Ulloa's delight at 'classic' derby win

4:30pm Sunday 17th March 2013 in Sport By Brian Owen

Leo Ulloa shows his delight after bagging his second goal (photo Simon Dack) Leo Ulloa shows his delight after bagging his second goal (photo Simon Dack)

Two-goal Leo Ulloa is savouring victory for Albion in their “clasico”.

The big Argentinian was on target in either half of the 3-0 win over Crystal Palace at The Amex.

It was a perfect way to bounce back from a series of one point from three away games.

Ulloa said: “I’m very happy. We had just come off a defeat, we’d not taken the points we needed.

“We’ve won an important match, a clasico.

“I’m happy with the win and with the goals.”

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StevieD says...
4:38pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Great, fantastic, but why couldn't it have been like this in the last two games against poor opposion? Still too late for playoffs/promotion. Not consistent enough. Nice to put one over Palace though.

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IRISHGULL says...
5:08pm Sun 17 Mar 13

glen murray, vince hilaire, simon faketan gold, peter taylor, wilfred bramble saha, gussett i love glen murray snatcher, tafster, and all the croydon pikeys i work with at tonbridge, you boys took one hell of a beating. Was trying to think of some proper celeb supporters, but you dont appear to have any. ALBION ALBION Happy st patricks day to all the brighton boys

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Wiggsy says...
5:10pm Sun 17 Mar 13

StevieD wrote:
Great, fantastic, but why couldn't it have been like this in the last two games against poor opposion? Still too late for playoffs/promotion. Not consistent enough. Nice to put one over Palace though.
Yes far too late for the Play-offs with a team who has the 2nd best defensive record and the 2nd least losses in the league when there are 8 games left to play - they may as well give up now.

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The Phantom says...
5:17pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Well done Ulloa - just seem to be getting better and better. Overall play excellent and two good striker's goals. Moving towards legendary status at a rapid pace.

Poor first 40 minutes today and would have been glad to get to half time at 0-0. First two goals changed the match totally and 3-0 was about right in the end. Palace edged the first half but folded once the third goal went in.

One further thought - the referee was excellent today. Got all the key decisions right and did not overdo the bookings. Gave the game the chance to flow but was still on the ball when things threatened to spill over. I hope Gus has the good grace to congratulate him on his performance after his unnecessary comments earlier in the week.

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markymark03 says...
5:21pm Sun 17 Mar 13

IRISHGULL wrote:
glen murray, vince hilaire, simon faketan gold, peter taylor, wilfred bramble saha, gussett i love glen murray snatcher, tafster, and all the croydon pikeys i work with at tonbridge, you boys took one hell of a beating. Was trying to think of some proper celeb supporters, but you dont appear to have any. ALBION ALBION Happy st patricks day to all the brighton boys
The guy who plays Jay from the inbertweeners

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Chi Gull says...
5:28pm Sun 17 Mar 13

I thought Bridge was immense in defence and in linking up with Kaz.. who had his best game of the season. All round good team performance and what a time to do it. The more attacking midfield really worked against Palace - whether it's the best option against teams who pack the midfield remains to be seen. Ulloa's positional play and finishing is making a real difference and you could see how gutted he was when he didnt clinch his hat trick towards the end. Calde was good too and nice to see his passion after the game whn he went round clapping and geeing up the home support.

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OhThisBloodyPC says...
6:00pm Sun 17 Mar 13

"I saw a sign on the seafront saying Do Not feed the seagulls, they are a menace. I can see the wisdom of those words now. We gave them three gifts and they promptly shat on us."

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johntenerife says...
6:42pm Sun 17 Mar 13

StevieD wrote:
Great, fantastic, but why couldn't it have been like this in the last two games against poor opposion? Still too late for playoffs/promotion. Not consistent enough. Nice to put one over Palace though.
Not only the last two games but many games in the past. Gus rarely starts with two wide men and as I have stated on the rare occasions that I post we never play well or have a great many shots when we play with just attacking midfielders.
What a difference today. If we had played with the same attacking format as today during the season we would be securely in the top 6 by now.
Lets hope Gus has learned from today. In my experience all the best footballing sides play with wide men that stretches the opposition and stops their defence from coming too far forward.
Its not rocket science.
Lets hope its not to late for this season.
Very well played today against a good team. It shows we have the players to do the job.
I hope we keep the same team for the next match so we can get some consistency and the players can get more familiar with each others ability.

