Swindons Andy King eldar upp stamningen infor Play-Off!
Den kedjerokande Swindon managern som ar kand for att standigt trampa i klaveret med sina huvudlosa uttalanden, har gjort det igen! Denna gangen lagom till Play-Off.
Den kedjerokande Swindon managern som ar kand for att standigt trampa i klaveret med sina huvudlosa uttalanden, har gjort det igen! Denna gangen lagom till Play-Off.
Denna gang har den bufflige Andy King skravlat vitt och brett om hur bra hans lag egentligen ar, och detta ar nagot som inte gatt ohort forbi i Brighton lagret.
"We have got the best of the draw. I'd rather be going to Brighton than having to face Hartlepool or Bristol City home and away. A local derby would have been a bit of a lottery. That's the one for Cardiff, the dream one that the FA people and ticket touts would love."
Andy King verkar dock totalt forbisett att Swindon Town avslutade serien som ett av ligans formsvagaste lag, da man bara lyckats vinna 2 av de tio senaste matcherna. Detta hindrade dock inte King fran att jamfora sitt lag med seriesuveranerna Plymouth oh fortsatta skravla:
"On our day we are the best team in the Second Division. We haven't had the consistency, individually or collectively, to be where Plymouth are but there have been that many people who've told me 'you're the best team we've played'. Ian Holloway and QPR's chairman told me that the one game they'd been worrying about in the run-in was Swindon Town."
Brighton som var traningslediga pa mandagen har dock inte missat Kings ord. Brightons Mark McGhee tog dock latt pa det hela, men erkande att Kings uttalande har taggat laget:
"We are not going to get involved in any mind games, but everybody seems to be reacting to what Andy King is saying. If he thinks they have got an easy game that suits us a treat. We know we have got a hard game."
Pa sondag drabbar Brighton samman med Kings mannar for den forsta omgangen av Play-Off, och forhoppningsvis satts den bredkaftade King pa plats da en gang for alla.
Skulle Brighton lyckas sla ut Swindon och ta sig till Play-Off finalen i Cardiff, skulle man inte bara fa en upp pa King utan dessutom inkassera hela £ 500,000 pund, vilket skulle vara ett behovligt tillskott till klubbkassan.
Brightons Chief executive Martin Perry berattade for The Argus:
"Being in the play-offs is a huge benefit to us. Every little bit helps. Tickets are selling thick and fast for Swindon. The second leg at Withdean will be a sell-out and should we be fortunate enough to get through it is all going to help. It's very important to us."
Med andra ord, riktigt spannande tider vantar for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Up the Seagulls!
