Brighton (H) - Official Match thread sponsored by Glitter

[LUX]

Come on Reading

[Royal Lady]

When you're already on a yellow, the last thing you do is fall to the floor just to "accentuate" the point that a player was trying to pull you back - you stay on your feet at least. Not that he'll be letting the side down that much, I expect we'll have more shots second half than we had first half.

Just to be an annoying git, I'll pick you up on that.

The last thing you do is Dangerous tackles

The penultimate thing you'd do would be not to start on any players

Then you'd tone down generally rough tackles

Then you'd consider not talking back to the ref

Then you'd consider not pissing anyone off

Then you'd consider not doing a blatant blatant dive

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The FIRST thing you'd do, especially when trying to impress the manager and fans at home after so much BS is spoken about you (from the likes of me for example) would be to try your damnedest to get stuck in up front to try and get a goal or some sort of advantage for your team.

Way way way down the list of things you would want to try and avoid would be making sure you don't give the impression that you were diving, bearing in mind the first thing you're trying to do above.

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It's all very easy knocking the guy and I was IIRC one of the first on HNA to question Pogs signing in the Prem and get battered for it so I've no reason to defend him, but the poor lad merely tried a bit too hard and I feel sorry for him.

I'd rather a player tries hard with tackles, and getting us free kicks than not not bothering at all, which lets face it, is the main criticism directed at Pog in he champ.

The guy deserved the red but also was unlucky. I hope he'll come good and will continue to back him.

Yeah, hope it was worth it for you to write all that out. As for the last bit. It's not like he's just joined us you know. How long do you give him "to come good"? Even if he were not banned/was performing well, we'd STILL need a(nother) quality striker and the longer we don't get one, the worse the shite we'll be in, imo.

[BraisingsteakRoyal]

10 mins

[ManchesterRoyals]

How long left?

10 min

[Royal Ginger]

How long left?

10 minutes. either side could win but neither deserves it.

[sputnik]

I think there might be ten minutes left

[Lacoste]

I dont think we'll reach our 100 goal target - I agree with Nige

[Royal Lady]

McD must be relishing the thought of coming here on Tuesday.

[Pepe the Horseman]

RFC just tweeted seven mins left. Not sure what to believe now.

[Mike Hunt]

"Nick Blackman is about to come on"
"Gotta give the mangers credit for making positive changes"

[Royal Ginger]

Here comes Blackman to save the day

Can't be much worse than Le Fondre.

[windermere_royal]

I dont think we'll reach our 100 goal target - I agree with Nige

At this rate we will be lucky to get 50

[BraisingsteakRoyal]

We're always shit on telly.

[Scutterbucketz]

What odds can I get for bLackman getting a last minute winner?

[Royal Lady]

We need Blackman to score here, or his confidence will continue to be low - and ours.

[BraisingsteakRoyal]

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[Pepe the Horseman]

Blackman's gonna make himself a hero

[ManchesterRoyals]

Blackman coming on

[Royal Lady]

Blackman's gonna make himself a hero

Are you still in Boston m8?

[Scutterbucketz]

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