ALBION can forget all about promotion unless they buck their ideas up fast.

That is the stark warning from captain Ian Culverhouse after Saturday's 3-0 setback at Southend.

"We need to turn it around quickly because we could see a slide down the wrong end of the table," said Culverhouse.

"If we get rolled over like that every week the manager has made it clear he won't accept it and as professionals we shouldn't either."

Two Barry Hunter headers from corners and Kevin Rapley's fourth goal in three games sentenced the Seagulls to their heaviest League defeat of the season and had boss Jeff Wood shedding his soft guy image.

Culverhouse, who has just been appointed reserve team coach, revealed: "A lot of places are up for grabs now because the manager gave us a right roasting. He has got it in him. There was no holding back at all.

"We gave them a two goal start from corners. We started quite brightly then in the second half but gave away another sloppy goal. All of them were down to individual errors."

Wood pointed the finger at Derek Allan for failing to mark Hunter properly and hauled him off at half time.

"It was Derek Allan's man," Wood said. "He held his hands up. He was done twice in the same situation.

"If you give goals away it's going to be an uphill battle."

Albion have now dropped to ninth, two places and a point outside the play-off zone.

Culverhouse, Gary Hart and Paul Sturgess are all suspended for Saturday's home game against Leyton Orient and Stuart Storer is banned from the next away match at Scunthorpe on March 6 after a late booking.

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