Welcome to this week’s Gullmouth Action podcast, where we take a look at all the latest goings on at Brighton & Hove Albion, Crawley Town and sport in Sussex.
Matt Pole is joined by Crawley Town expert Mark Dunford, Sussex sport guru Steve Bone, and Sam Morton who covers Brighton & Hove Albion and the Reds. There was FA Cup delight for two of our teams in the fourth qualifying round on Saturday. We’ll pick over the bones of an excellent weekend for Horsham and Worthing, and take a look at the draw for the first round proper.
Meanwhile, both Brighton and Crawley return to competitive action this week after the international break. We’ll preview Albion’s league game against Man City and their Europa League encounter with Ajax, along with the Reds’ League Two clashes against Crewe and Walsall.
You can read all the stories we are talking about with videos and pictures online at SussexWorld.co.uk/sport, and you check out other great videos on ShotsTV.com and Freeview channel 276.
Matt Pole is joined by Crawley Town expert Mark Dunford, Sussex sport guru Steve Bone, and Sam Morton who covers Brighton & Hove Albion and the Reds. There was FA Cup delight for two of our teams in the fourth qualifying round on Saturday. We’ll pick over the bones of an excellent weekend for Horsham and Worthing, and take a look at the draw for the first round proper.
Meanwhile, both Brighton and Crawley return to competitive action this week after the international break. We’ll preview Albion’s league game against Man City and their Europa League encounter with Ajax, along with the Reds’ League Two clashes against Crewe and Walsall.
You can read all the stories we are talking about with videos and pictures online at SussexWorld.co.uk/sport, and you check out other great videos on ShotsTV.com and Freeview channel 276.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Welcome to this week's Goldmouth Action Podcast,
00:19 where we take a look at all the latest goings on
00:20 at Brighton and Hove Abbey in Crawley Town
00:22 and Sport in Sussex.
00:23 I'm Matt Pole and I'm joined by Crawley Town expert,
00:25 Mark Dunford, Sussex Sport guru, Steve Bone,
00:27 and Sam Morton, who covers Brighton and Hove Abbey
00:30 and the Reds.
00:31 There was FA Cup delight for two of our teams
00:32 in the fourth qualifying round on Saturday.
00:34 We'll pick over the bones of an excellent weekend
00:36 for Horsham and Worthing and take a look at the draw
00:38 for the first round proper,
00:39 which also involves Crawley Town.
00:41 Meanwhile, both Brighton and the Reds
00:42 return to competitive action this week
00:44 after the international break.
00:45 We'll preview Albion's league game against Man City
00:47 and their Europa League encounter with Ajax,
00:49 along with the Reds' league two clashes
00:51 against Crewe and Walsall.
00:52 You can read all the stories we were talking about
00:54 with videos and pictures online
00:55 at sussexworld.co.uk/sport
00:58 and you can check out other great videos
00:59 on shotstv.com and Freeview channel 276.
01:03 But starting with this weekend's FA Cup clashes,
01:05 Horsham FC provided a shock,
01:07 beating National League outfit Dorking 2-0 at home
01:10 in front of a sellout crowd.
01:11 I don't think many of us were predicting
01:13 a win for Horsham in general, Steve,
01:15 but to do it in such a convincing manner
01:17 was probably even more of a shock.
01:19 - Yeah, we talked about the three games
01:22 with the Sussex teams last week on this podcast, didn't we?
01:25 And we said Worthing, we felt, had a very good chance.
01:27 We didn't really give Horsham too much of a chance
01:30 against a team who play two divisions above them,
01:32 but a pretty comfortable win, really.
01:36 And I'm going to spin it around in a minute
01:37 because I know you're the host here, but you were there.
01:41 Yeah, fantastic for Horsham to reach the first round
01:44 second time in three years.
01:46 You know, there are clubs at their level
01:47 that never seem to get to the first round.
01:49 You know, I can think of one who hasn't been there
01:51 since 1995, who I won't name here.
01:54 But yeah, professional performance in front of a big crowd.
