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Brighton And Hove Albion (A) League 1 Tuesday 6/11/07

Reports and reaction from the 2007-08 season as Walsall finished 12th in League 1
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Brighton And Hove Albion (A) League 1 Tuesday 6/11/07

Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:33 pm

Form Giude Brighton's last 6 league games.


Bournemouth -away - won 2-0
Bristol Rovers - home - drew 0-0
Port Vale - away - won 1-0
Leeds - home -lost 0-1
Hartlepool - away - won 2-1
Luton - home -won 3-1

A much tougher test than Cheltenham thats for sure . I'll be more than happy with a point from this , The Seagulls are now 7th in league 1 on 23 points.

Prediction 1-1 Ricketts to score,

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:58 am

So who's going?

1-1 woul be a good result, but I'll go with an optimistic 2-1 away win, with a winner in the last 5 :D

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:31 am

Becasue I am not in the country we will carry on undefeted untill the Luton game.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:55 am

Can't make this one.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:45 am

I`m going, just to see how good the park n ride REALLY is!

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:47 am

I'll be there provided my ridiculously expensive ticket arrives in the post tomorrow. Quite what I'm going to do if it doesn't I'm not sure!!

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:55 am

Geordiesaddler wrote:I'll be there provided my ridiculously expensive ticket arrives in the post tomorrow. Quite what I'm going to do if it doesn't I'm not sure!!


Well I ordered mine on Tuesday and it got here on Thursday, so you should be fine Geordie.
At least someone I know is going - all of the usual suspects have cried off.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:06 pm

I'd take a point right now please.

Think we might get one. 2 - 2.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:21 pm

Geordiesaddler wrote:I'll be there provided my ridiculously expensive ticket arrives in the post tomorrow. Quite what I'm going to do if it doesn't I'm not sure!!


That's a worry. If it doesn't arrive there'll be another Mick Kearns match report!

A point would be nice - they've a bit more clarse than us, but it doesn't always work out that way. 0-1, I say.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:28 pm

They aren't the best at the back and tend to score a fair few goals. Based on that, I'll go for an optimistic 1-0 away win.
:D Ricketts to re-open his Saddlers goalscoring account.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:44 pm

Walsall will win, as im not going.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:00 pm

I'll be there, staying over night.

I'm going for a 1-2 away win for the Saddlers, based on our away performances of late (Bournemouth excluded)

Mooney & Ricketts to score, and another solid defence (What the hell did DD put in Inces pre-match breakfast yesterday?)

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:06 pm

Brighton 0-1 Walsall

A late Ricketts goal me thinks.

196 away fans.

:shock: :D

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:34 pm

I am going! :D

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:11 am

This sounds a bit dodgy!

From the Brighton Argus:

"Watering the pitch helped two-goal Forster
By Brian Owen

Nicky Forster believes a half-time drenching of the Withdean pitch might have helped him get back on the scoresheet.
Now the Albion striker aims to make sure his goals start coming in a steady flow throughout the season, not the occasional short-lived deluge.
For the second time this season, the summer signing from Hull scored two in a few minutes at the east end of Withdean to ensure a home win. He did at against Southend, too, when Albion rescued a 3-2 success.

But those four strikes are all he has to his tally so far in a stop-start season hindered by injury and illness.
Hence the desire to open the floodgates, a bit like the groundstaff did at half-time Dean Wilkins revealed he asked groundsman Steve Winterburn to water the pitch heavily at the interval to give the surface extra zip.

Three hoses did the job throughout the break and Forster reckons that played its part in helping him reach Bas Savage's header and guide the Seagulls' second goal past Dean Brill.

Forster said: "In the first half the ball held up a few times and a couple of the lads got it stuck under their feet.
"With the water on it in the second half and the temperature dropping it was skidding around a little bit more.
"I thought Chris Perry was going to get a touch on it but it just skidded away from him and he slipped.

"I don't know if that had anything to do with it but they were watering it at half-time and they weren't watering it before the game, which was strange."
Wilkins was quick to stress he was in no way criticising Winterburn's work in preparing the surface.
The pristine Withdean pitch is unrecognisable from its poor state of a few years ago.
But changing conditions during the day meant the ball was holding up too much in the first 45 minutes.
Wilkins said: "Normally it is watered before the game but there was some moisture in it in the morning so we didn't think it would need it.

"Having watched the first half, I thought our play was quite slow and quite pedestrian at times.
"We sent the players back out early at half-time to try to get them used to the pitch for a few minutes.

"I think it made a little bit of a difference to our play in the second half."


I wonder if they watered the whole of the pitch, or just the half they were attacking???

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:03 am

I'm going...I'm yet to see us win this season :(

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:13 am

I'll be there.

They've mostly been good at home (only Leeds and Carlisle have more home points I think) so it's going to be very tough. My head says a narrow win, with maybe an outside chance of a fighting draw, but the heart says that we've picked up some excellent points on the road so far this season and a win is there for the taking.

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:18 pm

TimWilkes wrote:I'm going...I'm yet to see us win this season :(


Oh no! Lets hope that changes! How many games have u been too?

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:36 pm

Pub guide on front page.

Sorry its a bit baaa humbug, am feeling the cold already.

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:39 pm

Cant nake this one, but im going for a

2-1 win Ricketts and Bradley to score

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:55 pm

Walsall will win 8-0.

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:57 pm

Im going

121 Saddlers fans to see Michael Rickett score a 89min winner of his skin

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:07 pm

A point down there would be a very good result, and I think we'll get it. 0-0 or 1-1.

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:15 pm

Big Bazz wrote:Walsall will win 8-0.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:14 pm

Given Brighton's recent form, I'd settle for a point. 1-1

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:18 pm

Im going although i don't think we will take much more than 100 fans,

Il go for a 1-0 win with Ricketts to score.

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Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:56 am

According to that Brighton messageboard, we'd sold 33 tickets by close of play on Monday.

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Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:00 am

WarsawPact wrote:According to that Brighton messageboard, we'd sold 33 tickets by close of play on Monday.


Well I got mine a week ago today, and I'm number 89 8)

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Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:03 am

Big Bazz wrote:Walsall will win 8-0.

You a copycat and not the real big baz, thats me im the original big baz the most electrifying man in uts history a uts icon.

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Joe90 wrote:
WarsawPact wrote:According to that Brighton messageboard, we'd sold 33 tickets by close of play on Monday.


Well I got mine a week ago today, and I'm number 89 8)


I can't believe that we've only sold 33 tickets. There must be more people off this board going!! I know it's a long trip from Walsall on a Tuesday night, but it's not a bad trip down for anyone who works in and around London - and there's quite a few of us who do. I'd expect somewhere in low three figures tonight.

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