Gus praises tired Albion (From The Argus)

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

wenners wrote:
Wonderful result, and two great away wins in the week. HOWEVER......Gus says the players are tired..... He had Lopez and Dobbie on the bench. Why didnt he bring them on to replace tired legs. Quality players sitting around doing nothing... now lacking 'match' fitness..which is totally different to being fit...and each passing game they are being left behind . Add Crofty to come back in to the side and I bet they are tickled pink to have joined the club and played about 10 mins each !! Maybe we can loan them out back to their previous clubs !!!

rolivan wrote:

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

Does that mean we should beat Birmingham 10-1?

championshipgull wrote:

rolivan wrote:

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

Does that mean we should beat Birmingham 10-1?

The BBC match report says Birmingham where out classed at St Andrews by Barnsley. If that’s the case they should definitely be in big trouble at the Amex

ballantrrae wrote:

championshipgull wrote:

rolivan wrote:

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

Does that mean we should beat Birmingham 10-1?

The BBC match report says Birmingham where out classed at St Andrews by Barnsley. If that’s the case they should definitely be in big trouble at the Amex

Doesn't always work out like that does it Championshipgull.
Great result and really satisfying to see the Albion at the top of the table.
Bit worried about CMS and Bruno especially the latter since the back 5 have looked such a good unit this season. At least we have Dobbie and Calderon as back up if either of them are not fit for the Birmingham game.
Good thing though that there isn't a midweek game this week.
Changing the subject I saw on the website 'News at the Den' that Millwall are reported to be interested in Painter. Also the Albion are waiting on a tribunal ruling regarding the receipt of compensation for Grant Hall from Spurs.

championshipgull wrote:

ballantrrae wrote:

championshipgull wrote:

rolivan wrote:

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

Does that mean we should beat Birmingham 10-1?

The BBC match report says Birmingham where out classed at St Andrews by Barnsley. If that’s the case they should definitely be in big trouble at the Amex

Doesn't always work out like that does it Championshipgull.
Great result and really satisfying to see the Albion at the top of the table.
Bit worried about CMS and Bruno especially the latter since the back 5 have looked such a good unit this season. At least we have Dobbie and Calderon as back up if either of them are not fit for the Birmingham game.
Good thing though that there isn't a midweek game this week.
Changing the subject I saw on the website 'News at the Den' that Millwall are reported to be interested in Painter. Also the Albion are waiting on a tribunal ruling regarding the receipt of compensation for Grant Hall from Spurs.

Your right ballantrrae that’s why I put should in front of definitely (nothing like hedging your bets). Someone from France was being interviewed on radio Sussex after the match . Was it you ?

mark5 wrote:
Went to Millwall today. We looked so comfortable for periods of the game and should have been 3 or 4 up before Millwall scored having gone down to 10 men. But we did not put away the extra chances to put it beyond Millwall's reach and crazily they got back into the game and gave us the usual last 20 minutes of nail biting and general uncomfortability!! But the win is in place and we are top, so happy days........! Can't believe the players are tired after 7 games but I think I can just about forgive them right now!

rolivan wrote:

championshipgull wrote:

ballantrrae wrote:

championshipgull wrote:

rolivan wrote:

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

Does that mean we should beat Birmingham 10-1?

The BBC match report says Birmingham where out classed at St Andrews by Barnsley. If that’s the case they should definitely be in big trouble at the Amex

Doesn't always work out like that does it Championshipgull.
Great result and really satisfying to see the Albion at the top of the table.
Bit worried about CMS and Bruno especially the latter since the back 5 have looked such a good unit this season. At least we have Dobbie and Calderon as back up if either of them are not fit for the Birmingham game.
Good thing though that there isn't a midweek game this week.
Changing the subject I saw on the website 'News at the Den' that Millwall are reported to be interested in Painter. Also the Albion are waiting on a tribunal ruling regarding the receipt of compensation for Grant Hall from Spurs.

Your right ballantrrae that’s why I put should in front of definitely (nothing like hedging your bets). Someone from France was being interviewed on radio Sussex after the match . Was it you ?

No it was me.

ballantrrae wrote:

rolivan wrote:

championshipgull wrote:

ballantrrae wrote:

championshipgull wrote:

rolivan wrote:

Alfie T wrote:

Dave5434 wrote:
With the season going so well so far I just pray that we don't do anything silly and let Mackail-Smith go to Norwich in the January transfer window. If Norwich can turn down a £6 million offer from W.Ham for an over weight, over rated Grant Holt then surely Mackail Smith is worth at least £8 million?

