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Brighton/Chelsea, an insurmountable cup challenge ?

letthegoodtimesroll
letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,908
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As much as Chelsea is a bigger club than Brighton, I would have thought the cup challenge that ‘U18 coach’ Jason Pearce took on days before the game against Brighton in the league cup at the Valley where we gave the away team some 6k tickets and still couldn’t fill the ground was a much bigger task than the one we face on Saturday night.

That we were a struggling L1 side that had just sacked its manager and the team he put held Premiership Brighton to a draw, battling away for the full ‘90 minutes’ and then went on to beat them on penalties was simply an incredible and unforeseen feat.

whether we can get a similar result against Chelsea or not I don’t know but a team performance like that no matter what the outcome will send me home happy. Maybe Jason could give a little inspirational speech beforehand…

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  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,782
    I would take just not getting embarrassed tbh, lose by a goal or 2 is fine, really don’t want to see us concede 5
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,401
    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    As much as Chelsea is a bigger club than Brighton, I would have thought the cup challenge that ‘U18 coach’ Jason Pearce took on days before the game against Brighton in the league cup at the Valley where we gave the away team some 6k tickets and still couldn’t fill the ground was a much bigger task than the one we face on Saturday night.

    That we were a struggling L1 side that had just sacked its manager and the team he put held Premiership Brighton to a draw, battling away for the full ‘90 minutes’ and then went on to beat them on penalties was simply an incredible and unforeseen feat.

    whether we can get a similar result against Chelsea or not I don’t know but a team performance like that no matter what the outcome will send me home happy. Maybe Jason could give a little inspirational speech beforehand…

    We did play well that night but wasn't it Brighton's first game after the break for the world cup? Please correct me if wrong.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,098
    Jason Pearce?
  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,354
    sticking to my prediction 0-10 at half time if Chelsea keep trying, probably 0-6 if they can't be bothered
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,515
    Off_it said:
    Jason Pearce?
    Anthony Hayes was appointed as caretaker manager following the sacking Ben Garner with Pearce as Hayes’s interim assistant during the games they were in charge for before the permanent appointment of Dean Holden

    Hayes had 3 games in charge which includes the Brighton League Cup game and the FA Cup defeat up at Stockport 
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,055
    edited January 8
    shirty5 said:
    Off_it said:
    Jason Pearce?
    Anthony Hayes was appointed as caretaker manager following the sacking Ben Garner with Pearce as Hayes’s interim assistant during the games they were in charge for before the permanent appointment of Dean Holden

    Hayes had 3 games in charge which includes the Brighton League Cup game and the FA Cup defeat up at Stockport 

    We just rewrote history because Hayes went to (you know who).

    Yes I remember Jason Pearce managing that day- then didn't stain his CV after that- club legend!! 


  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,098
    shirty5 said:
    Off_it said:
    Jason Pearce?
    Anthony Hayes was appointed as caretaker manager following the sacking Ben Garner with Pearce as Hayes’s interim assistant during the games they were in charge for before the permanent appointment of Dean Holden

    Hayes had 3 games in charge which includes the Brighton League Cup game and the FA Cup defeat up at Stockport 
    Errr .... I know all that. 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,515
    Off_it said:
    shirty5 said:
    Off_it said:
    Jason Pearce?
    Anthony Hayes was appointed as caretaker manager following the sacking Ben Garner with Pearce as Hayes’s interim assistant during the games they were in charge for before the permanent appointment of Dean Holden

    Hayes had 3 games in charge which includes the Brighton League Cup game and the FA Cup defeat up at Stockport 
    Errr .... I know all that. 
    Nice one 👍
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,627
    This game is irrelevant to the importance of our season.

  • superclive
    superclive Posts: 1,823
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    This game is irrelevant to the importance of our season.

    i kind of get what you mean, but a win would be remebered in our history for ever. 

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