Matt Pole is joined by Brighton writer Derren Howard, Crawley Town expert Mark Dunford and Sam Morton, who covers both Albion and the Reds.
Joao Pedro’s late goal saw Brighton secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United in their first home Premier League match of the 2024-25.
We pick over the bones of Albion’s win over United, plus we’ll bring you the latest from Crawley Town’s League One campaign.
Joao Pedro’s late goal saw Brighton secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United in their first home Premier League match of the 2024-25.
We pick over the bones of Albion’s win over United, plus we’ll bring you the latest from Crawley Town’s League One campaign.
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00:00Welcome to another episode of the Goalmouth Action Podcast where we take a look at all the latest goings on at Brighton, Hove, Albion and Crawley Town.
00:07I'm Matt Pole and I'm joined by Brighton writer Darren Howard, Crawley Town expert Mark Dunford, as well as Sam Morton who covers both Albion and the Reds.
00:15Jael Pedro's late goal saw Brighton secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United in their first home Premier League match of the 2024-25 campaign on Saturday.
00:24We'll pick over the bones of Albion's win over United, plus we'll bring you the latest from Crawley Town's League 1 campaign as well.
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00:45But first, we will start with Tuesday night's Carabao Cup clash between Brighton and Crawley.
00:50The first competitive meeting between the two sides since 1992 saw Albion run out 4-0 winners, thanks to goals from Simon Odinga, Jeremy Salmiento, Adam Webster and Marco Mahony.
01:00But the game certainly didn't pass by without controversy, as I'm sure we will discuss later.
01:04But Darren, how would you assess the game from a Brighton point of view?
01:08Without meaning to give too much away, there was definitely one big negative to come out of the game, wasn't there?
01:13Yes, there was. The new signing, Matt O'Reilly, just arrived from Celtic, £25m, literally arrived the day before,
01:23but straight into the team because he was trying to get his fitness up ahead of the Arsenal match.
01:28He got clattered after six minutes and he will need ankle surgery now, so he's basing a lengthy spell on the sidelines,
01:38which is a huge blow. But overall, another win for Brighton.
01:47It wasn't the most convincing in the first half. Crawley played really well.
01:52They were very competitive, played some good football as well, and Brighton struggled to deal with that at times.
02:00But they kept plugging away. They had some moments of individual brilliance that you would expect from some of the players that they've got in Sisso,
02:10Sarmiento, all quite impressive there for Brighton, the main South American playmakers in the line-up.
02:18They got over the line and then I think 4-0 probably maybe flattered them a little bit.
02:24A bit harsh on Crawley, but another good win, 3-3 for Fabulous Fabians.
02:30It's all looking good under Herzele.
02:34I hope that nickname sticks, Darren. I really hope it does.
02:37How did you see that one? I think they certainly weren't embarrassed, were they?
02:46They more than held their own.
02:48Absolutely. In the first half, Crawley were the better team, I thought, and they had chances.
02:53There were three great chances for Josh Flint, of all people, the left-sided centre-back.
02:59There was a free header he had from a Jeremy Kelly free kick, which he should have got on target, which anyone should have got on target, really.
03:09But there was one particular move, a really good move, as there were lots of from Crawley, the typical quick passing and that.
03:16Josh Flint suddenly found himself clean through and it was just like, oh, wow.
03:19And you just sort of wonder if it fell to another person like a Ronan Darcy, a Jeremy Kelly or a Russian Hepburn Murphy, whether he would have scored it.
03:27I mean, Lindsay said to me, I asked him that afterwards, do you wish they fell to other people, those chances?
03:32And he said, no, he fully backs Josh Flint in those sort of positions and that if he gets there.
03:37But yeah, you just wonder if a more clinical sort of finisher would have got there.
03:41But that's been a little bit of Crawley's problem in the last couple of games.
03:45We'll get on to Wigan later, but they've dominated, had lots of chances, but just haven't quite had been that clinical.
