............ Brighton & Hove Albion v Millwall *** Official Match Thread ***
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severnside gull
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Okay - so does it need a poll or are we all agreed that starting official matchday threads is a job for BBBW for the forseeable future? 
Brightonfan1983
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seagullsovergrimsby
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Okay - so does it need a poll or are we all agreed that starting official matchday threads is a job for BBBW for the forseeable future?
Agreed , BBBW in hindsight would have secured all 3 points this evening.
swervy_123
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what creative midfielders we havent got one ,navarro bridcut the same type of player no creativity through the middle of the park and to slow both get nosebleeds when they cross the halfway line.
severnside gull
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severnside gull
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would make a better point had Navarro not scored the winner on Saturday and then had his shot deflected to create the opening goal tonight
I don't see what's funny? This is something for the mods, official match threads started by anyone else should be deleted.Okay - so does it need a poll or are we all agreed that starting official matchday threads is a job for BBBW for the forseeable future?
It's nothing to do with hindsight, we said this at the start.
swervy_123
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one goal in 100 games . so you think are two central midfielders work do you , look how other teams break on us so quickly we have nothing through the middle except sideway passing mc smith is wasted he is waiting for a quick ball that never comes. i cant remember one decent ball through the middle can you or anyone..
Silverhatch
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Football cliché number 1... You have to earn the right to play. Our 11 thought they could just turn up tonight and roll Millwall over. Millwall were sharper and passed the ball better than us and in Trotter had the best player on the pitch. Also, if El Abd is the best defender (Gus's words) at the club then PLAY HIM. Delighted with a point.
Exactly - the evening in a nutshell.
Crap performance, arguably the worst I've seen from us at the Amex. We looked totally disjointed and un co-ordinated for large parts of the game, and were screaming out for the kind of creativity in attack that Kaz or Noone would have offered had they played from the start.
I also would have taken Barnes rather than CMS off when the subs were made - how are Vokes and CMS meant to form any kind of partnership when they're not playing full games together?
Mind you, we didn't lose so it's not all doom and gloom.
I also would have taken Barnes rather than CMS off when the subs were made - how are Vokes and CMS meant to form any kind of partnership when they're not playing full games together?
Mind you, we didn't lose so it's not all doom and gloom.
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severnside gull
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well to be fair that midfield has kept us unbeaten since the turn of the year so one poor game where we set up with three defensive midfielders instead of 2 plus one attacking seems to be rather a one-off error of judgement by Gus than a catastrophe from which we will never recover.
but then I do try not to over-react.
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I don't mind who starts the Official Thread" as long as it has pictures and links. I'd sooner not do it, but it got to be ahead of the other clubs. Not OTT, of course.
If you want to copy the code, just cut and paste from Reply Quote on the original. It is a pain in the head getting the club badges the right size and lined up though, so I would sooner that somebody else does it.
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/
for link to the stadia.
The Football League | Match | Referees | Referees
This is the referees page, but it was wrong for the Millwall game.
Google for the ref.
I expect there are some other links if I remember.
I don't mind who starts the Official Thread" as long as it has pictures and links. I'd sooner not do it, but it got to be ahead of the other clubs. Not OTT, of course.
If you want to copy the code, just cut and paste from Reply Quote on the original. It is a pain in the head getting the club badges the right size and lined up though, so I would sooner that somebody else does it.
http://www.footballgroundguide.com/
for link to the stadia.
The Football League | Match | Referees | Referees
This is the referees page, but it was wrong for the Millwall game.
Google for the ref.
I expect there are some other links if I remember.
swervy_123
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why do we need two defensive midfielders let alone three .dont get me wrong i think its been a great season so far but some of are results have been lucky they could have gone either way .we have nothing in the middle of the park to create chances , are best and most expensive player is suffering and as you said nav s deflected shot lucky again not over reactin just feel this is a problem in the team . but not a catastrophe seems your over reacting
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Ideally, we want to pass into the space in front of our front runners. Alas, the other teams know this and try and cover the space. If the opponents covering is too thorough the Albion midfielder with the ball has no one to pass to he can run with the ball*, or we can form diamonds and do wall passes etc. (*except the players that can run with the ball were on the bench for most of the game).
Playing deep is the chosen method of defending rather than pressing for the whole of the game. The trouble is the defenders have got to concentrate all of the time. I think the full backs are meant to work closely with the central defenders. If the winger goes very wide they become separated.
Playing deep is the chosen method of defending rather than pressing for the whole of the game. The trouble is the defenders have got to concentrate all of the time. I think the full backs are meant to work closely with the central defenders. If the winger goes very wide they become separated.
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GreersElbow
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I was wondering. Our boys made very little or poor attempts to tackle, perhaps they're scared of picking up bookings or injuries before Sunday?