The Mighty Whites v The Brighton Beach Bum Boys - Unofficial Match Day thread:
Well after our stunning and thoroughly deserved victory over Chelscum last Sunday, in what can only be described as a total masterclass, Mac is very happily back in the hot seat for his 6th consecutive MDT👍
What an awesome performance from the lads! How long is it since we absolutely smashed a top 6 side like that AND kept a clean sheet? 🎵Jessie, Jessie Marsch🎵....
Bring on the rest of the season, I cannot wait!😁
Add to that our comfortable 3-1 victory over Barnsley in the Carabao Cup last night and things are looking good right now.
Sinisterra looks the part doesn’t he?!
Now before everyone gets all giddy and begins calling me a homophobe, due to the title of this thread, I simply refer to the fact that Brighton is a seaside town and therefore, like every other seaside town, it has a beach, so it would be reasonable to assume, would it not, that it also has its fair share of ‘Beach Bums’?....See!
I live not far from Blackpool and it too has its fair share of ‘Beach Bum Boys’, as it too has a beach!
Brighton and Hove Albion is another small and insignificant football club, unlike ‘The Mighty Leeds United’ who are ‘The Greatest Football Team In All The Land’!💛💙
However, with 7 points gained from a possible 9 so far this season, Brighton have enjoyed a great start to the campaign, including a 2-1 victory over Manure!
Oficially nicknamed ‘The Seagulls’, Brighton can also be known as ‘The Irons’!
Brighton players have recently been described as being 'Dangerous in the tackle'....And perhaps even more dangerous in the changing room?!
Brighton is not a sh1thole, but the locals do seem to like one!😁
Brighton is famous for ‘Soap on a Rope’!
It was invented there by two friends, one of whom was called John Fitzpatrick....However, the name of the other one escapes me??
It was developed because it was thought that bending down to pick up the soap, when dropped, can be rather dangerous....Especially in that area of the Country!
Once a relatively inexpensive place to live, Brighton is now rather expensive.
We were once thinking of moving to Brighton, but let me tell you, the rent down there Boys, is top Dollar these days!
We did visit recently though, the Wife and I....Well you wouldn’t want to go there with your friend would you?!!
We checked into the Hotel and then went out for dinner. We enjoyed a fiery Vindaloo in a lovely Indian restaurant there, called The ‘Chutney something??.... We call a Vindaloo a 'Ring Stinger 'ooop North', but apparantly that is something all together different in Hove, Sussex!
After dinner we headed into town for drinks, to some of the more traditional, old fashioned bars....The Flying Handbag, Proud Cabaret, Velvet Jacks etc etc.
We got chatting to some local people in the flying handbag, Troy and Dorothy....They weren’t a couple as such, Troy was a ‘friend of Dorothy’s’!
We had a couple of games of pool in there and when I couldn’t decide which ball to go for, Troy suggested I should "Pot the brown", as it's "Always the best option"!
Troy suggested mixed doubles, but I wasn't too sure about that game!!
Troy bought us a drink and asked if we would like anything to eat. I explained that we had already had a curry earlier on, but thanked him very much for his kind offer and Troy said that he had “enjoyed a sausage sandwich earlier in the day”.
We all tried to get into a nightclub later on, but they wouldnt let us in because our footwear was deemed unsuitable, as three of us were wearing trainers. Dorothy was the only one of us whose footwear was acceptable as she was wearing 'Comfy shoes'.
The bouncer looked like an ex boxer who had been battered around the ring several times....Troy said he had been battered around the ring too, but had never boxed! (Wrestler maybe??)
So we eventually decided to walk back to the Hotel and as we walked towards the public conveniences, I announced I was nipping in there as I was dying for a pee!
"No don't go in there" says Troy and he went on to explain that all the public toilets were used for 'Cottaging purposes only' at this time of night!
"Well what happens if, like me, you just want a pee"? I asked...."Youre b*ggered" came the reply!!
So I had to walk all the way back to the Hotel, while dying for a pee and to my dismay, when we got there, the front door was locked, so we had to go round the back.
Alas, when we reached the back doors, we found that we were unable to open these either and as I was still dying for a pee, I suggested we 'smash the back doors in'....Troy announced that he had "Had his back doors smashed in a long time ago"!
And so, that was our most recent night out in Brighton!