01:57 And I mean, you tell us, was it as comfortable
02:00 as the scoreline in match reports suggest?
02:02 - Yes, it was indeed.
02:04 No hyperbole when Horsham should have been
02:06 at least 4-0 up at half time.
02:07 They had a perfectly good goal,
02:09 well, I thought perfectly good goal ruled out for offside.
02:12 Very strange seeing the fourth official
02:14 and the mini version of VAR being used at Horsham's level.
02:18 But I was very disappointed with Dawkin.
02:21 They didn't really trouble Horsham.
02:22 And I think on the day, if you'd said
02:23 which one is the National League club
02:25 and which one is the Ispian Premier Club,
02:27 I don't think you'd been able to say that Dawkin
02:29 with that National League team
02:30 and Horsham with the Ispian Premier one,
02:32 which I'm sure would probably rankle a little bit
02:34 with Dawkin manager, Mark White, wouldn't it, Steve?
02:36 He had some choice words for the players after the game.
02:39 If you can repeat any of what he said,
02:42 what was the general gist of what he had to say
02:44 after the loss against Horsham?
02:45 - Yeah, he's gone viral for it.
02:47 And if you go viral as a football manager,
02:49 it's either very good news or very bad news.
02:51 And for Mark White, it's very bad news.
02:54 He absolutely ripped into his players.
02:56 When you've said there that they didn't really show up,
02:59 didn't turn up for what was a big game for them.
03:01 You know, there's a lot of money at stake
03:02 if you get through to the first round.
03:04 And he basically said they weren't very good,
03:07 but he used a lot of swear words in doing so.
03:10 A lot of people picked up on it.
03:11 And fans were split in their reaction to what he said.
03:15 Some were saying he was just too personal
03:18 and is that a good way to manage players?
03:20 You know, are they then gonna do it for him next game?
03:22 Others said quite right.
03:23 You know, if they've, they get paid okay at that level.
03:27 If they've not turned up for a big game,
03:30 if they've not put the effort in,
03:31 then they deserve to be sworn at in that manner.
03:34 So you can look at it both ways.
03:35 But yeah, it gave us a good story on Sussex World
03:38 and I'm sure it amused a few Horsham fans as well.
03:42 - Mark, as someone who's had to deal with someone
03:44 who's quite opinionated in the past at Crawley Town
03:48 without mentioning any names,
03:49 then what's it like dealing with a manager like that?
03:51 - I kind of like it 'cause I like a manager being honest.
03:57 You like a manager coming up and just saying
03:59 what they think, not getting the usual media trained manager
04:02 saying, "Oh, it was a game of two halves, blah, blah, blah.
04:04 "Proud of my players, blah, blah, blah."
04:06 But he went to, I personally think he went too far.
04:12 And yeah, you've got to try and keep your players on side,
04:16 I think, to some extent.
04:17 Yes, criticize them.
04:18 Scott Lindsay, we'll get onto it later.
04:21 But Scott Lindsay on Tuesday night,
04:23 he had a few choice words to say about his players,
04:25 but he kept it professional as he talked about them.
04:29 I mean, I think he wanted to do a Mark White,
04:31 but he didn't.
04:32 But Mark White is a funny one, isn't he?
04:34 'Cause I've seen him, I follow them on TikTok and that.
04:38 And does he do it just for the publicity
04:41 and for the clicks and for the views?
04:43 I don't know.
04:45 Yeah, I mean, I might be doing him a disservice there.
04:48 He might just be an honest cheeky chappy kind of thing.
04:51 But I don't know, part of me is a little bit cynical
04:53 about he knew he was going to go viral
04:55 with this kind of thing.
04:57 - Oh, see, I'm going to say the opposite.
04:59 That Dorking generally were,
05:00 considering they were a National League team
05:01 against an Isby and Premier team,
05:03 they were rotten against Horsham on Saturday.
05:05 And I think any kind of criticism,
05:07 although you could say the language he used
05:08 was probably a bit much,
05:09 I think it was very much warranted,
05:10 especially when they had a former Crawley Town player,
05:14 Mark George-Frank, come up right back.
