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CMS stars as Albion win away
4:56pm Saturday 1st September 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen
CMS starts to celebrate after scoring his first goal (photos Simon Dack)
Craig Mackail-Smith scored two wonder goals as Albion won 3-1 at Burnley today.
The striker connected with a volley and an overhead kick to silence Turf Moor.
Gordon Greer’s 86th-minute header wrapped up an excellent away win – and atoned for his earlier unfortunate own goal which put Burnley level.
Mackail-Smith scored Albion’s first away goal since March to give his side an eighth-minute lead.
It was a super strike by the forward who was linked with a move to Norwich in the last days of the transfer window.
Liam Bridcutt played the ball in from wide after working a quick free-kick with Gary Dicker .
Greer knocked the ball down and Mackail-Smith, from just outside the box, flashed a sweetly-struck right foot volley past the left hand of diving goalkeeper Lee Grant.
That moment of magic brought the Seagulls their first away goal in 485 minutes of Championship and Capital One Cup action.
They held their lead comfortably throughout the rest of a quiet first half, despite losing Andrew Crofts injured on 39 minutes.
Albion almost doubled their lead after the break when Kazenga LuaLua flashed a shot across Grant and somehow found the gap between the far post and the incoming Will Buckley, who had replaced Crofts.
But Burnley were level on 58 minutes as Junior Stanislas’ inswinging cross flicked off the head of Greer and drifted inside Tomasz Kuszczak’s far post.
Kuszczak kept his side on level terms with a superb tip over of Ross Wallace’s 25-yarder.
Then Ashley Barnes held his head when a well struck volley flicked off a defender and flashed just wide as Grant watched.
Grant did well to keep out an angled Mackail-Smith drive after Albion's best move of the game from near their own corner flag.
Mackail-Smith, though, was on target in the 78th minute with a terrific overhead kick right in front of the 477 away fans from Bruno’s cross after Buckley kept an attack alive by the corner flag.
Kuszczak kept the lead intact with a reflex save from Austin’s header.
Greer headed a late third at the far post after Bruno had won a corner flag which was taken by Andrea Orlandi, making his debut off the bench.
Comments(59)
Blue and White Gulls
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5:01pm Sat 1 Sep 12
mark by the sea
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5:05pm Sat 1 Sep 12
PressBoxTeaBoy
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5:06pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Dream on Norwich!
Sticky-mess
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5:07pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Alfie T
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5:07pm Sat 1 Sep 12
golddene
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5:07pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Dave in Hastings
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5:07pm Sat 1 Sep 12
I think the new recruits will now generate real competition for places - there is top quality all over the park.
Forget the 'target' man. Let's do it the Spanish way! 17 attempts at goal away from home - that's a bit different to last year!
I need to lie down - great stuff!
Blue and White Gulls
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5:09pm Sat 1 Sep 12
golddene wrote:I love it Golddene; but I suspect you not asking me.
brilliant result ,superb acquisitions, supporting our club just gets better and better thank you Gus,Tony& all.Listening on the radio was tense but what an end result our season is really taking off now and putting the record straight against those Burnley lot is icing on the cake, how do you like that Eddie !! SEAGULLS.
klemaniac
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5:09pm Sat 1 Sep 12
farside
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5:09pm Sat 1 Sep 12
mark by the sea wrote:Poor jugement posting that within mnutes of a good away win where both CMS and Barnes were on form plus we have our new resident house elf to come in.
Great result, creating chances, who is going to dropped with 3 more signed and left out.? Plus one more coming in next week? Squad is very solid , however front line is still not good enough allowing for injury .. Especially considering Hoskins is always carrying some injury.
bruce beckett
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5:11pm Sat 1 Sep 12
franckiep en france
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5:12pm Sat 1 Sep 12
ZZZZZ, Bring em all on, here we go, here we go,
SeaGullsOverTheRockies
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5:14pm Sat 1 Sep 12
falmer seagull
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5:16pm Sat 1 Sep 12
SiWilki
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5:17pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Alfie T
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5:20pm Sat 1 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
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5:23pm Sat 1 Sep 12
By the time our next match comes around all should be fit, depending on Crofty that is.