Famous people from Brighton include Stephen & Daniel, the two hairdressers from Gogglebox, whom are Husband and Husband, Chris Eubank, who sounds like he should have a Husband and Douglas Bader the one armed, three legged, sixteen betestecled former WW11 pilot....Douglas didn't reside there for very long at all though, as he preferred to ‘enter the arena via the front doors’, as opposed to ‘the tradesmens entrance’ and such venues were not easy to come by in that vicinity!
Onto the game then and The Mighty Whites will smash the 'Brighton Beach Bum Boys' 3-1 with the same scorers as last week, Aaronson, Harrison and the smoking hot Rodrigo🔥🔥🔥
Temperatures will be in the 23 degrees ballpark with lots of sunshine....I think?! Please see Lord Snoddy for further - in depth details.
Cummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmoooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ‘U Mighty fookin' Whites’ 💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙🏆💛⚽️🔥💥
Fat Frank has a great record against us. It is almost as if he wants to beat us more than any other team including Liverpool!
The other thing i forgot to mention isnt it better to beat chelsea and to lose to Brighton rather than draw both
7 points from 4 games (5th in the table) with Everton, Brentford & Forest up next take another 5 points from those 3 games (12 pts total) would be a very good start imho.
Hard luck MAC
We certainly came back down to earth with a bang after the win against Chelsea.
We had a terrible first 45 and "if" we were 2 or 3 down i dont think we could have argued too much we were that far off Potters men / tactics.
I think us fans need to realize that yes we will win / draw some expected games but we must also accept that we will lose games against teams that we really shouldn't. Now Brighton are not a team that we SHOULD win against as Potter has had the measure of us (including MB's teams) for years. They are decent (limited) yes but decent all the same and wont be turned over too often, they afterall finished with a comfortably points tally of 51 points last year (9th overall) and we have come into this season with a new manager 8 new players (losing 2 of our regular starters) so we need to take stock and look at the overall picture.
Leeds are in a period of transition and like any Club stability is paramount, Jesse's first full season in charge at Leeds will be a learning curve (he has made mistakes already , subs at southampton) but has owned up to those, Saturday the lesson learned must be, whether playing Chelsea or Brighton, no game is easy in the PL and Leeds United certainly arent in a position to take any team for granted, Forest, Bournemouth included.
We now face Lumpturd and he knows if they don't win his job is on the line so we gotta expect a full on, frantic, type of game. They will want nothing but dis-organisation and this is why we need to fans inside ER to stick with the players and manager. And i've no doubt if a white jersey makes a crunching tackle or sprays a 40 yard cross-field ball the fans will react positively, but make no mistake about it our players & JM must expect a full onslaught tomorrow night as Everton face Liverpool and Arsenal in their next two games so "if" FL loses tomorrow night and remains in the bottom three i cant see him being the Everton's manager come the time they play West ham middle of September.
Come on Leeds time to bounce back we owe Lumpturd and we have a massive chance (in front of our own fans) to extract revenge for the last time Lumpturd mocked us at Elland Road
Think there’s a bit of knee jerk analysis for a team that just thumped Chelsea last week. Also a bit OTT to have a go at Cooper who wasn’t even playing and who is by far our best defender. It’s interesting who our best CB partnership is. Llorente plays much better when he’s partnered with Cooper. Koch and Struijk also seem to have a good understanding. But Koch and Llorente just don’t seem to gel. Did anyone else spot the irony that our forwards were undone by Brighton’s man marking tactics? Which had the Knock on effect of the midfielders playing further up the field. For all the flak aimed at James, he was better than Harrison yesterday who was invisible. Thought Aaronson and Meslier both had good games. Though I’d be considering starting with Sinisterra and Klich in the next game
Oh well Mac good effort
Caveat, I didnt watch the game and this is just a general comment.
when I watched Aaronsen in Australia I was a little underwhelmed, has he grown since then, yes do I like him as the centre creative position, no. He is a good passer just not creative.
I love his energy and passion.
When Hiddink had Australia playing the 4 2 3 1 he often played a guy called Jason Culina, a passer and a guy who put himself about enough. I’d be tempted to try Aaronson in the DM next to Adam’s his energy and tenacity will make up for pure ball winning.
this frees up space up the pitch for sinistera (?)
agree we need a true left back in soo ish.
Ah well, time for me to bow out gracefully then....And in typical Leeds United style, after thrashing Chelscum last week, we then don’t turn up against Brighton!
Not a bad run though, with 6 consecutive MDT’s we must be doing something right eh?!
I didn’t get to see or hear the game as I was grafting, but it sounds like we were lucky Brighton weren’t out of sight in the first half?