05:16 - Yeah, he certainly was their best player, didn't he?
05:20 - Yeah, it was great.
05:20 He was really, really good.
05:21 It's just a shame that no one else seemed to turn up.
05:24 Huge result for Horsham,
05:25 which we'll come onto later in the grand scheme of things.
05:28 But yeah, also in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round,
05:31 Wything joined Horsham in the first round proper,
05:33 courtesy of a 2-0 home win
05:35 over National League South Rivals Bath City.
05:38 It seemed like another excellent performance
05:39 of Adam Hincham with Boyd Steve, didn't it?
05:42 - It was, actually.
05:43 They were very thin on the ground in terms of players.
05:47 They actually only had two senior fit defenders
05:50 for that game,
05:52 both of whom played in the middle of defence,
05:53 and they put Kane Wills back in a back three.
05:56 He was normally more used to playing midfield,
05:58 and they then used two more attacking players as wing backs.
06:02 So to have that sort of makeshift defence
06:04 against a team from your own division
06:05 who have also started the season quite well,
06:08 makes it hard.
06:09 Tight first half, and then Wything scored twice
06:12 in a bit like Horsham in the first half.
06:14 Wything early in the second half,
06:16 two goals from Danny Cashman,
06:17 and they were, I think, were pretty comfortable after that.
06:20 For Wything, that's first time in the first round since 1999.
06:25 Adam Hincham had said afterwards
06:27 he was still at school last time they got that far.
06:29 Not sure if that's quite right, but he may be.
06:31 He must be younger than I thought, if so.
06:33 But yeah, great for them.
06:36 We'll talk about the draw in a minute,
06:39 but they've not got a glamorous tie in the first round.
06:43 They're away to Alfredton,
06:45 and it's a game that they can win.
06:47 So they've now got to think,
06:48 "Right, let's do that again
06:49 and get through to the second round if we can
06:51 and get some more prize money in the bank."
06:53 But yeah, well done to Wything.
06:54 - Before we move on to the first round proper draw,
06:56 Lewis were also in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round.
06:59 They're away at fellow National League outfit Aldershot Town.
07:02 Unfortunately, there was no fairytale win for Lewis.
07:05 They were beaten 4-1 by the Shots, commiseration to Lewis.
07:09 But for the teams that are left in the first round proper
07:11 of our non-league sides,
07:13 the draw was made on Monday,
07:15 and one of our non-league clubs can look forward
07:16 to a bigger way there to a League One
07:18 and form a Premier League club, can't they, Steve?
07:19 Tell us a little bit more about the draw, Steve.
07:22 And yes.
07:23 - Barnsley versus Horsham came out of the hat.
07:28 I know you were pleased because that's almost local
07:31 compared to Carlisle away,
07:32 which you went to a couple of years ago.
07:35 - Yes, we were pleased to be a bit closer to home.
07:38 It's a great tie for them, isn't it, Barns?
07:40 As Don has said to you this week,
07:43 Barnsley are the third highest ranked team in the next round
07:46 by virtue of the fact that they're currently third
07:48 in League One.
07:49 Not so long ago, they were in the championship.
07:51 For those with longer memories,
07:52 they were in the Premier League for a couple of years
07:53 back in the late '90s.
07:55 So it's a proper club,
07:57 real big ground for Horsham to go to.
07:59 They will take a massive number of travelling fans,
08:02 I would think, waiting to see if it's going to be on TV.
08:06 I would have thought there's a fair chance it could be.
08:10 You know, BBC or ITV might be interested in that one.
08:14 And what a great day out.
08:14 I mean, you wouldn't give Horsham much of a chance
08:16 against a team who are that many divisions above them.
08:20 But yeah, a great occasion for them,
08:23 chance to earn some more money,
08:25 hopefully a bit of TV money as well,
08:26 and really want to look forward to for them.
08:29 - And Worthing, Steve, who do they end up?
08:31 You mentioned it probably won't be glamorous,
08:32 but it's very much winnable for them.
08:34 - It's Alfredton town away.
08:37 Alfredton's up north somewhere.
