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Sorry but I think your analysis is incorrect, although he did put in some excellent crosses bending away from the keeper, he also made some smart inside passes, and played some excellent balls for Antonio to attack. One-dimensional he was not, but he was given a plan and whenever he had a chance to execute that plan he did so, and created a couple of gilt-edged chances which if our strikers had been on form would have won the game for us. One mistake, and that when we were chasing and playing 3 at the back and the guy gets slated, jeez, it seems some have found their new anti-hero instead of recognising one of the most talented players to come through from our youth system and actually cement a place in the team.

Said it somewhere else, start off 4-5-1 and change to 4-4-2 for the 2nd half. Works a treat.

Absolutely, can't believe that crap that some are saying about him. Their defence were scared stiff of him, and El-Abd or whatever his name is was getting very close to being sent off due to his frustration. When Brighton doubled up on him, that should have given someone else the chance to exploit the space. Connolly, Lallana and Lambert spectacularly failed to do so, these are the guys who should be criticised. I couldn't believe it when AP took him off, he should have stayed on and broght Waigo into the middle as well, then Brighton would have been ****ting themselves with the pace. Some people need to take a good hard look at what they are criticising. Our 3 best players on Sunday were Antonio, James and Harding. Everyone else was well below par, yet these three are coming in for the most criticism from some, bizarre. I will forgive Lambert because he was clearly ill and probably should not have played but his desire to play and help is refreshing, shame we don't have enough strength in depth to leave him out - perhaps Saga should have played.

Is another sign losing when you're playing well? If so we are a good team...

So if that performance was bad because they were reading all the billy big ****** posts on here, we should win the next one 10-0 if they read all the suicide jockeys comments on here after one slightly below par performance.

Decent manager at Ipswich and was looking good during his very brief spell with Hearts in just about the poorest league in Europe. Abject manager at Saints, made to look good by the arrival of Snodin, showed his true ability when Snodin left. GB is living on past glories. I would be surprised if he ever manages at a top level again, and I sincerely hope that he is never used as a commentator, his continuous whining and excuses would be hard to stomach let alone understand

Sincerely hope that Scotland do not demand some of their compensation back now they realise they were sold a pup. Thank goodness they took him off our hands 2 years ago, GB became a shocking manager, but fortunately for us not everyone noticed. Staggered he has lasted as long as he did. That said, Scotland are dire and bereft of any decent players. How have the SFA allowed a country that once had so many stars for a small population to become arguably the weakest of the 5 countries in the British Isles. Their development system sucks and their league has become about as potent as the Welsh Premier League, no wonder Rangers and Celtic are keen to join the 2nd Division.

I really don't get the James bashing that is going on. James was poor defensively for the 3rd goal when we were playing 3 at the back and pushing for an equaliser. He also was certainly not one-dimesnional going forward. I know you get a different view at the game (I was not able to be there yesterday) but I sometimes wonder if some people watched the same match as me. Some other posters are slating Harding. Personally I would say that together with Antonio they were our 3 best players yesterday (not saying a great deal I agree but its difficult to pick anyone else out as having had a good game). We really need to forget about the 3rd goal yesterday, we were chasing the game and taking a risk. The concern is with goals 1 and 2.

No, don't think Saga or Bart are in the frame

Kinda agree. There is a lot to be said for playing 4-5-1 first half, soak up any pressure, ensure we don't go behind, and if possible nick a goal or two ourselves. Frustrates the hell out of the opposition. Then change to 4-4-2 for 2nd half, inject some pace and let our superior fitness (when players don't have flu) to beat the crap out of the opposition late on. Problem yesterday was that we were chasing the game and left more holes that eventually lead to #3. being able to change formation during a game is a sign of a good team and good coach (hence we could never change under Burley) and exactly what we have been doing of late.

You missed it. It was spoken about again, but didn't mention who, just that AP wants an outfield player, and to be fair that makes total sense these days. You need someone in the thick of it to talk with the Ref. KD is apparently OK about it, and will remain as Club Captain, just not on the pitch.I guess Hammond will take it on, with his previous experience in the role.

You watched a different game to me. Corners were varied, and mostly well delivered. Free kicks also done well. Some of James' crosses from open play were top drawer. I know its dificult to take when we get beaten after a run of 14 or 15 games, but it happens, and against the teams least likely. But to blame James just shows a shocking lack of football knowledge.

Can only assume that you are having a poor attempt at a joke. Pathetic to think we have supporters who think like this after all we have been through.

A lot of gash being written on here tonight. Not surprising. We were poor in the first half, but actually taken as a whole game I'm not too disappointed. Brighton were clearly up for it, and the new manager syndrome worked a treat for them, and of course with the new regime coming in Ap and his crew had not had a chance to take a look at them. Lambert was clearly not well, but his passion to play took him through. Trotman was poor admittedly, but everyone has a bad game at times. Can't honestly say anyone else played badly, Jaidi was suspect but not as poor as some are making out, and the criticisms of James on here are truly pathetic. Antonio was class, staggered we took him off though he was a nightmare for their full-back (El-Ahd or whatever he was called). We had a blip, it was a shame, we had lost only 1 game in 14, **** happens, I will not slit my wrists like some unrealistic posters. The worst aspect is that it will now take 2 games to get out of the bottom 4. Oh and my run of 10 pointers in the Pred League comes to a shuddering end (I predicted 4-0 I know that was daft)

Win tomorrow and after a run of 1 defeat in 15 matches we will be 20th in the League. Illustrates how poor our start to the season was and with a 10 point deduction how difficult it will be to get to the play-offs even on current form. But I think we could do it.

Did it mention Pulis?

No, not really, because it would mean they were beating teams further up the league. Wycombe, Tranmere and Stockport are not really our rivals - you need to remember that over the course of 15 games we have scored 10 or more points then them. That would suggest we will do at least as well again over the next 15 games and so on (perhaps even better based on our recent form). Huddersfield thrashing Wycombe is actually bad news in the longer term, since it is teams like Huddersfield who are our main rivals for a possible play-off position. As things stand at the moment, the top half of the table is not coming back to us, most of the top half win and most of the bottom half except us lose - bad news for us, we need bottom teams to beat or draw with top teams more often to close things up and give us a chance of top 6 finish.

80 including subs Interesting that James has only ever been a used sub once, all 64 starts, 1 sub in total

Harding has played 1 more than Lambert

Surely it was out parent company not our sister company. Its only the Skates where your sister is your parent or vice versa

Oh come on, if that Da Vinci bloke had been any good, Lisa would at least have been topless

As usual with these lists biased towards the modern generation. Glad someone remembered Peachey, for him not to even be in the Top 50 is a complete and utter joke.

And without them there would be no games... Thought the ref was quite good last night, most "dubious" decisions turned out to be correct with the benefit of TV replays (the linos were not so good but thats different). Also made due allowance for the awful conditions and did not whistle or book players unneccessarily. That said, he should have noticed the colour clash.

Probably Rooney

Agreed, Charlton had a much more blatant miscall as you say, I think from a free-kick, their player did a lot of finger-wagging after and quite justifiably because replays showed he was nowhere near offside. The problem really is the change of the rule that came in a while back. the old offside law was actually much easier to police, the new one has much more of an element of doubt and subjectivity. But scrapping the law altogether would be silly, there is a reason it was introduced, simply to stop "goal-hangers".