Huddersfield boss rues corner verdict

10:00am Sunday 3rd March 2013 in Sport By Brian Owen

Andrea Orlandi jumps on scorer Leonardo Ulloa Andrea Orlandi jumps on scorer Leonardo Ulloa

Albion have been told they were fortunate to score their game-changing second goal against Huddersfield.

But Town boss Mark Robins was disappointed with how his side caved in at The Amex.

Leo Ulloa put Albion back in front from a corner Huddersfield felt should not have been awarded.

A determined Huddersfield display then disintegrated as they were sent to a 4-1 defeat which keeps Albion in the top six.

Asked if he felt his side were going to get a result, Robins said: "Yes, I thought it before the game and I thought it up to 75 minutes until the referee gave a corner kick that wasn't a corner kick.

“That's disappoitning but it's not just that. You can't blame the referee and I am not trying to do that.

“What disappointed me was the concession of the second goal led to capitulation really.

"The two goals that followed were a result of the misfortune we experienced with the second goal."

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Brighton&HoveAlbion says...
10:09am Sun 3 Mar 13

Is someone forgetting about the foul on Orlandi that should've been a red?

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farside says...
10:16am Sun 3 Mar 13

wow! He has only been in the job 5 minutes and frantically clutching at straws already :-)

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The Phantom says...
10:18am Sun 3 Mar 13

Probably a fair assessment of his team - didn't have a lot going for them other than hard work and organisation. Once that had gone they became a bit shambolic. Having said that, aside from a slow start Brighton playedwell throughout and 4-1 was a fair reflection. If Huddersfield had nicked a draw it would have been a travesty. Think Robins may have a job keeping them up.

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Clean Sheet says...
10:21am Sun 3 Mar 13

Losing Manager's usually look for excuses rather than admitting that their team was beaten by the better side.

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brightonup says...
10:30am Sun 3 Mar 13

...all managers do this after defeats; some call it a s***t sandwich...

'we were robbed blah, blah,

that's no excuse for capitulation blah, blah,

however the second (unfair) goal was the game changer blah, blah!'

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saraman says...
10:44am Sun 3 Mar 13

Sorry Mr Robins, it was a legitimate corner. My seat in the lower west is almost in line with the south goal. The ball took the faintest of flicks off of a defender which was quite rightly spotted by the linesman. Jed on the previous thread commented that it should not have been a corner but I can assure him it was as stated.

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pjwilk says...
11:00am Sun 3 Mar 13

So Mr Robins its a corner,just defend the corner.How can it lead to a 4-1 thrashing.

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wiseman of hove says...
11:11am Sun 3 Mar 13

Well done the linesman. Still reflecting on the game and pondering if Spanish Dave produced the performance of the sesason so far.

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fairweathersupporter says...
11:26am Sun 3 Mar 13

saraman wrote:
Sorry Mr Robins, it was a legitimate corner. My seat in the lower west is almost in line with the south goal. The ball took the faintest of flicks off of a defender which was quite rightly spotted by the linesman. Jed on the previous thread commented that it should not have been a corner but I can assure him it was as stated.
Sraman, i sit near you and can also confirm (as i did on an earlier post) that it was a corner. The cross bent out of play before Barnes met it at the far post taking a slight but definite touch off their defender. The lino was right on top of it and so were you (and me).

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Baldseagull says...
11:33am Sun 3 Mar 13

They were fortunate to go in level at half time I thought. A look at the stats will tell you it was not a lucky win, we were better in every department, and by some distance.

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mark by the sea says...
11:37am Sun 3 Mar 13

Not sure what robins is on about, I suppose he is trying to convince his players they were hard done by!
The lunge tackle infront of the Lino and the fourth official shows the standard of referees having the balls to send someone off! Shocking tackle. Poor decision by ref.

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Jonathan Mouette says...
1:15pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I'm going to be audacious enough to change the subject - it's Sunday, I've had time to recover from the heady celebrations of yesterday and put on my controversial hat yet again. Where, may I ask are all the lads who were screaming, just a week ago, about the glaring miss by our new born hero. Where are they now and why oh why are they not going on about the sitter that a certain Ashley Barnes wasted in the short time he was on the pitch yesterday... Oh to have double standards, tunnel vision and a limited knowledge of football.

