Navarro grabs late winner (From The Argus)
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Navarro grabs late winner
5:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen
Alan Navarro fired an added-time winner as Albion maintained their flying start to 2012.
The midfielder connected with a low drive from the edge of the box to clinch a 2-1 win at Leeds.
It was his first goal for the club.
Craig Mackail-Smith earlier scored his first goal since November to put Albion ahead only for the hosts to reply quickly.
Mackail-Smith was left on the bench but struck just three minutes after coming on for Sam Vokes.
His close range finish on 77 minutes from a superb Vicente corner seemed to have sent Albion on course for a first win at Elland Road in 26 years.
The hosts levelled from a flag kick of their own just two minutes later with Luciano Becchio glancing a header gently inside the unguarded far post.
But Navarro settled it in the first of four added minutes after Vicente threaded through a pass.
Albion, cheered on by 947 travelling fans in a crowd of 23,171, arguably deserved their win in a contest which took a long time to burst into life.
The first half was devoid of goalmouth action, although Gordon Greer did well to challenge Becchio as the home striker looked set to head home Robert Snodgrass's first cross of the game.
Albion took a while to get anything going in attack but, when they did, Navarro saw his volley held by Andy Lonergan, who later pushed away a swerving 25-yarder from Liam Bridcutt.
Lonergan denied both Joe Mattock and Vokes in a hectic start to the second half which also saw Mattock make a crucial challenge in front of his own goal to thwart Becchio.
Comments(43)
seagulljoe
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5:07pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Great substitutions by Gus, what a bench we had and what a huge difference Vicente made. If he carries on like this there is going to be a lot of humble pie being consumed.
SEAGULLS!
Alan G Skinner
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5:08pm Sat 11 Feb 12
!!!
Willie, Willie Irvine
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5:08pm Sat 11 Feb 12
farside
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5:11pm Sat 11 Feb 12
absolutamente excepcional!
Rhodes Seagull
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5:11pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Leeds1 Albion2
Whoops Yesssssssssss
fratsomrover
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5:12pm Sat 11 Feb 12
amexarena
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5:15pm Sat 11 Feb 12
rolivan
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5:15pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Willie, Willie Irvine
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5:23pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Chi Gull
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5:30pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Come on you seagulls !!!!
Hovite
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5:31pm Sat 11 Feb 12
My only advice to TB & Gus is to keep up your great work.
How good is this season!!!
str8outtaDC
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5:36pm Sat 11 Feb 12
cullipmyhero
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5:38pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Birdy1975
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5:47pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Lets hope the Gus bus keeps on going forward, in Gus WE MUST trust !!
Seagulls !! Seagulls !! Seagulls !!
Dave in Hastings
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5:51pm Sat 11 Feb 12
str8outtaDC wrote:Hehehe... funny we don't see many posts like that these days!
Vicente is a lazy, good for nothing money grabber and we should cancel his contract immediately. You all still agree...right?
Brilliant result today and definitely in the mix for the play-offs. What a run-in this is going to be.
Alfie T
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6:00pm Sat 11 Feb 12
str8outtaDC wrote:Some fans have been frustrated by the absence of Vicente, and are entitled to air their frustrations,but I doubt any of them questioned his class or the desire to see him in a Brighton shirt.
Vicente is a lazy, good for nothing money grabber and we should cancel his contract immediately. You all still agree...right?
Grendel
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6:08pm Sat 11 Feb 12
gordongull
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6:19pm Sat 11 Feb 12
We've won six of the last seven in the league, and today's result is massive in terms of how we perceive ourselves, and what can be achieved this season.
Hope Will Buckley is o.k.
SeeeeeeeeeeeaGuuuuul
s
seagull31
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6:23pm Sat 11 Feb 12
mark5
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6:30pm Sat 11 Feb 12
!! We are heading towards the top 6 and have no pressure! Those above us are looking over their shoulders and we are in a great position! Bring on Millwall which is my wife's Valentine present, she has not watched the Albion since 1983!! Hope she appreciates it!
cybergu11y
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6:33pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Hovite wrote:Almost as good as last season.
Even if I wanted to find anything negative, which I don’t, it would be impossible to grumble about or criticise this club on all levels.
My only advice to TB & Gus is to keep up your great work.
How good is this season!!!
Brighton even after I am dead!!!
gordongull
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6:39pm Sat 11 Feb 12
In the case of Vicente, there seemed to be no specific problem, and this, hardly surprisingly, attracted speculation.
