Emnes strikes to sink Albion (From The Argus)
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Emnes strikes to sink Albion
5:13pm Saturday 20th October 2012 in Albion By Brian Owen
Frustration for Macca on his return today (photos Simon Dack)
Albion suffered more home frustration as they lost 1-0 to Middlesbrough today.
Marvin Emnes got the only goal in the 21st minute with a shot which deflected off Gordon Greer to wrongfoot keeper Tomasz Kuszczak.
Albion had some good chances to level but Dean Hammond headed a David corner off target and Craig Mackail-Smith shot too close to Jason Steele, who tipped over.
Steele got down to his left to produce a reflex save from Ashley Barnes’ downward header after the break.
But Barnes should probably have left the keeper with no chance as he met Hammond’s pinpoint cross.
Will Buckley, Stephen Dobbie and Kazenga LuaLua were all sent on as subs in a bid to grab a goal.
But it was Boro who went closest in the final stages as sub Ishmael Miller poked a chance wide when clean through.
Comments(20)
HOVEPARKRESIDENT
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5:22pm Sat 20 Oct 12
mikeygit
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5:36pm Sat 20 Oct 12
BHArulz
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5:48pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Ringmer Rich
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5:55pm Sat 20 Oct 12
fairweathersupporter
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6:02pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Lot's of fight and no knock-out punch. Disappointed. Bit unlucky with their goal and some players not on their game. It really is a re run of last season and the same inherent problems in a system that has been employed by Gus with few variations for the best part of his reign. Yes we have better players (technically, can't fault the effort or commitment of the dearly departed). But since the departure of a certain forward, we have not looked capable of imposing ourselves in the box ( i am sure Gus can see this as well). The mystery is why it is taking so long to solve it.
We need more than endeavour and pretty triangles.
Also what's the opposite of a 'homer' with regards to the ref. That's two games where we've got nothing and a host of dubious decisions (not that it provides any excuses on this occasion).
Still not going to be too down. Rome or in this case Barcelona, was not built in a day.
Howie2
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7:22pm Sat 20 Oct 12
We seem to pose no danger from set pieces at all.
tooncgull
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8:34pm Sat 20 Oct 12
I thought Boro were a tad fortunate.. they rode their luck at times in the second half. PLus got very lucky with the deflection for the goal. Referee..! does anyone know what half those freekicks to Boro were for ? One, second half, Hammond plays the ball forward, absolutely no contact with a Boro player, on the half way line... freekick to Boro? Really?
We huffed and puffed... first half passing was poor. Second half, we really should have scored two or three. Their keeper made key saves, between behaving like a toddler...
And its the same old story - for the third game in a row, weve watched a team take the lead after 20 plus minutes, then know that they can slooooow the game down in the second half, .... its getting a wee bit galling.
Not an awful performance. But lacking something - a bit of bite, a bit of luck - - one of those games where you think "its only a matter of time before we score" and then you realise that 90 minutes are up....
tooncgull
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8:38pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Howie2 wrote:Yes... about the set pieces... I agree. What do we work on in training? The guy next to me, being more of an anorak than me, has counted how many corners weve had (at home) since we got a head or any sort of first contact on the ball ... its about 17 or so...
It is a great pity that we can't start a match with the same intensity and drive that we finish with. We were so slow going forward that we allowed all the Boro players to get back behind the ball. Our passing was disgraceful in midfield and our shooting is pathetic. I think Gus may well want to consider his practice priorities. Where was Orlandi ?
We seem to pose no danger from set pieces at all.
We are rubbish on corners, and that late freekick... what on earth?
We were joking that the Boro players were probably high fiving on getting it away for a corner, as theyd realise that we were so awful at them!
The Real Ryfish
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8:55pm Sat 20 Oct 12
LACHANCE
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9:39pm Sat 20 Oct 12
HOVEPARKRESIDENT wrote:Very True.
Another utterly utterly dismal performance by The Albion. Poyet and co havn't got a clue as I've been saying for over a year now. You might hate Palace but at least there playing exiting stuff and up there with a good shout for automatic promotion. The Albion are heading for automatic relegation without a doubt unless things change imediately starting with a new manager. Wake up and smell the coffee Albion fans before it's too late and stop all the silly excusses that I normally have to suffer on these pages.
LACHANCE
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9:41pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Ringmer Rich wrote:Only a Few errors the game was one big Error or more like a nightmare.
It's early days yet. The team did all the right things, there were very few errors. They will come good.
gozogull
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10:03pm Sat 20 Oct 12
I can get radio Sussex but at 3o/c they switch to Eastbourne or Hasting.
Very frustrating.
