One of the most exhilarating Albion performances in recent years seems too high an accolade to accord Albion's 2-0 Bank Holiday Monday triumph over Plymouth.

But few of the Withdean faithful could recall the last time we played with such high quality passing and movement and Mark McGhee confessed he'd not seen so many chances created in his time at the club.

Credit to him for continuing with the bold, attacking line-up which so nearly shocked Preston on Saturday.

Jake Robinson fulfilled all our expectations with a man-of-the-match performance up front, notching a goal and running the Plymouth back-line ragged. In this endeavour he was superbly supported by Leon Knight, who could so easily have scored a hat-trick.

Running Jake close for the man-of-the-match accolade was Sebastien Carole who has given our play an exciting new dimension with his skill and strength on the ball.

The rejuvenated Albert Jarrett capped a fine contribution on the left flank with a dazzling run from the halfway line to the goal-line before clipping back a cross which was deflected to Richard Carpenter outside the box. He smashed an unstoppable shot with the outside of his right foot into the top right hand corner.
I was desperate for our superiority to claim a third goal - not the least because I'd got money on us scoring three! - but it was not to be. I could take issue with Dean Hammond missing a sitter from Chippy's right wing cross, but I did earn money from his goal at Derby, so he's forgiven.

There were excellent performances throughout the side, Paul McShane was immense at the back again, alongside the ever-reliable Guy Butters. Gary Hart was a revelation playing right back in place of the injured Jason Dodd and Wayne Henderson looked far more confident with his handling - and even ventured off his line a few times!

There was even time for a nice couple of cameo roles: from the Coca Cola Kid, replacing Jarrett and displaying again some glimpses of his pre-season promise; and from Dean Cox, making his league debut as a sub for the exhausted Robinson and giving Plymouth left-back Rufus Brevett yet more problems to contend with.

A great afternoon's entertainment and plenty of signs that we can secure results in this division by playing good football ourselves - not just stopping the opposition from playing.