08:38 I think, I mean,
08:39 everything north of the South Downs is up north, isn't it?
08:41 So we'll say it's up north.
08:43 I think it's sort of Derbyshire way.
08:45 - Derby way, yeah.
08:47 - Yeah.
08:48 So it's a team they won't have played before
08:50 and probably don't know too much about.
08:52 But Alfredton are National League north,
08:54 so same step as Worthing,
08:56 currently 10th in their table, doing okay.
08:58 I mean, it's a long journey.
09:00 That could, you know,
09:02 Worthing aren't used to going that far for an away game,
09:04 so that could count against them.
09:06 But Adam Hinch, as always,
09:08 will do his homework on Alfredton.
09:10 And I'm sure they'll go up there
09:13 thinking they've got a chance
09:14 and maybe they'll get them back down
09:16 to Woodside Road for a replay.
09:18 But it'd be great to see Worthing in the second round.
09:20 - I saw, I spoke to Adam on Tuesday night
09:24 after they beat Crawley in the Senior Cup,
09:27 and he was saying that the great thing is
09:29 there's going to be a step-six side in the second round,
09:31 whatever happens,
09:32 and both sides will think they can win it,
09:34 which is going to make for a great tie.
09:37 So it's, yeah, really interesting.
09:38 One bit less hope Worthing get through.
09:40 It'd be great.
09:41 - Without meaning-
09:42 - Throw it out of their press box
09:43 for when they get Portsmouth at home in the second round.
09:46 - We'll come onto that in the second half, Mark, don't worry.
09:48 But without meaning to turn this
09:50 into the Horsham FC podcast,
09:52 would there be slight disappointment?
09:54 I know that obviously it's a big tie playing Barnsley,
09:55 but Steve, do you think it'd be disappointing
09:57 if for television's sake,
09:59 they end up playing them on a Friday evening
10:01 or a Monday evening due to the whims of television?
10:04 - I suppose it'd make it harder for the fans
10:06 'cause it is a long way to go,
10:07 and it will probably mean there are some fans
10:09 that can't go, you know, if it's a working day.
10:12 But for the club,
10:13 if you look at the bigger picture for the club,
10:15 the money they would make from it being on TV
10:18 would probably make that worth it.
10:20 And it's a bit more exposure,
10:22 and it's a chance for any fans who can't make it
10:25 to watch it live,
10:26 and they might not be able to otherwise.
10:27 So I think on balance,
10:29 they would probably rather have it on TV.
10:32 - Well, selfishly, I'd rather they had it
10:35 at Saturday at three o'clock,
10:36 but we'll have to wait and see.
10:37 Why don't we just get-
10:38 - As it should be, yeah.
10:39 - Oh, well, quite right to, Steve.
10:42 Yes, but Crawley Town, as mentioned,
10:44 are also in the first round proper.
10:45 What's the reaction to their draw then, Mark?
10:49 It's not been quite with the same giddy reaction
10:51 that Horsham Barnsley has received, is it?
10:54 - No, yeah, so they've got not to count it away,
10:56 not to count it, obviously,
10:57 currently I think they're second or third
10:59 in the League Two table.
11:00 They're second, sorry.
11:03 And yeah, Crawley face them away
11:06 at the end of the month as well.
11:07 So they've played, traveled to Notts County twice
11:09 in three weeks, I think it is.
11:11 So yeah, the fans straight away would just lie,
11:14 "Oh, that's an atrocious draw.
11:15 We never get a good draw in the FA Cup."
11:16 I think it's, I think I saw a stat,
11:18 something along the lines of 10 of the last 11 games
11:21 have been against teams in their league or higher.
11:25 And they just don't seem to get that nice,
11:27 easy first round draw.
11:28 You wanna be at home, don't you, in the first round
11:32 if you're gonna draw someone in your own league.
11:34 But Notts County, they're gonna be,
11:36 they're looking to win the league
11:38 and get promoted this year.
11:39 So whether they see the FA Cup as disposable
11:42 and think they won't take it as seriously,
11:44 Scott Lindsay will go out there wanting to win.