Should we change a winning team, I say yes, do we start with all our new players, maybe not, do we bring in Vicente, I would start him.
Brighton have to be about the squad and not the starting eleven. Today showed that strength on the bench is a must. Had Noone not gone KLL would have been on the bench, Noone goes and KLL starts and has a great game. Orlandi comes off the bench and sets up a goal.
We now have a squad that will challenge every team we play be it at home or away. FA cup matches on the horizon, a time for the squad to show it's quality.
Great day. . ,
saraman
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5:25pm Sat 1 Sep 12
barnieb
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5:26pm Sat 1 Sep 12
graham w
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5:29pm Sat 1 Sep 12
... well done seagulls OUR JUST DESERTS AT LAST.....3-1
petegh
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5:33pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Even the master of spin was impressed... Alastair Campbell @campbellclaret tweets. "Hate to say it but Craig Mackail-Smith has scored two incredible goals today"
and another "@12cms12 hope you get in for Scotland v Serbia and score two like that. Amazing goals deserved win I fear. Give my best to Gustavo"
fratsomrover
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5:37pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Conelli98
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5:43pm Sat 1 Sep 12
gordongull
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5:43pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Good job Gus wasn't as laid back about the possibility of CMS leaving as some posters on here!
Falmer Wizard
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5:45pm Sat 1 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
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5:47pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Last season we started well but then went off the boil for a spell and ended the season quite strongly. With the players we have now I think it fair to say that we have no reason to expect us to off the boil this year.
I think that we will see a seamless transition of players in and out of the starting eleven as Gus plots the downfall of our opponents. Every team will have that little something or that stand out player that needs to be countered, we now have the squad to counter anything.
Likewise managers will be striving to control us, try to stiffle CMS and others, but our squad can change our formation from week to week and in mid game.
In all honesty does any club we will face have a back five, I include our keeper, as strong as ours.
With all the options we have in midfield, players and patterns of play, can other teams really expect to dominate us in that area.
CMS will trouble every defence, he keeps scoring and the opposition will have to double team him, space for all our other guns to fire.
Top six as a target, nah lets go for automatic promotion.
Dave in Hastings
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5:49pm Sat 1 Sep 12
fratsomrover wrote:Maybe it will not be a case of CMS being left out for Dobbie. Maybe Gus will play them both. Or maybe CMS can now have a rest occasionally?
Great result, always good to win on the road and Burnley are,'t bad at home. Very promising and interesting how the new signings put a spark into everyone else. Great performance by CMS which makes it hard for him to be left out in favour of Dobbie. Nothing like competition for places to bring out the best in people. Shame we have to wait 2 weeks for the next game !! Happy Saturday are here again.
We needed at least one more striker to not only create competition in the squad, but to have other quality options on the bench.
But as you say, it's another happy Saturday!
Hovite
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6:02pm Sat 1 Sep 12
LACHANCE
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6:04pm Sat 1 Sep 12
saraman
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6:20pm Sat 1 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:Yes auto promo. Bet your air con worked overtime with all the heat you generated listening to the game.
Being where I am I get to read the BBC text commentary and for the life of me I can't recall Bridge being mentioned more than twice. Did Burnley decide right from the get go that they would get passed him so they went the other side or down the middle.
Last season we started well but then went off the boil for a spell and ended the season quite strongly. With the players we have now I think it fair to say that we have no reason to expect us to off the boil this year.
I think that we will see a seamless transition of players in and out of the starting eleven as Gus plots the downfall of our opponents. Every team will have that little something or that stand out player that needs to be countered, we now have the squad to counter anything.
Likewise managers will be striving to control us, try to stiffle CMS and others, but our squad can change our formation from week to week and in mid game.
In all honesty does any club we will face have a back five, I include our keeper, as strong as ours.
With all the options we have in midfield, players and patterns of play, can other teams really expect to dominate us in that area.
CMS will trouble every defence, he keeps scoring and the opposition will have to double team him, space for all our other guns to fire.
Top six as a target, nah lets go for automatic promotion.
