Kuszczak glad he turned down Hornets to join Albion (From The Argus)
Get involved: Send your news, views, pictures and video by texting SUPIC to 80360 or email us.
Kuszczak glad he turned down Hornets to join Albion
11:00am Tuesday 18th September 2012 in Sport By Andy Naylor
Tomasz Kuszczak was on loan at Watford last season
Tomasz Kuszczak has revealed he joined Albion after rejecting Watford. The Seagulls’ Polish keeper could have made a permanent move to Vicarage Road early into a loan spell at the end of last season. Former Watford chief Sean Dyche wanted Kuszczak to stay for good but the 30-year-old is glad he kept his options open and signed for Albion from Manchester United in the summer. Kuszczak makes his 100th start in domestic competitions tonight back at the club where he suffered only two defeats in 13 games, including a 2-2 draw against Albion at The Amex in April. He revealed to The Argus: £After maybe three or four games I had a conversation with Sean Dyche and he offered me the opportunity to go and stay for longer at Watford. “I liked the lads and I was honest with the club. They offered the contract, they had their plans, but it was my decision. “I liked Brighton straight away. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen at Watford and the coach who was ready to give me the chance to stay for longer was fired a few weeks afterwards. That is why I think I did the right thing. “I still think Watford is a great club. I enjoyed my time there, because I had been in a difficult position. “I hadn’t played for a couple of months and they gave me a hand at that time, so I am always going to be thankful for that.”
Comments(21)
Redhill Gull
says...
11:47am Tue 18 Sep 12
Redhill Gull
says...
11:47am Tue 18 Sep 12
tug509
says...
12:25pm Tue 18 Sep 12
rolivan
says...
12:28pm Tue 18 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
says...
1:07pm Tue 18 Sep 12
There are some players that you know at the start of the season will earn you points, Tomasz is one of them, Bridge, Bruno and CMS are three more. Tomasz at th eback keeping them out and CMS up front banging them in, life is good.
IRISHGULL
says...
1:29pm Tue 18 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
says...
2:19pm Tue 18 Sep 12
IRISHGULL wrote:I think Bridcutt is somewhat of an unsung hero so far this season. Quite understandably CMS has been grabbing the headlines with his goals and Bruno was the star against Wednesday. There is a lot of talk and expectations about and of our new players and our back four and keeper will always be spoken of with high regard.
Tomasz is another albion legend in the making. The defence looks rock solid, it helps when you have the best holding midfielder in the division. Bridcutt. Avoiding injuries is the key, but i dont think we will concede more than a goal a game in the league this season
Bridcutt has been quietly doing his thing, holding the ball up, drstributing to the right place at the right time and been solid in breaking up opponents play. One day a big offer will come in for him, I hope we say no thanks.
wiseman of hove
says...
2:43pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Apart from the Watford angle, I think Tomasz was the preferred choice over Kirkland at WBA in a loan situation?
IRISHGULL
says...
3:46pm Tue 18 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:totally agree vegas i believe bridcutt would be be our biggest loss. There was talk of interest from reading preseason, we need our big players no bigger than liam. THE SHIP GO S NOWHERE WITHOUT THE ENGINEROOM
IRISHGULL wrote:I think Bridcutt is somewhat of an unsung hero so far this season. Quite understandably CMS has been grabbing the headlines with his goals and Bruno was the star against Wednesday. There is a lot of talk and expectations about and of our new players and our back four and keeper will always be spoken of with high regard.
Tomasz is another albion legend in the making. The defence looks rock solid, it helps when you have the best holding midfielder in the division. Bridcutt. Avoiding injuries is the key, but i dont think we will concede more than a goal a game in the league this season
Bridcutt has been quietly doing his thing, holding the ball up, drstributing to the right place at the right time and been solid in breaking up opponents play. One day a big offer will come in for him, I hope we say no thanks.
Alfie T
says...
4:21pm Tue 18 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:Bridcutt has just brought my friends house so his immediate future lies with the Albion. Heis probably my favourite player, so consistent, the side is set up superbly for his type of skill. I am surprised that the Premiership clubs didn't come calling, if he keeps performing as he is I think they just might.
IRISHGULL wrote:I think Bridcutt is somewhat of an unsung hero so far this season. Quite understandably CMS has been grabbing the headlines with his goals and Bruno was the star against Wednesday. There is a lot of talk and expectations about and of our new players and our back four and keeper will always be spoken of with high regard.
Tomasz is another albion legend in the making. The defence looks rock solid, it helps when you have the best holding midfielder in the division. Bridcutt. Avoiding injuries is the key, but i dont think we will concede more than a goal a game in the league this season
Bridcutt has been quietly doing his thing, holding the ball up, drstributing to the right place at the right time and been solid in breaking up opponents play. One day a big offer will come in for him, I hope we say no thanks.
dave from bexill
says...
