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Brighton view: My first surprise is the 7 changes after a dismal performance against Leicester was that keeper Matty Ryan was one of them. He is one of our most consistent players and head coach Graham Potter’s explanation that it was for tactical reasons makes little sense. That Brighton’s two [...]

In all the years of my support of Fulham this performance – especially the first 30 minutes of it – was as fine as I have ever seen. Fulham took the game to Liverpool from the start and the League and Champions League winners were on their heels. Two scoreable chances fell to Ivan [...]

I have watched 3 games so far with varying degrees of enjoyment. First up was Leeds v West Ham on Friday night. John Pargiter called for my views which actually means he has decided his bet and wants my approval. He felt Marcel Bielsa and his side were overhyped whilst David Moyes, after a [...]

On the Rust we are encouraged to highlight what we believe are the crucial issues not necessarily those that the media do. Thus for me the crucial issue is that Brighton have now gone 10 games without a home win. We play good football and in Tariq Lamptey and Ben White have two youngsters with [...]

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have continued to moan about subs being limited to three. Were it increased to five the biggest boys like Liverpool and Manchester City would have a distinct advantage. You only have to compare the City bench to the Fulham one to appreciate this. On the City bench [...]