Post Match report for the Wolves game - Saturday, 30th April 2022
PREMIER LEAGUE 21/22: Wolverhampton V Brighton - 30/4/22 P35.
* * * * * ALBION CLEAN SHEET IN LONG AWAY SPIN * * * * *
RESULT: 0-3 ~ Mac Allister, Trossard, Bissouma . (h-t 0-1) . . . SHAPE: 3-5-1-1
VENUE: Molineux, Wolverhampton - eighteenth away match of thirty-five fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
PRE-MATCH: the lost generation of Brighton fans and later young millennials were catching up on what happened 25 years ago when Dick Knight had a vision to take BHA from gutter to the stars.
Sometime along the way we had visited the Black Country and shared lower league experiences.
Today was better than yesteryear through elevation but part of the enjoyment is being on an ongoing journey.
WEATHER: nice afternoon . GATE: 31,243 . KIT: blue & white.
GRAHAM POTTER said he was happy to sell players in order to evolve as a club.
We presuppose developing talent is integral to our business structure and thereby projected a policy of quality recruitment.
GP has a small group but most were fit to be selected.
He decided to rest Webster & Maupay. Bissouma returned from ban, while March stepped up.
INJURED: 15 Moder, 60 Sarmiento . SQUAD: 42 Leonard, 57 Offiah.
TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . . . . . . . 34 Veltman, 5 Dunk, 3 Cucurella
. 20 March 12 Mwepu 8 Bissouma 25 Caiceo 11 Trossard
. . . . . . 10 Mac Allister . . . . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 4 Webster (63), 2 Lamptey (87), 13 Gross (89).
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk), 24 Duffy, 9 Maupay, 14 Lallana, 17 Alzate, 58 Ferguson.
GOALS: 0-1 - 42 . MAC ALLISTER powered in the second penalty following some discussion with captain Dunk.
0-2 - 70 . TROSSARD took aim and did what he does from a shooting position, assisted by Welbeck.
0-3 - 86 . BISSOUMA chanced his arm or maybe foot at last and scored from distance to boot.
NOTED: main talking points up to halftime concerned VAR checks & intervention with regard to 2 spot kicks - handball & foul.
Mac Allister featured twice with 50-50 results.
The away display was superior up to the interval despite a set piece score.
On a day when defences needed to rule the roost, Seagulls did against toiling and under par opponents.
YELLOWS: Cucurella.
CHANGES: 63 Webster for Mwepu . 87 Lamptey for March . 89 Gross for Trossard.
FIRST HALF: excellent play from visitors took the game to hosts and began to regularly register on targets.
SECOND HALF: locals were chasing the game but it got snatched out of their reach via a go for broke mentality from travellers until the final whistle.
There was little reason to implement changes during cut & thrust of creating chances.
NUMBERS: poss 49%-51%, on target 1-9, off target 10-8, corners 7-3,
fouls 6-4, yellows 2-1, subs 3-3, shape 352-3511 . . . . . . . gd-8 pt44 po9
FS
BROWSING: via Stats page tabs -
all History & Travel, E-talk, Squad, Archive - players apps/goals, plus updated Clubs records.
end of April & start of May marks 25 years since Albion survived as a Football League club.
go to our Archive scroll for Dick Knight, Martin Perry, Gory Years and Goldstone/Withdean managers.
also Falmer File & Diary for further reading.