Sussex World's Matt Pole is joined by Crawley Town expert Mark Dunford, Sussex sport guru Steve Bone, and Sam Morton, who covers both Brighton & Hove Albion and the Reds.
This week we take a look at Brighton & Hove Albion’s season so far ahead of Saturday’s Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest.
Meanwhile, Crawley Town suffered a somewhat controversial loss at Barrow as one of last season’s Reds heroes came back to haunt Scott Lindsey’s side.
We pick over the bones of the Reds’ defeat in Cumbria, and bring you up to speed with how our sides in Sussex did in last weekend’s FA Trophy second round clashes.
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.
This week we take a look at Brighton & Hove Albion’s season so far ahead of Saturday’s Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest.
Meanwhile, Crawley Town suffered a somewhat controversial loss at Barrow as one of last season’s Reds heroes came back to haunt Scott Lindsey’s side.
We pick over the bones of the Reds’ defeat in Cumbria, and bring you up to speed with how our sides in Sussex did in last weekend’s FA Trophy second round clashes.
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
00:14 where we take a look at all the latest goings on
00:16 at Brighton and Hoverby and Crawley Town and Sport in Sussex.
00:20 I'm Matt Poul and I'm joined by Crawley Town expert
00:22 Mark Dunford, Sussex Sport guru Steve Bone and Sam Morton
00:25 who covers both Brighton and Hoverby in the Reds.
00:28 This week we'll take a look at Brighton and Hoverby
00:30 in season so far ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip
00:32 to Nottingham Forest.
00:33 Meanwhile, Crawley Town suffered a somewhat
00:35 controversial loss at Barrow as one of last season's
00:37 Reds heroes came back to haunt Scott Lindsay's side.
00:40 We'll pick over the bones of the Reds defeat in Cumbria
00:42 and bring you up to speed with how our sides in Sussex did
00:45 in last weekend's FA Trophy second round clashes.
00:48 You can read all the stories we're talking about
00:50 with videos and pictures online
00:51 at sussexworld.co.uk/sport
00:54 and you can check out other great videos
00:55 on shotsdv.com and freeview channel 276.
00:59 Before we get started,
01:00 Albien went into the November international break
01:02 with a one-all draw against struggling Sheffield United.
01:05 The Seagulls led for much of the game
01:06 through Simon Odinga's wonderful early opener,
01:08 but were left with a failure to convert their dominance
01:10 into further goals.
01:11 Sam Morton, how would you sum up that performance?
01:13 Probably not the way Brighton wanted to head
01:15 into the international break.
01:17 - No, it wasn't.
01:18 It was a really frustrating game for Brighton.
01:21 It was one that they should have won.
01:22 They were on top for most of the game.
01:25 They got obviously a really early lead,
01:27 which is exactly what they needed.
01:29 You felt an early goal could really have set them
01:32 onto an easy victory against a side
01:35 that's obviously right at the bottom of the league.
01:36 I think they were bottom at the time
01:38 and it didn't go their way.
01:40 I think they had lots of the ball,
01:42 a few chances they didn't take,
01:44 but the longer the game stayed one-nil,
01:46 the more concerned you were that Sheffield
01:47 might peg a goal back.
01:49 And obviously the red card was a huge turning point
01:51 on the day.
01:53 De Hood, blatant red card really.
01:55 He kind of had a moment of madness at the time
01:58 and obviously it cost them and Brighton conceded
02:02 not long after that and couldn't find a winner.
02:04 So a really frustrating draw.
02:06 I think it definitely was two points dropped
02:08 and obviously extended their winless run in the league.
02:12 So yeah, really frustrating.
02:14 And also De Serby was very angry after the game
02:16 and basically he hated, or not hated,
02:19 disliked 80% of English referees.
02:23 So he wasn't actually unhappy with the red card itself.
02:26 It was just everything else,
02:27 every other decision that went against him during the game.
02:30 So yeah, really frustrating one for Brighton
02:32 and not the ideal way to go into the international break.
02:35 - Well, you mentioned it there.
02:36 It does seem as if the game very much turned
02:38 on the De Hood red card, Sam.
