View from the Brighton press box as fans boo after Brentford stalemate

Derren Howard on Brighton and Hove Albion's frustrating 0-0 draw with Brentford at the Amex Stadium.

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00:00so hi another frustrating performance for for Brighton and their fans just

00:06after the the Brentford game finished nil-nil Brighton probably had the better

00:10of the chances Julio and Sisso he hit the post early early on in the in the

00:16first half which was one of many shots that the Paraguay playmaker had but it

00:23didn't quite didn't quite go his or Brighton's way today Brentford probably

00:28feel a bit unlucky that Johan Wisse's goal or effort in the first half was

00:34chalked off for the narrowest of of offsides VAR intervened and and chalked

00:39that one off for for Brentford but Brighton kept on pushing they introduced

00:45a number of subs in the in the second half Jorginho Rutter Simon Odinga came

00:50off the bench Jankuba Minter Yassin Ayari even Solly March who who came back for

00:56his first first appearance since since for more than a year since he injured

01:01his knee and again in match against Manchester City back in October 2023 he

01:07came off the bench for the final 10 minutes and he had he had a golden

01:11almost a chance to to make it a dream comeback for him and he he just cut

01:17inside on that left foot as he as he has done over the years for for Brighton and

01:22his effort just flew narrowly over the bar it's pretty much the last last kick

01:27of the game would have been a dream return for Solly March and a boost for

01:31the crowd who actually booed booed the team off at the at the end as as well

01:36and Fabian Hurlitz he wasn't he wasn't very happy in the in the press

01:40conference conference afterwards says that the players don't deserve any of

01:45the boos they said they're trying hard they're really competing well in the

01:49Premier League down to 10th in the Premier League now and he said that the

01:54boos were a bit unjustified and he also had a quite a spiky exchange with one of

01:59the reporters in the in the press conference when he was asked about the

02:03there was an incident with Jal Pedro where he there was a VAR check to see if

02:08he elbowed one of the Brentford defenders during a tussle Thomas Frank

02:15the Brentford's manager said that Jal Pedro should have been sent off Fabian

02:19Hurlitz 100% disagreed and yeah he wasn't he really wasn't happy with with

02:25with parts of that and the questions that he faced on that as well so so yeah

02:31all a little bit a little bit edgy at the moment at Brighton and their next in

02:37action against Aston Villa on December the 30th so that won't be easy Villa

02:43Villa obviously doing very well in the Champions League this this season as as

02:48well so that's going to be another tough game for Brighton who are 6-6 without a

02:53win at the moment and their hope to to get a victory any way they can at Villa

02:58Park on December the 30th but have a look online Sussex World we've got all

03:03the reaction from from today's match against Brentford and there'll also be

03:08all the previews as we look ahead to the Villa game as as well so thanks very

03:13much for watching Cheers