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

[Codner's Wallop]

Such a stupid stat.

So you're telling me that the team currently winning are most likely to be win at the end? What an insight!

(And please don't take that as a criticism of you, personally. I'm ranting about the stupid stat they pop up on the coverage from their AI super computer or whatever)

Waaah…chill. I made this stat up. Invented. Breathe…

 

[BBassic]

Well, this is toss isn't it?

 

[Weststander]

No one was the blaming the ref last week. We did say it was one of the shittest refereeing performances we had seen.

Sometimes we lose because our defensive set and back up defenders simply aren't good enough. I'm praying that TB doesn't something serious about it this summer. Villa don't rack up 3 away goals very often, even against PL cannon fodder.

 

[jimhigham]

I absolutely hate to say this (so perhaps I shouldn’t….but) I’ve thought this for a long time now - Palace always seem to play with more intensity and passion in these fixtures than we do. I just feel it right from the kick off. Perhaps it just means more to them, dunno..

For a long time? Didn’t we hump them 4-1 last season? We seemed to want it pretty badly then.

 

[Dibdab]

I absolutely hate to say this (so perhaps I shouldn’t….but) I’ve thought this for a long time now - Palace always seem to play with more intensity and passion in these fixtures than we do. I just feel it right from the kick off. Perhaps it just means more to them, dunno..

That certainly wasnt ever the case under Potter or De Zerbi. We were the better team in the vast majority of fixtures under those two. In fact De Zerbi never lost to Palace winning two and drawing two from memory.

 

[oldboyroy]

They are comfortably holding on aren't they

 

[Bodian]

Really? Before today, we've won 4 of the last 5 against them

Don't think so...

 

[Solid at the back]

We're not scoring another

 

[Hendrax]

We're really missing a Gross or Ali mac type player

palace RED card

 

[A1X]

One of the great substitute performances by Nketiah

No notes.

 

[Ethelwulf]

We're not scoring another

Unfortunately looks that way

 

[Bodian]

Nketiah off. Can we capitalise?

 

[Swegulls]

Get in now!!

 

[SweatyMexican]

Well that’s every Palace player behind the ball for the rest of the game. We’ve got 10 minutes…

 

[Codner's Wallop]

Really? Before today, we've won 4 of the last 5 against them

Er it’s 2 actually…

 

[Mackenzie]

Hope Hecke is alright.

 

[US Seagull]

Palace down to ten. But van Hecke gets kicked in the head. Hope he's okay, or it's Cashin time.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Is CP going down to 10 men really going to help us that much?

 

[fruitnveg]

Probably still lose, but that was funny

 

[portlock seagull]

Typical of us to blow up at this stage if we had won the last 2 we would be 4th now

But entirely predictable, and so very Brighton.

Gruda, O’Reilly, Wieffer, Gomez…all should be doing way better than they so far contributed to this club. We need performances match in match out, not purple patches for 15mins here and there. When you think of the money outlaid on them…Are we better off scouring the Championship and L1 (like Palace have done)?