Some of Gus's comments weren't much help in clarifying things, in fact quite the opposite.
Talk of humble pie is nonsense.
Can we finally draw a line under this?
Viva Vicente !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SelseyBoy
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6:40pm Sat 11 Feb 12
gordongull
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6:55pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Hovite
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7:09pm Sat 11 Feb 12
mark5 wrote:Respect to you, you know it's a pie worth eating ;o)
It does not get much better than this! What a strong squad. Vicente has set up Buckley's goal on Sat and both today,my huge slice of humble pie is steaming on my plate..............!
!! We are heading towards the top 6 and have no pressure! Those above us are looking over their shoulders and we are in a great position! Bring on Millwall which is my wife's Valentine present, she has not watched the Albion since 1983!! Hope she appreciates it!
SicklySeagull
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7:10pm Sat 11 Feb 12
KeefyH44
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8:12pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Grendel wrote:Promotion means a huge increase in income and TB is NOT Archer! He won't pocket the profits and sell us out from under. An asset stripper he definitely is not. If we should get promoted in successive years, I know he will move heaven and earth to keep us there without bankrupting the club. He's an honourable man and loves the club as much as we do. He and Gus would build a team we would be even more proud of than we already are. Awesome times.
No, never. Frustrated that we signed such a great player but hardly saw him. Now I'm worried we'll get promotion too soon!
Stoneham Park
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8:17pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Play-Offs or not, this is a new Brighton & Hove Albion.
KeefyH44
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8:18pm Sat 11 Feb 12
seagullsovergrimsby
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9:37pm Sat 11 Feb 12
gordongull
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10:03pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Automatic promotion is going to be more difficult than ever, and the lottery of the play-offs might again seem the most likely route.
Much of the hard work this season has been done, generally in difficult circumstances, so not going for it would seem to be unthinkable.
In 2010, a leading accountancy group calculated that reaching the top flight is worth around £90 million to Championship teams, even if they go straight back down.
A revenue increase of £40 million can be expected from the first season in the Prem', comprising of television broadcast revenue, and also higher gate receipts and commercial revenue.
If we go up and make an immediate return, we will be one of the clubs benefitting from the new parachute payments.
Personally, I favour the promotion scenario this season, even at the risk of becoming a yo-yo club.
Consolidation is for the Premiership, not the Championship.
gordongull
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10:05pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Automatic promotion is going to be more difficult than ever, and the lottery of the play-offs might again seem the most likely route.
Much of the hard work this season has been done, generally in difficult circumstances, so not going for it would seem to be unthinkable.
In 2010, a leading accountancy group calculated that reaching the top flight is worth around £90 million to Championship teams, even if they go straight back down.
A revenue increase of £40 million can be expected from the first season in the Prem', comprising of television broadcast revenue, and also higher gate receipts and commercial revenue.
If we go up and make an immediate return, we will be one of the clubs benefitting from the new parachute payments.
Personally, I favour the promotion scenario this season, even at the risk of becoming a yo-yo club.
Consolidation is for the Premiership, not the Championship.
gordongull
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10:13pm Sat 11 Feb 12
I was checking the wrong window for it to appear.
Hovite
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10:24am Sun 12 Feb 12
Ringmer Rich
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11:08am Sun 12 Feb 12
Ken in Spain
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11:29am Sun 12 Feb 12
We just don't know how players will react to the top flight until they get there. A few additions with the class of Vicente could transform the squad. In Gus we trust!
gordongull
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2:40pm Sun 12 Feb 12
Hovite wrote:Without the luck!
gordongull; beginers mistake ;o)
ballantrrae
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2:49pm Sun 12 Feb 12
gordongull wrote:Good comments Gordongull which I think reflect what a number of supporters including myself felt.
Injured players always receive sympathy, and our hopes for a rapid recovery.
In the case of Vicente, there seemed to be no specific problem, and this, hardly surprisingly, attracted speculation.
Some of Gus's comments weren't much help in clarifying things, in fact quite the opposite.
Talk of humble pie is nonsense.
Can we finally draw a line under this?
Viva Vicente !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were frustrated BECAUSE we recognised Vicente's class and felt that was what the midfield was lacking. Seeing the impact he has had with three goals created from 3 assists in the last two games says it all. What seemed to be missing when Vicente wasn't playing was for the midfield to consistently make the type of 'killer' pass that Vicente is capable of.
I was relieved to see that Poyet didn't gamble with his fitness yesterday and started him on the bench.
I do hope JFC gets some more game time since he would learn alot by playing with Vicente.
