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Ex-men: Eredivisie sides NEC Nijmegen and Go Ahead Eagles are interested in free agent Jürgen Locadia — but there are concerns they may need "deep pockets" to meet his wage demands #bhafc

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Spurs have agreed a fee of £25.2 million for Bissouma

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Next season's #PremierLeague fixtures will be out at 9am on Thursday 16 June 2022. Queues have already started forming for the fixtures breakfast at the Amex

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Former Albion boss Peter Taylor has left National League South side Welling United after 166 days in charge – 30 fewer than he spent managing us during the 2001/02 season

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Richie Wellens tells Football Daily: "Whoever goes in at Brighton will do really well. If Graham Potter leaves, whoever goes in will do really well. There are probably a dozen clubs in the country so well run that, whoever takes over, the building blocks of success are there."

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Webster and Duffy supporting Connolly after his first goal for Boro

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Eight hours and ten minutes since Albion's last home league goal from open play #BHAWOL

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Maupay's goal was the second time in eight league games Albion had scored from open play and their first in six hours and 24 minutes. The wait goes on for a first home league goal from open play since September 19 - a total of 400 minutes.

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Potter on preparing for Leeds: "That's all you can do now: we've got to move on and it's going to be another tough game, but that's how it is." #AVFC #BHAFC

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Potter on Jason Steele: "He didn't deserve to be on the losing team because his performance was really good. It's not easy coming in and making his Premier League debut but he played really, really well: good with his feet, good distribution." #AVFC #BHAFC

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Potter on the start: "I didn't feel under any real pressure or danger. We attacked better and, without creating too many [chances], we had the better ones. Again, that only gives us a chance and you've got to take the next step. That's the next thing for our team." #AVFC #BHAFC

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"Of course it feels bad but if you take that performance & try to improve, we'll pick up points," reflects Potter. "The start of the game was probably Villa [in control] – the Holte End get behind the team. It was Steven's first game & we managed that quite well." #AVFC #BHAFC

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Potter on the players' post-match mood: "Similar to mine: frustration, disappointment. The last seven minutes make it feel worse than it is. The performance, up to 83, is very, very good, but we're emotional and the result is everything." #AVFC #BHAFC

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"We have to be critical of ourselves," admits Potter. "We gave ourselves a chance to win the game but if you don't score, you don't win. We need to do a little bit better; we can do better. That's something for us to work with and keep trying to improve." #AVFC #BHAFC

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Potter on the closing stages: "We were ragged and too open. In the end, it's not a nice seven minutes for us." #AVFC #BHAFC

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More from Potter: "Probably the feeling, leading up to the first goal, was that we were going to score. We leave ourselves exposed a bit, the turnover happens and then we're 1-0 down. The last seven minutes is disappointing because we're down and wanted to score." #AVFC #BHAFC

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Graham Potter: "We've done everything we can here apart from score. We were controlling the crowd, we knew the environment that we were going to face and how difficult that would be. We attacked better and created the better chances." #AVFC #BHAFC

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Albion have lost the second half once in 12 matches in all competitions this season, winning four and drawing seven. We lost more second halves in the final two weeks of last season (2) than we have in the first 11 of this campaign

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Brendan Rodgers expressing close-to-minimum required desire to progress tomorrow: "We can't use the same players all the time, so we'll definitely make changes, but it doesn't take away the fact we want to win the game. We'll be bringing good players into the game."

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Brian Horton, speaking on the day of the Man City defeat: "Tony Bloom text me last night: 'are you coming? Pop in the boardroom before and after the game.'"

(Should probably mention that you can buy Brian's excellent book here: https://t.co/nDU0okNuZP)