02:40 He, despite what De Serby said about referees,
02:42 he must have been absolutely tearing his hair out
02:45 at De Hood's red.
02:46 - Yeah, well, exactly that.
02:48 And I think he must've been frustrated
02:50 at the player himself for what he did.
02:52 It was just crazy, really.
02:53 I think just kind of a stamp on the back
02:55 of the Sheffield player's leg.
02:56 And you're not really sure what he's thinking at the time.
02:59 But they definitely still had enough to hold on.
03:03 And I suppose the injuries didn't help though.
03:04 I think they obviously had Louis Dunk out
03:06 from his injury at Ajax
03:08 and they've had all sorts of injury problems
03:10 going into the international break.
03:11 And hopefully that's given some time
03:12 for those players to come back into action.
03:15 I know that Estu Pinon doesn't look great.
03:17 I think there's this picture on Instagram
03:19 of his leg strapped up and it doesn't look great.
03:22 So he could be out for a while.
03:24 We're still waiting for updates on Louis Dunk,
03:26 Tarek Lampety.
03:27 And it looks like Evan Ferguson played
03:29 for the Republic of Ireland last night,
03:31 even though he seems to put his hamstring
03:33 against the Netherlands.
03:34 He came on as a sub again yesterday.
03:35 So they're obviously not too concerned about him,
03:38 which is obviously good.
03:39 So yeah, it'll be interesting to see on Friday
03:41 at the press conference,
03:42 what players will be ready after the break.
03:45 - Well, you've kind of alluded to it there, Sam,
03:47 but Brighton have now scored in 29 successive league games,
03:50 but have now gone 16 without a clean sheet.
03:53 The draw against the Blades extended
03:54 their current winless league sequence to six games,
03:56 which is the longest such run under Edberto De Zerbe.
04:00 That all being said, Sam,
04:01 what have you yourself made of Erbion's recent performances?
04:04 - It's been a funny one,
04:05 because at the start of the season,
04:06 they were flying in the league
04:08 and they're not able to pick up three points in Europe.
04:11 And then suddenly it's just completely switched.
04:13 At some point in the season,
04:14 they've managed to pick up four in Europe,
04:16 get a draw and two wins in a bounce,
04:19 which has put them in a really good position
04:21 to qualify for the next stage.
04:23 But their league form has kind of paid the price
04:25 because of that.
04:27 And obviously they're still trying to find that balance
04:29 of the team.
04:30 They've made lots of changes each game,
04:32 but they definitely haven't adjusted
04:34 as well as they would have liked
04:35 to playing two games every week.
04:38 Definitely has been a tough learning experience for them,
04:42 and obviously not at all helped by the injuries.
04:45 I think they definitely will be looking
04:46 at the January transfer market as an opportunity
04:48 to maybe bolster the ranks in some of the positions,
04:51 especially left back, which has been a real problem area.
04:54 And maybe even striker,
04:55 with Danny Weld being out for the foreseeable.
04:57 Evan Ferguson is a little bit injury prone this season.
05:01 And you wonder if there is an option
05:02 to bring Dennis Inderp back,
05:03 because he was obviously sent out on loan.
05:06 So there's definitely some problems with squad depth,
05:09 I think, so far this season.
05:11 That's not helped the situation.
05:14 - Again, you've mentioned it,
05:15 Brighton currently have almost a full 11 out with injuries.
05:18 You've mentioned the likes of Louis Dunn,
05:19 Perves Estupinjan, Danny Wurlbeck,
05:21 but you've also got Solly March,
05:23 Julio Enciso, Tarek Lamptey.
05:26 The injury list is numerous,
05:28 but does this excuse Albion's poor form at the moment, Sam?
05:31 - I'd say it's definitely a big factor.
05:34 I think they've obviously got enough
05:36 to beat Sheffield United at the end of the day.
05:38 I think they should have won on the day.
05:40 They had a lot of injuries,
05:41 but they still should have won that game.
05:43 And they just didn't take the opportunities when they came.
05:46 I think the goal was obviously unlucky,
05:48 an own goal from Adam Webster.
