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  1. Wolves 1-1 Brighton - the fans' verdictpublished at 09:37 BST 6 October

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    We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Wolves and Brighton.

    Here are some of your comments:

    Wolves fans

    Mel: Second week running the coaching staff have lost us points. This week against Brighton, Wolves went defensive with 35 minutes to go. The coaching staff lack confidence in their players, so the players lack confidence in themselves.

    Doug: This is the first season where I am seriously concerned about our ability to survive relegation. Lack of urgency and attacking intent throughout, especially for the equaliser. No cohesion understandably with half a new team but surely passing the ball is a good idea instead of running into dead ends constantly. Make Jorgen Strand Larsen the captain as he shows the fight lacking in the rest of the team.

    Mark: Much better performance. Two hard-fought draws against very good teams - hopefully onwards and upwards.

    AJC: Wolves used to have an identity. I don't recognise the team anymore. We're just another Premier League team full of international players making good money without any connection to the club. We will go down. We must be the most defensive-minded, boring team in the league by a mile. Who goes to a back five with 30 minutes to go, sacrificing a striker in the process? Vitor Pereira has said how much working in the Premier LeagueL means to him. If he's not careful, he will blow his chance. The club is on a very slippery slope.

    Brighton fans

    Sarah: Predictably frustrating. Having beaten Manchester City and thrashed Chelsea, we just can't seem to beat the teams we should beat. Danny Welbeck plays better when he comes on later; he did so well last week; that was a very unfortunate header that gave Wolves their lead. I'd also give Jason Steele a chance now as he has played brilliantly in the cup games. We missed Joel Veltman, but Maxim De Cuyper seems promising. Overall, a scrappy draw; in the end, we were lucky to get that!

    Phil: Wolves put in a very disciplined performance while Brighton had no discipline. The usual lack of ball control, and hence ball possession - except in the first 20 minutes, when Brighton had plenty of opportunities, but failed to create actual chances. The coaching team must take responsibility, not the players.

    Lyn: Been feeling for a long time that the points we manage to steal are based on individual talent. Hard to get behind Fabian Hurzeler when I can't see how we plan to attack the opposition or how to manage pressure. I wish he would play the players in their natural positions and start with two actual full-backs. Lewis Dunk needs to be dropped and I would be giving our Greek strikers as many minutes as possible as Georginio Rutter has started the season poorly and we can't rely on Welbeck.

    Joe: Lots of huff and puff with precious little to show for it. Aside from versus 10 men or League One opposition this seems to be the Brighton of here and now. The once edge-of-the-seat pizazz from a couple of seasons ago well and truly a thing of the past.

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  2. Analysis: Seagulls still far from bestpublished at 17:22 BST 5 October

    Nick Mashiter
    Football reporter

    Danny Welbeck of Brighton & Hove Albion and Yasin Ayari of Brighton & Hove AlbionImage source, Getty Images

    Brighton's impressive run at Molineux continues, but the Seagulls were far from their best.

    It is now just one defeat in their last 12 league outings at Wolves, although they needed a late equaliser to back up last week's 3-1 win at Chelsea.

    Boss Fabian Hurzeler spoke before the game about hoping to see the right mindset from his players and wanting them to take responsibility for performances.

    It was not a classic display - given the Seagulls had scored 12 goals in their previous four league games at this ground - but Hurzeler would have been satisfied with the mental strength his side showed having gone a goal down.

    Brighton's current playing style is perhaps not as defined as their high-tempo philosophy under predecessor Roberto de Zerbi, who built a side able to play out from the back.

    Hurzeler wants control and intensity - both in and out of possession - and did not quite get that at Molineux, but the Seagulls still managed to leave with a point.

  3. Wolves 1-1 Brighton: What Hurzeler saidpublished at 16:38 BST 5 October

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    Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We deserved more but it's football.

    "We have to accept it and do better next time. I saw a team that had the belief and quality, the belief we can always score goals.

    "The longer the game went on the harder it becomes to score.We always created dangers in their box, we didn't have plenty of chances but were always there. Overall there are lots of positives to take.

    "We were very good in the first half, dominated, good in possession and out of possession. After conceding we lost our rhythm and structure.

    "We wanted to react quickly but it got a bit wild. Second half we were dominant and created danger."

    Did you know?

    • Brighton have won 30 points from losing positions under Fabian Hurzeler in the Premier League - more than any other team since the start of last season. They have only lost two of their last seven league games in which they have conceded the opening goal (W4 D1).

    • Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Brighton have scored more own goals in league action than any other team in Europe's big-five leagues (12). Those 12 own goals have been scored by 10 different players, with goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen becoming the 10th today.

    Hear more from Hurzeler and hear from Jan Paul van Hecke on BBC Sounds