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fairweathersupporter says...
6:42pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Oh you do have to wonder don't you... 'Why don't we do this all the time?', 'How come we beat Barnsley 5-1 at home and lose away - we must be s**t.' Gus says this, Gus says that. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just the WUM's...
Not many games to go, in with a shout, beat Palarse 3-0 with a brace from Murray's overdue replacement. Happy 'king days people, Happy days.

Lua Lua wants to play. Best game in an Albion shirt. Chased back, tackled and still had time to display his formerly one trick pony. We gave some possession in the first half at the expense of better attacking options and effectively caught them on the break.Passion was in evidence throughout. A good day, if not a great day. Anything could happen with the way this league is shaping up. fun isn't it (unless you want to win every game like you do on FIFA or Football manager).

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fratsomrover says...
6:49pm Sun 17 Mar 13

What a difference having a proper centre forward makes to the team. A pretty even game for 40 minutes, with Palace probably having the best chances, but goals change games and Ulloa scored the kind of goal that only a big bustling CF could get. Fantastic free kick by Lopez and the game was dead and buried. Great team goal for the third and it was a pity Ulloa couldn't grab a third for his deserved hat-trick.
A great afternoon, great atmosphere and great result. Fantastic contribution by all the Spanish speakers in the team. I somehow cant imagine the team without them now. Orlandi and Lopez get better every game I see them. Well done everyone but understand that you have to repeat this kind of performance away from the Amex too if you want to play at Wembley at the end of the season. But for now, I'm sitting at home glowing with pride at a good afternoons entertainment and three very welcome points.

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jarmonesque says...
8:03pm Sun 17 Mar 13

All week I've been reading the 'regular' moaners on here, vegas, MBTS etc and they were all banging on about Murray (7 goals last season!) and slagging Poyet. Funny how quiet they are when we win. True fans? No, we read their cr*p and laugh, we have been supporters our whole lives and know.

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rolivan says...
8:13pm Sun 17 Mar 13

I asked Francis this morning if now that the team has been confirmed could He do His bit and low and behold look what happened.Just goes to show what happens when You have FAITH IN GUS

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Eddy B says...
8:24pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Superb result. 3 superb goals. So nice to see us dispense with the extra "holding" midfielder and go 4 3 3 with David back in the middle. Like most others agree the MOMs were Bridge (so secure at the back but a threat going forward too), Lua Lua (we all know he can do the step over, skin the right back, cross, and shoot, but his tackling back today was immense - must start more often), Ulloa (linked up with the midfielders and wingers superbly and so nice to have one of those centre forwards who can hang in the air). Finally what a beauty of a free kick from Spanish Dave delivered at the perfect moment! The guys off to get their pie and pint early must have been gutted but I look forward to seeing the you tube footage.

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wiltshire seagull says...
8:33pm Sun 17 Mar 13

A great game and an even greater atmosphere....The designer has those acoustics spot on, imho. What a joy to see two wide men at last too, Kaz was sensational today never seen him work so hard. Almost felt sorry for Palace today, they played well for 35 minutes until ........We know the rest, lol. Talk of missing out on the play-off spots above is pure rubbish. We have to make the most of the opportunity to play Forest, what a six pointer that is.
Deep joy today lets keep the buzz going...UTA.........
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Chi Gull says...
8:35pm Sun 17 Mar 13

I wouldn't call MBTS and Vegas moaners - there are far worse than them. The team selection for today was excellent as Palace/Holloway dont like to flood the midfield. Ulloa is making a difference (at home) and getting on the end of our approach play, which is nearly always good whether we play two wide men or not. As others have said, the work rate of our midfield/wide players was first rate. A draw or better at Forrest and we can really start believing in the play offs. I think that's about 10 games with just spanish speaking scorers. About time KLL and Buckers chipped in a few!

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Hovite says...
8:43pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Trouble is with Gus, he hasn't got a plan B.

Seriously though it's good to see us wanting more goals once the first went in.

Another point, Ulloa is actually better than what we ever thought he could be. He has won the best Spanish goal scorer award and is flying off to Spain to collect it now.

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mark5 says...
8:46pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Great result, great football, great atmosphere, Alloa is great too! Makes me wonder where we would be if Alloa had been here from the start and how many extra points we would have got if Gus had been more positive in his tactics! It's back in our hands again and like many on here say, same line up against Forest please. I did not expect this result, in fact I feared the opposite scoreline, so very happy today. U.T.A!