11:46 Scott Lindsay was quite diplomatic saying that
11:49 it's their way of saying they've gotta play good teams
11:52 to get better.
11:53 But I don't know if he was particularly happy with the draw.
11:56 - Well, we'll talk a little bit more about Crawley
11:59 after the break and we'll also discuss Brighton,
12:02 a huge week for Brighton,
12:03 where they take on Man City and Ajax in the Europa League.
12:06 This week sees Brighton and Hoverby return to action
12:08 following an imposed hiatus due to the international break.
12:11 Roberto Giuseppe's men visit a Manchester City side reeling
12:14 after a 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.
12:17 How do you see this one going, Sam?
12:19 And should the Seagulls be wary of a wounded Man City?
12:23 - Absolutely.
12:24 Yeah, I think Man City are obviously coming into the game
12:26 on a really bad run of form, really,
12:28 which is really unlike them.
12:30 They've only won, obviously, in Europe recently
12:33 and had two consecutive defeats in the Premier League,
12:35 obviously, against Wolves and then Arsenal.
12:40 So it's a real tough game for Brighton
12:44 because, as you say,
12:45 they're coming up against a wounded animal in Man City
12:47 that are gonna be desperate to put things right
12:49 and to get things back on track.
12:51 But then Brighton, obviously, will be coming into the game
12:54 with a bit more confidence
12:55 after that good result against Liverpool.
12:57 And they probably should have won that game
12:59 when you look back at the chances they had
13:01 and obviously the capitulation they had
13:03 at the end of that first half defensively.
13:06 But I can see a high-scoring game
13:08 and it could really go either way.
13:09 So one really to look forward to for the fans.
13:12 - I'll ask you for your score prediction
13:14 at the end of the podcast.
13:15 But Albi and then-host Ajax in their third game
13:18 of their inaugural Europa League campaign
13:19 on Thursday evening.
13:20 The Seagulls are bottom of the group,
13:22 but are they just three points adrift
13:23 of group leaders, AK Athens?
13:25 So how imperative, Sam, is it that Brighton get the win
13:28 against Nikeside, who is seemingly in free fall
13:31 at the moment, if you'd read anything in the press?
13:34 - Yeah, and Ajax are extremely, just not themselves,
13:37 you would say, just really, really struggling
13:39 in the league this season.
13:41 I think when you look at the squad,
13:42 it's nowhere near as impressive
13:44 as it has been in recent seasons.
13:46 And obviously, they really have had all of their
13:48 kind of top players taken away from them, really.
13:51 And it may be a similar way to Brighton,
13:52 but Brighton seem to be able to cope with it.
13:55 It definitely seems that Ajax are suffering
13:57 from the effects of their players being taken.
14:00 And they really are struggling in the league
14:02 and things aren't going to plan for them.
14:04 So it is a great opportunity for Brighton,
14:06 obviously playing them at home first,
14:08 to get a much-needed win in the group.
14:11 It was vital to get that point at Marseille
14:13 in the previous game, to kind of keep their hopes alive.
14:16 And now they really have to back that up, I think,
14:18 and get their first win of the campaign
14:20 against an Ajax team that are really struggling.
14:23 And it's a kind of perfect opportunity, really.
14:26 And if you get a win at home,
14:27 suddenly the group is extremely favourable for Albion,
14:30 and they can then potentially get a draw away as well,
14:33 and it's completely in their hands.
14:35 So, yeah, another game I'm really looking forward
14:37 to watching.
14:38 It's difficult, because I think it's difficult
14:41 to say Brighton should be favourites
14:42 in a game against Ajax.
14:44 It seems crazy to say.
14:45 And it just, yes, he's mad,
14:47 but we kind of had that against Athens
14:49 in the first game, where Brighton were obviously
14:51 the clear favourites to win that game,
14:53 but then really shouldn't have been
14:54 when it was their first ever Europa League game.
14:56 So much pressure without the captain,
14:58 Lewis Duncombe, on the night.
14:59 So all sorts of pressures for Brighton,
15:03 that element of expectation might not be too good.
