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Dear Gus - Adam El Abd is not a full back..
- Thread starter timbha
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Chesney Christ
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Err... which of all the fit and available right backs would you have played then?!?!?!?!?!?
Deanbha
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Who else at right back then??
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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bruno and calderon both injured.
if el-abd hadnt of played there, our only other replacements would have been youth team players or someone who would have been equally out of position.
if el-abd hadnt of played there, our only other replacements would have been youth team players or someone who would have been equally out of position.
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
HawkTheSeagull
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Well we have Vincelot.....oh wait he's on loan at Gillingham - we needed him tonight, no defensive cover at the moment either.
Chesney Christ
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You would have started David at RB? Bollocks.
Withdean Wanderer
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Shit thread. There are at least a dozen moans you could have about Gus tonight, this is not one.
Sergei's Celebration
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We did with WB and Spanish Dave as wing backs until they scored then WB dropped back, AEA moved to the right, Spanish Dave then was on the left to cover until the sub could be made, which put AEA back next to GG.
Watch the game next time.
Bit harsh. I was not entirely sure if it was 3 centre backs or El Abd at right back. And at times I'm not sure El Abd knew; sometimes he was out wide then he drifted in.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Woaaaaaaah there. WW saying a moaning thread is shit, and defending Gus? Now I know for certain WW is a spoof user.
Sergei's Celebration
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The oddest odd i noticed tonight was Hammond covering while Adam was playing on the edge of their box and getting a nose bleed from being so far forward. Thankfully it lasted only a few seconds and natural order was restored.
In the first half there was three very distinct setups; the first with WB and Spanish Dave as wing backs (which Dave really didn't suit nor seemed to like i thought) and the three centre backs whilst having two 'classic' forwards. 2nd after we conceded the first, Gus pulled WB back to Left back then Adam went out right (do i remember a few years ago he played this position or am i just going mad?) then once KLL came on Adam went back to the centre (3rd). What ever Gus was trying it looked disjointed and unrehearsed in set up 1 while the players looked uncomfortable and Millwall seized on it. As soon as we went back to normal wingers and with KLLs pace to boot it changed the game back in our favor a bit more.
I can understand why he did it (3 at the back with two wide infront) but by gosh i hope he waits until Bruno is fit to do it again, as the amount of running a wing back does coupled with both defensive and distribution skills needed only he is good enough (in my opinion).
He didn't play full back !!! Have you watched football before?
Quite right........
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
He played as centre back last night although he did play as full back in previous seasons under Wilkins or Adams I think.
VAL1850
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So who's RB on Saturday - Are Bruno and Calde still expected to be out ??
Sergei's Celebration
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Spanish Dave i guess.