Greer: Forget about the league table

9:00am Thursday 20th September 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen

Gordon Greer and Adam El-Abd make a point after Liam Bridcutt was fouled at Watford Gordon Greer and Adam El-Abd make a point after Liam Bridcutt was fouled at Watford

Gordon Greer has urged Albion to forget about the league table – and learn lessons from this time last year.

The Seagulls are third, just a point off the top of the Championship, after their battling 1-0 win at Watford on Tuesday.

They go to The Den on Saturday to face a Millwall side languishing in 21st after a 2-0 home defeat to Cardiff.

Greer still remembers how Albion slipped down the table after leading the way in the opening weeks of 2011-12.

So he will warn his team to expect another battle – and remind them the league standings mean little after six games.

The skipper said: “There is no point even looking at the table now.

“We did really well last year and had a bad time so it is up to us to learn from last season and improve and just see where it takes us.

“We can play a lot better than we did at Watford. We didn’t want to go there and defend for 90 minutes.

“Hopefully we get our passing game going and are strong defensively as we were at Watford.”

Greer will pay little attention to the Lions’ lowly status, level on points with Gianfranco Zola's men.

He added: “I don’t think people thought Watford would be an easy game.

“All the teams in this league make it really tough, “That was proved last year when we went to Coventry, who were bottom, and lost.

“The teams that do well in this division go to places like Watford and don’t play well and get the three points.

“It is early in the season and we are not getting carried away but it was a satisfying win at Watford.”

Comments(10)

Clean Sheet says...
9:24am Thu 20 Sep 12

Good advice skipper. I hope your teammates are listening to you. Another clean sheet on Saturday please.

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hastingsgull says...
9:36am Thu 20 Sep 12

We are understandably getting increasingly excited at watching this team, particularly after the Sheff. Wed. match, but I do hope we can keep it all under wraps, and avoid triumphalist comments. There is a long way to go and cocky, confident statements can back-fire on us. Lets enjoy the ride but there is a long long way to go.

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wiseman of hove says...
9:39am Thu 20 Sep 12

Super player and skipper and for me the talk of a new centre back is cover not replacement. However, I'm afraid I do find myself constantly looking at the table and so I will have to ignore Gordon's advice.

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Seagull83 says...
9:56am Thu 20 Sep 12

I love Gordon Greer me, exemplary character for our football club, was my MoM versus Watford.

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Gee Jay says...
11:18am Thu 20 Sep 12

If the Albon are to figure in the promotion run in at the end of the season, we need to have picked up points from the teams we have already beaten.
It says a lot that we have only conceded three goals to date, one at Hull the other two being an own goal and a penalty. Our defence is 'mean'.

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VegasSeagull says...
11:48am Thu 20 Sep 12

Greer is right in what he says and his words must surely have been meant for the players, not we the fans.

The club want the fans excited they want us to believe, that's what puts bums on seats at home and away.

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VegasSeagull says...
1:10pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Doing the math on the games played during the period, Friday 17th August thru to Wednesday 19th September, there have been a total of 72 matches played.
Those matches yielded a total of 220 goals, an average of just over 3 per match.

I have included Brighton's matches and goals so not perfectly accurate.

Average number of goals conceded per match just over 3, Brighton average 0.5 per game.

Hard not to look at the tables if you are a fan.

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Carlas mum says...
1:46pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Vegas you should really get out more and get a life.

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VegasSeagull says...
2:10pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Why Carla?

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saraman says...
5:31pm Thu 20 Sep 12

I look at the table every day and try to predict where we will be after our next game, taking into account our opponents games. It can't be helped. It's a drug. Anyone know what has happened to THE PREDICTOR on the BBC site? That was very interesting last season. I had an average success rate.

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