Albion cruise to home win

9:43pm Tuesday 27th November 2012 in Albion By Brian Owen

Gus in is fits of laughter after Andrea Orlandi's goal (photos Simon Dack) Gus in is fits of laughter after Andrea Orlandi's goal (photos Simon Dack)

Albion secured a much-needed home win as they beat Bristol City 2-0 at The Amex tonight.

Dean Hammond and Andrea Orlandi both scored in the first 26 minutes to secure a routine victory.

The Seagulls needed just six minutes to go ahead as Hammond headed home Liam Bridcutt’s cross after Orlandi had played a free-kick short.

Another Orlandi free-kick – again after Will Buckley was fouled down the right – brought an even simpler second goal 20 minutes later.

This time the former Swansea midfielder saw his intended cross swirl straight in from long range as defender Matthew Bates and keeper Tom Heaton got in a mix-up trying to deal with it.

Orlandi then curled just past the top corner.

City had plenty of possession and twice went close to halving the arrears.

Stephen Pearson shot against the top of the bar and Gordon Greer slid in to block a goalbound Neil Danns shot.

Orlandi fired over and Will Hoskins was denied by Heaton when clean through, both straight after the break.

But the near things did not matter this time as Albion cruised through an unremarkable second half.

Comments(25)

VegasSeagull says...
9:48pm Tue 27 Nov 12

A routine win, well ok I'll take that, but did we learn anything about Hoskins and Dobbie?
A double change in strike force and the goals came from Midfield.

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bruce beckett says...
9:55pm Tue 27 Nov 12

No goals from our midfielders all season and then, like London buses, two come along at once! Vital that we get contributions from all areas of the pitch. Still sick about those dropped points against Wolves and Bolton, but all will be forgiven if we can win at Palace on Saturday. They seem to have hit a bit of a sticky patch but, of course, a certain G Murray will be back. UTA!!!

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markymark03 says...
10:10pm Tue 27 Nov 12

***I am a Barnes fan***

For me at this part of the season, Barnes is not up to it. Play Hoskin for a month and stick Barnes in the reserves, let his hunger build up. Then unleash him and he'll score like theres no tomorrow.

Happy Gus used his balls for a change although Dob's should've played longer

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Hoarder12345444 says...
10:11pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Great win, finally Gus had the selection right, hopefully a big win at Palace!! That would be a nice Xmas pressie!

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Guernsey c gull says...
10:12pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Well done seagulls, perhaps should have scored more from the chances,however 3 points.listened to game on seagulls player, or rather tried to, kept cutting out, really irritating, then had to listen to that commentator,repeatin
g that phrase TO BE FAIR, I counted 19 times, when I could hear the commentary.can somebody tell him to stop it, and can someone tell the seagull player if the problem.We pay for this service .Moan over.Palace here we come ! !

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VegasSeagull says...
10:31pm Tue 27 Nov 12

So am I right in saying that we scored one good goal and that the other was a fluke due to a mess up?

Neither Hoskins or Dobbie got on the score sheet and Dobbie only played for 60 minutes. Going solely by the BBC text commentary, and that is often wrong, Dobbie didn't manage a shot and Hoskins had two, is that about right?

As glad as I am that Gus bit the bullet and made the changes up front, it doesn't seem to have worked or did the text commentary miss a whole lot out.

I think our performance against Bolton, if the text commmentary was right, should give us more hope against Palace than that of today.

I am looking forward to reading the posts of those that were there to get the real linfo on today's match.

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Eddy B says...
10:37pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Ironically Brighton didn't play well tonight but won, the opposite to the majority of home games where they have played well but not won! There is a lot of luck involved in football and Brighton were due some. Bristol City were actually a lot better than their league position suggests and played some good possession football.

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mitch63 says...
10:38pm Tue 27 Nov 12

We weren't great, but too good for a poor City side. Orlandi is really developing into a class act with his close control - good to see him get MoM. Starting to build momentum...now for Saturday UTA!

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mr punch says...
10:39pm Tue 27 Nov 12

A win at the swamp on saturday would put us just 3 points behind them and give us bragging rights. Personally I dont care who scores. or how, especially against them. UTA

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mark by the sea says...
10:42pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Gus has a thought or two, cms to start Saturday, Orlando again a class above, Hammond has still to stamp his ability on a game, painter did ok..
They played a poor side tonight, but made Bolton look poor Saturday with passing..
I hope Gus does not try and shock palace with a tactical change .. We are capable of winning this league,
Still one or two short in my opinion.

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Eddy B says...
10:44pm Tue 27 Nov 12

You're not far off Vegas. We were more impressive against Bolton. I thought it was a good plan to try Hoskins and Dobbie but it didn't really come off tonight and the shot count was low. CMS played superbly after he came on.

