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Bradford Match Report: "As the season comes to a painful and drawn-out end..."	Posted by David Snowball at Wednesday, April 18, 2007
As the season comes to a painful and drawn-out end, the Albion seems not to be in best shape heading into the summer break. Saturday's defeat to lowly Bradford was the final insult to several fans who booed loudly and ferociously at full-time. Adam El-Abd clearly didn't appreciate the abuse and responded by viciously finger-jabbing and swearing towards the south stand. This came after a tepid second half, where an Alex Revell swivel and shot onto the crossbar provided the only entertainment. It was particularly surprising that the second half was so dismal as the home side played some decent stuff in the first period and moved the bal around with confidence and guile. However, as seems to have happened very frequently this season, Brighton couldn't make their superiority count and they were punished from a poorly defended corner. From then on the Bantams stuck 8 or so men behind the ball and the Albion's lack of creativity showed as they were unable to 'knock down the door'. There were some good performances and some indifferent performances. Jake Robinson looked like he has started to return to some of his earlier season form and his running was dangerous. Guy Butters was fantastic at the back and proved how valuable he is to us despite his age. Sam Rents was a breath of fresh air at left back and provided attacking impetuous and excellent set piece distribution. Tommy Fraser had a rather poor game, but appeared to be struggling with an injury. In any case, it was his poor loss of the ball that led to Bradford's goal scoring corner. Doug Loft, battling for a new contract, seemed to struggle with the vigour and physical battle in the middle of the park. His shooting was often wayward and appears to be struggling in his quest for a new contract. The home supporters are owed a performance of quality and when promotion-chasing Oldham visit Withdean in the seasons penultimate match. If the seagulls lose without seriously entertaining I believe that season ticket renewals will fall dramatically with the dire performances that home supporters seem to be suffering week in, week out. *By Rhys Turrell* Labels: Bradford, League One, Rhys Turrell