7-O BEATING FROM FOREST WAS TURNING POINT FOR US

JAN PAUL VAN HECKE now looks back upon it as a "good thing" and a turning point in Brighton's season.

- JOHN CROSS

But less than two months ago, the 7-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest felt like a humiliation for Fabian Hurzeler's men.

It was their lowest point but it refocused the dressing room and, after some soul searching and a lot of deter mination, they have won six and drawn one of their next seven games.

That is some turnaround for Brighton and now the script is written for them to face Forest again in the quarter final of the FA Cup at the AmEx this evening.

Brighton defender van Hecke is enjoying another impressive season on the pitch and he talks well off it as he insisted this is not about revenge even if they are determined to prove their point.