03:52There was two or three times Addy Adeyemo sent one across.
03:56I think Darcy did as well, just flashing cross come shots across goal.
04:00And you saw the two players just a little bit behind sliding it and just missing it.
04:04And any touch on it would have been a goal.
04:06So, yeah, I mean, at the end, yeah, Brighton showed their class and how clinical they were.
04:12But Crawley, 50, I think it was 55 or 56 percent possession.
04:16I mean, not many teams are going to go to Brighton this year and have more possession.
04:20I know it was a much changed Brighton side, but it was still a lot of class acts in there.
04:24I mean, Ence, so his touch for that second goal to set up the second goal for Sarmiento was unbelievable.
04:31So, yeah, no, a really good performance. Scott Lindsay said he enjoyed their performance other than being clinical in front of goal.
04:39And that's something that they need to work on.
04:41Yes. And we'll definitely come on to that later on, won't we, Mark, as you mentioned.
04:45But in the post-match, Fabulous Fabian criticised a ridiculous foul,
04:49which he said should not have been part of football after, as Deron said, new signing Matt O'Reilly limped out with a win over Crawley.
04:56As Deron also said, he'd only joined 24 hours early from Celtic and his debut was ended by a very late tackle,
05:02I think we'll say politely, by Crawley captain Jay Williams, which saw him booked.
05:07After lengthy treatment, the Denmark international midfielder had to be helped away by two physios as he limped away from the field.
05:14Sam, what do you make of that challenge? I think Williams was a very lucky boy, by all accounts.
05:19He certainly was. It was a dreadful tackle, really.
05:22So, as you say, so early on in the game and he really did go straight through Matt O'Reilly.
05:28And it didn't look good straight away where he was kind of on the floor and he just knew he wasn't getting up straight away.
05:33And it looked, it looked a really bad one. And the players surrounded Jay Williams.
05:37And obviously, he was, he was winding them up a little bit more.
05:40Obviously, there's one picture of him winking at Adam Webster, which you don't really like to see, really.
05:45He didn't really do himself a good, or didn't show himself in the best of lights, really.
05:50Because, obviously, we know he's a great player. Jay Williams was so crucial last season to getting Crawley promoted.
05:55And obviously, one of the few players that stick there from last season.
05:58And he is such a good player. And now he's kind of shown himself in a bit of a bad light,
06:02which is a shame because it was such a, such a bad tackle.
06:05And he was very fortunate to not have been sent off.
06:09And Fabian Herzog confirmed today in the press conference, actually, that Matt is very sadly suffered ligament damage and will require surgery.
06:17So, that's really bad news. And we can expect to see him out of action for quite a long time.
06:21And Herzog was right in what he said in his press conference straight after the Crawley match, actually,
06:25that these tackles don't belong in football. And it was a definite red card.
06:30And if that isn't given us at least a yellow card, then it kind of gives players the right to tackle how they want.
06:34And that's how Herzog put it. And you kind of understand that argument, really.
06:38And there was obviously a lot of heated moments in that match.
06:41Both managers were booked after the third goal.
06:45There was a red card later on with Jack Rowles going in heavily on Yassine Iari.
06:50But, yeah, it was fine between the two managers at the end.
06:53I think Fabian did say he shook Scott Lindsay's hand and obviously just tried to get over it, I guess.
07:00But it was a real shame, real bad moment on the match.
07:04And, yeah, it definitely was a red card. He's very fortunate to have stayed on the pitch.
07:09It's a shame that there wasn't VAR because he would have gone and deservedly so.
07:14I think Henry Winter wrote there's no better advert for what VAR should be used for kind of thing.
07:21So, yeah, it was a terrible challenge.
07:25I don't think I've ever seen him tackle quite as badly as that, Jay Williams.
07:31I've seen him do a lot of very physical challenges.
07:34And he goes close to the line a lot during matches.
07:37And Scott Lindsay did apologise after the game, didn't he?
