Brighton fan here

[Barry Scott]

You? Praise anything about Brighton? Is there an incredulity smiley?

It was sarcasm.

[oldboy]

It was sarcasm.

Hang on. I'm sure there's a 'no shit sherlock' smiley around somewhere.

[Barry Scott]

Hang on. I'm sure there's a 'no shit sherlock' smiley around somewhere.

Haha, cunt. Maybe I could grow to like some Brighton fans.

[Bob's Orange]

When our 2 centre backs are our best players is it any surprise we came away with no points. Unfortunately Brighton got it tactically spot on with their spoiling tactics and our midfield was non-existant. JPM worked hard as usual but nothing was really coming off.

1 other think I have noticed, our movement and urgency from throw-ins and sometimes in general is non-existant. At one stage with about 5 minutes to go, Rose took about a minute to take a throw as nobody wanted the bloody ball. I thought Brighton's movement and ball retention from throw ins was infinately better than ours.

[Ninja Elephant]

When our 2 centre backs are our best players is it any surprise we came away with no points. Unfortunately Brighton got it tactically spot on with their spoiling tactics and our midfield was non-existant. JPM worked hard as usual but nothing was really coming off.

To be honest, I don't think it was our intention to do that. The general idea is to work the ball through midfield up to Barnes up front, but he was having a bit of a shocker if we're being honest, and we were finding it hard to work the ball through your midfield. We cancelled each other out a little bit, which I was a bit disappointed about considering we had 3 in the middle and you only had the 2. It wasn't a great performance from us in any way!

[A Gent Orange]

Our centre backs played well partly because of their system. One up front meant that LJF was the spare man. The fullbacks both had wingers to deal with but with Cuthbert on Barnes, LJF had no direct opponent, hence being able to mop up at the back and bring the ball out. 

[Bennett]

mr orange, i can think of quite a few occasions where a big punt down the middle from brighton meant that it was ljf with barnes alone. it's from these scenario's i think he did really well and didn't allow barnes a sniff

[Bob's Orange]

mr orange, i can think of quite a few occasions where a big punt down the middle from brighton meant that it was ljf with barnes alone. it's from these scenario's i think he did really well and didn't allow barnes a sniff

I agree. I said that he played well. Both him and Cuthbert I thought looked comfortable.

[sparrow]

Another Brighton fan here.

It's funny how opposing fans views of the game differ.  Swindon fans keep saying "Brighton's spoiling tactics didn't allow us to play"  whereas Brighton fans are saying "Swindon's spoiling tactics didn't allow us to play, we just had that added bit of quality in Sparrow!"

All that matters is the result though.  It was an even game between 2 evenly matched sides.  A good measure of how far we have come in the last 7 months or so.  And just to make the point - our 2nd was clearly onside having seen the replay! 

[reeves4england]

Another Brighton fan here.

It's funny how opposing fans views of the game differ.  Swindon fans keep saying "Brighton's spoiling tactics didn't allow us to play"  whereas Brighton fans are saying "Swindon's spoiling tactics didn't allow us to play, we just had that added bit of quality in Sparrow!"

All that matters is the result though.  It was an even game between 2 evenly matched sides.  A good measure of how far we have come in the last 7 months or so.  And just to make the point - our 2nd was clearly onside having seen the replay! 

I didn't think there were any spoiling tactics on show, we were just toothless in attack. At the end of the first half the ball was in your half of the field for about 5 minutes straight but we failed to create a decent opening from it. My main problem with Brighton was that two or three players 'got away' with challenges worthy of red cards or second yellows - I'd be very disappointed to see a Swindon player put in a challenge like El-Abd did on Pericard... but that's largely the ref's fault for not punishing them - Ankergren being the most obvious example.

We didn't deserve anything the way we played. Hopefully we can pick up the performance against Orient and put Saturday behind us like we did last season.

[Batch]

The ref let a couple of ours go too, JPM's early wild slide would have seen a booking by a fair few refs. He didn't connect with his leading foot, but it was reckless none the less. In short the ref was plain shite.

I don't think anyone is complaining about the result as such. I though Brighton were a bit sharper and dominated the midfield. But chances were at a premium and so a draw would have probably been a fairer reflection.

Bring on the Orient.

[sparrow]

I didn't think there were any spoiling tactics on show, we were just toothless in attack. At the end of the first half the ball was in your half of the field for about 5 minutes straight but we failed to create a decent opening from it. My main problem with Brighton was that two or three players 'got away' with challenges worthy of red cards or second yellows - I'd be very disappointed to see a Swindon player put in a challenge like El-Abd did on Pericard... but that's largely the ref's fault for not punishing them - Ankergren being the most obvious example.

We didn't deserve anything the way we played. Hopefully we can pick up the performance against Orient and put Saturday behind us like we did last season.

That's fair enough.  The Ankergren incident was controversial.  I know it is a cliche but things even themselves out throughout the course of a season.  You may feel unlucky with certain refereeing decisions this time, but next time things may just go your way!

[MichaelPook]

I agree LJF with Austin a close 2nd

[DV]

The ref let a couple of ours go too, JPM's early wild slide would have seen a booking by a fair few refs. He didn't connect with his leading foot, but it was reckless none the less. In short the ref was plain shite.

wild slide my arse, he slid in - infront of Painter and McGoverns trailing foot went over Painters foot. Hardly touched him, knowing how flimsy boots are these days and how sensitive toes can be - I can see why the minimal contact hurt but there was no need to jump up in the air like he did. He was trying to get JPM booked there.

[Batch]

wild slide my arse, he slid in - infront of Painter and McGoverns trailing foot went over Painters foot. Hardly touched him, knowing how flimsy boots are these days and how sensitive toes can be - I can see why the minimal contact hurt but there was no need to jump up in the air like he did. He was trying to get JPM booked there.

Yes I know what he did and how much contact was made. It was a wild slide in that he got nowhere near the ball. Yes the player looked for it. Other refs would have given a yellow. In fact Greer got sent off for less last year.