Let's don't start with speculation, just think about next Saturday's game against Birmingham who have just been stuffed 5.0 at home by Barnsley.

Does that mean we should beat Birmingham 10-1?

The BBC match report says Birmingham where out classed at St Andrews by Barnsley. If that’s the case they should definitely be in big trouble at the Amex

Doesn't always work out like that does it Championshipgull.
Great result and really satisfying to see the Albion at the top of the table.
Bit worried about CMS and Bruno especially the latter since the back 5 have looked such a good unit this season. At least we have Dobbie and Calderon as back up if either of them are not fit for the Birmingham game.
Good thing though that there isn't a midweek game this week.
Changing the subject I saw on the website 'News at the Den' that Millwall are reported to be interested in Painter. Also the Albion are waiting on a tribunal ruling regarding the receipt of compensation for Grant Hall from Spurs.

Your right ballantrrae that’s why I put should in front of definitely (nothing like hedging your bets). Someone from France was being interviewed on radio Sussex after the match . Was it you ?

No it was me.

Glad to hear you came over for the match Rolivan. Must be really pleasing to see the Albion go top of the Championship and no doubt makes the travelling that much more worthwhile.
Lets hope we can keep the momentum going.
Sorry I missed your comments on Radio Sussex.
Rolivan answered your question Championshipgull and I agree it makes sense to hedge one's bets.

Hovite wrote:
I thought you were going to bed Smeagol

Hovite wrote:
I thought you were going to bed Smeagol

campotolox wrote:
Sug says, hes players are tired,good job they havnt got a real job,its madness?Sug,Gus,Madn

ess,get it you doughnuts,see you lot at the pride next year?

DC Hove wrote:
Wenners... Did you watch the match? Cms off injured.. Bruno off injured.. And orlandi not match fit.
Gus played the team he thought would win the match - and gues what... We did.
A hard earned win tonight and in the week (as much for fans as for players) We still have several players to come in if we have fatigued players. We are top - we are playing well - and we can defend. It does not get much better!

wenners wrote:

DC Hove wrote: Wenners... Did you watch the match? Cms off injured.. Bruno off injured.. And orlandi not match fit. Gus played the team he thought would win the match - and gues what... We did. A hard earned win tonight and in the week (as much for fans as for players) We still have several players to come in if we have fatigued players. We are top - we are playing well - and we can defend. It does not get much better!

I didnt watch...am in Thailand , but listened to it on the radio. Ok..Bruno off injured...Calderon on Dobbie could have got 15 mins and given Barnsy a beak. Lopez could have replaced Orlandi if he wasnt match fit. Dobbie and Lopez must be thrilled to have signed for us and hardly getting a kick of the ball. Each match that goes by and they dont get involved means THEY arnt MATCH fit. Im thrilled by our postion and the amazing results we are getting...ive been supporting this club since 1966 and i cant honestly remember a more exciting time to be a supporter . All i said was that if Gus said we had tired legs we had two suitable replacements....an embarrassment of riches ,i suppose, which is something weve hardly ever had !! Its going to be exciting, and i cant wait for Ipswich on Tuesday !

albionbloke wrote:
My God!
Just logged in to 'VegasSeagull.com' and I see there are 26 postings but NOT ONE from our illustrious webmaster! Surely his Internet is down, no way he'd leave it this long! :)

saraman wrote:

wenners wrote:

DC Hove wrote: Wenners... Did you watch the match? Cms off injured.. Bruno off injured.. And orlandi not match fit. Gus played the team he thought would win the match - and gues what... We did. A hard earned win tonight and in the week (as much for fans as for players) We still have several players to come in if we have fatigued players. We are top - we are playing well - and we can defend. It does not get much better!

I didnt watch...am in Thailand , but listened to it on the radio. Ok..Bruno off injured...Calderon on Dobbie could have got 15 mins and given Barnsy a beak. Lopez could have replaced Orlandi if he wasnt match fit. Dobbie and Lopez must be thrilled to have signed for us and hardly getting a kick of the ball. Each match that goes by and they dont get involved means THEY arnt MATCH fit. Im thrilled by our postion and the amazing results we are getting...ive been supporting this club since 1966 and i cant honestly remember a more exciting time to be a supporter . All i said was that if Gus said we had tired legs we had two suitable replacements....an embarrassment of riches ,i suppose, which is something weve hardly ever had !! Its going to be exciting, and i cant wait for Ipswich on Tuesday !