15:06 I think sometimes Brighton play better
15:08 when they're a little bit of the underdogs.
15:10 So it'll be interesting to see, but yeah, again,
15:13 I'm really looking forward to watching
15:14 and seeing how Brighton get on.
15:16 - Draw not good enough for it?
15:18 - I think it needs to be a win.
15:20 I think definitely at home.
15:21 I think a draw away would be good,
15:23 but at home, I think a win's needed.
15:25 I think obviously after the loss against Athens,
15:27 the draw at Marseille, I think they need a win.
15:30 They need a win, and I think it's a good opportunity
15:32 to do it at home with a crowd behind them
15:35 against a team completely out of confidence.
15:37 So I think get a win at home,
15:39 and then try and nick a draw away,
15:40 and I think it'll be in their hands.
15:42 - Yeah, four points in those two games
15:45 would be a pretty good result, wouldn't it,
15:46 for the Derby, I think.
15:48 - Well, I think if they finished third,
15:49 don't they get into the,
15:51 I can't even think what it's called,
15:52 Conference League or something like that,
15:54 which is quite winnable, I suppose, for them.
15:55 So yeah, still plenty to play for.
15:58 Speaking of Lewis Dunk, as Sam mentioned,
16:01 he started for England
16:01 in their friendly against Australia.
16:04 Did anyone watch it?
16:05 And if so, if you did watch it, how did they get on?
16:08 (laughing)
16:10 Okay, cool.
16:11 Anyone watch it at all?
16:12 - I saw bits of it.
16:13 I saw bits of it.
16:14 Yeah, and I was busy that evening
16:15 so I didn't get to watch all of it,
16:16 but I watched the highlights
16:18 and obviously read all the reports,
16:19 and Lewis Dunk got all the praise again,
16:22 and it just goes to show that it's a farce
16:25 that he hasn't been in the team before now,
16:27 to be honest,
16:28 and he's just proving why he should have been there
16:31 a long time ago.
16:33 He's class, really.
16:34 He kind of brings that composure to the team,
16:37 brings that kind of derby ball to the team,
16:39 and yeah, he's an excellent player,
16:42 and obviously got man the match on,
16:43 on the night as well,
16:44 and got a clean sheet.
16:46 So, fantastic, really.
16:47 I think he nearly got a clean sheet
16:48 in the previous game as well.
16:49 I think it was an own goal that kind of robbed him a bit.
16:50 So, yeah, really good,
16:52 really good performance from Dunk,
16:53 and hopefully he's a mainstay in the team
16:56 now going forward.
16:58 - Yeah, I wouldn't get any hopes up
16:59 considering Southgate loves Maguire,
17:01 but that's probably a question to ask
17:04 on a different podcast, isn't it?
17:06 Anyway, moving on to Crawley Town.
17:08 As mentioned, they were without a league fixture
17:09 this weekend due to the international break,
17:11 but they did travel to Worthing
17:12 in the Sussex Senior Cup and Bowl accounts.
17:15 Mark, they enjoyed a bit of a nightmare, didn't they?
17:17 Tell us about the game at Worthing, please.
17:19 - Yeah, anything that could go wrong
17:22 went wrong at Worthing for Crawley on Tuesday.
17:26 They lost 6-2 in the end.
17:27 They took the lead through Adeyemo,
17:30 who looked really good.
17:31 Then Jesse Stark equalised
17:33 with an absolute stunning strike,
17:34 30-0, 25-yard, 30-yard,
17:36 found the ball top corner.
17:38 Then Adeyemo scored again,
17:39 and you just thought, oh, Crawley are just, yeah,
17:42 they'll tighten up and they'll just see this out,
17:44 but no, they let him,
17:46 Jay Robinson scored a quick brace,
17:48 and then it started getting even worse.
17:50 Harry Ransom limped off.
17:53 Then Adeyemo, who looked like he took a knock
17:55 quite early on, and I think it was due to the pitch,
17:57 'cause they were playing on 4G,
17:58 obviously they don't play on that normally.
