Dave the OAP
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Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
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Happy Christmas to you and the family mate. ��
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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- Nov 9, 2009
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We rode our luck but a good tactical switch by CH with Crofts contributing well and the switch in formation def gave us chances.
Always wonder what supporters see that managers don't because VLP had beating of man and JM didn't yet we constantly played it to JM every time.
Always wonder what supporters see that managers don't because VLP had beating of man and JM didn't yet we constantly played it to JM every time.
Out of eleven home games, we've failed to win 3 - more than a quarter of them.
BensGrandad
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Just spoken to brother who was there and his opinions is that we were very poor and he predicts a difficult 2nd half to the season as we are not a patch on the side of 4 weeks ago but cant put his finger on what it is we need. Apparently Stockdale saved us many times.
symyjym
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Ahh, Christmas celebrations must have really taken it out of the poor soul. Being ill on Boxing day can only be self inflicted.
Just back from the game - we were poor first half with Calde very exposed. The 4-4-2 wasn't working because we had no real wide threat and Wilson wasn't in the game, so they were always in place and could boss the game. We switched to 4-3-3 at half time and controlled the game second half, but we didn't mange to take the shot on the end of anything! We were the kept in the game by Stockdale. Draw a reasonable result in the day. But their diving was a disgrace (along with fans who shouted handball all the time).
symyjym
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Chris Hughton needs to pick the right boots for some of them for starters.
warmleyseagull
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This one comes up regularly. What is important is what the third team got as that is the points total you have to beat.
warmleyseagull
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As against Middlesbtough, you mean? Away wins are essential as no-one wins all home games.
BensGrandad
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Is there any guarantee we will score 44 points in the 2nd half of the season I wouldnt think so judging by our recent performances where we are not the same team as some weeks ago. I think that we could find our form again and go up automatically but we could just as easy not and miss out altogether.
Behind Enemy Lines
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We have seven first-team match day squad players currently injured. Hardly surprising it's taking its toll. I think a very decent point today in a match we could have easily lost. Two important home games coming up which must be won to keep an automatic promotion challenge on track but hopefully much needed re-enforcements not far away now. It's still on.
warmleyseagull
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Third + 1 do you?
BensGrandad
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How many are first choice only 1 guaranteed Bong. LR is virtually for away games but the rest are just squad bench players.
This was in reply to post 416 which I forgot to quote
This was in reply to post 416 which I forgot to quote
Are you blaming the club as they have been together since yesterday morning
warmleyseagull
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It all comes down to how you phrase it, really.
The second place team in any given season can have more points than they actually needed that year, i.e. if the third place team has 85, the second place team only needed 86 to go up, but they happened to win 89. From a hypothetical point of view, 88 points would have been enough to go up, if that is what the second place team had got (instead of 89). So third place +1 is right.
If you're transposing us into that league, then we would have to get more than the team in second place to knock them down the table and put us in second place. So second place +1 is right.
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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They have changed the rules now and allow substitutes, so the match squad is 17 players, and of the current injuries, they would probably all be in the 17
beardy gull
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Ys but the team in 2nd that season didn't NEED to get say, 89 points (Watford last season). All Watford needed was the same as 3rd with a better gd.