05:50 So it was one of those, really.
05:52 I think it's kind of reminiscent
05:54 of the pre-Derby era, really,
05:56 when Brighton would be completely dominant
05:59 for the whole game,
05:59 and would somehow manage to drop two points or even worse.
06:04 So it's a strange one,
06:06 but I think if they get started
06:08 to get some of these players back from injury,
06:09 maybe bring a few more players in in January,
06:11 I think it definitely will help.
06:13 But I think there's nothing really wrong
06:15 with the performances as such.
06:17 I think in the league, they've been performing well.
06:18 They definitely should have got more points
06:20 from the way they've been playing.
06:22 So I don't think there's too much
06:23 to be concerned about in that sense.
06:24 And obviously their form in Europe is fantastic as well.
06:27 Beating Ajax two games on the bounce,
06:29 and you go to the Johan Cruyff Arena
06:32 and comfortably beat them 2-0 in their own backyard.
06:35 It just shows how brilliant Brighton can be.
06:38 And I think that that just shows
06:39 there's no reason to be overly concerned.
06:42 - You mentioned there,
06:43 but for all the time that Brighton are in Europe, Sam,
06:46 do you think critics, maybe not necessarily critics,
06:48 but people will always say that
06:50 maybe they're going to be overstretching themselves
06:52 in Europe and this is just a season
06:54 of trying to get up to speed with things?
06:56 Or is that again, another excuse?
06:58 - Yeah, I think probably a little bit of an excuse,
07:01 but I think it's such a big opportunity for the club.
07:03 It's a historic season.
07:04 I don't think anyone's really complaining
07:06 that they're in Europe.
07:07 It's just the opportunity it's given the players, the fans,
07:10 and it's just been incredible really
07:12 to be able to travel around these places in Europe
07:14 that they wouldn't have otherwise have been to.
07:17 And I think they would definitely take that
07:19 over the alternative,
07:20 which is just to play Premier League every week.
07:22 So I think it's just getting used to that.
07:24 I think they're so new to it,
07:26 the players are so new to that.
07:28 And it will take a little bit of time to adjust
07:29 to playing these European games
07:32 and then having to refocus for the league.
07:35 And I can't imagine that was easy.
07:37 I suppose after beating Ajax 2-0 in the Netherlands,
07:40 having to play Sheffield United on the Sunday
07:43 with not a lot of time to prepare
07:44 probably wasn't an easy task.
07:47 I did ask Jason Steele after the game
07:49 if that was a tough thing to do.
07:50 And he said the players were fully prepared
07:52 and they had enough time.
07:53 But you wonder mentally where they're at
07:55 after the highs of Thursday night.
07:57 But De Servi obviously treated it as a must-win game
08:00 and he really was desperate for that win against Sheffield.
08:03 So I'm sure he's been working really hard
08:05 over the international break to fix some of those problems.
08:09 - Albion currently sit eighth in the Premier League
08:11 and in contention to qualify from the Europa League group.
08:14 But if you could change one thing
08:15 about Brighton's season so far, Sam, what would it be?
08:17 You've kind of touched on squad depth.
08:19 Would that be the main area?
08:20 - Yeah, I'd say squad depth.
08:21 I think if you could stop any injuries,
08:25 if you can somehow do that, that would be amazing.
08:28 But yeah, I think when the season started,
08:32 we were all saying how brilliant the squad depth was.
08:33 We had so many different options.
08:34 I think the fact that De Servi has been making
08:36 six, seven changes every week does suggest
08:39 that the squad depth is really good
08:41 and he's got those options in the squad.
08:43 And that's if everyone's fit, really.
08:46 I think you can say that about any club, can't you, really?
08:48 If you have several injuries,
08:51 it kind of decimates your squad
08:52 and there's only so much squad depth
08:54 a team can have, I guess.
08:56 So it's a little bit unfair to suggest
08:57 that maybe they weren't prepared
08:58 'cause it's difficult to prepare
09:00 for such a crazy injury crisis, really,
09:02 and such key players out at the same time.
09:04 So yeah, if you could change that,
09:06 that would be the only thing.