Chi Gull
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6:20pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Conelli98
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6:21pm Sat 1 Sep 12
sidtheseagull
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6:39pm Sat 1 Sep 12
falmer seagull wrote:to Palace hopefully...........
I'd like to see Carlton Cole on loan!
GosportGull
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6:47pm Sat 1 Sep 12
rolivan
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6:49pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Alfie T
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6:56pm Sat 1 Sep 12
rolivan wrote:We played a different style last season, we are still evolving and developing as a side, I was critical of Barnes last season,hands up he is looking much more honest and compliments the side well. Always been a CMS fan, never doubted his ability, it's a game of opinions and that's why it divides opinion and always will. The constant is that with a few exceptions,we all love this football club on this site. Just enjoy it and remember the journey has just begun.
I hold my hands up as one of the doubters.Why did we not play this way last season, we have already had more than 60 shots on goal and a good percentage on target.Is this the strongest squad of players the club has ever had?
Southwick seagull
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7:52pm Sat 1 Sep 12
klemaniac wrote:This obsession with Palace is boring. Why not rejoice in the fact that Wednesday lost - a team that could be genuine contenders at the end of the season. Palace are an irrelevance.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
Captain Haddock
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8:09pm Sat 1 Sep 12
klemaniac wrote:With a certain Mr Murray bagging both their goals.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
I see Elph scored his second for The Cherries and Barn Door Billy scored for Donny too...shock, horror!
Captain Haddock
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8:12pm Sat 1 Sep 12
barnieb wrote:This! So glad we shoved it up em today. Vile bunch of knuckle-dragging bigots and a dirty side.
Thank you Burnley for 3 points of 6 that you will give us back this season from the 6 you stole from us last season.
Glad to hear their foul-mouthed Neanderthals flooded out in their thousands when we went 1-3 up. Haha!
seagull31
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8:16pm Sat 1 Sep 12
rolivan wrote:We did not play this way as we did not have the quality so had to pack the midfield with much less talented players. Now we have an incredible squad - Gus etc have done an amazing job building the team, keeper makes a massive difference, full backs have to be the best in the division, and as for last night's new signings - incredible. It's a long season, but I can't see the boom and bust of last year. Automatic promotion is very very tough in this division, but feels like we will be right up there pushing.
I hold my hands up as one of the doubters.Why did we not play this way last season, we have already had more than 60 shots on goal and a good percentage on target.Is this the strongest squad of players the club has ever had?
Captain Haddock
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8:25pm Sat 1 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:Another good post, Vegas. You're absolutely right. We've now created a number of great options, interchangeable depending on situations and the nature of the opposition.
Being where I am I get to read the BBC text commentary and for the life of me I can't recall Bridge being mentioned more than twice. Did Burnley decide right from the get go that they would get passed him so they went the other side or down the middle.
Last season we started well but then went off the boil for a spell and ended the season quite strongly. With the players we have now I think it fair to say that we have no reason to expect us to off the boil this year.
I think that we will see a seamless transition of players in and out of the starting eleven as Gus plots the downfall of our opponents. Every team will have that little something or that stand out player that needs to be countered, we now have the squad to counter anything.
Likewise managers will be striving to control us, try to stiffle CMS and others, but our squad can change our formation from week to week and in mid game.
In all honesty does any club we will face have a back five, I include our keeper, as strong as ours.
With all the options we have in midfield, players and patterns of play, can other teams really expect to dominate us in that area.
CMS will trouble every defence, he keeps scoring and the opposition will have to double team him, space for all our other guns to fire.
Top six as a target, nah lets go for automatic promotion.
I can already see improvements from last season.
We are creating far more chances EVERY GAME with a more direct style (NOT HOOFING I hasten to add, but a flowing passing game where our movement and interplay is finally at the level I've been dreaming of these past three / four years), CMS has come out a different player with the better interplay, movement and service - how confident does be look now?!! and the solidity of our firmed up back line has also added a new dimension to our play up AND down the pitch.
Now with more class coming in and an exciting but limited winger the only departee we are indeed starting to look realistic auto promo candidates.
It's a big call for sure but a genuine POSSIBILITY now.
UTA! I bloody love this club!
Captain Haddock
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8:28pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Hovite wrote:Yes good shout. Vital saves at crucial times today. Great signing!