There! That should start a few keyboards rattling in to activity. Roll on Tuesday night, I can't wait. I'm even reluctant to cross the old fingers for a good result, this outfit doesn't need my superstitious remedies... ha! ha! UTA

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tug509 says...
1:17pm Sun 3 Mar 13

So Mr Robins,five games and you have conceded 14 goals,how many of them have you made an excuse for?. You were second best and if you cant see that,then Huddersfield are already down. UTA

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Hovite says...
1:27pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I wish Robins the the best of luck for a home win on Tuesday and hopefully the ref will be on his side as well.

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tug509 says...
1:27pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Jonathan Mouette wrote:
I'm going to be audacious enough to change the subject - it's Sunday, I've had time to recover from the heady celebrations of yesterday and put on my controversial hat yet again. Where, may I ask are all the lads who were screaming, just a week ago, about the glaring miss by our new born hero. Where are they now and why oh why are they not going on about the sitter that a certain Ashley Barnes wasted in the short time he was on the pitch yesterday... Oh to have double standards, tunnel vision and a limited knowledge of football.

There! That should start a few keyboards rattling in to activity. Roll on Tuesday night, I can't wait. I'm even reluctant to cross the old fingers for a good result, this outfit doesn't need my superstitious remedies... ha! ha! UTA
Well said JM,i for one have seen the effort and ability Leo has,and knew he would come good when he settled in,in fact my wife will vouch for me saying i reckoned he`d get a couple before the game yesterday,and hopefully again Tuesday night. UTA

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fairweathersupporter says...
1:57pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Jonathan Mouette wrote:
I'm going to be audacious enough to change the subject - it's Sunday, I've had time to recover from the heady celebrations of yesterday and put on my controversial hat yet again. Where, may I ask are all the lads who were screaming, just a week ago, about the glaring miss by our new born hero. Where are they now and why oh why are they not going on about the sitter that a certain Ashley Barnes wasted in the short time he was on the pitch yesterday... Oh to have double standards, tunnel vision and a limited knowledge of football.

There! That should start a few keyboards rattling in to activity. Roll on Tuesday night, I can't wait. I'm even reluctant to cross the old fingers for a good result, this outfit doesn't need my superstitious remedies... ha! ha! UTA
I am not one of those of whom you speak regarding Leo but having defended Barnes upon occasion, i'll take the opportunity to hopefully add to your post. Leo missed a sitter last week and Orlandi has missed a few also. The more astute have noticed their overall contribution; in Leo's case, in a relatively short period of time. Barnes has blown hot and cold this season. Having replaced the hapless and wasteful (possession) Dicker, he freed Orlandi to be more instrumental in the middle. He should have perhaps directed his header on target but as has been debated to death... He provides a useful and generally effective option on the left. In a more central or free role (as against Arsenal), he is more positively 'visible'. I will however admit that he has had his share of ineffectivity this season and been invisible. But far from proportionate to the amount of stick he gets.
Chances get missed. As a fan of Hoskins: Jonathan; you know the 'at least he gets into the right position' excuse...

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Hovite says...
2:04pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I have started growing my Ulloa style beard.

I wonder if this will catch on with Ulloa shirts and stick on beards for kids being made available at the shop.

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Albion23 says...
2:06pm Sun 3 Mar 13

It was fantastic display. Im in the lower west but near the tunnel. Couldnt see phantom decision.Shame Robbins cant be dignified in defeat.Was an honour to bethiere yesterday.Ulloa superb great bit of business.Spanish Dave best game yet me thinks.Go the Albion.

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VegasSeagull says...
2:11pm Sun 3 Mar 13

I would guess that right now only the teams safely lodged in mid-table relish the thought of taking on Brighton, 'to test their abilities against a good team.'

The lads at Bristol are desperate for points, ugly or pretty they won't care just as long as they get something, this will be a test of our abilities.

Bolton are one of the mid-table teams that will relish taking us on, they look safe, no going up and no going down, just a good opportunity to entertain their fans.

Two games where 6 points look very gettable but also two games that will not be easy and both for different reasons.

Maybe Vicente will be held back for the Bolton game, I can see that match being one of free flowing football.

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KeefyH44 says...
2:19pm Sun 3 Mar 13

With the ones we missed, we could (should) have scored 7 or 8 so Mr Robins should concentrate more on shoring up his defence instead of making excuses. I believe Hudds were the first team to beat us at home when we were promoted as champions anyway so we owed them a spanking.

