Brighton & Hove Albion (A) - Sun 31st Aug, 14:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

I think we need more defensive cover. Against spurs we basically had three defensive minded players in the centre backs and Nico.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

They key to unlock them all

—-Foden —- Cherki —- Marmoush
———————-Haaland———————-

Foden was unbelievable in the middle, why do we keep forcing him out wide?

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Foden was unbelievable in the middle, why do we keep forcing him out wide?

Agree put cherki where he's used to playing

 

[Earlyriser]

Agree put cherki where he's used to playung

We all know that Pep refuses to play people in the positions that their careers to date were built on. It's my gripe

 

[johnny crossan]

Seagulls well warmed up for Sunday after a sixer tonight!

 

[Eaststander1]

QA

Seagulls well warmed up for Sunday after a sixer tonight!

They''ve missed a lot of chances in their two league games so far, so maybe tonights thumping win will get the frustration out of their system, and we can can go back to making sure they don't score or win next Sunday!

 

[Crooked_rain]

Please dont put Rico as right back. Mitoma will tear him a new arsehole and turn him inside out. Way too fast and tricky for Rico.

 

[Newman Noggs]

I'll feel a lot more comfortable laughing at united if we put in a winning performance here.

 

[Pelegrinni]

Please dont put Rico as right back. Mitoma will tear him a new arsehole and turn him inside out. Way too fast and tricky for Rico.

Pep should play AK45 as right back.

 

[Marvin.]

What they didn't cover though was that Spurs may have just ended up sitting deep when Ederson had it and then countering us anyway. There's no guarantee we'd have won with Ed and no guarantee he'd not have made a similar mistake to that Trafford made. He probably wouldn't, but I wouldn't put the error down to Trafford not being capable, just that they're all learning together at the moment still.

Separate point and irrelevant this in some respect, but that Spurs game was the kind of game was missing Kovacic. He has the ability to receive the ball deep in midfield and break the press by beating the man, which also helps when they go man-to-man like that.

Ederson would probably have disabled Spurs plan and yes, likely they would have had tried another tactic.

I wonder whether Pep is going to play Ederson at Brighton. I hope so.

 

[MCFC1993]

----------------Ederson
Khusanov--Stones--Dias--Gvardiol/RAN
---------Rodri----------Nico
Bobb---------Reijnders------Foden
--------------Haaland

Could be Nunes instead of Khusanov.

Could drop Nico or Rodri for Cherki and move Reijnders back. Just need to find the balance between control/staying tight and scoring enough to win the game.

 

[mattcity5]

Pep should play AK45 as right back.

Agree for this game against Mitoma it would make sense.

 

[Gumzy97]

Starting against Brighton I would assume.

 

[skillman]

Would be fantastic news.

 

[domalino]

Please dont put Rico as right back. Mitoma will tear him a new arsehole and turn him inside out. Way too fast and tricky for Rico.

FWIW Rico has played RB against Mitoma twice already, and Mitoma didn't score or assist, I can't remember if he was actually involved in the goals in the 2-2 but I don't think so.

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[blue b4 the moon]

My only visit to Brighton’s old Goldstone Ground back in 1989 and I wondered if I had actually imagined this, but no it actually happened…

The Brighton ball boy aged 41 sacked for time wasting vs Manchester City

The remarkable tale from 1989 of Brighton having to sack their 41-year-old chief ball boy Keith Cuss for time wasting against Manchester City

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My banana popped in the heat of the open stand on the side that game.

3 days later I was driving back from Shrewsbury in the snow.

Global warming and we didn't even know.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Black kit for this one.

3-1 City.

 

[thebluesarestillblue]

FWIW Rico has played RB against Mitoma twice already, and Mitoma didn't score or assist, I can't remember if he was actually involved in the goals in the 2-2 but I don't think so.

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Mitoma is fully fit now. He hadn't been for a while due to injuries. Now he's back to his best

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

My only visit to Brighton’s old Goldstone Ground back in 1989 and I wondered if I had actually imagined this, but no it actually happened…

The Brighton ball boy aged 41 sacked for time wasting vs Manchester City

The remarkable tale from 1989 of Brighton having to sack their 41-year-old chief ball boy Keith Cuss for time wasting against Manchester City

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I'm getting the word..

 

[richards30]

Ederson or Donnarumma
Stones
Khusanov
Gvardiol
Ait Nouri
Rodri
Reijnders
Cherki
Foden
Marmoush
Haaland