Just a small case of Birmingham at home next Saturday. KO 1730hrs. Then Ipswich the following Tuesday.

Alfie T wrote:

mark5 wrote:
Went to Millwall today. We looked so comfortable for periods of the game and should have been 3 or 4 up before Millwall scored having gone down to 10 men. But we did not put away the extra chances to put it beyond Millwall's reach and crazily they got back into the game and gave us the usual last 20 minutes of nail biting and general uncomfortability!! But the win is in place and we are top, so happy days........! Can't believe the players are tired after 7 games but I think I can just about forgive them right now!

What did you make of the injuries ?

Neville wrote:
Re Vince comment I have always maintained that Craig Davies never got a real chance at Brighton and he did lack confidence after missing a few chances at Withdean but I admired his endeavours and effort. Shows he is a good player if he can score regularly in the Championship in a mediocre team.I am sure most will disagree with me.
Also note Palace rate Murray v highly.

Baldseagull wrote:

Neville wrote:
Re Vince comment I have always maintained that Craig Davies never got a real chance at Brighton and he did lack confidence after missing a few chances at Withdean but I admired his endeavours and effort. Shows he is a good player if he can score regularly in the Championship in a mediocre team.I am sure most will disagree with me.
Also note Palace rate Murray v highly.

I don't disagree, but Brighton has not been the only club where he has struggled to find form.
I think he is just one of those players that can be fantastic for the right manager and struggles under another.

wenners wrote:

saraman wrote:

wenners wrote:

DC Hove wrote: Wenners... Did you watch the match? Cms off injured.. Bruno off injured.. And orlandi not match fit. Gus played the team he thought would win the match - and gues what... We did. A hard earned win tonight and in the week (as much for fans as for players) We still have several players to come in if we have fatigued players. We are top - we are playing well - and we can defend. It does not get much better!

I didnt watch...am in Thailand , but listened to it on the radio. Ok..Bruno off injured...Calderon on Dobbie could have got 15 mins and given Barnsy a beak. Lopez could have replaced Orlandi if he wasnt match fit. Dobbie and Lopez must be thrilled to have signed for us and hardly getting a kick of the ball. Each match that goes by and they dont get involved means THEY arnt MATCH fit. Im thrilled by our postion and the amazing results we are getting...ive been supporting this club since 1966 and i cant honestly remember a more exciting time to be a supporter . All i said was that if Gus said we had tired legs we had two suitable replacements....an embarrassment of riches ,i suppose, which is something weve hardly ever had !! Its going to be exciting, and i cant wait for Ipswich on Tuesday !

Just a small case of Birmingham at home next Saturday. KO 1730hrs. Then Ipswich the following Tuesday.

I'm not stupid. Read my post ? Think I say I'm in Thailand?? Not back for Brum... If I was , I would be going !!

tug509 wrote:
Watching the Liverpool utd game,Halsey might just as well put a man u shirt on,terrible one sided decisions,potential for a good game ruined by an incompitent.

keswick wrote:

tug509 wrote:
Watching the Liverpool utd game,Halsey might just as well put a man u shirt on,terrible one sided decisions,potential for a good game ruined by an incompitent.

Exactly, there was no difference between the challenge that Shellvey gets red for whilst RVP only gets yellow. It is decisions like these that infuriate everyone but they never have to explain to the people who really matter, the supporters. Look at the poor decisions in the Everton game the other night yet the assistant ref just arrogantly stands there.

tug509 wrote:

keswick wrote:

tug509 wrote:
Watching the Liverpool utd game,Halsey might just as well put a man u shirt on,terrible one sided decisions,potential for a good game ruined by an incompitent.

Exactly, there was no difference between the challenge that Shellvey gets red for whilst RVP only gets yellow. It is decisions like these that infuriate everyone but they never have to explain to the people who really matter, the supporters. Look at the poor decisions in the Everton game the other night yet the assistant ref just arrogantly stands there.

Agreed.UTA

Vince wrote:
Albion old boys got 11 goals yesterday:- Davies 4, Murray 3, Bowditch 3 and Wood 1. How many fit forwards do we have at the moment? Barnes and.....Agdestein (Dobbie not match fit, CMS a niggling thigh injury and Hoskins broken bone in foot). Methinks we might have unloaded some too soon!

Hovite wrote:
We could play El Abd as a striker if worse came to worse Vince

golddene wrote:
well done everyone, players,management &support. great result get your breath back two more games then two weeks to recharge the batteries then off again for the next installment of this so far brilliant season SEAGULLS.