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tonytowner1 says...
10:46pm Tue 27 Nov 12

7 - 2 would have been a fair score if all chances had gone in. Hoskins should have scored when one on one really, Dobbie had one good shot and 3 other good chances went begging. orlandi was dominant this evening but for sure, overall this was a toned down and solid performance. Bristol started to come on to us from 50 minutes, partly as we appeared to let them a little - a better side would have caused far more problems. Average league position of 12th when we played them of the last 5 teams we have played - we need to be prepared to up the tempo for longer and sustained periods and take closer to 50% of our full on chances, to get wins against the better teams. Gordon cleared pretty much off the line and the crossbar helped us this evening - + our flukey 2nd goal for Andrea and the first was pretty soft too - so, all deserved but luck on our side this time round. We are often just a touch or nudge short of breaking through - very exciting at times - well, up till the 50th minute anyway. Really good one minute applause and tribute to Dave Sexton before the match was good to see/ hear. Will B slightly less good form than of late - I still reckon he should increase his running at players with the ball to passing/ crossing ration from 1:10 to 1:4. Bring on Saturday and 3 more points if we really take the game to them and show absolute passion, for which El Abd back would be ideal!!

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pappaK says...
10:53pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Chalk and Cheese performance compared to the Bolton match. The best passing side lost.Some players cannot play 2 matches in 4 days,lack of commitment from some.

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Far gull says...
10:55pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Agree with many of the above posts. We were not as dominant tonight but did'nt need to be.. got a bit more luck, hoskins had a couple of good chances but to be fair i think needs a run of games to get right in the groove but overall everyone average. Bridcutt, bruno and orlandi the pick just a relief to get 3 points ,no injury's and no drama's leaving us all angry and frustrated. Sleep well.

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Eddy B says...
10:59pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Kuschak needs to practice his kicking. Bruno was excellent going forward again with some nice balls to Buckley who was slightly off form tonight and I was surprised Gus didn't try Lopez late on. Orlandi really looking good now. Dunk seems to have lost a bit of confidence. Bridcutt there as usual most the time to clean up others' mistakes - it was his sort of match. Dobbie and Hoskins both pretty quiet...Dobbie looked to be in that left midfield sort of Barnes position when i would imagine him more as an in the hole player, leaving Hoskins up front on his own like CMS usually is. Would be nice to see Orlandi and Vicente together one day!

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SMF20 says...
11:01pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Strange game tonight. 3 points are of course always welcome and the win was deserved, just makes a bit of a mockery of things given the way we performed on Saturday. Lets hope that GP learnt enough tonight to make the final tweaks for what I hope will be a master class against our friends up the road on Saturday. Id like to see the team that started against Bolton on Saturday take the field this coming weekend with the exception of Bridge in for Painter and Hoskins in for Barnes.
Agree with something Mbts states in that I also believe we have enough to win this division with only a couple more key additions.
UTA

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HOVEPARKRESIDENT says...
11:13pm Tue 27 Nov 12

A cruise maybe, but still a below par performance against a rubbish team.
Made worse by the utterly disgusting behaviour of the stewards who were removing Albion fans for no good reason from the North Stand. BHAFC you should be ashamed of yourselves for treating your fans in this manner. 10 stewards and several police officers are not required to remove a pensioner who is a season ticket holder for simply not sitting down on request. Disgraseful!

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HOVEPARKRESIDENT says...
11:15pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Sorry, DISGRACEFUL!!

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Alfie T says...
11:16pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Seven unbeaten now, cruised tonight nothing like the last performance, would have declared against a poor City side. Bridcutt outstanding again, Orlandi very classy,Macca looked very sharp when he came on. Bridge back Saturday hopefully, in Dicks bar looking forward to upsetting the Palarse party.

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Openmyeyes says...
11:20pm Tue 27 Nov 12

Dobbie coming off was to ensure he is ready to start on Saturday, playing behind CMS with Hoskins and Barnes on the bench.

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PressBoxTeaBoy says...
12:57am Wed 28 Nov 12

Start with Hoskins and CMS at Palace, PLEASE !
Still convinced that is our best partnership. Hoskins needs a run in the side but he's definitely a more intelligent player than Barnes by far. Keep Barnes and Dobbie on the bench.
Palace 0 BHA 2..

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The Phantom says...
12:58am Wed 28 Nov 12

Moderate performance tonight - two poor goals from Bristol's point of view. Certainly not worth buying the dvd on this one. Still good to get a good result without doing a lot - City very poor despite their good possession football. Expect CMS to return on Saturday as we missed a bit of his energy at the top end of the pitch. And that's about it - cant think of anything else much to say about tonight's match!

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tooncgull says...
3:08am Wed 28 Nov 12

Football - a funny game. We were the better side by far on Saturday, yet ended up with a draw. I thought we were pretty poor overall tonight, yet won comfortably (score-wise). For once the goal line clearances and crossbar strikes were Bristol City's bad luck.

Pretty poor game, in all honesty. But three good points. Thats all that matters over a season.

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GosportGull says...
7:53am Wed 28 Nov 12

Hoskins and CMS together upfront will work very well ... Orlandi is looking awesome , wouldnt it be good if his Spanish team mate Vicente would play alongside him..You would think he would love the chance ... well we can all wish i guess... GG

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SicklySeagull says...
7:17pm Wed 28 Nov 12

Welcome three points but once again we had much more possession than a ordinary team yet could have easily lost two points,you cannot relax and really enjoy the game as we should as a far better side.

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