Match Day Thread Brighton v Cardiff, Fug Me...Last Chance Saloon!

Me old mate Mark Lawrenson’s prediction for Burnley was spot on yesterday for a change. He rang me last night asking me to attend the game Tuesday as his guest...sort of a celebrity he said. It would do both of us good....career wise. Had to turn it down as I would be playing with my todger and washing my smalls as you do...that kind of thing! He understood as wished me well with a one fingered salute.....nice chap!

Wonderful man Masky!

 

After witnessing another shockingly inept display from the ref yesterday, I hope the football gods see you right in this game and the three points are taken back to Wales. But above all, please let there be no controversy regarding penalty decisions, the whole football fraternity cannot take another match day where the officials decide who wins! I've been against VAR from the start, but seeing how poor the ref standards are this season has slowly changed my feelings on the matter.

 

I’ve just posted on the Burnley game thread their first goal was offside

We are so due a decision going our way.

 

Well said HR. We can all agree on that.

 

Brighton have Pascal Gross, Jimmy Case and Solly March back in contention to face Cardiff on Tuesday.

Gross has been unavailable since 26 February because of a hamstring injury, while a calf problem ruled winger March out of the past two matches.

Anthony Knockaert is suspended as a result of his red card on Saturday.

Cardiff have no new injury concerns for this rearranged fixture, with Sol Bamba and Callum Paterson both long-term absentees.

@chriswisey: The fight to avoid the final relegation place has very quickly become a straight shoot-out between these two clubs.

Brighton's heaviest defeat under Chris Hughton will have undoubtedly caused some lasting damage. He now has to decide whether to shake his team up, or trust the players involved last weekend to make amends. It's a tough call.

Controversy seems to be following Cardiff around at present, but this is a game they simply can't lose. Aside from the current five-point gap to safety, the Bluebirds goal difference is irretrievably worse than all the sides above them and they've still got to play Liverpool and Manchester United.

It's safe to say there are likely to be nervous faces everywhere you look at the Amex on Tuesday.

Brighton & Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton on the 5-0 loss to Bournemouth: "(The) players have reacted well. We had a meeting yesterday, went through the game and the goals that we conceded.

"It was probably our worst performance of the season but this is football.

"There isn't one player in that changing room that wouldn't have gone through a bad defeat, a bad performance, and what it's always about is how you respond to that.

"I expect very much a reaction from our players."

Head-to-head

• Brighton beat Cardiff 1-0 in the Championship in their most recent meeting at the Amex Stadium, in January 2017. The previous four encounters at the stadium were all drawn.
• Cardiff could win both league matches against Brighton in a single campaign for the first time since 1998-99 in the fourth tier.

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Brighton could lose five consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time in 12 years.
• It's four defeats in six Premier League home games for the Seagulls (W1, D1).
• Albion have only earned 12 points from their past 17 league fixtures (W3, D3, L11).
• Eight of their nine league victories this season have been by a one-goal margin.
• Only Crystal Palace and Huddersfield have scored fewer home league goals than Brighton's 17.
• Their tally of 18 league goals from set-pieces in 2018-19 is only surpassed by Liverpool.
• Glenn Murray has gone nine home league appearances without a goal.

Cardiff City

• Defeat in this match will leave Cardiff eight points adrift of safety with only 12 points available.
• The Bluebirds have lost six of their past seven league matches, with the exception being a 2-0 home win over West Ham on 9 March.
• They are the division's lowest scorers away from home, with nine goals.
• None of their eight Premier League away goals since mid-September have been scored before the 69th minute, with six coming in the 80th minute or later.
• Cardiff are the only club to have played in the Premier League and never led an away fixture in the division at half-time. They have scored just five goals in the opening half of those 34 matches.

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Sh1te stats, do us no favours. Got to beat them as well as blatantly cheating officials.

Going to be a tough one.

 

Marriner in charge tonight. 1 win and 1 loss this season both v Wolves.

He’s also done BHA twice, and same results.

Seem to recall he was quite good v Wolves but I have an issue still with him over the Blackpool play off final

 

Isn't he the bloke that sent off the wrong player a few years back in a case of mistaken identity?

I seem to remember he got dropped from the Prem refs list for that.

 

Yes
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...or-mistakenly-sending-off-kieran-9210145.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/f...e-match-despite-sending-off-wrong-player.html

 

Arter not even on bench. Ralls and NML start. Murphy, the winger, on bench as is the keeper Murphy. If subs needed hope they get the right one for the job.

 

Arter must be injured; Ralls not an adequate replacement.

NML, Hoilett & Murphy need to perform and Niasse needs to notch.

 

gol

 

wooohooo.

 

First part done, turn the crowd.
Now composure to finish the job.

 

long way to go, but id rather be one up than one down.

 

they really struggled for chances against us a couple games ago, and we are a bit fragile!
A 2nd goal would be dream like at this stage, they'll fall apart.

 

Did anyone predict NML to play let alone score?

 

nope, I went for Murphy.
Would probably have gone for Hoilett if I'd seen Murphy wasn't starting. Never mind, Murphy with one off the bench in the second half. Should be wort double if you pick a sub to score.

 

First time we've ever been ahead at half time in the premier league.