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bruce beckett says...
8:58pm Sun 17 Mar 13

jarmonesque says...
8:03pm Sun 17 Mar 13

All week I've been reading the 'regular' moaners on here, vegas, MBTS etc and they were all banging on about Murray (7 goals last season!) and slagging Poyet. Funny how quiet they are when we win. True fans? No, we read their cr*p and laugh, we have been supporters our whole lives and know.

If you class supporters expressing their opinions as "moaners" then you are very misguided. Vegas and MBTS want the same as you – Premier League football one day. Gus got it right today with his team selection but on some occasions this season, he has been too cautious. 38th game of the season before we play two wingers together. What a difference it made. UTA!

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Wayne Collins says...
9:12pm Sun 17 Mar 13

So, tonights big question. Have we replaced Glenn Murray?

Take off the blue and white specs for a moment. Is Ulloa better than Murray. Judging Ulloa on his first ten games, and Murray on what we know of him, who's the best all round player?

Personally still undecied, but I thought Ulloa has been ****ing superb so far. Today he was immense. Not just his goals, but his tracking back, his williness to play for the team, not just himself. Think we might have unearthed something special here!!

Having said that, still thought Lua Lua was MOM today. Best I've seen from him for ages, and just makes you wonder why he is so under used.

Brilliant day!!

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pjwilk says...
9:38pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Looking forward to the Forest match they are after a record equaling 7 straight wins if they beat Brighton,lets make sure it does not happen.

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The Phantom says...
9:47pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Think there has been times when Gus would have liked to play two wingers in the past - has apparently seen the way Swansea were playing last season with Danny Graham as centre forward and Trevor Sinclair and Nathan Dyer as the wide players and thought that would be the ideal way to play. The key to the way they play is having a centre forward who can hold up the play which CMS never was but Ulloa is. As everyone knows Kaz has often not influenced a game from the start due to the lack of space on the pitch - he can also be wildly inconsistent as was Noone before him (not even in the Cardiff squad yesterday). If Kaz played like that every week and chased back so determinedly he would play a lot more. It was the perfect selection for today's game - great to see Spanish Dave and Orlandi as part of a midfield three rather than wide players. Hope Calderon stays in the team ahead of Bruno as he has such a fantastic attitude and Bruno's form has dipped after a brilliant start. Upson and Greer will be centre halves for the rest of the season if fit. Good to hear Gus talking positively after the game about getting Wayne Bridge signed up for next season. Hopefully talks with Spanish Dave are also on-going as he has been outstanding after a slow start. Great way to go into a two week break.

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PressBoxTeaBoy says...
9:54pm Sun 17 Mar 13

mark5 wrote:
Great result, great football, great atmosphere, Alloa is great too! Makes me wonder where we would be if Alloa had been here from the start and how many extra points we would have got if Gus had been more positive in his tactics! It's back in our hands again and like many on here say, same line up against Forest please. I did not expect this result, in fact I feared the opposite scoreline, so very happy today. U.T.A!
Its Ulloa not Alloa, pronounced Ujjoa.

Alloa I believe is a female oriented face cream, not to be confused with a great footballing center forward.

Hope that helps. Our great manager Sug Yopet signed hime recently.

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mark5 says...
10:04pm Sun 17 Mar 13

PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:
mark5 wrote:
Great result, great football, great atmosphere, Alloa is great too! Makes me wonder where we would be if Alloa had been here from the start and how many extra points we would have got if Gus had been more positive in his tactics! It's back in our hands again and like many on here say, same line up against Forest please. I did not expect this result, in fact I feared the opposite scoreline, so very happy today. U.T.A!
Its Ulloa not Alloa, pronounced Ujjoa.

Alloa I believe is a female oriented face cream, not to be confused with a great footballing center forward.

Hope that helps. Our great manager Sug Yopet signed hime recently.
Thanks for the spelling correction, very wrong of me! Must be the excitement of beating our 'friends' from Croydon!!

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WoodingdeanDS says...
10:05pm Sun 17 Mar 13

We're back in the hunt for that 6th play-off spot. We have to play both Notts Forest and Leciester, and to cap it all - they play each other on the last day! I just hope the lads display more consistency in the last 8 games - and Gus keeps with two wingers.

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Bucket feet Duffy says...
10:13pm Sun 17 Mar 13

The Phantom wrote:
Well done Ulloa - just seem to be getting better and better. Overall play excellent and two good striker's goals. Moving towards legendary status at a rapid pace.

