Thomas Frank admitted that they targeted Lisandro Martinez in their win over Manchester United, as Jamie Redknapp claimed the 5ft 9in defender can't play in the premier league.
He struggled to cope with the physical nature of the Bees and was taken off at the half-time break.
On his debut in the premier league, the 24 year old came in for a lot of criticism
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Frank told Sky Sports that his side was more likely to win the game or the second ball around it.
We looked at what they did against them, and we are similar to them in how we play.
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"Brighton always builds from the goalkeeper, but they went long every single time, so we looked at that."
The reason we did it was because we knew we had that weapon.
The shortest central defender in the top flight is the Argentine, who is 5ft 9in and 1.7m tall.
"If you're going to sign a 5ft 9in centre-back, he's not going to be able to compete in this league," he said.
"He might be okay in the Dutch league where it's not as physical but when you play here you know week in, week out teams are looking to expose any weakness like Brentford did today, like Seagulls did last week and likeLiverpool will do."
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He is not tall enough for every team to play on him. He's a small centre-back, not a big one.
He needs time." He might be able to play in the middle of the field. He knows the game and is a good player.
You get exposed very quickly as a centre-back in this league.
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Gary said he couldn't play at centre-back due to his height.
It took me back when I heard he was 5 feet 9in. I played center-back in the youth and reserve teams.
In my first 150 games, I played about 40 or 50 games at centre-back, and I'd seen PaulParker before me who was an outstanding center-back.
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He had to put me at right-back because I couldn't handle the 6ft 2in strikers that were up against me in the box on set pieces.
I gave up the idea that I would be a center-back and Sir Alex Ferguson kept putting me back in.
It would be very difficult to succeed in this league, no matter how good you are or how bad you are.
He can also play left-back and as a defensive player.
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"Maybe on the left in a back-three, that could work," he said.
He can do that in the middle of the field. I wouldn't judge him at this point in time because I think he's got tenacity.
He cannot compete with Toney and Mbeumo in a back four.
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I thought I was a decent centre-back when I was younger because I knew my position. Gary had to swap with me, so I couldn't do it.
It reminded me of Pally who used to swap with me when I saw him.
It's not good to have to swap positions at centre-back to make up for the other one. In the first half, they targeted him.
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