Virtual Insanity

Yet incredibly you have managed to hear every single thing shouted. You're having a shocker here, I'd maybe take a few hours away from the Internet until your rage has settled a wee bit.

Needs photoshopped with Humza and Michael.

Do UEFA/FIFA ever give out larger supporters allocations to bigger nations or nations with bigger average attendances? Scottish football is an embarrassment.

I think he definitely has a tendency to drop Gilmour for games where he thinks they'll have less of the ball/territory, and consequently potentially more setpieces to defend, which is understandable. I think he now starts the vast majority of 'big' games where de Zerbi expects Brighton to dominate possession.

The MLS average goals per game in 2023 is 2.76 which is lower than the EPL for season 22/23. Certainly question marks about the standard overall but I wouldn't say attacking players numbers are skewed particularly.

I think you'll be surprised how many tickets you end up with.

Cheer up you miserable b*****d. Z

Truth is United are just much, much better than us all over the pitch. Even at 1-0 I thought they were strolling the game, thought they could/should have tried to put us out of sight earlier when they were clearly better but Goodwin can't seem to help wanting to try to just shut the game down rather than letting his team play. I'd be amazed if they don't kick on and win the league by a distance, excellent players at this level in every single position, like the look of Fotheringham too, classy player. Good to see Watt has finally found the level where his talent matches his ego, thought he was different class today. The constant desire to cheat must be exhausting though. Neilson did well I thought considering but the rest of them were miles off it, perfectly summed up by Graham's embarrassing attempt to catch Docherty.

Brown probably did enough in that one cameo to nail down his place in the squad next summer, he's playing at a better level than Dykes and Adams and hopefully can really challenge them for a starting spot over the next 9 months - thought it was telling that Clarke went through almost his entire team praising performances last night but omitted Taylor, Patterson and Adams. I didn't see all the game, the bits I saw I thought Patterson did OK and putting him at fault for the first is very harsh, I think we don't lose that first goal with Dykes defending the front post. Ferguson grew into the game, it's hard when you're stepping into a reserve team but he looked strong and really puts himself about, definitely a viable McGinn alternative. McTominay was very very good but needs to try and not do everything himself sometimes, you can see going forward how much he backs himself now which is good but sometimes needs to play in others earlier.

Not really a fair comparison giving someone a shot in a second string side (never mind the fact its against the best side in the world) . We know exactly what we get from all of these guys with the exception of Ferguson probably. McLean and Kelly are purely reward picks, nothing more. That said, if that's what Clarke values over giving a full strength team a crack, he's earned the right to make that call. Also protects us from any perceived "impact on momentum" to some extent.

So with that knowledge, why did whoever is responsible for communicating within the stadium and to the worldwide TV audience, who presumably knew the ref had just made a straightforward signalling mistake then communicate that the decision was foul?

Would rather we stick with Hickey and Patterson, assuming Robertson is out for next month then I'd rather Hickey gets some exposure at left wing back and more game time with whoever (presumably McKenna) is likely to be playing LCB away to Georgia. Otherwise would go exactly with @Donathan except also would rather Hendry started.

Right. But there is absolutely no way for VAR to conclusively prove this fact on such margins.

Armstrong?

Yes, which in itself is a farce since they cannot prove it at the margins they give decisions by.

What frame rate do they use? How many frames is a foot in contact with the ball when struck?

So you're saying there's a chance?

Intrigued by what people think Dykes' weaknesses are if he's a brilliant link up player with an excellent first touch?

The joys of football. Dykes couldn't trap a bag of cement and struggles to bring others into play in tight situations. He's in the squad because he's tremendous at attacking the ball in the box, he's an absolute beast of an athlete, makes life very difficult for centre halves and is defensively very responsible (as is Adams to be fair).

I actually think Dykes is hopeless at making the ball stick, Adams has far better close control, passing and works space for himself better. However, Spain will presumably be looking to build play a lot from the back and Rodri and Dykes is more of a "presence" in those phases of play and disrupted them at Hampden very successfully.

This is what I'd go with. Torn between Dykes and Adams, I think Dykes weaknesses as an out ball are less pronounced against a team like Spain than they are v Norway where they really prevented us getting into the game much, and his defensive contribution especially on Rodri and physical presence is massive. Tempted by the 4-5-1 with Gilmour in for Cooper but there's a reason Gilmour doesn't tend to start Brighton's games against the bigger teams when De Zerbi thinks they'll have less of the ball.

Won't drag this one out too much as it's a fairly academic debate but I would guess most of those in the 5-9 point bracket are there not because they're working their way up but beause they pick and choose their home games to some extent. That's evident from the general reduced attendances at Nations League games, kick off times and travel commitments mean people probably prioritise qualifiers. That might change from the increased pull of big teams in League A but I don't think there's a huge number working their way up on a constant march. For a large portion of the Supporters Club they actually don't particularly care about the points and just want a decent seat for the home games they do go to. I think for the foreseeable, if you've been in the SSC long enough and go to all the home games to get to 12, you'll have a shot at more away games than you don't get a shot at.

Wales would be completely insufferable if they won it (they already are). ABW.

I'm not sure this is the case, the 10 current 'eligible' home games have had average attendances of around 45,000. The lowest attendance being 38,627 for the Armenia game, of which I assume the vast majority of the crowd were SSC members. There will be some upward movement I would have thought as people push for additional points but I wouldn't expect a significant jump. The jump at the next renewal date at the end of next year might be more significant as I suspect there was a decent uplift in memberships pre Euro 2020 and people will in general be more on the ball about ensuring they renew in time.

Liquidators on the other hand...