Poor first 40 minutes today and would have been glad to get to half time at 0-0. First two goals changed the match totally and 3-0 was about right in the end. Palace edged the first half but folded once the third goal went in.

One further thought - the referee was excellent today. Got all the key decisions right and did not overdo the bookings. Gave the game the chance to flow but was still on the ball when things threatened to spill over. I hope Gus has the good grace to congratulate him on his performance after his unnecessary comments earlier in the week.
I disagree BHA shaded the first 15 to 20mins it was then that we started to lose our grip a bit up until 5 mins before halftime, we were playing a different system wit two wingers, from my position on the halfway line there was too much of a gap between our defence and forwards for this period as Palarse pushed forward and compressed our back line we started to play a slightly longer ball forward which Buckley and Ulloa capitalised on both goals came from a similar circumstances if you watch the extended highlights tonight you hopefully will see for yourself on the extended highlights tonight.
This was a tactical ploy and from then on barring any mistakes we were always in control, this was about tactics and Gus should take the plaudits for getting it right.
Agree re ref one of the bes performances from an official I have seen this season.

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hubby says...
10:32pm Sun 17 Mar 13

¡ Venga Albion.Vamos.Hasta la Premiership.Podemos.
Sin duda alguna!

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hubby says...
10:36pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Great result against the pikeys.

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rolivan says...
10:49pm Sun 17 Mar 13

PressBoxTeaBoy wrote:
mark5 wrote:
Great result, great football, great atmosphere, Alloa is great too! Makes me wonder where we would be if Alloa had been here from the start and how many extra points we would have got if Gus had been more positive in his tactics! It's back in our hands again and like many on here say, same line up against Forest please. I did not expect this result, in fact I feared the opposite scoreline, so very happy today. U.T.A!
Its Ulloa not Alloa, pronounced Ujjoa.

Alloa I believe is a female oriented face cream, not to be confused with a great footballing center forward.

Hope that helps. Our great manager Sug Yopet signed hime recently.
Alloa is in fact a town in Scotland I think you mean Aloe Vera hope that helps

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Bucket feet Duffy says...
11:03pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Football or spelling? Yea it is about comments about the article, can someone proof read please!

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South West Seagull says...
11:12pm Sun 17 Mar 13

Long day and a lot of miles but I don't feel tired, just feel very proud. I have to put my hand up to say that Poyet got everything spot on today. Well done to him, the players and all involved - a fantastic day we will all remember for a long time! Same starting 11 at Forest please.... : )

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dave from bexill says...
8:17am Mon 18 Mar 13

OhThisBloodyPC wrote:
"I saw a sign on the seafront saying Do Not feed the seagulls, they are a menace. I can see the wisdom of those words now. We gave them three gifts and they promptly shat on us."
Excellent

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Far gull says...
8:28am Mon 18 Mar 13

dave from bexill wrote:
OhThisBloodyPC wrote:
"I saw a sign on the seafront saying Do Not feed the seagulls, they are a menace. I can see the wisdom of those words now. We gave them three gifts and they promptly shat on us."
Excellent
Don't know what has happened to freeloaders, gussent snatcher ,any ideas ?????
No many posters on croydon sites either ,where have they gone.?
Those that have posted have actually been very complimentary towards albion,all credit to them.
Does not seem Hollaway their favorite, funny how fickle us fans can be ,his team not doing so badly either.
Dread to think what it would be like if we were at the bottom of the table!

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mark by the sea says...
8:45am Mon 18 Mar 13

Far gull wrote:
dave from bexill wrote:
OhThisBloodyPC wrote:
"I saw a sign on the seafront saying Do Not feed the seagulls, they are a menace. I can see the wisdom of those words now. We gave them three gifts and they promptly shat on us."
Excellent
Don't know what has happened to freeloaders, gussent snatcher ,any ideas ?????
No many posters on croydon sites either ,where have they gone.?
Those that have posted have actually been very complimentary towards albion,all credit to them.
Does not seem Hollaway their favorite, funny how fickle us fans can be ,his team not doing so badly either.
Dread to think what it would be like if we were at the bottom of the table!
Amazing how the wums have lost the Internet connection! Great day yesterday, the need for a centre forward on loan is now more urgent, we can't fall now if ulloa gets injured, the one thing we have missed is tempo, or change of tempo, lua lua gave us it in bursts that left palace dropping deep to defend because of his pace, meaning crossing the ball for the third goal a option. Crowd finally have woken up this season, fantastice .

