Albion manager Micky Adams has appealed for cool heads following emergency talks with Dick Knight.

The Board are worried about recent results and the Seagulls' poor disciplinary record. But Adams declared: "This is not a time for knee-jerk reactions from anybody. That would be stupid."

And he hopes to arrest Albion's slide by bringing in up to three new players before Saturday's home game against Plymouth Argyle. Knight and Adams met in the wake of last Saturday's dismal 2-0 defeat at Hull, the Argus can reveal.

The Seagulls have gone seven matches without a win and scored only one goal to slip to 17th, their lowest position of the season, To add to Adams' problems, Darren Carr collected the seventh red card of the campaign at Hull.

"The chairman represents the Board and they are obviously concerned about the lack of discipline," Adams admitted. "I've got no complaints about that. We covered a lot of topics. Dick is obviously concerned about results as well. I don't think anybody is happy at the moment with what we are doing.

"The inconsistency is still there, but I don't think we are a million miles away and this is not a time for knee-jerk reactions from anybody. That would be stupid. We are having a storm, but we have got to batten down the hatches and ride it out."

Adams drafted in veteran reserve team coach Ian Culverhouse at Hull. But two Jason Harris goals after Carr had been sent-off for a professional foul early in the second half sentenced Albion to a fourth League defeat out of six.

"I am running out of patience and I can see a few people coming in this week, maybe on loan with a view to staying," Adams said. "We will certainly be strengthening in areas I have felt needed strengthening for a while.

"I am hoping to get maybe two or three faces in for Saturday, because I was bitterly disappointed with us at Hull. It was a gamble playing Culverhouse which possibly backfired slightly, but at 0-0 we had another man sent off and we are not giving ourselves a chance.

"Four of the sending offs; the two for Darren Freeman, Charlie Oatway and Rod Thomas, were down to individuals rather than anything I can do. I can't really see what I can possibly do with individuals who decide to take the law into their own hands, other than fine them or leave them out of the team as I have done from time to time.

"But we have certainly got to improve our record between now and the end of the season, otherwise we will be paying a little visit to the FA."

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