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by Dickie Reynolds
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COACH Paul Simpson says there will be no room for complacency when Derby County face struggling Brighton.
The last time the teams met was in a two-leg play-off semi-final in May when the Rams recorded a 6-2 aggregate victory.
They meet again on Saturday with Derby leading the Championship by a point and Brighton in the bottom three, having won only three of their 19 games.
Defeat by Fulham, who Derby have beaten twice this season, saw Brighton slip into the drop zone at the weekend, while the Rams lost 2-0 at Leeds.
Derby are at home again after successive away fixtures and their record at the iPro Stadium is strong – five wins and three draws in nine League games and only eight goals conceded.
“It is a good game for us, a home game against a side struggling for confidence but a game we cannot afford to be complacent in, we know if we turn up and play we should win, but if we're not on our game Brighton will no doubt raise their game coming to our stadium and playing top of the league and are capable of taking advantage,” Simpson warned.
“Yes, we all know they (Brighton) have gone into the bottom three and they have had a tough time but they are a high quality football side and we have to make sure we play our football better than we did at Leeds at the weekend.
“We also have to make sure we continue to work as hard as we do.
“We hope Saturday at Leeds was just a blip.”
One win in 15 league matches has left Brighton boss Sami Hyypia urging his players to take collective responsibility and show the character required to haul themselves up the table.
“If we feel too sorry for ourselves and miserable, and continue doing the wrong things or playing well until we score then forget everything, then we are not going to get out of it,” said Hyypia.
“Now the loan window is closed and we have six loan players already, so we can’t add any numbers until January and we still have a few games before January, it's a shame but that's the way it is and we must deal with it.
“So we need to all regroup, be together, help each other, encourage each other and, hopefully, we have one or two stepping up on the character side or mental side, then we get out of it.”
Former England striker Darren Bent put Brighton ahead against Fulham on his debut following his loan move from Aston Villa.
“Darren is a good addition but he can’t save us alone,” added Hyypia.
“Everyone has to pick up, toughen up, and maybe concentrate more.”
Dickies Decision
After last weekends shock defeat the Rams will be looking at getting back to winning ways and the opopostion coul;dn't be much kinder. After humiliating the Seagulls in the play-off semi finals the Rams have arguably improved whereas the Seagulls have gone backwards. There is only one outocme here, home win and I am backing the Rams for another rout.
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by Dickie Reynolds
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COACH Paul Simpson says there will be no room for complacency when Derby County face struggling Brighton.
The last time the teams met was in a two-leg play-off semi-final in May when the Rams recorded a 6-2 aggregate victory.
They meet again on Saturday with Derby leading the Championship by a point and Brighton in the bottom three, having won only three of their 19 games.
Defeat by Fulham, who Derby have beaten twice this season, saw Brighton slip into the drop zone at the weekend, while the Rams lost 2-0 at Leeds.
Derby are at home again after successive away fixtures and their record at the iPro Stadium is strong – five wins and three draws in nine League games and only eight goals conceded.
“It is a good game for us, a home game against a side struggling for confidence but a game we cannot afford to be complacent in, we know if we turn up and play we should win, but if we're not on our game Brighton will no doubt raise their game coming to our stadium and playing top of the league and are capable of taking advantage,” Simpson warned.
“Yes, we all know they (Brighton) have gone into the bottom three and they have had a tough time but they are a high quality football side and we have to make sure we play our football better than we did at Leeds at the weekend.
“We also have to make sure we continue to work as hard as we do.
“We hope Saturday at Leeds was just a blip.”
One win in 15 league matches has left Brighton boss Sami Hyypia urging his players to take collective responsibility and show the character required to haul themselves up the table.
“If we feel too sorry for ourselves and miserable, and continue doing the wrong things or playing well until we score then forget everything, then we are not going to get out of it,” said Hyypia.
“Now the loan window is closed and we have six loan players already, so we can’t add any numbers until January and we still have a few games before January, it's a shame but that's the way it is and we must deal with it.
“So we need to all regroup, be together, help each other, encourage each other and, hopefully, we have one or two stepping up on the character side or mental side, then we get out of it.”
Former England striker Darren Bent put Brighton ahead against Fulham on his debut following his loan move from Aston Villa.
“Darren is a good addition but he can’t save us alone,” added Hyypia.
“Everyone has to pick up, toughen up, and maybe concentrate more.”
Dickies Decision
After last weekends shock defeat the Rams will be looking at getting back to winning ways and the opopostion coul;dn't be much kinder. After humiliating the Seagulls in the play-off semi finals the Rams have arguably improved whereas the Seagulls have gone backwards. There is only one outocme here, home win and I am backing the Rams for another rout.
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