Brighton and Hove Albion V Rushden and Diamonds FA Cup "official match thread"

[Driver8]

Can you imagine what a premiership team would do to our defence? I really hope we don't draw one.

 

[fleet]

Can you imagine what a premiership team would do to our defence? I really hope we don't draw one.

They would need to buy a new scoreboard with three digits

 

[onthebeach]

some fans are never bloody happy. mate of mine just texted me saying they are sat with supporters who are slagging dicko off. what feckin more do they want him to do. some people are never happy. tossers. i told them to smack em in the gob that might shut em up.

 

[Acker79]

Is there anyone out there who rates Smith ?

Mark McGhee, apparently.

 

[Black Country Seagull]

Job done I suppose

 

[Driver8]

"Smith hasn't had a save to make" according to commentary. Well I can think of two instances.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

3-2 full time . Bring on the big boys.

 

[glasfryn]

Can you imagine what a premiership team would do to our defence? I really hope we don't draw one.

don't be so sure we might do better than you think ......................................then again maybe not !!

 

[charlieoatway]

Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky WANKERS

My thoughts exactly, nail on head!

 

[Driver8]

3-2 full time . Bring on the big boys.

Should think they will be quaking in their boots.

 

[Si Gull]

"Smith hasn't had a save to make" according to commentary. Well I can think of two instances.

Think they meant in the 2nd half - that's how we managed to win 3-2! God help us if we get a decent Prem side in Rd 3

 

[Nottseagull]

Sorry

It's not exactly hard to find.

Actually CG the link on the Sussex website for Albion commentary led to this page
BBC Sport - Football - Brighton v Rushden & D'mnds

The link in the TR corner led to the Chester v Eastbourne stream. I believe it was only due to the abandonment that Sussex switched it to Withdean.

 

[the right footed denilson]

The point is, from the sounds of it, they had two shots that a goalkeeper with ANY confidence would save.

 

[highway61]

Is it a possibility that Smith is not the Graeme Smith of Rangers and Motherwell but is in fact an imposter, an opportunist, who has assumed his identity.
Is he John Roberts, a postman from Salisbury, who has never played pro football in his life but just fancied a go !

i have it on good authority he is actually a John Thomas

 

[Steve Foster]

some fans are never bloody happy. mate of mine just texted me saying they are sat with supporters who are slagging dicko off. what feckin more do they want him to do. some people are never happy. tossers. i told them to smack em in the gob that might shut em up.

The fans that are at the ground are frankly entitled to slag the useless lump, if they think that he is no good. Unlike those of us who didn't attend today & are sitting by our computers

 

[clapham_gull]

Actually CG the link on the Sussex website for Albion commentary led to this page
BBC Sport - Football - Brighton v Rushden & D'mnds

The link in the TR corner led to the Chester v Eastbourne stream. I believe it was only due to the abandonment that Sussex switched it to Withdean.

They place the FA cup commentary links on the game preview page, I was listening to it from 3 O'Clock.

 

[Jahooli]

i have it on good authority he is actually a John Thomas

Thom As-Jonah? He just doesn't impress me sorry

 

[the right footed denilson]

Doesn't sound like he was to blame for the second. And even the first we allowed them to run at us from miles out before they shot.

Everyone will kick off at Smith (and rightly so, he is poor) but the facts are that our defence is every bit as shit.

Of course, our defence is in desperate need of some sorting out. BUT, for perhaps the fifth game in recent months the opponents goals-for has been massively exaggerated by the presence of Smith. See the Southampton game for an example of a game where we have given the opponents just as many opportunities but had a more confident man between the sticks.

I don't want to make too many excuses, i just feel we're desperately disadvantaging ourselves sticking with Smith. And at the end of the day a teams confidence is always going to be more greatly affected by the amount of goals conceded (and subsequent result) more than anything else.

 

[Nottseagull]

They place the FA cup commentary links on the game preview page, I was listening to it from 3 O'Clock.

That link I mentioned was on the preview page. If you click here straight away while it is still up, you will see the link for the preview
BBC - Sussex - Sussex