A disgrace Newcastle United losing to likes of Brighton at home… Really?
Newcastle United lost to Brighton on Saturday.
A match where United started really well, controlled and dominated the play.
Brighton couldn’t get out of their own half.
Newcastle failing to put the ball in the net and when Isak failed to convert a golden one on one chance after Bruno put him in, the all but inevitable happened.
Any of you who have played at any level of football, will have experienced this at times.
The opposition scoring with their first attack on 35 minutes.
A great goal scored by Brighton on the break, not great defending by Newcastle United.
The next half hour Newcastle United continued to play well but couldn’t get the ball in the net, chances missed, especially some golden opportunities for Anthony Gordon. The final half an hour or so, it all getting a bit messy, as Eddie Howe used all five subs to desperately try and find a way through to goal. Brighton ending up with another couple of late chances of their own.
Like you, I was gutted of course. Frustration the word.
What I couldn’t understand though, was some of the over the top reaction, beyond the frustration of losing a first home match in nine months, especially after playing so well the first hour or so AND having the chances to win it comfortably.
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A disgrace Newcastle United losing to likes of Brighton at home… Really?
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Newcastle United lost to Brighton on Saturday.
A match where United started really well, controlled and dominated the play.
Brighton couldn’t get out of their own half.
Newcastle failing to put the ball in the net and when Isak failed to convert a golden one on one chance after Bruno put him in, the all but inevitable happened.
Any of you who have played at any level of football, will have experienced this at times.
The opposition scoring with their first attack on 35 minutes.
A great goal scored by Brighton on the break, not great defending by Newcastle United.
The next half hour Newcastle United continued to play well but couldn’t get the ball in the net, chances missed, especially some golden opportunities for Anthony Gordon. The final half an hour or so, it all getting a bit messy, as Eddie Howe used all five subs to desperately try and find a way through to goal. Brighton ending up with another couple of late chances of their own.
Like you, I was gutted of course. Frustration the word.
What I couldn’t understand though, was some of the over the top reaction, beyond the frustration of losing a first home match in nine months, especially after playing so well the first hour or so AND having the chances to win it comfortably.
I have read and heard of how it is a disgrace ‘losing to the likes of Brighton at home’, how it is ‘totally unacceptable’ and so on.
With some Newcastle United fans, you would think we’d just lost to a non-league side at St James’ Park.
The reality is something different.
Brighton have benefited from an owner who put half a billion into the club, which financed a new stadium, a new training complex, plus of course it financing their rise to the Premier League and staying there.
Without Tony Bloom putting in massive amounts of cash, where would Brighton be now?
So why should it be a disgrace or totally unacceptable for Newcastle United to lose to Brighton at SJP?
A few things to consider.
That half a billion the Brighton owner put into the club to set them up.
Brighton were promoted in 2017 as runners up to Newcastle and so have had access to Premier League payouts not far off NUFC’s, since that point.
In each of the first three seasons after those promotions, Brighton had far higher net spends on signings than Newcastle United. Tony Bloom showing ambition and Mike Ashley the exact opposite. In the fourth season (2020/21) the two clubs having very similar net spends.