09:07 And obviously there has been a little bit
09:09 of a frailty defensively,
09:11 so you just hope they can improve on that
09:13 as the season progresses as well.
09:15 - Did they get their recruitment right over the summer?
09:18 - I think so.
09:18 Yeah, absolutely.
09:19 I think bringing Antti Fati in was a masterstroke
09:21 and he obviously took a little bit of time to settle in,
09:24 but he really is flying now, obviously,
09:25 two goals in two games against Ajax.
09:28 Got a couple of assists as well.
09:29 So he's really settling into well to the club
09:33 and they might have a battle on their hands
09:35 to keep him past this season, I think.
09:38 But yeah, even Igor,
09:39 Dahoud, they've looked good.
09:43 I think they've been impressed.
09:43 Obviously Dahoud obviously had that red card
09:46 at the weekend against Sheffield, which wasn't ideal.
09:48 And he's probably not showing his best yet,
09:50 but Igor's really settling in.
09:52 Bhalib has shown kind of bits of what he can do.
09:55 I think we haven't seen the best of him yet either.
09:57 So there's definitely more to come from these players
09:59 and it's definitely exciting for the future
10:01 'cause they're all very young.
10:04 - Well, this Saturday sees Brighton
10:05 return to Premier League action
10:06 when they travel to Nottingham Forest
10:08 to a 14th in the table.
10:11 How vital is a win for Brighton and Roberto Derby,
10:13 do you think, Sam?
10:14 The lack of a Premier League win since September the 24th
10:16 seems to have been largely overlooked,
10:18 but do you think that could change
10:19 with potentially poor result at the city ground?
10:22 - Yeah, it's a really tough game.
10:23 I think it's not a place you want to be going
10:26 when you're kind of desperate for a win in the league, really.
10:28 You're obviously desperate to win that run of draws
10:31 in the league and they want to get a win,
10:34 but away at Forest, it's gonna be a really tough game.
10:37 They've had a little bit of form recently.
10:39 The Langers look really good for them.
10:41 So yeah, really tough game.
10:42 You just really hope they have some of these players back.
10:45 Lewis Dunk will be a huge bonus to have back in the defence.
10:48 He can make a huge difference.
10:50 Without him, I think they might struggle.
10:52 And the same with Tarek Lamsi.
10:55 I really hope that he's back
10:56 'cause it's been such a long time
10:57 since we've seen him play now.
10:59 And we'll have to see how Evan Ferguson is.
11:01 As I say, he came on as a sub last night.
11:04 So it'll be interesting to see who's back
11:07 and it'll be telling, I think,
11:09 with the press conference on Friday
11:10 with what players De Serby does have available
11:12 to play in that game.
11:13 It can make a huge difference to how they get on.
11:16 - Very, very quickly, Sam, how do you see it going?
11:19 - I think it'll be a draw again.
11:22 I think I'll say two all.
11:25 - Two all, better than a one all,
11:26 I suppose, at least you get more goals.
11:28 - Yeah, I can see a two all draw for this one.
11:30 But I think, yeah, if they do have Lewis Dunk,
11:33 Evan Ferguson, Lamsi all playing,
11:35 maybe it can be better than that.
11:36 But I'm not too optimistic on those ones.
11:38 And I think it could be one where they have to
11:41 give a few fringe players some games
11:46 and especially the bench might look a little bit weaker
11:48 than it has been.
11:48 So yeah, it'll be interesting to see
11:50 how they line up on Sunday.
11:52 - Brilliant, thank you very much for your time, Sam.
11:54 And we're gonna take a quick break.
11:55 And when we come back,
11:56 we're gonna discuss all things Crawley Town
11:57 and all things FA Trophy for our Sussex sides.
11:59 Saturday saw Crawley Town go down one nil
12:03 by our own controversial circumstances.
12:05 As former red Dom Telford came back
12:06 to haunt his former club.
12:08 Mark Dunford, can you tell us a little bit
12:10 about the game, please?
12:10 And the contentious decision
12:12 that drew Crawley Town manager, Scott Lindsay's ire.
12:15 - Yeah, it was a game where Crawley again,
12:21 dominated possession.