Have to applaud Kuszsak for doing a great job as well. He will make such a difference this season.
pablobrowno
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8:31pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Southwick seagull wrote:I agree entirely. Palace will not be in our way but teams like Sheff W and Forest add another couple of potential contenders, as does an improved Leeds not to mention Bolton and Blackburn, and Blackpool looking strong, did I mention Hull and Cardiff? So let's not get carried away yet but a fantastic result and performance and hopefully CMS has hit form!
klemaniac wrote:This obsession with Palace is boring. Why not rejoice in the fact that Wednesday lost - a team that could be genuine contenders at the end of the season. Palace are an irrelevance.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
A Burnley fan on a lancashire paper's website commented "we were bad...but Brighton to be champions".
What a season it's gonna be, see you on the 14th ! 😃
gordongull
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8:32pm Sat 1 Sep 12
brightonup
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8:34pm Sat 1 Sep 12
They got what they deserved.
Captain Haddock
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8:34pm Sat 1 Sep 12
rolivan wrote:It's certainly getting there, Rolivan!
I hold my hands up as one of the doubters.Why did we not play this way last season, we have already had more than 60 shots on goal and a good percentage on target.Is this the strongest squad of players the club has ever had?
(Was thinking about that this evening...it's definitely the strongest we've had since our last spell in the top flight, that's for sure.)
Captain Haddock
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8:38pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Southwick seagull wrote:Wednesday losing is a consolation prize! They did need to be checked back a bit.
klemaniac wrote:This obsession with Palace is boring. Why not rejoice in the fact that Wednesday lost - a team that could be genuine contenders at the end of the season. Palace are an irrelevance.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
Guernsey c gull
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8:39pm Sat 1 Sep 12
come on you seagulls ! !
davidinsouthampton
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8:44pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Captain Haddock
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8:45pm Sat 1 Sep 12
pablobrowno wrote:What's the link to that site, Pablo?
Southwick seagull wrote:I agree entirely. Palace will not be in our way but teams like Sheff W and Forest add another couple of potential contenders, as does an improved Leeds not to mention Bolton and Blackburn, and Blackpool looking strong, did I mention Hull and Cardiff? So let's not get carried away yet but a fantastic result and performance and hopefully CMS has hit form!
klemaniac wrote:This obsession with Palace is boring. Why not rejoice in the fact that Wednesday lost - a team that could be genuine contenders at the end of the season. Palace are an irrelevance.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
A Burnley fan on a lancashire paper's website commented "we were bad...but Brighton to be champions".
What a season it's gonna be, see you on the 14th ! 😃
pablobrowno
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8:55pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Captain Haddock wrote:Well captain that'll be: http://m.clitheroead
pablobrowno wrote:What's the link to that site, Pablo?
Southwick seagull wrote:I agree entirely. Palace will not be in our way but teams like Sheff W and Forest add another couple of potential contenders, as does an improved Leeds not to mention Bolton and Blackburn, and Blackpool looking strong, did I mention Hull and Cardiff? So let's not get carried away yet but a fantastic result and performance and hopefully CMS has hit form!
klemaniac wrote:This obsession with Palace is boring. Why not rejoice in the fact that Wednesday lost - a team that could be genuine contenders at the end of the season. Palace are an irrelevance.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
A Burnley fan on a lancashire paper's website commented "we were bad...but Brighton to be champions".
What a season it's gonna be, see you on the 14th ! 😃
vertiser.co.uk/sport
/football/burnley-fc
/full-time-burnley-1
-brighton-3-1-488924
2
It's the only comment added so far, presumably many of the other Burnley fans aren't as gracious! Surprising really considering we gave them a 2 man head start at the Amex! ;)
ballantrrae
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10:05pm Sat 1 Sep 12
Captain Haddock wrote:Seconded !
rolivan wrote:It's certainly getting there, Rolivan!
I hold my hands up as one of the doubters.Why did we not play this way last season, we have already had more than 60 shots on goal and a good percentage on target.Is this the strongest squad of players the club has ever had?
(Was thinking about that this evening...it's definitely the strongest we've had since our last spell in the top flight, that's for sure.)
