Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. vs. Queens Park Rangers F.C. Gamethread

Kickoff at 12.30pm, on a Tuesday. Madness.

Brighton go top of the Championship with a win.

Brighton pls lose

is a seagull a good knickname/mascot

It's a bit common amongst seaside teams

Do we have any Brighton supporters?

#BHAFC XI to play #QPR: Stockdale; Bruno, Dunk, Duffy, Bong; Knockaert, Norwood, Stephens, March; Murray, Baldock. #FL72

#QPR XI to play #BHAFC: Smithies, Bidwell, Hall, Onuoha, Borysiuk, Cousins, Wszolek, Luongo, Ngbakoto, Perch, Sylla. #FL72

Brighton /lifelong/ here

>Shitposter who desperately wants to be gay
fixed

Fact of the day :Brighton used to have a dolphin as a badge but then their rivals Crystal Palace changed their badge to an eagle so Brighton decided that a Dolphin was too soft and went with the Gull.

Nobody cares, Mr. Izzard.

:(

...

Thanks for the club history fact, has there ever been a club with a pigeon in the badge or mascot?

Dundalk.

Neat, I actually didn't know that. Pretty odd how some clubs meander between colours and nicknames whilst others have kept them for over a century.

Huh, QPR isn't sponsored by Air Asia anymore? What happened to le malaysian fraud man?

He's still there
>250 million pounds spent to be in League One

>4-4-2 is not an easy system to play with

Who the fuck is commentating

Born and raised

were you brought up sucking cock

>POO PEE R

REEEEEEE

>re-appointing Ian Holloway
What did Tony Fernandes mean by this?

>Giving him a 2 and a half year contract

>appointing him at all
Only positive is it got him off Sky's coverage.

Where you brought to up on benefits speaking Pakistani?

qpr have pathetic fans desu
london club in the championship big budget well known players can't even get close to selling out their tiny stadium

>well known players
James Perch and Yacouba Sylla are well known players?

Dryworld make some pretty decent gear. Shame they don't seem to be trying too hard, Watford have already got a new supplier after one season.

you seen ur kit

Yeah I'm disappointed with Umbro really, three years and they haven't made a decent kit. This year's was the closest, but the sponsor and daft collar ruin it. The 1 904 badge doesn't help either.

im not a racist but i hate them muslim cunts

Championship=best ship

a league with Neil Warnock, Ian Holloway and Rafa Benitez in it is worth talking about, even if they're all washed up shells of their former selves

some people actually watch football

doubt it

football wouldn't be any good without the memes

Fuck's sake, just wasted 10 quid assuming that the bet would already count goals scored

Baldock scored in 11th minute and this bet counts any goal scored between 16 and 30 mins

Did you learn that betting is degenerate yet?

>tfw still believe Richie Towell will be a solid Premier League player

You muppet. I hope £10 isn't too much to you and you've learnt your lesson.

>darts

BENULDY

is this the tinpot derby?

>QPRed

>Onouha

fucking refball

you can't justify giving a straight red for that

Good refball.

I can tell that ref has plenty of experience with this kind of thing.

Game ogre

>the state of Poo Pee Arse
Coincidentally a Brighton fan's favourite fetishes.

The ref will be working in La Liga in no time :^)

[league 1 intensifies]

Just give them the Checkatrade trophy already. The only way they'll stay up is if Wigan, Blackburn and Burton are worse.

First three instantly get promoted right?

No relegation game like in germany?

>rapeherham are such a foregone conclusion you didn't even mention them
lel

First two get promoted automatically

3rd to 6th compete in the playoffs to go up

Third to sixth go into a playoff for the last spot. Bottom three in the Premier League go down.
Maybe I should've, they've actually won games recently.

Baldock and Defoe are going to bring football home. #3linesonashirt

>3rd to 6th compete in playoffs

Well, that seems stupid.

*wins the championship*

He looks like the guy in BrBa.

And relegation games make sense? You do realize it gives shitters like Hull the chance to stay up and I bet you have similar shitters in Krautland

Makes more sense that 1 of 4 teams that have had relatively good seasons should get promoted than a shit team getting the chance to stay up.

Delet this

*again*

Hamburg have been notorious for doing that in recent seasons.

I'm not a fan of relegation games either but playoffs seem even worse to me.

It also gives teams in the upper midtable something to play for at the end of the season if they go on a good run.

playoffs for promotion are the best idea in football

anyone who thinks it's a bad idea clearly is scared of their weak minded 3rd place team being unable to fend off two more teams effectively

It does suck when a 3rd place team who were a couple of points of automatic promotion lose the playoffs to a team that scrapes 6th

Maybe top teams should get an advantage

Like a single leg playoff + home advantage?

lmao no

you've had all year to prove you're as good as the top two teams and if you fail to do so you should gracefully accept the challenge of beating two other teams to gain promotion

if you can't do that, well then maybe you shouldn't be promoted

this is coming from a fan of a team who came 6th last year and fucking annihilated two teams who came above us and were strong favorites to go up.

and where are we now in our newly promoted league?

top half. miles above the top 2 who got automatic promotion

Maybe

I was thinking more like a goal advantage

Playing 6th and second leg at home in the semi is enough really.

The proposal that got approved but never happened was 6 team playoffs, with the top 2 getting a bye.

They proved over the year that they are better than 21 other teams.

A team on 6th place should not be promoted.

>They proved over the year that they are better than 21 other teams
>but can't prove they themselves are actually better on the day

again this is a case of weak-mindedness.

if you flop on the day, it's your own fault and you should have no excuses.

Isn't this same meme argument Amerifats use defending play-off systems vs league systems?

I like the implementation of both at the same time, but I can see how it works in the NFL to crown an ultimate winner - especially with no upper or lower leagues

There are 21 other teams that flopped far more often over the season. Hence the positions.

who's sticking around for Derby Brum

Here la

But that is fucking dumb.

That takes away 3 more teams that have something to play for.

Can you not see how this makes the league more competitive and inclusive

also you're taking away what is literally the most exciting part of the league

Aye, fuck all else on and I'm too poorly to move. No need for a new thread.

tell me, why does steve sit in the stands?

>level points with your rival before the match starts
Not sure if i want derby to win so villa stay above birmingham or if i want a draw and they go above us but the gap to the playoffs isnt widened

Brighton are the new Lesta.

>being this silly
Hughton is good at second tier level but flops at the top level.

If Brighton go up, watch him revert to negative football and get relegated.

This is the biggest worry, everyone is scared that Brighton will end up like Norwich, Burnley, Hull etc.

Well that was a dreadfull backpass

It's called Urdu you mong

This match is shit, im going to watch wwe instead

I thought he was decent with Newcastle when they were in the Prem

Gets a better view of the pitch

draw is the best for us
wouldn't even mind a blues win as I'm confident we'll finish above them yet derby will be rivals for us

Its all meaningless if we dont beat leeds anyway

As a Derby fan I hope you stuff them like a turkey

So do i but we play like shit so dont count on it

PENULTY

Top reffing!

>tfw cheeki 2quid on bent first scorer

>the pakistani village of birmingham

>the city of gorgon zola

Are Brighton /ourguys/?