12:24 They had 67% possession.
12:25 They did 583 passes compared to Barrow's 287.
12:30 But again, they just couldn't score out of the 10 shots
12:32 they had, only two were on target.
12:35 But again, Barrow though, had 11 shots on goal
12:38 and still only have two on target.
12:40 And one of those was the goal from Dom Telford.
12:43 And it was a goal where in the buildup,
12:45 it appeared that Will Wright had been fouled
12:48 and he'd got a head injury.
12:49 He was on the floor holding his head
12:51 instead of stopping the game,
12:53 which apparently the rules say you should
12:54 if there's a head injury.
12:56 The referee skipped over Will Wright,
12:58 followed the action.
12:59 All the Crawley Town defenders were sort of like,
13:01 what's going on?
13:02 And yeah, it was a little bit of a scramble.
13:04 And then Dom Telford smashed home,
13:06 sort of quite clinically,
13:08 more so than he did last season for Crawley Town.
13:10 But yeah, it was a frustrating one for them.
13:15 Lindsay said after the game that he felt
13:20 it wasn't a game that they particularly deserved to win,
13:22 but they certainly didn't deserve to lose it.
13:23 And to lose it to such a contentious decision
13:28 was very frustrating for them.
13:29 - You mentioned there, their lack of goal threat up front.
13:34 Were they missing a Dom Telford-like striker?
13:36 - Well, yeah, it's funny because I saw a few comments
13:40 on Crawley fans' pages and that just sort of saying,
13:42 oh, typical Dom Telford's come back and scored.
13:45 We shouldn't have let him go kind of thing.
13:46 And it's just like, well, you let him go
13:48 because he didn't score that many goals for you last season.
13:50 I mean, he was the top scorer
13:52 and he scored the two most important goals
13:55 of the season at Hartlepool.
13:57 But he never really did it week in, week out.
14:00 And he seems to have hit the ground running at Barrow.
14:03 Maybe they play in a different system now.
14:05 I don't know what system they play at Barrow.
14:07 But yeah, I think they are just lacking that.
14:11 Danilo Orsi's been in great form recently.
14:13 I think he's got nine goals for the season so far.
14:16 But I've seen a couple of times where he has missed chances
14:19 he probably should have scored.
14:20 And yeah, I think they're just missing that.
14:23 Yeah, that real clinical striker up front.
14:27 But Scott Lindsay seems happy with his team
14:30 and the way they're performing.
14:32 It is just the lack of sort of clinical,
14:35 being clinical in front of goal and yeah,
14:37 and just punishing teams when they're absolutely
14:40 dominating possession and the passing stats.
14:43 I know that it's probably a little bit too far forward,
14:46 but is that something that you'll be looking to address in January?
14:48 I know you mentioned that he said he's quite happy with his squad.
14:51 He is, but he was asked it a couple of weeks ago
14:56 about what specific areas would he be looking for.
14:58 And he said, well, he's happy with his squad.
15:00 But if there was one area, it would be in the attacking department
15:04 because you've got Danilo Orsi, you've got Adam Campbell,
15:07 Clydie Lollos, and there's a couple of others there,
15:10 sort of on the fringe.
15:12 But there's not great depth.
15:14 And soon as there's an injury to one of those guys,
15:17 I'm not sure what the options are.
15:19 So they definitely do need to bring in some more strikers.
15:24 Well, a striker in the January transfer window, I think.
15:30 Going back to the Barrow game post-match, Scott Lindsay said
15:32 the refereeing performance of Barrow was nothing short of being a disgrace.
15:36 I know that we've not seen the footage, but is there any truth to his comments, Mark?
15:40 Or does it just seem to paper over the cracks of what has been another
15:43 frustrating away performance from what you said from the Reds?
15:47 From what I understood, because I listened to Lawrence Maguire's post-match as well,
15:51 and it does seem that it wasn't a great performance from the referee.
15:57 So, I mean, yes, I mean, that is something to hang the defeat on, isn't it?
16:03 You don't want to go out and batter your players after a game in that,
16:06 like Dawkins, Mark White.
