I never thought I’d witness Brighton competing at the level they are today but it’s still been a hugely disappointing week. A high press will often be played around at some point in a game, and it needs CB’s with pace. We have great ball playing, blocking defenders, but the squad lacks pace there.

We weren’t that good against Ipswich and beating Man Utd isn’t that much of an achievement currently. We had been one of the best footballing sides to watch, but Bournemouth, Forest, Fulham and Brentford have overtaken us in that regard this season in my opinion.

The main comparison is vulnerability on the counter attack. Started the season better than expected but other teams have worked us out now and we can concede a break away goal in an instant. Since Wolves and Leicester, we seem to have inherited the fear factor that other teams had when playing us.

Read it again. It says coaching a team playing Brighton, all the players you mention play for Forest, a team I said it beginning of the season to my football friends who I thought would be the surprise package. We have a massive weakness and it’s being exploited.

I don’t usually post knee-jerk reactions to disappointing results. But I still can’t get my head around it.
To have only 1 midfielder, a teenager, first game back after months out, having only a handful of games experience in that position, against a top 3 counter attacking team.
🤔 #BHAFC

Why would you play with one midfielder against arguably the best counter attacking team in the league? It got exactly what it deserved. We’ve gone from a team playing with swagger to one that overloads ineffective areas of the pitch with headless chickens.

Yes, it was meant with a sense of irony. It’s crazy going away to a team that are arguably the best at counter attacking with one midfielder just coming back from months out. Was asking for trouble.

They do have an advantage though because they have a midfield.

We sure need to score, be amazed if we keep a clean sheet with that team. Would be great for us to get a bit of luck injury wise to enable the same team to play 3 games running and see where that takes us.

Hmm. A talented young player we invested heavily in and just from a few glimpses you can tell he has bags of potential. ‘Brighton not being the right environment’ maybe suggests he doesn’t fit with the club’s ethics and culture, doubt they’d give up so quickly because of poor positioning. #bhafc

It makes the FA Cup semi-final defeat on penalties even more painful. Deserved to win that one as well. But 6 wins out of 7 in the league sure does make up for it. 😊

What’s the latest on Olivier Boscagli? That seems to have gone very quiet. Are the club hoping to get him on a free in the summer, or have they moved on to other targets now? Also was there any truth in Reis? If so I’d guess we are still looking at a younger centre back for the future.

Are we just incredibly unlucky, or is the training too intense for young players still developing and older players in the twilight of their careers?
Mac Allister, Caicedo and Gross were hardly ever injured. #BHAFC

Are you able to bench Mitoma?

No idea but would say 10 as well. He doesn’t seem to be on same wavelength as Pedro.
Gross seemed to be getting his best out of him before his big injury last season. I wonder if he’d be better alongside a Welbeck/Ferguson type of Player 🤷‍♂️
Don’t think it helped Enciso not having pre season with us

Enciso needs games in a settled side, he’s such a talent, but will he get them in this squad? So many talented players, but not playing regularly enough to hit top form, injuries haven’t helped. Now Gross has gone, we need a Veltman/Dunk/Welbeck type in the middle to knit it all together. #BHAFC

Will do, only had time for a snippet so far.

We have an underdog mentality because of our history, and always tend to over perform against top sides and under perform against lesser ones. The crowd are more up for the big games and more nervous for the so called easier ones. So as a club, we all need to improve our mentality, me included.

People are less angry on here. The head-loss after the second 2-0 lead collapse was mild here compared to the Twitter reaction to someone misplacing a pass in first half. Will take a while to catch up, but less stress, less bots, and no Musk, so what’s not to like. Twitter is eX for me now.