Poyet sends out a warning

9:30am Saturday 15th September 2012 in Albion By Andy Naylor

Wayne Bridge opens the scoring. Picture by Liz Finlayson Wayne Bridge opens the scoring. Picture by Liz Finlayson

Albion boss Gus Poyet has welcomed soaring expectations after his side cruised to the top of the table.

And he has warned the rest of the Championship there is still plenty of room for improvement from his revised squad.

Last night’s 3-0 romp against promoted Sheffield Wednesday at The Amex lifted Albion above former leaders Blackpool ahead of today’s games and there is a growing conviction the Seagulls can stay in contention for promotion.

Poyet told The Argus: “I’ve got no problem with that. I prefer to see myself on top than tenth, 12th or 15th and if that brings expectation we’ll take it. It’s not an issue. We are better than last year. We are stronger and we have got a better squad.”

Poyet started with Dean Hammond on his return to the club and gave late run-outs to his other deadline signings Stephen Dobbie, Andrea Orlandi and David Lopez.

He said: “It was a good night, a perfect night. You never know what is going to happen after an international break but I knew we needed two weeks to explain to the new players the things that we do and how we do it. I am still not 100% convinced they all understand perfectly, so that is why I decided to only play Deano.

“Maybe the changes were too late but I was expecting to have the ball a lot more with the players that were on the pitch. We can improve definitely, because of the quality of Andrea, Dobs and David Lopez. That is something I am looking forward to.”

Poyet reserved special praise for man of the match Bruno, who supplied second half goals for Craig Mackail-Smith and Will Buckley after Wayne Bridge’s deflected free-kick in the first half.

He said: “How he didn’t get man of the match in the previous two home games I don’t know. The way he set up the second goal was worth the admission money alone.”

Comments(11)

gusset snatcher says...
9:53am Sat 15 Sep 12

don't get carried away tho gusset, 2 good wins yer, but only 40 more games to go, like that cms overhead kick goal being worth the admin money,, it weren.t that good... blink and you'd of missed it..... in gusset we're a thick muppet

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BHA Dave says...
10:02am Sat 15 Sep 12

Very happy this morning. Bruno was exceptional and his delivery is the best I have seen in the Championship and up there with the best in the premier league. And to think the quality we now have on the bench too. What a performance last night. Happy days....

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The Real Ryfish says...
10:17am Sat 15 Sep 12

It's good to see 'gusset snatcher' - a proper old skool troll, not the troll of 'the media' who have decided to use the word as a synonym of 'cyber bully'.

Anyway, fantastic stuff last night. SW could have gone top if they'd won but they were never at the races. The very fact that we can get even better must be quite scary for a lot of other teams in this division.

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farside says...
10:20am Sat 15 Sep 12

Briliant energy, great skill on the ball, and a precision pass that others had failed to deliver earlier on the night for Macca's goal and the way Bruno encouraged the whole defence to go with CMS before angling it through to Buckley forth third was a delight - easily worth the entrance fee! Two great saves from Kuszczak. Barnes wnning free kicks in dangerous places and players wih the abilityto take advantage of them. Bridcutt the best DM by a million miles; Dicker in the form of his life and Hammond slotting in perfectly - but blimey Wednesday allowed him to play way too far forward! What's not to enjoy!!
Quality moment when Brighton fans followed their tradition of applauding the away fans who had made the journey - saw a few jaws drop among the Wednesday supporters. If we play like that I don't care where we finish but if we play like that I won't have to worry.

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surreyseagull says...
10:27am Sat 15 Sep 12

And how glad am I that Jay Bothroyd didn't decide to join the Albion !!
Very very pleased with our performance last night - onward and upward

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LACHANCE says...
10:38am Sat 15 Sep 12

We have nothing to fear in this division.We have the top two fullbacks and the best goalkeeper.Our midfield is solid and even better with Dean Hammond giving that extra bit off bite.The forwards are on song and we can break down any defence put in front of us.We now have strength in depth and it can only get better.The dangers in this division are the teams that wil try and kick us off the ball we don't want players damaged.It will be a long season and we can dominate it.
COME ON YOU SEAGULLS.

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Redhill Gull says...
10:43am Sat 15 Sep 12

A pleasure to see a goalkeeper with great distribution. It didn't always come off but Kuszczak got the ball wide brilliantly. Both full backs played high and the midfield moved the ball at speed. Only missing ingredient was CMS unable to hold the ball up often enough. His goal made up for an under par performance though. Can't wait for the next game. Will be at Watford for sure.

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Alfie T says...
10:56am Sat 15 Sep 12

Looking forward to Watford on Tuesday, just hope it's a better performance than last season, some how I think it's gonna be.

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Far gull says...
11:42am Sat 15 Sep 12

Agree with you farside gd to see us applauding Wednesday fans. That was a great effort by so many to come down especially on a friday night.best performance by team and crowd for thirty years. Happy days.

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mikeygit says...
1:32pm Sun 16 Sep 12

Exciting times ahead this season, must be great to be there. Pity we cannot get 'gusset snatcher' banned, getting like HPR--or IS he HPR. I know we want free speach and all that but he really is a pain!!!

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magicmenagerie says...
3:33pm Sun 16 Sep 12

Away form is critical this season. I missed SW as I was working in Bristol, but giving myself a consolation prize of a Millwall ticket next Saturday. Are there still Watford tickets left ?

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