16:10 But, I mean, you look at the possession stats, shots on goal,
16:13 and that they matched and bettered Barrow in almost every sort of statistic,
16:18 apart from the amount of shots in total.
16:20 But, yeah, the referees, I mean, the week before against Accrington,
16:26 there were some foul tackles that flew in in that game, and there was only a few bookings.
16:31 And I asked Scott Lindsay about it afterwards, and he just said it was horrific.
16:34 It was a terrible performance from the referee.
16:36 And he's had it again now.
16:37 And at the beginning of the season, he had a few games where he was very critical of referees.
16:43 I think he might have got in a little bit of trouble.
16:45 And then he sort of laid off a bit.
16:48 But I think it was the case that there were some good, decent refereeing performances.
16:51 But last couple of games, it has been quite bad.
16:54 Luckily, they beat Accrington, so he didn't really have to comment on it.
16:58 But because he lost to Barrow, there's something, like I said, to hang the defeat on kind of thing.
17:04 And it's a shame that that key decision decided the game in the end.
17:09 So, yeah, I don't know.
17:11 I was going to ask Scott Lindsay about it tomorrow in the press conference about has he taken it further?
17:15 Because I don't know what course of action managers have after games.
17:19 Obviously, we know they're not going to replay games.
17:22 They're not going to revoke points.
17:23 They're not going to do this and that.
17:24 But does the referee get looked at?
17:27 Because managers, players, they're all very criticised publicly and punished and fined and all that
17:34 when they make comments and that.
17:35 But what happens to those referees that are performing badly?
17:38 I know sometimes in the Premier League, they get dropped and that.
17:41 But it's an interesting point.
17:43 They should be accountable and they should come out and say if they got it wrong.
17:47 I mean, we're getting more and more transparency now with VAR, but it always seems to be once.
17:52 Oh, Steve Bowne's got something to say on referees.
17:54 I've always got something to say on referees.
17:59 But yeah, no, I think I mean, I watch a lot of League One football.
18:03 And the frustration is that referees do make mistakes.
18:08 And at that level, you never hear from them afterwards.
18:11 They're not asked to explain their decisions.
18:14 And you never really hear about whether referees at that level are getting demoted or taken out of the fixtures for a week or so.
18:23 So I can understand Scott Lindsay's frustration.
18:27 Well, following on the wide words from Steve Bowne on referees, we're going to excellently and expertly segue into the FA
18:32 Trophy. Six Sussex sides were due in FA Trophy action last weekend, and it's safe to say our sides enjoyed a mixed set of results in the second round, didn't they, Steve?
18:41 How did our sides get on?
18:43 Yeah, it was a little bit of a disappointing day all in all, really, for Sussex, I think, in the trophy.
18:48 It was the second round of the trophy last weekend.
18:51 The two disappointments really were that Eastbourne Borough and Worthing, who were coming into the competition for the first time, both away to lower division opposition, both lost.
19:02 Worthing lost to Froome Town in Somerset on penalties, fourth-round penalties after a 2-2 draw.
19:10 That's a team that are two divisions below them, so they really should have been coming through that tie.
19:15 You know, those ties can be tricky, but they should have been coming through that.
19:18 Similar for Eastbourne Borough. Eastbourne went to Hendon of the Southern League, Southern Premier, and lost 2-0, went out with a bit of a whimper.
19:29 So, disappointing to see our two National South sides go out so early.
19:34 The good news came from Horsham and Whitehawk.
19:37 They both got through. Horsham won very well, played very well and comfortably won at Bracken Town to go through to the third round,
19:45 sort of building really on their recent FA Cup heroics.
19:47 You know, they love the FA competitions this year and one way that continue.
19:53 There was a Sussex derby as well that Whitehawk won.
19:56 Whitehawk beat Lewis 3-1 at the enclosed ground, so we were always going to have a Sussex winner there.
20:05 So, two sides definitely through to the next round.
20:08 As we're talking today, we're still waiting for Bogner to play South Park in the other second-round tie that's of interest to us.
20:15 That was rained off on Saturday.