Anyway, good luck to whoever takes up the MDT mantle, hopefully you can take us on another run.
MOT💛💙
After getting up this morning and watching the game again I have the following comments which will not go down well.
1) Roca has shown to be who I knew him to be when we bought him and what everybody who follows German football league knew, also why nobody else came in for him. A player with all the skills but is highly erratic with his passing and positional play. His turning and recovery speed makes Leeds dark days players of Okon and Bulter look like Olympic sprinters. Highly skilled but not suited to leagues where players are athletic.
2) Dan James is nothing but a waste of money. Having the ability to be rapid is wasted on him when he does not know how to use it. Encroaching on team mates space drawing unneeded pressure due to poor positional awareness and then no understanding of final phase of play hinders the overall team play.
3) Tyler Adams is a destroyer type defensive midfielder. Highly energetic and good recovery ability. He is not and should not be asked to do more then this otherwise he gets lost in the overall game play. Athletic ability can not always cover for being caught to far up the pitch. Slow down Tyler once you win the ball and you look and be a better player.
4) Rodrigo is only a great player when plays off the defenders shoulder by either spinning out into space 10 foot all around the defender and therefore dragging the CB out of position. He needs a true number 9 to play beside him to be very effective.
5) Gelthart needs game time otherwise he will become another Tyler Roberts. Get him a loan where he can play 90 minutes a game. Greenwood is either a attacking midfielder or striker not a DCM. Also needs game time and a loan is needed.
6) Ayling, Cooper, Forshaw should have all moved on already. Being sentimental allowing them to stay is clouding the fact that our squad is not good enough. All 3 are excellent Championship players and sadly their age will not allow them to athletically match the younger generation.
7) Bamford needs his contract to state that if he is injured he only gets 50% of that weeks wage. Lets see how quickly his recoverys are then.
8) Leeds could have the world best left and right fullbacks but they will still look ordinary. Both ours in this game were forced to try and defend 2 on 1 situation many times. Given that both our DCMs decided to press at the same time leaving 5 attackers behind them (heck even 6 at times) it is little wonder our fullbacks are in no mans land trying to work out if to jockey, retreat or step in.
Could only get audio via LUTV but sounds like we were not at the races.
Reality check - we need a proper No.9 and LB
Just hope VO, AR and AK sort this out before this window shuts and not wait til Jan. If they do, they will hang JM out to dry.
Poor performance today, cant complain at getting nothing out of this one. Llorente’s distribution was shocking, but that was down to him being forced to play with his left foot.
I agree with Dan that Rodrigo was coming too deep and should have stayed higher up the pitch. When he drops deep he tries to make us tick but more often than not gives the ball away.
Llorente after playing 4t minutes next to Cooper midweek has reverted back to his last season form. Adams is playing to high up. Rodrigo is dropping to deep. Referee is happy to give our guys a yellow card as soon as a Brighton player falls over.
Wow, what a great team we have.....and eight subs that I would not have minded one bit if any of them were in the first eleven 😎
3-0 to Leeds. I don't rate Brighton at all.
Nice read up Mac,😁.
Hope we too can enjoy our day at Brighton.
But i'm afraid we'll be in for a very hard game with Brighton in good form.
The pace from Welbeck & trickery/skill from my countryman T. will trouble our CB's & i'm afraid Rasmus will also face a tuff afternoon.
Would take a draw from this.
Been a while posting (life) but always took time to enjoy the MDT.
2-0 for mine
new shirt for todays game, after the tie dye effort this one had to be an improvement and is! Definitely on the shopping list.
Leeds Leeds leeds
Bump
Another fine read mate
1-1
I think that the Leeds players put more effort in to the Chelsea game just so they could delve in to the depravity of Mac's brain with a Brighton MDT, plunge new depths. They won't be disappointed.
Weather,what is weather, think about it. Very few people fully understand it, some try ( see BTWD ). Mac however has a nonchalant flair, he could easily be a weatherman but not on the BBC as his blatant and unyielding homophobia would prevent that.
So mac is right again with his prediction.
I think we will edge this 2-1.
Chelski was a massive bonus, but Brighton are one the teams that we need to be putting points on the board against. No mistaking, they are a decent side and to date Potter has managed to have the upper hand against for the last gods know long.
Can we carry last weeks intensity into this game? Well, remains to be seen. We certainly have a few players that will make Potter think a bit. I hope JM starts with the same 11 as last week. I'm going for a conservative 1-1.