Let's make The Amex a fortress

9:30am Saturday 20th October 2012 in Albion By Andy Naylor

Andrea Orlandi enjoys a run out at The Amex in the win over Sheffield Wednesday Andrea Orlandi enjoys a run out at The Amex in the win over Sheffield Wednesday

Andrea Orlandi has urged Albion to turn The Amex back into a fortress.

The Spanish midfielder is confident the Seagulls can maintain their promotion challenge in the Championship but believes home form will be crucial.

Albion host Middlesbrough today before tough away games at Leicester on Tuesday and Blackpool next Saturday.

They have won only two of their nine home matches since March, compared to six victories out of nine beforehand.

Orlandi told The Argus: “We’ve got really good games coming up. The next three, for example, are really hard. I think the team is going to get stronger as the season goes on and I am sure we are going to be up there at the end of the season.

“The thing is we have to get back to winning ways and at home it’s really important to make The Amex a fortress and get the three points every game.”

Orlandi expects Boro to be more ambitious than Ipswich and Birmingham. They both sat back to take points off Albion in the last two home games.

He said: “Middlesbrough is going to be a tough test for us. They probably won’t do the same, because of the history of the club. They’ve got big players as well.

“I know Josh McEachran, who was at Swansea last season. Marvin Emnes, the striker, was at Swansea with me as well and they are really good players.

“I think they are going to come here to play, so it’s going to be interesting.”

Comments(9)

Simon Mew says...
9:50am Sat 20 Oct 12

2 wins out of 9 says it all. Fortress AMEX is a myth. Moaning about teams sitting deep is a weak excuse, we haven't been good enough at breaking teams down. Both Ipswich and Birmingham managed to score against us when playing a patient counter attack style. We have a big pitch that we have failed to utilise so far. I hope the training over the last two weeks has been geared towards breaking down solid defences. I fully expect Middlesbrough to do exactly the same as every other side, and it will be up to us to unlock their defence.
First goal is key.
UTA

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wiseman of hove says...
9:53am Sat 20 Oct 12

A nothing article really. Prefer it when Andy Naylor reports on something of real interest.

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dave from bexill says...
9:57am Sat 20 Oct 12

Space filling article, probably to help justify the 85p price for the Saturday Argus.

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Vince says...
10:22am Sat 20 Oct 12

Who is "David"? See Argus for today's likely team selection. he is shown as the probable starter with Buckley as his likely replacement. Do we have a player with the surname David? I'm intrigued.
The only player I know is the dutchman Edgar Davids.

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Vince says...
10:25am Sat 20 Oct 12

Re: my previous post, perhaps "David" should read "Lopez" unless of course the guy's name is Lopez David!!!

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dave from bexill says...
11:12am Sat 20 Oct 12

Vince wrote:
Re: my previous post, perhaps "David" should read "Lopez" unless of course the guy's name is Lopez David!!!
I believe this isn't unusual in Spanish speaking countries eg, Hernandez at Man Utd, Busquets at Barcelona and loads more I think

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Captain Haddock says...
11:31am Sat 20 Oct 12

It IS David Lopez, Vince. Like Bruno, he has opted to have his first name on the shirt....see also "Cesc" at Barca and many others (Oscar at Chelski?).

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tug509 says...
12:53pm Sat 20 Oct 12

With so many teams coming to the Amex and sitting back waiting for us to break them down,we will,i hope get so good at it,that they will have to think of some other way to cope with us.Some teams will get away with it,that is inevitable,but if we get the first goal,and they have to come out,then we have the ability to beat anyone.I can see us making the Amex a fortress again,lets hope starting today.UTA

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Cash Bull says...
5:11pm Sat 20 Oct 12

tug509 wrote:
With so many teams coming to the Amex and sitting back waiting for us to break them down,we will,i hope get so good at it,that they will have to think of some other way to cope with us.Some teams will get away with it,that is inevitable,but if we get the first goal,and they have to come out,then we have the ability to beat anyone.I can see us making the Amex a fortress again,lets hope starting today.UTA
Just back from watching BHA lose to BORO (Three without a win now) and it is going to happen a lot more unless we get a striker

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