07:41Which he doesn't have to.
07:45I mean, you see a lot of managers, he could have easily said, I haven't really watched it back.
07:48I don't really know or anything like that.
07:50He just said, no, it was a really heavy challenge.
07:51We don't go out to injure people and we're sorry if he is injured.
07:54So, yeah, no, it was not pleasant to see.
07:59Do you think it will change the way he plays, Mark?
08:03I haven't seen much of Jay Williams, but I saw that he had 22 yellows and three reds from 54 games over the past two seasons.
08:10Do you think he'll look at this now and think, I need to change how I play?
08:14Well, it's funny.
08:15I was speaking to Scott Lindsay this afternoon and I'm going to ask him about how does he deal with it after seeing something like that?
08:21Because he said last year that sometimes he does nearly cross the line and Lindsay's had to have a word in his ear and say, just be careful kind of thing.
08:31But I mean, it's part of what it gains.
08:33But it's a shame because it does take away from what a good footballer he is.
08:37Because when he's got the ball, he uses the ball so efficiently.
08:40He's very skilful on the ball, can be, and he's really good, a good passer.
08:45But, yeah, just moments like this does take the shine away from that sort of ability.
08:50So, yeah, I'll speak to Scott Lindsay this afternoon and just see how Jay has been this week because he's had a lot of column inches, as you can imagine.
08:59I mean, if it happened in a League Two game, would he have got the same column inches?
09:02Probably not.
09:03Not a lot of people would have been aware.
09:06But because it happened in such a high profile game live on Sky, you can't get away with that kind of stuff.
09:13And I think that as well for me, Mark Benton, as well.
09:16People who have not watched Crawley Town before will not know that they do play nice flowing football.
09:21They will only see Jay Williams' tackle, won't they?
09:23Do you not think that's a shame?
09:25Yeah, absolutely.
09:26Yeah, it does.
09:27It's a shame.
09:28It does take the shine away from that as well.
09:29Because, as I said, it was a great performance from Crawley and 4-0 was very flattering on Brian in the end.
09:35Absolutely.
09:36Well, finally, looking back on Tuesday, as a result of their win over the Reds, Brighton will host Wolves in the third round next month.
09:43What do you make of that, Darren?
09:44It's not the most exciting or glamorous of ties, but certainly winnable for our view.
09:51Yeah.
09:52Oh, you're still there.
09:53Yeah.
09:54Yeah.
09:55I think a lot of people, they saw the draw come through and just thought, OK.
09:59And it was just one of those, wasn't it, really, when it came through?
10:04But, yeah, it's a winnable game and it's another chance for Hazela.
10:09He's very keen to progress in these cup competitions.
10:13And the squad's going to change a lot, I think, in the next coming days.
10:17They've got the transfer window coming up and they were going to make some decisions based after this Carabao Cup game.
10:24So, I think how they approach the Premier League games and the Carabao Cup matches will be different.
10:30You saw they, against Crawley, they made quite a few changes and I expect against Wolves as well.
10:35So, there's going to be a Premier League team and a Carabao Cup team, I think, almost because of the size of the squad that they have now.
10:41So, but I think having said that, they're still going to take it seriously and it is a chance to progress still.
10:46And depending on, I imagine Wolves would be in a similar position.
10:50They'll make plenty of changes as well.
10:52So, it's, yeah, it would be an interesting one and one for Hazela to experiment and look at some more of his fringe players.
11:01Absolutely. Well, best of luck to Brighton in the next round.
11:03We're going to take a quick break and when we come back, we will look over Brighton and Crawley's games from the weekend.
11:09Welcome back to part two, where we're going to have a look at Brighton and Crawley's games from Saturday.
11:14And Gilles Pedro, stoppage time winner, handed Brighton a 2-1 win over Man United at the Amex to extend their 100% Premier League record.
11:23Earlier, Danny Welbeck had fired out, being in front in the first half before Ahmed Diallo levelled on the hour.
