaland (eight) have scored more non-penalty goals in the competition than Brighton’s Solly March (seven). March’s goal came in the 15th minute, with today’s date March 15th.

Brighton have picked up 18 points in the Premier League in 2023 so far (played nine, won five, drew three and lost one) – only Manchester City (25) and Arsenal (23) have won more this calendar year.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are the only Premier League side without a league win in 2023 so far (played 11, drew five, lost six) – it’s their longest run without a league win since going 14 in a row without a win between December 2015 and April 2016.

Also saw that March's 15th minute goal on March 15 gave us a +15 goal difference... it was clearly inevitable (not that it felt like it during the 90+ minutes!)

 

[birthofanorange]

My score prediction was way off, although we should have had a few more, but I truly was in no doubt that 3 points would be ours, tonight.
Another period of a Palace-free board awaits.....how marvellous.

 

[Si Gull]

If the match had gone on longer, I still fancied us to score, rather than them.
They're not much really, are they?

You're right. But even though they never looked like scoring I still had the irrational fear that they would somehow conjure up an equaliser

 

[Icy Gull]

My score prediction was way off, although we should have had a few more, but I truly was in no doubt that 3 points would be ours, tonight.
Another period of a Palace-free board awaits.....how marvellous.

I fully expected a spawny last minute equaliser. The curse is lifted

 

[birthofanorange]

You're right. Even though they never looked like scoring I still had the irrational fear that they would somehow conjure up an equaliser

Yes, born by memories of previous games. I don't subscribe to that, and was confident that we would outplay them tonight...and we did.
Let's pop them in the 'also rans' for this season.

 

[Auckland seagull]

Fantastic start to the day Down Under. Now to select an Albion shirt for the day.

 

[pasty]

March in the 15th minute on the 15th March

Symmetry.

To go 15 points clear of Palace

 

[dolphins]

Brighton defender Joel Veltman said: "Really happy for Solly [March]. After the game against Leeds people thought it was an own goal but he got that one. He's now scored two in a row so that's great for him."

On finally getting a win against Crystal Palace: "You saw the relief of the crowd tonight. We've had some good games against them and lost late but this was a big result."

On pushing for Europe: "We still have games in hand and we want to pull away from teams and keep looking up the table. This was a final and we won it. That shows how we are as a group.

"The gaffer said if you want to be a big team you need to celebrate tonight and then move on. We don't underestimate Grimsby [In the FA Cup on Sunday] they will have a big following and it's a quarter-final."

 

[oldboyroy]

Had we got a 2nd we would of romped it but I absolutely thought they would get an equaliser. Makes a change for them to play well(which they did for them) and get nothing.

 

[clapham_gull]

Apologies, but I'm not on the journey back to South London tonight and can't report on any sad faces.

 

[Icy Gull]

Had we got a 2nd we would of romped it but I absolutely thought they would get an equaliser. Makes a change for them to play well(which they did for them) and get nothing.

It was their Cup Final and they lost it, they will now implode.. I hope

 

[Taybha]

I'll take that all day long thank you and good night .

 

[birthofanorange]

To go 15 points clear of Palace

Thank God for that, because the GD is ......oh.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

You're right. But even though they never looked like scoring I still had the irrational fear that they would somehow conjure up an equaliser

They came within a hairsbreadth of scoring about three times in the first three minutes due to some nightmarish defending

 

[AlbionBro]

Well that was emotional, plenty going on all match, grit, class and villains all on display tonight.
Safe journey home everyone.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

According to Sky:

The Eagles should have ended the first half with 10 players, with two late challenges from Cheick Doucoure worthy of a second yellow card.