18:01 Yeah, and then the second half,
18:04 then you saw Travis Johnson petulantly get sent off.
18:10 It looked like he grabbed Bailey Smith around the neck
18:13 and pushed him over.
18:15 And yeah, he got sent off,
18:17 and then it all just went wrong,
18:18 and Worthing just were ruthless.
18:19 They just went out and just destroyed Crawley in the end,
18:22 and there was just no,
18:23 I don't know what it was with Crawley.
18:25 They just looked like they didn't want to be there,
18:27 and I think they're gonna regret the decision
18:30 to swap the fixture,
18:31 'cause it was originally a home tie for Crawley,
18:33 and they swapped it to Worthing,
18:35 and 'cause not only did they lose,
18:38 they played on a pitch which looks like
18:40 it cost them two players.
18:41 Adiemo looks like he could be absolute quality,
18:44 but he's just come back from a long injury,
18:46 and this one looked quite rough.
18:48 Sam put up a picture with his story
18:50 with him being carried off.
18:52 He couldn't walk off.
18:53 He was, yeah, that bad.
18:55 So yeah, it was a bit of a disaster, really,
18:58 and yeah, I mean, I might pass it over to Sam, actually,
19:02 for what Scott Lindsey said after the game,
19:04 'cause he didn't go full mark quite,
19:06 but he went as close as he possibly could.
19:10 - Yeah, no, he did.
19:12 He was the most angry I've ever seen him, to be honest.
19:16 I think I obviously saw that clip
19:17 after the preseason friendly against Portsmouth,
19:19 where he completely lost it,
19:20 and I ended up having to talk to Spock on the phone,
19:23 saying they wanted to talk about it,
19:25 'cause it was that crazy, what he was saying.
19:27 Obviously, he said that there were players
19:28 that would never play for the club again,
19:30 and still to this day, we don't know
19:32 who those players were,
19:33 and if they have played for them again,
19:34 but it was kind of a similar kind of interview, really,
19:38 where he said the players just weren't ready for the game.
19:42 They said they hadn't prepared for it,
19:43 and they were unprofessional,
19:45 and it seemed he was kind of implying
19:46 that they thought that Worthing would be a walkover,
19:48 and they didn't really prepare
19:50 like they should have done for the game.
19:52 So they weren't running, they weren't trying,
19:54 they were hiding, basically,
19:56 and it was, yeah, really damning, really.
19:58 He didn't look good on the players at all,
20:00 and yeah, he said that the players
20:02 had been knocking on his door to say
20:03 they should be next in line to be in the team,
20:05 and he said they won't have any excuse
20:07 to do that again now, which is, yeah,
20:10 pretty firm stance from him, really,
20:13 and yeah, I think it's a bit worrying
20:15 that Crawley's backup team is, in his mind,
20:18 not good enough, that his first team
20:20 he's obviously happy with,
20:21 but when he gets a few injuries,
20:22 and clearly he's not happy with who he has to rely on
20:25 to come in for them,
20:26 so a bit concerning from that point of view.
20:29 So it'd be interesting to see what happens going forward,
20:32 and if the players can make amends
20:34 that really didn't turn up against Worming.
20:37 - Are we expecting a massive reaction
20:39 from him on Saturday against Crewe,
20:40 and then a Wyatt Walsall on Tuesday, Mark?
20:42 - Yeah, I think so.
20:44 I don't think you'll see any, apart from maybe Will Wright,
20:47 you won't see any of that team anywhere near the first team,
20:50 maybe on the subs bench, obviously, on Saturday,
20:52 but it was interesting.
20:54 Clydie Lollos didn't play,
20:56 but I assume he's gonna be starting against Crewe this week
20:59 because Adam Campbell,
21:01 who was a victim of that horrific challenge
21:02 against Wrexham that's all the sending off,
21:04 he got ligament damage,
21:05 so he's out, I think he said,
21:07 four to six weeks, maybe longer.
21:10 So, yeah, but yeah, they need a big reaction
21:14 'cause obviously the last home league game as well,
21:15 they lost one nil to Wrexham.
