I think it's Smith's ability to play alongisde anybody and still link up play like he's done it 100 games with them that's the difference - KM had a lot of ability but nowhere near Smith for that side of his game.

It's the old cliche as well, teams that do well have lots of players who score - not 1 that chips in with most of them. Logically it works, mark KM out the game and we were done for.

When you've got Williams, Taylor, Palmer and Lavery on the bench too - we keep the injuries out and you just never know.

We should do what we can to sign Towell, Rodak's a no though seeing as hes just signed another contract with Fulham

Kieffer did all that was asked of him and more. He played as a one up front often, which we haven't asked Smith to do yet. Smith is perhaps a bit more street-wise and may not score as prolifically as Moore did (we shall see) but he probably holds the ball and links play up a bit better.

We have got stick from the supporters of some teams we have beaten recently for being direct (hoofball) but the match statistics for what they are worth show that we have had minimum 50% possession in just about every game and considerably more than that in some, which confirms what we all know which is that whilst we have an option to go long if conditions or the game situation dictates it, we can definitely get the ball down and pass it at times as well. The way we won games when we started with two smaller forwards in Yates and Ball and also when playing one up front also suggests that we can find various ways to play and win.

Towell might be another case of a player doing too well on loan for us to keep them long term. I suspect he will be playing in the Championship next season. I think to have a chance of keeping him we will have to go up.

i think we could probably get towell on loan again as he said his wife prefers here to life in brighton

Yep, money motivates us all to work. Some of us just enjoy the job better than others. I would have thought 99% of players have money in the top 1 or 2 reasons to go to a club. I don’t have a problem with loyalty or if a player runs their contract down and leaves for free either. We all know how football works and players need to set themselves up for a long time after. Players who take a 3 year contract and then sit on their hands and do nothing no bother me more, but then again the club should not have given them such long deals. The 1 or 2 year deals with optional extension seem to work well for us.

KM on the bench tonight for Barnsley

Have to think that sticking wasn't an option open to him. I think he was better than Smith although the new guy is settling in nicely into a team that's full of confidence and on form. KM got us goals when we were poor and his work rate was phenomenal. I'd like to see us get them both!

C'mon Moore as gone forget about him .