11:28Some of that resultant performance up for us, please, Sam.
11:31Looking at the stats, the Seagulls certainly have United's numbers.
11:34I think it was their fifth win over them in six games or something ridiculous like that.
11:38Absolutely. Yeah, Brighton are very quickly becoming Man United's bogey team, in all honesty.
11:43It doesn't seem to matter who is the manager at Brighton and what team shows up, really.
11:49It just seems that Man United have really struggled to get a result against them in recent years.
11:54And you kind of felt that after Pascal Gros left, Man United might have seen it as being a bit of a curse lifted,
12:00because Gros was someone that would always score in these figures.
12:03But Danny Welbeck just continued it and he's someone else that just always scores against Man United.
12:09Obviously, it's funny. He has scored the most goals out of any former Man United player against his former club.
12:14It was his seventh goal against them on Saturday.
12:17It was his 100th career goal as well, so a big moment for him.
12:21Yeah, it was a perfect kind of way to start the game for Brighton, really.
12:25They had to score the first goal and make sure that Man United then had to come on the front foot and hopefully leave gaps to exploit.
12:31Obviously, Man United did equalise through Ahmed Diallo.
12:35It was obviously deflected efforts, a bit unlucky from that sense.
12:38And Garnaccio thought he'd actually won it for Man United.
12:41It was a bizarre moment, wasn't it, with the ball coming across the goal and Garnaccio putting it into what would have been a goal.
12:47But obviously, Xerxe on the line, he couldn't get himself out of the way after he got in for that initial cross from Bruno Fernandes.
12:53I've certainly never seen anything like it.
12:55I think Man United fans would be rightly a little bit upset, like me, about that moment, really.
13:00But I think Brighton were well worth the win in the end, with Joao Pedro popping up with the header.
13:06It was a superb cross from Simon Odinga, who had literally just come onto the pitch as well.
13:10And he's had a great start to the season.
13:13And I think Man United were trying to get up the pitch from the corner in the hope maybe they could have a counter-attack.
13:19And they left Pedro completely unmarked to head in the winner in the 95th minute.
13:24So a brilliant result for Brighton, not so good one for Man United.
13:29Yeah, it was another performance in which Billy Gilmore really impressed.
13:32He really stood out in that midfield and showed why Brighton really do need to try and keep hold of him.
13:38And just on that, there was a report today that he's actually not going to move to Napoli as a result of Matt O'Reilly's injury,
13:46which is something we suspected might have happened.
13:49I think obviously Napoli are signing Scott McTominay from Man United.
13:52So maybe they've filled that position and it seems like Gilmore might not actually stay at Brighton,
13:58which is one small positive, I guess, from such a terrible injury to Matt O'Reilly.
14:02But if they can keep hold of Gilmore, it's such a positive.
14:04And he really did show his class again against Man United.
14:07Absolutely. Well, following the Man United game, Ozilla said he felt emotional, but not euphoric,
14:13and that the season's wins over Everton and United were pleasing, but not surprising.
14:17To me, Darren, it kind of sounds like the German was saying he was keeping his feet on the ground.
14:21But without us being the sound that we're not keeping our feet on the ground,
14:24it does look and sound like our being a founder manager who can continue the club's forward momentum, doesn't it?
14:31The early signs are really, really impressive.
14:34And as you say, he's always quick to stress after the two victories that there's things that we can improve on.
14:41He's always looking at things to improve on.
14:44And he's very proactive, as you hear a lot from these managers these days.
14:50It's all about step by step and the process.
14:53And he doesn't judge on results.
14:55It's mainly on performance, body language and how the players react to his instructions.
15:01And if they do that correctly, then hopefully the results are a natural outcome of the process.
15:08That's his sort of clear way of working.
15:14He's been impressive.
15:16He brings a really good energy into the room.
15:20He's funny. He's engaging.
15:23It's been an impressive first month for him in charge.