4:49pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Alfie T wrote:My favourite player also Alfie and still developing. Hopefully when the Premiership clubs come calling,which they surely will, the Albion will already have made the jump themselves.
VegasSeagull wrote:Bridcutt has just brought my friends house so his immediate future lies with the Albion. Heis probably my favourite player, so consistent, the side is set up superbly for his type of skill. I am surprised that the Premiership clubs didn't come calling, if he keeps performing as he is I think they just might.
IRISHGULL wrote:I think Bridcutt is somewhat of an unsung hero so far this season. Quite understandably CMS has been grabbing the headlines with his goals and Bruno was the star against Wednesday. There is a lot of talk and expectations about and of our new players and our back four and keeper will always be spoken of with high regard.
Tomasz is another albion legend in the making. The defence looks rock solid, it helps when you have the best holding midfielder in the division. Bridcutt. Avoiding injuries is the key, but i dont think we will concede more than a goal a game in the league this season
Bridcutt has been quietly doing his thing, holding the ball up, drstributing to the right place at the right time and been solid in breaking up opponents play. One day a big offer will come in for him, I hope we say no thanks.
ballantrrae
says...
5:07pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Regarding Bridcutt, who continues to perform, exactly who within the squad would take on his holding midfielder role if he were to become injured ? Any thoughts ?
Turning to tonight's game I think it could be potentially very close. Ladbrokes odds are 11/8 Watford to win and 6/4 the Albion so they reckon Watford will just shade it.
Any news yet that CMS is playing ?
Here's to a positive result and the Seagulls maintaining their current momentum.
dave from bexill
says...
5:19pm Tue 18 Sep 12
LeKevo
says...
5:43pm Tue 18 Sep 12
2 - 0 Victors tonight
LAWgull
says...
5:58pm Tue 18 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:I dont get to many matches but was rhere for sheff weda Alright Bruno got mom or two outstanding assist but IMHO Bridcutt was my MOM for his total commitment and quality
IRISHGULL wrote:I think Bridcutt is somewhat of an unsung hero so far this season. Quite understandably CMS has been grabbing the headlines with his goals and Bruno was the star against Wednesday. There is a lot of talk and expectations about and of our new players and our back four and keeper will always be spoken of with high regard.
Tomasz is another albion legend in the making. The defence looks rock solid, it helps when you have the best holding midfielder in the division. Bridcutt. Avoiding injuries is the key, but i dont think we will concede more than a goal a game in the league this season
Bridcutt has been quietly doing his thing, holding the ball up, drstributing to the right place at the right time and been solid in breaking up opponents play. One day a big offer will come in for him, I hope we say no thanks.
VegasSeagull
says...
6:19pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Watford's defense has been letting in goals, yes mostly away but a defense is a defense home or away.
Watford concede a lot of free kicks due to fouls. Free kicks can be converted to goals and Watford are really bad at defending against set pieces.
Giving away a lot of fouls suggests to me that the players are either not quick enough or not good enough.
Brighton have been scoring goals for fun in recent games, home or away, and we are not giving up too many.
Looking at the two squads and taking into account recent form, Brighton have to be favs and the draw second best. Home advantage does count for something but only if you are playing well.
On paper will this be a tough game, yes. Will the crowd help Watford, yes. Player for player are Brighton better or performing better, yes.
I just don't see how the bookies are evaluating the two teams and coming up with the odds they are.
Momentum is important and we are on a roll, Watford are not.
If I were making the odds for this match I would have Bton at 5/4 fav, Draw 6/4 and a Watford win 13/8.
tug509
says...
6:38pm Tue 18 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
says...
7:01pm Tue 18 Sep 12
As none of us are on the inside we can only look from the outside. Stats might not be the favourite things for some but they do tell a story.
As once was said, "football is a funny old game," and no matter what the stats suggest there will always be upsets, games where the players just don't perform, or they do but the ball just won't go into the net, Watford away last year tells us that.
I bet you a dollar to a penny that any stat I quote on here Gus has the same stat.
I honestly can't see Brighton losing tonight, I even think a draw would not be a good result. Brighton are so much better than last year that playing away is just another game. There will be games when a point will be good enough away from home but this match to me is not one of them.
All the numbers point to a win.
VegasSeagull
says...
11:10pm Tue 18 Sep 12
dave from bexill
says...
8:19am Wed 19 Sep 12
Dr Baldhead says...
11:24am Tue 18 Sep 12