Jayram Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Not a vintage performance but never felt Brighton could do a job on us. Let's end this quickly on Sunday and claim our rightful place at Wembley. COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Going to Brighton and scoring 2 never mind winning is some achievement of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 We won but were quite awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Good performance, a little disappointed we didn't go for the kill when we had them on the ropes just after half time. Granty Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Bryson anonymous Wisdom was quality, likewise Granty Luck is on our side, the second goal is evidence of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Bryson was a bit crap tonight as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 We won but were quite awful. I agree. Lets face it, we were damn lucky. A terrible performance specially in the first half. How we went in 2-1 ahead at ht I will never know. Still, at the end of the day, we won which is what counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Result and a half, it's firmly in our hands now. But don't forget Brighton have come from behind before to even reach the play-offs, still up for grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I thought the back four did pretty well. Forsyth looked nervous but the central pairing did well, even if Keogh is made of paper. Thorne did the simple stuff well. Bryson and Hendrick struggled a bit. Martin did nothing except find the net as usual, Ward tried hard but was frustrating and I thought Russell played really well. But Grant was rightly MOTM. Really professional. Oh, and what was Connor doing tonight? He runs round like a spaniel that's just been let out of an estate car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Harsh to say we were poor... We were up against the divisions top passing side away from home. We were never going to play them off the park and we were just happy to contain them and counter. Similar to Bayern vs Real Madrid Yet a million miles away from that standard. I was happy with us in general, and it appeared much harder in the second half as Brighton naturally squeezed up. I noticed on many times any pass which went forward the receiving player immediately had a Brighton defender/midfielder on their back. I thought Brighton were pretty good at the possession play but badly let down by their lack of pace in movement and passing and the amount of times they swung over hopeful balls with just one or two targets to aim for. The withdrawal of Ward and Russell ended us as an attacking force but lets be realistic, it's half-time and we're winning heading into our stadium where we've been awesome under McLaren with a fully fit squad. I'd say were about 1/5 to progress now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB BIGGS Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Very re-assuring to have Grant in goal. I wasn't too sure when he signed but he's been class throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navyram Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Very harsh to say we were awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Too much negativity about. Performance doesn't matter at all now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I agree. Lets face it, we were damn lucky. A terrible performance specially in the first half. How we went in 2-1 ahead at ht I will never know. Still, at the end of the day, we won which is what counts. A terrible performance? What game were you watching buddy? It was a great performance for what we tried to achieve. We did everything that was built on our style, other than conceding a rather unfortunate goal. We wanted to sit back and counter. In the first half we ripped them to shreds going forward and if it wasn't for two or three cynical fouls, final ball being poor or a saving tackle we would have scored more. I'm not really sure what you were expecting? We weren't playing against Doncaster, Barnsley or Blackpool where we'd naturally look to contain the game. Brighton would have dominated possession against anyone in the Championship at their own ground. And we allowed them to, so that we could counter. At 2-1 we sat back too much granted, but I could fully understand why... It worked. Great gameplan, executed well = good performance. It's not like we were sh!te all game and scored a flukey last minute goal Billy Davies style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Ram Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 wisdom superb, grant fantastic, never really noticed anyone else :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Let's not forget - we won. Let's win the next one and see what happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Go read the Brighton forum and many of their fans say we were brilliant in the first half... Hardly poor, come off it guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSD Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Result matters, performance is a bonus. Brilliant win and I think Brighton played on the adrenaline from their late win at Forest. I doubt they'll be as good as they were tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Character is what tonight was. We changed defensively about fifteen minutes in to have the wingers defend more and push the full backs in. Consequently, we had to counter attack which we could do with a Ward and Russell but not Sammon or Dawkins. Very happy though, grant superb and feel we will score at home so Brighton need at least two..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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