15:30And if they can get a positive result against Arsenal, which is going to be the toughest test that they've faced so far,
15:36Arsenal are far and away better than Manchester United, better than Everton,
15:39and especially at the Emirates, where they press you so, so high.
15:44And it'll be interesting because I think Deservey's team were so focused on playing out from the back
15:50that when they came up against teams like Arsenal, who pressed them so much, they really struggled.
15:55And I'm interested to see how Herzog sets his Brighton team up, whether they can bypass that sort of intense press of Arsenal
16:02and really, you know, sort of stamp their own mark on the game.
16:06So, yeah, it's going to be his biggest test so far and one that they should be full of confidence.
16:12Six points from their first two matches and they can really attack this one
16:17and then have a little break during the international sections.
16:21Absolutely. Well, the Seagulls have been incredibly busy in the transfer market.
16:25We've already spoken about Matt O'Reilly and you've touched on Billy Gimel there, Sam.
16:29But Albin also made another sign-in during the week, didn't they?
16:32Tell us a little bit about him and are there any other plays that we should maybe be keeping our eye on,
16:37maybe leaving the club before the transfer window shuts?
16:40Yeah. So, in terms of the new sign-in, you've had Kadioglu come in from Fenerbahce.
16:45That was confirmed actually before the Croydon Town match. He actually came onto the pitch to welcome to the...
16:50He had a lovely suit on. He had a lovely suit on.
16:52He did. He looked very much like Owen Hargreaves, didn't he?
16:56He did. He did look like Owen Hargreaves, yeah.
17:00Yeah. So, I think it's a good player that Brighton have brought in there.
17:04He's linked to Manchester United and some of the clubs around Europe.
17:07And he's, by the sounds of it, very versatile.
17:10He can play in midfield or in both full-back positions.
17:13And following the injury to Matt O'Reilly, that could be crucial.
17:16And as we know, Brighton do love a versatile player.
17:18And after Pascal Grosjean's departure, you just need someone that can fill that void,
17:22that can play in those different positions. So, that's really positive.
17:25Thierry Hazard was actually asked about him after the Croydon Town match.
17:28He said he gives us flexibility. He can play it right-back, left-back,
17:31or the six and the eight. It will fit perfectly in our profile.
17:34He's also a great character. He's open-minded, always tries to improve.
17:38He gives a lot of positivity and smiles to the rest of the players.
17:41And he fits well into the Brighton family.
17:43And we saw in the Euros how much of a fighter he is as well.
17:46And it's just about trying to integrate him as quickly as possible into the squad,
17:51which may be sooner rather than later, obviously, as we mentioned after the injury.
17:55Yeah, good signing. Good signing for Brighton.
17:58Time will tell if they've tried to make any more.
18:00But I think they've certainly done a lot of business already.
18:03And I can't imagine the fans will be demanding much more business from them.
18:07But in terms of outgoings, we've obviously discussed Billy Gilmore.
18:11It sounds like he now could be staying.
18:13But Mark Overhoney has actually confirmed a loan move to Portsmouth.
18:16The 19-year-old scored his first professional goal against Croydon Town,
18:21which was a nice moment for him.
18:22And he went straight off to Frapper Park to steal his loan move.
18:25So we wish him well.
18:26And hopefully he comes back an established, prolific striker.
18:30But it's been spoken about that Kosey Odubri,
18:33who was signed by Brighton from Arsenal at the start of the season,
18:36he could also be going to Portsmouth.
18:38So it could be a little bit of a kind of a connection form between the two clubs.
18:42And hopefully in the championship, if he does go there,
18:45he can redevelop as well,
18:47because these kind of players probably won't get the minutes that they would need at Brighton
18:51when you consider the amount of talent they've got in those forward areas now.
18:54So it's really important they do go out and loan and get those minutes.
18:58And I'm sure Steve Bowen would be delighted with both of them at Portsmouth too, more importantly.