20:19 So, we could still have three teams in the next round, but really disappointing it's not sort of four or five, as it could have been.
20:25 And who have those sides got in the third round, Steve?
20:27 The draw was on Monday. Any mouth-watering ties?
20:29 And are we looking at potentially some sides making it through to the fourth round?
20:33 Well, the one you're looking at really is Horsham.
20:37 They've got a nice home tie in the next round.
20:39 Not a straightforward tie there.
20:41 They're home to AFC Totten in the next round, which is played on Saturday, December 9th.
20:47 Totten are going quite well in one of the premier divisions of the Southern League, so equivalent to Horsham, really.
20:55 Looks like quite a good match-up.
20:56 Horsham at home, in a season where they're playing quite well and winning more than they're losing, you'd fancy them to go through.
21:04 So, they are probably our best bet of a team in the fourth round.
21:08 Whitehawk have also got a chance, though, because they are away to Hythetown in the next round, their third-round game.
21:16 That's against a team who play one division below them in the Isthmian, either in the Isthmian South East,
21:22 which Whitehawk were promoted from, of course, last season.
21:26 So, Whitehawk will fancy their chances there, but that won't be straightforward.
21:29 The winners of the Bognor South Park game will go to Hereford of National League North, who, strangely,
21:37 although they're in National League North, are in the southern half of the trophy draw.
21:40 Just a slight geographical thing there.
21:44 So, great day out for one of those two teams.
21:47 Whoever wins out of Bognor South Park, or whoever has won, if people are watching this after that game has been played,
21:53 Hereford, although they're National North now, great tradition.
21:58 Everybody knows their FA Cup win over Newcastle all those years ago, 51 years ago, I think it was.
22:02 So, a big tie for Bognor, if they can get through.
22:06 Well, we wish them all the best of Sussex Luck in the next round.
22:08 We're going to have a quick stroll down Steve Bones' score prediction corner.
22:11 We'll start with you, Steve.
22:12 Bright and away at Forest.
22:14 Are we going to say draw again?
22:17 I am going to go for draw, because at the start of the season I was predicting draws for Brighton every week,
22:21 and they didn't draw any of those games.
22:23 And since I've stopped predicting that, they've started drawing games.
22:26 So, if I go back to predicting a draw, they might win, if you can follow that.
22:32 I'll go one-all.
22:34 Sam, you said two-all. Are you sure about that?
22:37 Yeah, sticking with two-all.
22:38 I think it's an entertaining game, I'm expecting.
22:43 Brighton will fall just short of a win.
22:46 Go on, Mark, give us an optimistic outlook.
22:49 No, not going to. I think Forest are going to win this one.
22:51 I think Brighton went there at the end of last season, didn't they?
22:55 And lost, I think. It was quite a poor performance.
22:59 So, I think Forest are going to win 2-1.
23:03 And then Crawley are at home to Harrogate and then away at Knotts County.
23:05 How do you see those two going in terms of scoreline, Mark?
23:10 I think they'll beat Harrogate on Saturday.
23:12 I'm going for a 2-0 win on Saturday.
23:14 Knotts County, tough old trip.
23:17 They're doing very well to get a draw, but I think County might edge it.
23:20 They won the FA Cup tie 3-2.
23:23 I'm going to go for 2-1, Knotts County.
23:26 Sam, how do you see those two going for Crawley?
23:28 Very similar. I think Crawley will beat Harrogate 2-1.
23:32 I think their defence is a little bit leaky, so I can't see a clean sheet.
23:36 And then Knotts County, I think a 3-1 defeat, because it's a very, very tough place to go.
23:41 They were a little bit unlucky in the FA Cup recently, but yeah, I can't see them getting much.
23:47 And last but by no means least, Steve, how do you see it going for Crawley over this next week?
23:51 Yeah, not much different really, but I'm going to go Crawley 3-2 Harrogate on Saturday.
23:57 Knotts County 3-2 Crawley next week.
24:01 Oh, it's all good.
24:04 Excellent. We shall wait with bated breath and see whether those predictions are right.
24:07 Thank you very much for joining us this week, chaps.
24:09 I've much appreciated as ever.
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