Razak handed Albion debut (From The Argus)
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Razak handed Albion debut
7:16pm Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen
Albion have handed on-loan midfielder Abdul Razak a debut tonight – and his Man City mate Gai Assulin is on the bench.
Razak comes into the Seagulls side at Hull City as one of four changes to the line-up which kicked off at Anfield on Sunday.
As expected, full-backs Gonzalo Jara Reyes and Joe Mattock return having been cup-tied for the Anfield clash.
Jara Reyes replaces Inigo Calderon while Mattock comes in for Lewis Dunk, with Adam El-Abd switching from left-back to a central berth in a bid to combat Hull's fluid attacking set-up.
The other change is in attack where Craig Mackail-Smith comes in for Sam Vokes, who is part of an attack-minded bench.
Assulin, the former Barcelona B left winger, will hope to get playing time as he kicks off what is initially a month on loan with the Seagulls.
Hull have not lost, or even conceded a goal, in their last five Championship games.
They make one change to the side, playing 4-2-3-1, which drew 0-0 at Birmingham City last time out.
Cameron Stewart, one of the wider players in the line of three attacking from deep, comes in for Aaron Mclean.
Robert Koren is the Tigers' dangerman playing just off main striker Matty Fryatt.
Hull: Mannone; Rosenior, Chester, Hobbs, Dawson; McKenna, Evans; Stewart, Koren, Brady; Fryatt. Subs: Gulacsi, Cairney, King, Dudgeon, Mclean.
Albion: Brezovan; Jara Reyes, Greer, El-Abd, Mattock; Bridcutt, Navarro, Razak; LuaLua, Barnes, Mackail-Smith. Subs: Ankergren, Calderon, Assulin, Vokes, Buckley.
Ref: Carl Berry (Surrey)
Comments(13)
bruce beckett
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7:37pm Wed 22 Feb 12
golddene
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7:40pm Wed 22 Feb 12
benslick
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7:41pm Wed 22 Feb 12
seagullsays
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7:44pm Wed 22 Feb 12
Cabin fever
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7:49pm Wed 22 Feb 12
bruce beckett wrote:If the criteria for selection was a decent performance against Liverpool, you'd be looking at a very different starting 11.
Can't believe Navarro has retained his place after watching him perform (or rather not perform) at Anfield on Sunday. He just isn't good enough for this level. Why no Sparrow after serving his three-match ban? Is he injured?
Navs is one of those guys who does a lot of work that goes unnoticed, same as Barnes to an extent. Before Liverpool, he'd scored the winner at Leicester, and had the initial shot for the first equaliser against Millwall.
I'm quite happy for Gus to decide if he is "good enough for this level"...
ballantrrae
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7:54pm Wed 22 Feb 12
bruce beckett wrote:My thoughts entirely BB.
Can't believe Navarro has retained his place after watching him perform (or rather not perform) at Anfield on Sunday. He just isn't good enough for this level. Why no Sparrow after serving his three-match ban? Is he injured?
No Vicente on the Bench - being rested for the Ipswich game perhaps ?
saraman
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7:57pm Wed 22 Feb 12
bruce beckett
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8:36pm Wed 22 Feb 12
Must be. Long time since I noticed it. But it's only an opinion.
bentnup
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8:41pm Wed 22 Feb 12
scottishb;ue
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10:19pm Wed 22 Feb 12
Cabin fever
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6:43am Thu 23 Feb 12
scottishb;ue wrote:I refer you to the middle paragraph in my quote above, as an example of him doing something, (two things in fact).
Got to agree with Bruce b it,s been a very long time since I,ve seen him do anything he,s taken up space on the park that he shouldn,t be on to say he,s like Barnes is an insult to Barnes he actually does do good work off the ball Navarro,s positioning is not better than school boy stuff I believe in Gus but don,t see what he sees in Navarro
albionite
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9:32am Thu 23 Feb 12
Cabin fever wrote:Navarro scored the winner at Leeds not Leicester, Buckley got the winner at Leicester.
bruce beckett wrote: Can't believe Navarro has retained his place after watching him perform (or rather not perform) at Anfield on Sunday. He just isn't good enough for this level. Why no Sparrow after serving his three-match ban? Is he injured?If the criteria for selection was a decent performance against Liverpool, you'd be looking at a very different starting 11. Navs is one of those guys who does a lot of work that goes unnoticed, same as Barnes to an extent. Before Liverpool, he'd scored the winner at Leicester, and had the initial shot for the first equaliser against Millwall. I'm quite happy for Gus to decide if he is "good enough for this level"...
click2find
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7:35pm Wed 22 Feb 12