19:02Meanwhile, Crawley Town fell to their first defeat of the League One season on Saturday,
19:08going down 1-0 at 2013 FA Cup winners Wigan.
19:11Fellow Ars Guard provided the only goal in the half hour mark
19:15with his header from Luke Chambers Cross going in off Reds defender Joey McKenna.
19:19Sum that for us, Mark. I think frustration abounds by the sound of it.
19:24I mean, I'm just going through the stats now.
19:26And Crawley, they had 73% possession.
19:30They had 15 goal attempts to Wigan's three.
19:34Shots on goal, three for Crawley, one for Wigan.
19:37And that wasn't even their goal because the attempt was off target
19:40and it was an un-goal by Joey McKenna, like you say.
19:42But they had 130 attacks, Crawley, and 78 dangerous attacks.
19:47But they couldn't score.
19:48And then, as I said, not as impressive figures on Tuesday night,
19:52but it was a similar story, as we said, against Brighton.
19:55Lots of chances, lots of really good attacks, really good play up to it.
19:58And then just lacking that cutting edge up front.
20:01But it was a similar story last season.
20:02At the beginning of last season, I mean, Danilo also got his 25 goals in the season.
20:07In the first few games, he only scored one or two.
20:10He didn't get loads.
20:11And maybe it's just the team.
20:13They're still a brand new team.
20:14They're still working together to find best ways of scoring and that.
20:18So I think that might be the way.
20:20But apparently, they played really well.
20:22I must admit, I didn't watch the game.
20:23But Ryan Aird, who watched it for us, said they were so good
20:27until they got to that bit of trying to score the goal.
20:30And then it just didn't happen for them.
20:32So that's what they need to improve on most, I think.
20:35Defence is looking really good.
20:36Josh Flint's still impressing a lot.
20:38Midfield looking really good.
20:40Jeremy Kelly's been outstanding for them so far this year.
20:43But just need to get that cutting edge up front now.
20:47Yeah, Mark's read out all those stats there.
20:50Sam, do you think that Crawley are still missing a proven 20-goal-a-season striker?
20:54Obviously, not to dismiss the strikers they have already,
20:57but would it be nice for them to bring someone in who has that proven track record?
21:01I think it really would be.
21:02I think he could be the difference maker.
21:04When you see the style of play they're still playing,
21:06because that was the worry, really, after they lost all of their key players
21:09from last season and bringing in all these new, fresh faces.
21:12Wondering if they'd gel as quickly and wonder if it's going to be a big rebuilding job.
21:16But they seem to have done that really quickly.
21:19There seems to be really understanding between the players.
21:22And there's some lovely football being played once again, as we saw last season.
21:26And we saw it, obviously, against Wigan,
21:28where they couldn't quite score the goals as a result of those moves.
21:31And then again against Brighton.
21:32And as Mark mentioned, you're not going to get many teams play
21:35that kind of football against Brighton and have more of the ball than Brighton.
21:38So I think that just goes to show the impact that Scott Lindsay is having,
21:42the way he's able to get his teams playing.
21:44And if they can get a proven 20-goal season striker, it could be massive.
21:49And if they keep playing like this and score the goals at the end of it,
21:52then you never know how well they could do this season.
21:54But yeah, without that, without that goal scorer,
21:56then all the good football could prove to be worthless in the end
21:59if you can't get the ball back in the net.
22:01So, yeah, fingers crossed that either they get someone through the doors
22:04or you never know, head burn, mouth pimp, he's got a couple of goals already.
22:07Yeah, we've lost you, Sam, sorry.
22:18Yeah, we've lost you.
22:21Shall we move on?
22:23Yeah.
22:24With the transfer window slamming shut on Friday
22:27and with all their supposed troubles up front, Mark,
22:30is there any deals that we should look him out for
22:32or is Lindsay happy with the squad that he's got for now?
22:35I think Lindsay would mostly be happy with the squad.
