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Reserves Undone by Rovers
Posted on: Tue 25 Oct 2011
By Will Jago
Albion reserves went down 2-1 at Forest Green Rovers tonight but development squad coach Luke Williams remains positive of his team's performance.
The young professionals went ahead inside the opening half-hour but uncharacteristic errors allowed the home side to snatch the points.
Torbjorn Agdestein continued his good form following his return from a month-long loan spell at Bath City and opened the scoring: after some good build-up play, the Norwegian striker created space on the edge of the Rovers' box before slotting the ball into the bottom corner.
Albion looked comfortable in possession but could not create the clear-cut chance to double their lead, and then on the brink of half-time the home side pulled level.
Jake Forster-Caskey was uncharacteristically dispossessed out wide and Forest Green broke down the wing, centred the ball and scored from close range.
The Seagulls stayed true to their accustomed style against a dogged Rovers side but Forest Green snatched all three points with a cruel blow ten minutes from time - as Grant Hall put past his own goalkeeper Mitch Walker.
Williams was disappointed with the defeat but wants his players to keep their faith in the passing way.
He told seagulls.co.uk, "I'm pleased with the performance but unfortunately a couple of mistakes cost us, the lads will learn from that though.
"We always look at the bigger picture here and I want the players to as well. They watched the first team lose out to an error last night and unfortunately the same happened tonight, but I don't want the lads to think it's not the right way to play.
"There are a few kinks to iron out but I'd rather have the problem of dominating games and winning most of the time, than not having a lot of possession and still not winning all of their games."
Albion: (4-3-3) Walker; Sampayo, Hall, Cook, Strong; Kasim, Rodgers (Hayward), Forster-Caskey; Smith, Agdestein (Woodley), Barker. Subs not used: East (GK), Sherriff.
Looks like their tippy tappy has not worked either! It looks like Gus' grand plan needs to be worked on.
Posted on: Tue 25 Oct 2011
By Will Jago
Albion reserves went down 2-1 at Forest Green Rovers tonight but development squad coach Luke Williams remains positive of his team's performance.
The young professionals went ahead inside the opening half-hour but uncharacteristic errors allowed the home side to snatch the points.
Torbjorn Agdestein continued his good form following his return from a month-long loan spell at Bath City and opened the scoring: after some good build-up play, the Norwegian striker created space on the edge of the Rovers' box before slotting the ball into the bottom corner.
Albion looked comfortable in possession but could not create the clear-cut chance to double their lead, and then on the brink of half-time the home side pulled level.
Jake Forster-Caskey was uncharacteristically dispossessed out wide and Forest Green broke down the wing, centred the ball and scored from close range.
The Seagulls stayed true to their accustomed style against a dogged Rovers side but Forest Green snatched all three points with a cruel blow ten minutes from time - as Grant Hall put past his own goalkeeper Mitch Walker.
Williams was disappointed with the defeat but wants his players to keep their faith in the passing way.
He told seagulls.co.uk, "I'm pleased with the performance but unfortunately a couple of mistakes cost us, the lads will learn from that though.
"We always look at the bigger picture here and I want the players to as well. They watched the first team lose out to an error last night and unfortunately the same happened tonight, but I don't want the lads to think it's not the right way to play.
"There are a few kinks to iron out but I'd rather have the problem of dominating games and winning most of the time, than not having a lot of possession and still not winning all of their games."
Albion: (4-3-3) Walker; Sampayo, Hall, Cook, Strong; Kasim, Rodgers (Hayward), Forster-Caskey; Smith, Agdestein (Woodley), Barker. Subs not used: East (GK), Sherriff.
Looks like their tippy tappy has not worked either! It looks like Gus' grand plan needs to be worked on.
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