21:17 So they need a big change.
21:20 The Crewe won't be easy.
21:21 Crewe are the top scorers in the league.
21:23 We know Crawley have leaked goals a little bit.
21:26 They've shored up recently a little bit more,
21:28 but yeah, it'll be a good entertaining game,
21:31 but yeah, Lindsay won't let anything like that happen again
21:34 from what he said.
21:35 But yeah, those players that played on Tuesday night,
21:41 they've got a chance to redeem themselves
21:43 and the EFL trophy against Aston Villa
21:45 in a couple of weeks time as well.
21:47 So, but yeah, no, it won't be easy against Crewe.
21:52 They've got Mickey Dimitri,
21:54 former Newport County from Arshawes.
21:57 He was a former Worthing player, I think,
21:58 or he comes from this way, and Bogner.
22:00 - Bogner. - Yeah, and Bogner as well.
22:02 Thank you, Steve.
22:04 He scored five goals already from the center of defense.
22:06 Well, I think, I understand that Crawley wanted him
22:09 in the summer, but he chose Crewe,
22:11 and obviously they've got Jack Powell as well,
22:12 Crawley's player of the year.
22:14 And when they come up against Walsall,
22:15 they've got Isaac Hutchinson,
22:17 who used to play for Crawley as well,
22:18 and he scored a hat-trick at the last time out for Walsall.
22:21 Yeah, it's not gonna be an easy few days for Crawley,
22:24 but yeah, Scott Lindsay will get a reaction out of this team.
22:27 - Excellent, and with that in mind,
22:28 shall we have a stroll down Steve Bones' score prediction
22:31 corner, starting with Man City, Brighton, Sam Morton.
22:34 How do you see that one going?
22:36 - I think with a high scoring game,
22:37 I think Brighton have obviously struggled
22:38 to keep clean sheets this season,
22:40 so I don't see that happening away at Man City.
22:43 And Man City are gonna be desperate for a win,
22:45 so I think it'll be three-two, Man City.
22:47 - Ooh, Steve, how do you see it going at the Etihad?
22:49 - For the first time this season,
22:51 I'm not predicting a Brighton draw.
22:54 I'm going Man City one, Brighton two.
22:58 - Ooh.
22:59 - I think City's woes to continue.
23:02 - Mark, do you have Steve Bones' optimism?
23:05 - No, I'm going four-two, Man City.
23:07 (laughing)
23:09 - I genuinely think City might end up scoring five,
23:11 but we will wait and see.
23:13 Then we've got Brighton Ajax on Thursday, Mark.
23:17 How's it going for Brighton against Brighton?
23:17 - Two-nil Brighton, they've gotta come out and win.
23:20 I'm going for a two-nil Brighton win.
23:21 Ajax seem like a shambles at the moment.
23:24 - Mr. Bone?
23:25 - I think I'm back to predicting draws now.
23:28 I think they need to win,
23:30 but I think they might struggle one-all.
23:33 - And Sam Morton?
23:34 - I think two-one Brighton.
23:36 Again, I think they'll concede,
23:37 as they just seem to concede in every game this season.
23:39 But yeah, they score in every game as well,
23:41 so I think they'll make it win.
23:43 I think two-one.
23:45 - And as we're quite pushed for time,
23:46 we'll do it together.
23:47 Crawley's game against Crewe,
23:48 and then Walsall-Crawley.
23:50 Steve, yeah, how do you see those two games going?
23:52 - I think they'll beat Crewe three-one,
23:54 and I think they'll lose two-nil at Walsall.
23:56 - Sam Morton?
23:57 - I think they'll draw Crewe two-two,
24:02 and they'll win one-nil at Walsall.
24:06 - And Mark Dunford with the final word.
24:08 - I'm going three-one against Crewe at home.
24:10 They're gonna win,
24:11 and it'll be a one-all draw away at Walsall.
24:13 That's what I'm going for.
24:15 - Excellent stuff.
24:15 Well, thank you very much for your time, chaps,
24:16 and thank you very much for joining us this week,
24:18 Mr. Morton.
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