22:38Like I say, the goals, I don't think anyone would like a 20-goal season striker,
22:43but if there was one about, they would have got it already.
22:46But it looks like they've seen a couple of rumours that they're in for Will Swan
22:50and they've outbid MK Dons for the Mansfield striker.
22:53So maybe that will be sort of help with the attacking options.
22:57He said last week about he still wanted the defender to show up the defence
23:01with the injuries to Deon Conroy.
23:06So just to shore up numbers there, but nothing has happened since then.
23:09So hopefully we'll get an update this afternoon
23:12and then tomorrow some deals might happen.
23:14But I don't think they need loads to add to it.
23:16But that striker is, I think, as backup for Bern Murphy,
23:20will be key for them.
23:23We will keep our eyes peeled.
23:24Very quickly before we finish, do score predictions.
23:27Deron, as you mentioned, Brighton travel to Arsenal this Saturday.
23:30How do you see this one going?
23:33I'm going to go for a 2-1 to Arsenal.
23:39I think Arsenal would just be too strong on the day.
23:43Mr Morton, what about yourself?
23:44How do you see that one at the Emirates going?
23:461-0. I think Brighton will nick a point on the back of two brilliant wins so far.
23:51They'll get a very creditable draw at the Emirates.
23:55And finally, Mark, how do you see that one going?
23:57Yeah, I'm not as positive as I think I'm going to go 3-1.
23:59I think this could be their season to win the Premier League.
24:05I think they look really good.
24:06Trossard will inevitably score.
24:09Yes, you put your house on that, don't you?
24:12Yeah.
24:13He's got a lovely goal against Aston Villa.
24:15He's one of those players.
24:16He did, didn't he?
24:17He's got that kind of clutch gene, isn't he?
24:19When he comes on, you just know he's going to score.
24:21I think it's his first touch.
24:22So, yeah, fingers crossed he doesn't do that against Brighton.
24:25Yeah, he'll probably start ahead of Martinelli, I think.
24:28Yeah.
24:29We'll have to wait and see.
24:30Fingers crossed he doesn't score, obviously.
24:32And a game that we haven't talked about is Crawley host Barnsley on Saturday.
24:35Another tough game, Mark.
24:37How do you see that one panning out?
24:39Yeah, it will be a tough game.
24:40They've had a mixed start.
24:41They've won one, drawn one, lost one, Barnsley.
24:44But they beat Sheffield United in the Cup.
24:46And they've set up a nice tie with Man United in the next round of the Carabao Cup.
24:50I think they've been disappointed by the start.
24:54We've got a piece by Doug O'Kane from the Barnsley Chronicle Sports Editor up there
24:58that are on our website.
24:59But they've obviously got Max Watters, who Crawley Town fans know very well.
25:03Scored against Horsham last year as well, didn't he, in the FA Cup?
25:05Indeed.
25:07When you've got Max Watters, I mean, Crawley could do with a Max Watters right now, couldn't they?
25:12Yeah, so I think Crawley will win.
25:15But I think it will be a tough game.
25:17I'm going to go 2-1.
25:18Tight win for Crawley.
25:20How do you see this one going, Sam?
25:21Is it going to be a weekend of our boys haunting their former clubs?
25:24I think Crawley will win this one.
25:25I think they'll get back to winning ways after that defeat, obviously, against Brighton.
25:29I think the way they performed was really, really promising.
25:32I think they'll continue that and get back to, yeah, obviously recovering from that wicked defeat.
25:37And I think it'll be a 2-1 win for Crawley.
25:40And finally, Darren, how do you see that one going at Crawley?
25:43Is it at home or away?
25:44Sorry, I missed that.
25:45Is it at home?
25:46Is it at home or that change of the year?
25:48Yeah, I think at home.
25:49Yeah, I could see Crawley winning that one.
25:51I'll go for a 3-1 to Crawley.
25:54Go on, you reds.
25:56Go on, you reds.
25:57Fingers crossed they're both our sides this weekend.
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