Finally I am looking forward to Poyet bringing in another midfielder as he said he wanted to in September so that Vicente can concentrate on being the attacking creative midfielder we have missed.
Captain Haddock
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6:01pm Sun 12 Feb 12
gordongull wrote:I'm with you! Take it when we can and if not this season, we try again next year.
If we remain in the the Championship for another season, which isn't out of the question, we will be competing with three relegated clubs who will receive parachute payments of £48 million pounds over four seasons. (£16 million in each of the first two years, and £8 million in each of the second two.)
Automatic promotion is going to be more difficult than ever, and the lottery of the play-offs might again seem the most likely route.
Much of the hard work this season has been done, generally in difficult circumstances, so not going for it would seem to be unthinkable.
In 2010, a leading accountancy group calculated that reaching the top flight is worth around £90 million to Championship teams, even if they go straight back down.
A revenue increase of £40 million can be expected from the first season in the Prem', comprising of television broadcast revenue, and also higher gate receipts and commercial revenue.
If we go up and make an immediate return, we will be one of the clubs benefitting from the new parachute payments.
Personally, I favour the promotion scenario this season, even at the risk of becoming a yo-yo club.
Consolidation is for the Premiership, not the Championship.
gordongull
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10:30pm Sun 12 Feb 12
ballantrrae wrote:I hope Gus continues to introduce Vicente from the bench, Ballantrrae.
gordongull wrote:Good comments Gordongull which I think reflect what a number of supporters including myself felt.
Injured players always receive sympathy, and our hopes for a rapid recovery.
In the case of Vicente, there seemed to be no specific problem, and this, hardly surprisingly, attracted speculation.
Some of Gus's comments weren't much help in clarifying things, in fact quite the opposite.
Talk of humble pie is nonsense.
Can we finally draw a line under this?
Viva Vicente !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We were frustrated BECAUSE we recognised Vicente's class and felt that was what the midfield was lacking. Seeing the impact he has had with three goals created from 3 assists in the last two games says it all. What seemed to be missing when Vicente wasn't playing was for the midfield to consistently make the type of 'killer' pass that Vicente is capable of.
I was relieved to see that Poyet didn't gamble with his fitness yesterday and started him on the bench.
I do hope JFC gets some more game time since he would learn alot by playing with Vicente.
Finally I am looking forward to Poyet bringing in another midfielder as he said he wanted to in September so that Vicente can concentrate on being the attacking creative midfielder we have missed.
The only downside to our strength in midfield, as you suggest, seems to be fewer opportunities for JFC.
The five sub's rule doesn't help.
gordongull
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10:33pm Sun 12 Feb 12
Captain Haddock wrote:You have the right philosophical approach, Captain Haddock.
gordongull wrote:I'm with you! Take it when we can and if not this season, we try again next year.
If we remain in the the Championship for another season, which isn't out of the question, we will be competing with three relegated clubs who will receive parachute payments of £48 million pounds over four seasons. (£16 million in each of the first two years, and £8 million in each of the second two.)
Automatic promotion is going to be more difficult than ever, and the lottery of the play-offs might again seem the most likely route.
Much of the hard work this season has been done, generally in difficult circumstances, so not going for it would seem to be unthinkable.
In 2010, a leading accountancy group calculated that reaching the top flight is worth around £90 million to Championship teams, even if they go straight back down.
A revenue increase of £40 million can be expected from the first season in the Prem', comprising of television broadcast revenue, and also higher gate receipts and commercial revenue.
If we go up and make an immediate return, we will be one of the clubs benefitting from the new parachute payments.
Personally, I favour the promotion scenario this season, even at the risk of becoming a yo-yo club.
Consolidation is for the Premiership, not the Championship.
We shouldn't get too intense over the 'P' word, even though it is a very real possibility.
KeefyH44
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11:25pm Sun 12 Feb 12
Ken in Spain wrote:Not just influential, he was involved in the lead up to one goal and threaded an exquisite pass for an assist. Let's hope we start getting Vicente for the full 90 soon and he can start doing the same for us regularly in every game!
Elliot Bennett looked very influential yesterday, for Norwich, which started me thinking. Very few players, from either side, had any experience of the premiership yet both teams are doing very well so far. Yes, the second half of the season can find out the newly promoted sides but they look handily placed in February.
We just don't know how players will react to the top flight until they get there. A few additions with the class of Vicente could transform the squad. In Gus we trust!
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PressBoxTeaBoy says...
5:03pm Sat 11 Feb 12