Far gull wrote:
Have been enjoying run of wins to much to comment lately. But Vegas has drawn me out! What happens in Vegas should stay there. To much negativity regarding players being transfer targets. It will have to be a big team and big money to tempt any away especially if we are in contention . Gd luck to any player offered the chance gus included . Get hm and watch a game if you can as soon to be 30,000 cap and not many big clubs are going to be able to offer what we can except money and that's not everything. But I guess that's what Vegas does to you :-)

Hovite wrote:
We could play El Abd as a striker if worse came to worse Vince

Hovite wrote:
Instigating a debate about our top players being snapped up by other clubs in January is pretty negative in my book. It is called inventing paranoia. Comparing Far Gulls brain to your dog’s brain is also a bit childish.

VegasSeagull wrote:

Far gull wrote:
Have been enjoying run of wins to much to comment lately. But Vegas has drawn me out! What happens in Vegas should stay there. To much negativity regarding players being transfer targets. It will have to be a big team and big money to tempt any away especially if we are in contention . Gd luck to any player offered the chance gus included . Get hm and watch a game if you can as soon to be 30,000 cap and not many big clubs are going to be able to offer what we can except money and that's not everything. But I guess that's what Vegas does to you :-)

Bandwagon and jumping come to mind.

This feeble minded post is just another example of an offering from a person with nothing to say. "Enjoying the wins too much too comment," what nonsense, I guess you will be more moved to comment if we start losing.

"Not many clubs will be able to offer what we can," really? A certain club were able to offer enough to get Van Persie, both clubs had plenty of money. How about offering the chance to play in Europe and or the chance to play for a club known and respected all over the world.

My comments are not negative, my comments, for one or more of those I suggested, are based on what I see as an issue that goes to our drive for promotion. If you are right, if we should not look forward then why do we talk of who Gus might buy or aquire on loan to further our promotion prospects, is that not looking forward you muppet.

You are so excited by our recent run of good results, and the fact that we are top, that you can't bring yourself to write on this site, but you could be moved to take a pop at me, My dog has a bigger and more used brain than you posses. I suggest that you go back to sitting on your hands and help keep your brain warm because it certainly aint located where it should be.

Cabin fever wrote:
I promise you all, your lives will be much fuller if you stop reading posts from Vegas.

All this talk of ex-strikers is nonsense. Yes, well done to them, but they are gone from Brighton - onwards and upwards and we don't seem to be doing too badly without them.

What people haven't picked up on is the fact that goals have come from everywhere – Buckley, Bridge, Greer and El-Abd, with Hammond and Bruno threatening to get on the scoresheet soon too. When was the last time that three of the back four had scored, seven games into a season?

Add to that the new guys that can create, and score, and you don't really need to worry about the perceived lack of depth in the strikeforce. I'm not saying playing the Spanish way without a front man, just that when they are not firing, there is plenty in the tank as backup.

Vince wrote:

Vince wrote:
Albion old boys got 11 goals yesterday:- Davies 4, Murray 3, Bowditch 3 and Wood 1. How many fit forwards do we have at the moment? Barnes and.....Agdestein (Dobbie not match fit, CMS a niggling thigh injury and Hoskins broken bone in foot). Methinks we might have unloaded some too soon!

Add Zamora to the list, as he scored the only goal of the first half to put QPR ahead at Tottenham. Spurs have recovered in the 2nd half and are now 2-1 ahead.

12 goals from old boys, but if CMS is ruled out of our next 2 games, we are relying heavily on Barnes and Dobbie to score - and if he plays 2 games in 3 days he will be tired and therefore more likely to overstretch and get injured. We would be in deep sh*t then! I can't understand why we didn't get someone like Sam Baldock or Ricardo Fuller (or even Chris Wood)on loan instead of letting them go to sides lower down in the Championship. We are now relying heavily on a player who hasn't yet played a game for us to deliver the goods. Other than that the non-strikers like Buckley, Lua-Lua and Hammond will need to get on the scoresheet. Maybe it's time to bring Agdestein back or, if goals are hard to come by,even put Calderon up there, as he is brilliant at getting into scoring positions and scored a great headed goal from a Lua Lua corner last season. He also hit probably the goal of the season against Bristol City last year. I also think playing Lua Lua as a striker might be worth a go, if Dobbie gets tired. His brother was lethal in that position, and kaz has pace and an explosive shot.

Maybe Hoskins will be called into action if he returns soon.