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graham w says...
8:54am Mon 18 Mar 13

what a peformance, shame leo didnt get his hatrick he deserved one , well were back in the mix now, the forrest game takes on a massive meaning now.


28500, the atmosphere was immence..

uta..uta seagulls

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raymondo999 says...
8:59am Mon 18 Mar 13

Excellent performance from Albion. Now right back in the play off mix with 6pointer games coming up. Only thing that saddens me is crowd. Having watched England v Wales rugby on the TV on Saturday, where rival supporters show passion and sit together, and respectul silences when penalty kicks are taken, had to Explain to my grandson why Saha and Murray were booed from the beginning. And as to the "witty" chants, are you taking the proverbial?

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Baldseagull says...
9:51am Mon 18 Mar 13

raymondo999 wrote:
Excellent performance from Albion. Now right back in the play off mix with 6pointer games coming up. Only thing that saddens me is crowd. Having watched England v Wales rugby on the TV on Saturday, where rival supporters show passion and sit together, and respectul silences when penalty kicks are taken, had to Explain to my grandson why Saha and Murray were booed from the beginning. And as to the "witty" chants, are you taking the proverbial?
If you want, you could go to Rugby matches instead of Football.

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VegasSeagull says...
12:30pm Mon 18 Mar 13

If someone is going to lable me a, 'moaner,' then I would ask them to repeat what I have apparently said.

The tactics were right, the right players were on the park to play to the tactics and Palace didn't get to enforce their game plan.

Holloway said he was happy to allow us to keep the ball, he knew we would, it seems this was part of his game plan, so at least that part of their plan worked.The rest of his plan, not so good.

Ulloa deserves the plaudits for his two goals, and Dvid for his excellent free kick conversion but let's not forget the other guys.
A big shout our to those that shut down Murray and kept a tight rein on Zaha.

A great all round performance by the team and the manager.

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mark by the sea says...
1:08pm Mon 18 Mar 13

VegasSeagull wrote:
If someone is going to lable me a, 'moaner,' then I would ask them to repeat what I have apparently said.

The tactics were right, the right players were on the park to play to the tactics and Palace didn't get to enforce their game plan.

Holloway said he was happy to allow us to keep the ball, he knew we would, it seems this was part of his game plan, so at least that part of their plan worked.The rest of his plan, not so good.

Ulloa deserves the plaudits for his two goals, and Dvid for his excellent free kick conversion but let's not forget the other guys.
A big shout our to those that shut down Murray and kept a tight rein on Zaha.

A great all round performance by the team and the manager.
Think we both been accused of moaning! I said that we have clutched defeat from the jaws of victory this season.. And Hammond, crofts and dicker had been flaky.. Still think that, whatever the results.

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VegasSeagull says...
1:26pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Mark what you think is what you think, Hammond and Croft don't seem to play well when both start matches, doubt too many would disagree. Dicker has performed reasonably but not lit any fires, doubt too many would disagree.

Last year was last year, this year is the one that matters now.

I was fearful before the Palace game, our results at Bristol, Barnsley and Bolton didn't fill me with confidence, but I would guess that thousands of Brighton fans were also fearful.

That's not moaning, that's being honest. Blind faith is reserved for church.

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Captain Haddock says...
3:00pm Mon 18 Mar 13

mark by the sea wrote:
Far gull wrote:
dave from bexill wrote:
OhThisBloodyPC wrote:
"I saw a sign on the seafront saying Do Not feed the seagulls, they are a menace. I can see the wisdom of those words now. We gave them three gifts and they promptly shat on us."
Excellent
Don't know what has happened to freeloaders, gussent snatcher ,any ideas ?????
No many posters on croydon sites either ,where have they gone.?
Those that have posted have actually been very complimentary towards albion,all credit to them.
Does not seem Hollaway their favorite, funny how fickle us fans can be ,his team not doing so badly either.
Dread to think what it would be like if we were at the bottom of the table!
Amazing how the wums have lost the Internet connection! Great day yesterday, the need for a centre forward on loan is now more urgent, we can't fall now if ulloa gets injured, the one thing we have missed is tempo, or change of tempo, lua lua gave us it in bursts that left palace dropping deep to defend because of his pace, meaning crossing the ball for the third goal a option. Crowd finally have woken up this season, fantastice .
Told you I'd rouse the WSU for you, Mark! ;0)

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