Things definatey looking up and I still think Poyet will bring in the CB he said was needed after Elphick's departure, probably on loan. Sligthly surprised that we didn't see more departures.
Incidently Rolivan I responded to your comment re France and Breathalysers in the 'Poyet hails new signings' Argus thread when I also commented on all the events of the last 36 hours whilst I was travelling.
The international window will help Poyet to integrate the newcomers.
Disappointed to hear Crofts is out for 3 weeks but ar least we now have cover. Great win at Burnley I see.
Captain Haddock
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1:46am Sun 2 Sep 12
pablobrowno wrote:Haha. Yes, ungracious cads!
Captain Haddock wrote:Well captain that'll be: http://m.clitheroead
pablobrowno wrote:What's the link to that site, Pablo?
Southwick seagull wrote:I agree entirely. Palace will not be in our way but teams like Sheff W and Forest add another couple of potential contenders, as does an improved Leeds not to mention Bolton and Blackburn, and Blackpool looking strong, did I mention Hull and Cardiff? So let's not get carried away yet but a fantastic result and performance and hopefully CMS has hit form!
klemaniac wrote:This obsession with Palace is boring. Why not rejoice in the fact that Wednesday lost - a team that could be genuine contenders at the end of the season. Palace are an irrelevance.
Great result, 4th in league, I know it's early days but we'll only get better. Only down note is a certain other team has managed to claw it's way off the bottom
A Burnley fan on a lancashire paper's website commented "we were bad...but Brighton to be champions".
What a season it's gonna be, see you on the 14th ! 😃
vertiser.co.uk/sport
/football/burnley-fc
/full-time-burnley-1
-brighton-3-1-488924
2
It's the only comment added so far, presumably many of the other Burnley fans aren't as gracious! Surprising really considering we gave them a 2 man head start at the Amex! ;)
Cheers for the link. I'll have a look.
Billyboyarnold
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4:59pm Sun 2 Sep 12
seagulltess
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7:00pm Sun 2 Sep 12
Captain Haddock
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11:00pm Sun 2 Sep 12
Billyboyarnold wrote:Great to hear, Billy.
I was there and I tell you this, Burnley are a very ugly team, they did so many niggly fouls that went unpunished a pathetic ref, when our players complained they got booked for opening their mouths. Today was Men v Boys we were awesome, a great pleasure to be a Brighton Fan. Brighton Bill Yorkshire Seagull
It's the same old story with Burnley. Niggly fouls unpunished, yellows given to us for little or nothing, their Neanderthal fans whinging that we are play-acting, terrible refereeing and vile and abusive behaviour from the terraces.
I wonder if our ability to get the result from this ugly fixture this time is a sign of a promising improvement to go along with our more progressive attacking play this term? Great stuff!
Captain Haddock
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11:01pm Sun 2 Sep 12
seagulltess wrote:Couldn't agree more!
New keeper Kuszcak is going to earn us so many more points this season, with Craig now on fire and new additions the season can only get better. Onward and upward
midas
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12:47pm Mon 3 Sep 12
Billyboyarnold wrote:Whilst I don't want to pick faults in your comments (who was booked for opening their mouth?) the referee was very pernickety. The two bookings for Brighton were unavoidable but Trippier should have been booked for a similar act of blocking a player who was running past.
I was there and I tell you this, Burnley are a very ugly team, they did so many niggly fouls that went unpunished a pathetic ref, when our players complained they got booked for opening their mouths. Today was Men v Boys we were awesome, a great pleasure to be a Brighton Fan. Brighton Bill Yorkshire Seagull
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On the plus side, CMS was unplayable, not just his two exquisite finishes (which were both applauded by the Burnley fans sitting near me!) but his all round play, good linking, great movement and defending "from the front".
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All in all a deserved Brighton victory, it may have been different if we had taken the good chances we had (good saves by Kuszsak) but once we were 2-1 down there was only going to be one winner.
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All clubs have their "so called fans", I look forward to coming down to Brighton to listen to the "angelic" chants that will be coming our way:-)
campotolox says...
5:00pm Sat 1 Sep 12