It's tense but Albion go top (From The Argus)
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It's tense but Albion go top
4:53pm Saturday 22nd September 2012 in Sport By Brian Owen
Adam El-Abd hammers in Albion's second (photos by Simon Dack)
Albion went top of the Championship with a tense 2-1 win at Millwall today.
Ashley Barnes fired them ahead on 17 minutes from Will Buckley’s cutback.
Adam El-Abd crashed home the second five minutes after the interval after Dean Hammond had challenged for Andrea Orlandi’s corner.
At that stage it looked like Albion would win with ease.
Chris Wood sparked a hectic finale by replying on 79 minutes for a home side who were by then reduced to ten men by the dismissal of Chris Taylor.
Tomasz Kuszczak was target for the anger of home fans after he was caught by Taylor in the 68th minute.
The Millwall sub was shown a second yellow and subsequent red card.
Wood was denied an equaliser in added time when Kuszczak blocked his shot at point blank range.
Albion lost Craig Mackail-Smith (hamstring) and Bruno (groin) during the match.
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Comments(25)
brightonup
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5:05pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Willie, Willie Irvine
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5:11pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Tony the tiger eastbourne
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5:12pm Sat 22 Sep 12
cullipmyhero
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5:19pm Sat 22 Sep 12
meryrob
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5:22pm Sat 22 Sep 12
sussexram40
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5:24pm Sat 22 Sep 12
saraman
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5:28pm Sat 22 Sep 12
VegasSeagull
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5:32pm Sat 22 Sep 12
meryrob wrote:Yeah you are probably right, and as you say, 6 points away from home in a week.
Vegas, I don't think Gus will have mixed feelings about this result at all. You can win pretty, you can win ugly, you can win comfortably,you can win tense. But when you win everything's alright and I think he'll be delighted. 6 away points in a week. Brilliant!
We came very close to only getting one point from the game at a time when they only had ten men and the game was all but over time wise.
Possibly something for Gus to think about?. ,
IRISHGULL
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5:43pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Tony the tiger eastbourne wrote:Sorry tony i personally am never happy to see palace win. dont like bringing us down to there supporters level, but on there websites, the abuse towards us is unbelievable. But yes mate a great win for our boys, millwall dominated us at the amex last season, what a difference a year makes.
Great result from the boys, another 3 points and top of the league. And well done to palace for the win and to muzza too. Thanks
bindaredundat
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5:52pm Sat 22 Sep 12
a good day all round on the south coast.
keep it up and good luck
not the easiest place to get a result
rolivan
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6:05pm Sat 22 Sep 12
VegasSeagull wrote:Gus was saying that the new players haven't had time to learn how He wants the game played when the opposition play with 10.I just hope Bruno is ok he is immense.The squad is so strong.They can have a rst now and get ready for next week.9 points from 3 games in 8 days.
meryrob wrote:Yeah you are probably right, and as you say, 6 points away from home in a week.
Vegas, I don't think Gus will have mixed feelings about this result at all. You can win pretty, you can win ugly, you can win comfortably,you can win tense. But when you win everything's alright and I think he'll be delighted. 6 away points in a week. Brilliant!
We came very close to only getting one point from the game at a time when they only had ten men and the game was all but over time wise.
Possibly something for Gus to think about?. ,
namgo49
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6:24pm Sat 22 Sep 12
cullipmyhero wrote:Good goalkeeping gets you promotion, viz Reading last year. We have the best goalkeeper in the league bar none and he is in superb form.
What a keeper Kuszkzak is! Guy is fast becoming a goalkeeping legend! Good 3 points
It is all looking very promising.
Southwick seagull
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6:43pm Sat 22 Sep 12
IRISHGULL wrote:Tony is spot on - Palace did us a favour today. The few Albion fans that harbour this simmering grievance need to ask themselves whether they would rather see the Albion challenging for the Premiership or not. If Palace help us top the league that's fine by me and you have your priorities wrong if you think otherwise (IMHO).
Tony the tiger eastbourne wrote:Sorry tony i personally am never happy to see palace win. dont like bringing us down to there supporters level, but on there websites, the abuse towards us is unbelievable. But yes mate a great win for our boys, millwall dominated us at the amex last season, what a difference a year makes.
