The Fish

Not sure about Joselu's close control, eye for a defence splitting pass, etc.

I don't think so.

Playing both strikers would leave us with 2 in the centre and I'm guessing Benitez prefers 3 players around that area, even if the 3rd is just a busy #10 like Perez. Should mean we can stifle their play more and (with a better #10) still provide an attacking threat. We should play Mitr, he holds up play and bangs 'em in* * for his national team

Aye we played a similar style to each other in the championship as well. We'll fare better against sides that are better than Brighton on paper because they won't be as well drilled at set pieces and who aren't going into the game as underdogs that we have to break down. Ritchie had a poor game by his standards and our final ball was lacking from all the creative players. Joselu adds a lot to the team, but by christ he needs to score some of the opportunities that he does well to get into the right positions for. But for one poor bit of defending, or had we taken one of our chances we'd have got the draw we deserved.

Gamez looked all right when he came on and played as a wing back as we were so far forward. Agree that a draw would have been fair and had Joselu put away his chance or Ritchie not had an off game it probably would have ended 1-1.

He won't like.

Commentator said "He's got that nastiness to his game and he's stood on Yedlin there, but there was no intent" Pick that apart.

More attacking than Mbemba?

All of our attackers have to be honest.

Gayle on for Joselu

Aye, take him off and Hayden and Joselu.

Ritchie hasn't been great today.

We need to change something, that's for sure.

Brighton lead 1-0

Let it get a bit more stretched, then when their legs have gone bring on Shelvey and Gayle.

There's been a few times where he given the ball and gone for the return and it hasn't been as sharp or accurate as his and I can't wait to see what he'll be like when/if we bring in better players around him. Love to see him score soon like.

That pass from Bruno Almost as bad as Perez' shot. Perez or Perez's...

Tenner to SBR Foundation says that isn't the lowest we'll finish.

is it shite peandering to them, I said we're more likely to be bottom 7 than top 7 and I stick by that. 14th is bottom 7 and I reckon we're more likely to end up with around 42 points which would put us around 14th. You're just a little tinker.

It's coming like, this isn't the same as other games where we're letting them have possession in non-dangerous areas, they've had two or three really good opportunities.

Where've I said we're in a relegation battle like? You little tinker.

Aye, I haven't watched a single one of their games. Don't know if they've been on tv yet either. I'll go on RTG because: it's busy there's a few stories about their club at the minute like administration, league form etc. there's plenty of threads about Newcastle We have one thread about the mackems, I think NO is fairly similar, they not only have 300+ page threads about Benitez started in August, but have various threads about the "Mag at work", or one of our players, or the perceived pro-NUFC bias of the local media, and so on. That said, I don't read their fanzine, I don't follow their local journo's (as they do for Ryder, Douglas etc.) I don't watch their matches and what have you.

Some tory MPs would pay good money for that.

I would have driven down to Brighton to kiss Merino's foot had that gone in.