Dave5434
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10:12pm Sat 20 Oct 12
BHArulz wrote:I agree with you but I'm not convinced by Hoskins. He's a great player, don't get me wrong, but he is permanently injured. No sooner is he back from one injury he picks up another. Think we should have taken Bournemouths £400k when they offered it for him. Ditto Vicente. Whats the point in having a great player if hes always injured? I too think this is a blip in our season and we will soon learn how to break down teams that come to defend. However, I think the board have been wrong not to back the manager and sign a real quality striker in pre season. We are one quality striker away from being a top top team. How about Daniel Sturridge on loan for the rest of the season? I'm sure Gus could persuade his good friend Roberto di Matteo.
Every team has a blip and this is ours. Palace will lose momentum, Albion will pick up the pace. Hoskins will be coming back in and will bang in the goals. Keep the faith and think with your head please Brighton fans.
BHArulz
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12:06am Sun 21 Oct 12
You can't help but think if the reason we have not signed a striker has something to do with the boards confidence in GP or perhaps them wanting to see how he gets on with the tools he has or maybe I'm clutching at straws.
Come mid November the AMEX will be our fortress again.
JollyRoger
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9:02am Sun 21 Oct 12
Amex will never be a fortress if we do not intimidate the teams that come here and without an alternative plan we are going to struggle.
At the end of the day talk is cheap - results come from the pitch and on the performance of the last three home games even the playoffs look an unreasonable target.
I'm not advocating a return to the old "route one" style but when our attacks peter out in midfield for the lack of a target or a good ball into the box, the passing game just doesn't deliver.
the taffster
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10:05am Sun 21 Oct 12
Clean Sheet
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8:11am Mon 22 Oct 12
the taffster wrote:We didn't. He chose (or his agent did) to refuse the offer made by the Albion. He's gone, now get over it! I wish we'd never sold Lawro, or Wardy, or BZ etc etc. Players come and go, what is important is that we compete and progress. For whatever reason, that is not quite happening at the moment, and none of us are able to say whether GM would make the difference either.
should never have sold glenda
Captain Haddock
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9:41am Mon 22 Oct 12
fairweathersupporter wrote:Excellent post Fairweather. Yes D'Urso was back to his worst after an ok performance vs Palace at The Amex last season.
No bus by Boro up until the last 15 minutes, so no excuses there.
Lot's of fight and no knock-out punch. Disappointed. Bit unlucky with their goal and some players not on their game. It really is a re run of last season and the same inherent problems in a system that has been employed by Gus with few variations for the best part of his reign. Yes we have better players (technically, can't fault the effort or commitment of the dearly departed). But since the departure of a certain forward, we have not looked capable of imposing ourselves in the box ( i am sure Gus can see this as well). The mystery is why it is taking so long to solve it.
We need more than endeavour and pretty triangles.
Also what's the opposite of a 'homer' with regards to the ref. That's two games where we've got nothing and a host of dubious decisions (not that it provides any excuses on this occasion).
Still not going to be too down. Rome or in this case Barcelona, was not built in a day.
The returning players have had a game now so hopefully we can step on vs Leicester tomorrow. Fancy a brace from CMS.
Captain Haddock
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9:48am Mon 22 Oct 12
tooncgull wrote:Very true....and D'Urso missed two stonewall pens for us.
My thoughts? Very frustrating.
I thought Boro were a tad fortunate.. they rode their luck at times in the second half. PLus got very lucky with the deflection for the goal. Referee..! does anyone know what half those freekicks to Boro were for ? One, second half, Hammond plays the ball forward, absolutely no contact with a Boro player, on the half way line... freekick to Boro? Really?
We huffed and puffed... first half passing was poor. Second half, we really should have scored two or three. Their keeper made key saves, between behaving like a toddler...
And its the same old story - for the third game in a row, weve watched a team take the lead after 20 plus minutes, then know that they can slooooow the game down in the second half, .... its getting a wee bit galling.
Not an awful performance. But lacking something - a bit of bite, a bit of luck - - one of those games where you think "its only a matter of time before we score" and then you realise that 90 minutes are up....
We were unlucky today and deserved the draw at least but it is that bite upfront that isn't quite there get that's holding Gus back.
Now CMS has a start under his belt again I hope we (and he) can step on.
Was still strangely upbeat on the way back to London Saturday...a combo of a better performance (overall) coupled with a still respectable position in the table.
mikeygit says...
5:20pm Sat 20 Oct 12
5:02pm Sat 20 Oct 12
Well Well!!!! 69% of possession and 16 attempts on goal and only 4 on target--says it all. Maybe Gus will have some training on telling players how to HIT THE BL----y target!!!! Unbelievable. Getting quite frustrated now. Having got all these 'top class' players we cannot turn games into WINS!!!! Maybe get the young guy back from Oxford???