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tug509 says...
2:28pm Sun 3 Mar 13

KeefyH44 wrote:
With the ones we missed, we could (should) have scored 7 or 8 so Mr Robins should concentrate more on shoring up his defence instead of making excuses. I believe Hudds were the first team to beat us at home when we were promoted as champions anyway so we owed them a spanking.
I think you`ll find that dubious honour went to the sack of garbage up the road,not that im bitter. UTA

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meaty loaf says...
2:28pm Sun 3 Mar 13

tug509 wrote:
Jonathan Mouette wrote:
I'm going to be audacious enough to change the subject - it's Sunday, I've had time to recover from the heady celebrations of yesterday and put on my controversial hat yet again. Where, may I ask are all the lads who were screaming, just a week ago, about the glaring miss by our new born hero. Where are they now and why oh why are they not going on about the sitter that a certain Ashley Barnes wasted in the short time he was on the pitch yesterday... Oh to have double standards, tunnel vision and a limited knowledge of football.

There! That should start a few keyboards rattling in to activity. Roll on Tuesday night, I can't wait. I'm even reluctant to cross the old fingers for a good result, this outfit doesn't need my superstitious remedies... ha! ha! UTA
Well said JM,i for one have seen the effort and ability Leo has,and knew he would come good when he settled in,in fact my wife will vouch for me saying i reckoned he`d get a couple before the game yesterday,and hopefully again Tuesday night. UTA
I'm sorry, but until Mrs Tug comes on this thread and does vouch for you I'll continue to remain skeptical about anything you have to say. If you don't believe me I'm sure my wife will be happy to vouch for me that this is the standpoint I will be taking.

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Ken from Beamish says...
2:43pm Sun 3 Mar 13

wiseman of hove wrote:
Well done the linesman. Still reflecting on the game and pondering if Spanish Dave produced the performance of the sesason so far.
Completely agree about the performance of Lopez - outstanding. He gets better every week and even had Gus in raptures after the match. The side has quality in abundance, and if we can just cultivate the cutting edge we saw yesterday, then we are in business.

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tug509 says...
2:54pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Brilliant ha ha,you took the words right out of my mouth,i asked my wife to come on here and vouch for me,but she said to me,i will do anything for you my love,but i wont do that!. UTA

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tug509 says...
2:58pm Sun 3 Mar 13

tug509 wrote:
Brilliant ha ha,you took the words right out of my mouth,i asked my wife to come on here and vouch for me,but she said to me,i will do anything for you my love,but i wont do that!. UTA
Meant for meaty loaf,sorry thought i pushed the qoute .

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Hovite says...
3:04pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Good work tug

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tug509 says...
3:06pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Hovite wrote:
Good work tug
Why thankyou sir,i`m here all week. UTA

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pappaK says...
5:05pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Hovite wrote:
I have started growing my Ulloa style beard.

I wonder if this will catch on with Ulloa shirts and stick on beards for kids being made available at the shop.
will it have any black in it Hovite,only joking.Still happy for Ulloa

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pappaK says...
5:31pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Hovite wrote:
I have started growing my Ulloa style beard.

I wonder if this will catch on with Ulloa shirts and stick on beards for kids being made available at the shop.
will it have any black in it Hovite,only joking.Still happy for Ulloa

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JoeBlow says...
4:56am Mon 4 Mar 13

Fair do's, Mark Robins. He's only doing his job. His comments are for his team and fans to boost them up into thinking they are better than they are.

He's wrong though, and they deserved to lose.

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Eddy B says...
2:01pm Mon 4 Mar 13

I didn't see the corner incident myself and was surprised but it sounds feasible - sure the lino/ref wouldn't make it up! (however it is surprising how many obvious corners/throw ins they miss - there was one on the East side on Saturday where the lino awarded it the wrong way and even everyone across the pitch on the West side spotted it (to give credit to the ref I believe he overruled that one - the ref had a good game and on balance was probably slightly more on Brighton's side than Huddersfield's especially with the penalty which looked fairly harsh but then there's nothing in the rules about penalties having to be a result of infringing a clear opportunity on goal - CMS was running away from goal, there was a guy on 606 a few weeks ago claiming that a defender didn't even have to make contact for a penalty to be valid as long as the attacker thought he was going to be fouled and was therefore impeded!??).

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Dingbat99 says...
8:16pm Mon 4 Mar 13

tug509 wrote:
KeefyH44 wrote:
With the ones we missed, we could (should) have scored 7 or 8 so Mr Robins should concentrate more on shoring up his defence instead of making excuses. I believe Hudds were the first team to beat us at home when we were promoted as champions anyway so we owed them a spanking.
I think you`ll find that dubious honour went to the sack of garbage up the road,not that im bitter. UTA
He's referring to the 2010/11 season when we only lost one game at home all season. We were already Champions when we played Huddersfield.

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