Great result from the boys, another 3 points and top of the league. And well done to palace for the win and to muzza too. Thanks
saraman
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7:06pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Clean Sheet
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7:31pm Sat 22 Sep 12
albionfan33
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7:35pm Sat 22 Sep 12
OzzieGull
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8:22pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Ringmer Rich
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9:16pm Sat 22 Sep 12
OzzieGull wrote:It's early days yet, and you can only beat what's put in front of you. What I would say though is keep in mind our fantastic beginning to last season and don't get too carried away. Being positive is one thing, but keep it real. The season is a marathon and there's a long long way to go. It's a fantastic start to the season, but that's all it is so far, a start. Keep the faith and UTA!!
The win against Millwall is great news, and being top even greater - but - without wanting to sound like the voice of doom perhaps we should look at the league position of the teams we have beaten. Maybe once those teams are mainly amongst our challengers we can be a bit more confident? Just asking ...
kevbha
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12:22am Sun 23 Sep 12
albionfan33 wrote:think something is going on at the uni
anyone know why we are playing late next week? seems its not on tv as far as i can see
JoeBlow
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3:01am Sun 23 Sep 12
OzzieGull wrote:Don't forget that when you look at where some of the teams we have beaten are, part of the reason they are down where they are is because we beat them.
The win against Millwall is great news, and being top even greater - but - without wanting to sound like the voice of doom perhaps we should look at the league position of the teams we have beaten. Maybe once those teams are mainly amongst our challengers we can be a bit more confident? Just asking ...
seagulltess
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7:21am Sun 23 Sep 12
Dingbat99
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7:33am Sun 23 Sep 12
JoeBlow wrote:Sheff Wed were in the top 6 when we beat them. We beat Barnsley 5-1 who have just demolished Birmingham 5-0. Maybe those teams are lower because we beat them?
OzzieGull wrote:Don't forget that when you look at where some of the teams we have beaten are, part of the reason they are down where they are is because we beat them.
The win against Millwall is great news, and being top even greater - but - without wanting to sound like the voice of doom perhaps we should look at the league position of the teams we have beaten. Maybe once those teams are mainly amongst our challengers we can be a bit more confident? Just asking ...
Our away record is the best in the division and we're unbeaten at home. You can't argue with that (or maybe you can)
VegasSeagull
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2:12pm Sun 23 Sep 12
October looks to be a more testing period, if we take nine points I will be more than happy, if we get more God knows how I will feel.
If we continue in the way we have January will be the most testing time of all, and that test will not be on the park but in the board room.
If every cloud has a silver lining then every silver lining must have a cloud.
We have the meanest defense in the league, we don't give up goals without a fight, I just hope that the board can be just as resolute and that they can hold on to our most valuable assets.
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ballantrrae
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12:06pm Mon 24 Sep 12
rolivan wrote:Losing CMS (43 mins) and Bruno (half time) so early on Saturday possibly forced Poyet not to introduce too many players who are yet to become fully integrated into the squad and Albion playing style.
VegasSeagull wrote:Gus was saying that the new players haven't had time to learn how He wants the game played when the opposition play with 10.I just hope Bruno is ok he is immense.The squad is so strong.They can have a rst now and get ready for next week.9 points from 3 games in 8 days.
meryrob wrote:Yeah you are probably right, and as you say, 6 points away from home in a week.
Vegas, I don't think Gus will have mixed feelings about this result at all. You can win pretty, you can win ugly, you can win comfortably,you can win tense. But when you win everything's alright and I think he'll be delighted. 6 away points in a week. Brilliant!
We came very close to only getting one point from the game at a time when they only had ten men and the game was all but over time wise.
Possibly something for Gus to think about?. ,
Calderon was a like for like substitution but Dicker knows our systems and therefore fitted in better than the newcomers might have eg Dobbie and Lopez. Would we have held out if Poyet had made different substitutions ?
We won so it looks as if Poyet got it right.
Fingers crossed that Bruno and CMS are fit for Saturday.
VegasSeagull says...
5:02pm Sat 22 Sep 12
Going by the text commentary and the stats of the match we dominated in all areas but made it a struggle at the end.
Three more points, never abad thing and a tip of the hat to Palace, they came back from 2-0 down, Cardiff must be gutted.