jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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Oh, wait that is what Gus is doing!
NOW SHUT UP YOU MOANING BASTARDS!!!
NOW SHUT UP YOU MOANING BASTARDS!!!
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THREE tournaments in a row! Time to start playing like the Spanish.
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cloud
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More Spanish players please (I'll get my coat)
Oi, stop it with youre sarcarism. nothing wrong with route one, it worked for me in sunday league division 11
JJB
New member
But they have Xavi, Iniesta, Silva, Fabregas, Alonso, etc....
That is the only reason that type of football works. It will not work for you next year.
That is the only reason that type of football works. It will not work for you next year.
JJB
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Swansea will be relegated next season. It didn't really work last year though did it? you got found out and ended up tumbling down the table.
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Just wait until the double resigning of Adam Virgo and Kevin McLeod tomorrow, it will be a sight to behold this season....
withdeanwombat
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Tonight I watched the Albion beat Italy 4-0.
Marvelous.Thanks Gus !
Marvelous.Thanks Gus !
JJB
New member
No, I can't remember where it is, but the passing stats for this season showed us to have the most completed passes, which no doubt you'll all dispute. We have the option of playing it into lambert and building off that, however we also play out from the back a lot, through Schneiderlin and Cork, got full backs forward and got balls into the box as well as working it into the box through the middle of the pitch. I very much enjoyed watching us tear teams apart, last season and "taking the piss" when we were home and dry.
See this... It happened a lot last season, albeit it not always ending in a goal. We also used it to take the sting out of teams and run the clock down. We are not the long ball team you seem to think we are.
The only reason spain are able to play this way is the incredible talent at their disposal at this current time. That will change.
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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you need incredibly talent players to win three tournaments in a row and play fantastic possession football? And Spain won't have these types of players for ever and a day and win every tournament forever?
That was a fitting end to what I feel has been a fantastic tournament. The football was generally of a great standard and generally positive and attacking, most players played fairly and even the officials declined to be centre stage and in the main let the teams get on with things.
Goldstone Rapper
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This. Let's not delude ourselves into thinking Brighton & Hove Albion play anything like the Spanish national team. Yes, the Albion may value possession and the players may eventually become good enough to do most of the passing in the opposition half, but comparisons between the two are superficial at best. The only reason we are able to play keep-ball for above average periods of time in League games in the Championship is because we often have the ball where we are not a threat to the opposition.
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BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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Spain have been at this type of football for a lot longer than us with much better players (albeit against much tougher opposition). I find it strange that so many write off our style of football when really we are just beginning at it. Even Swansea have developed their style over time and a series of managers. Same with Barca, you cannot expect us to play quality effective possession football after a season and a half. Having said that I think we have achieved a great deal in that time.
