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

[K-Bo]

Ederson
Nunes stones Gvardiol ake
Nico G reijnders Bernardo
Foden haaland Bobb

 

[Mighty men]

We really need to win this ones, or at least draw. Going into the derby with two defeats would not be good at all.

 

[Ken92]

We really need to win this ones, or at least draw. Going into the derby with two defeats would not be good at all.

Need to win it for sure

 

[MCFC1993]

Rumour is its only an impact injury.

It was when he blocked a clearance, looks like his ankle took just a bit too much force. Could be okay for this week if it was a very minor sprain.

 

[Eaststander1]

Brighton look absolutely shite so if we don't win this we can begin to worry about the prospects of this season, even three games in.

They have missed a lot of chances in their two games, and they have players of quality ...... as with all of our games, if we go there and don't give our best, we'll come off second best again, as we did last Saturday .... Brighton create chances and are a dangerous opponent, who are eager not only to get their first win, but to climb out of the relegation zone !

 

[MCFC1993]

Brighton look absolutely shite so if we don't win this we can begin to worry about the prospects of this season, even three games in.

This would suggest not as bad as the scorelines suggest:


I think they were 1.5 v 0.7 against Fulham as well.

Obviously xg doesn't say everything but does suggest they've either been unlucky or shit in front of goal.

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

Wow, almost 30% shithouses in here.

 

[Eaststander1]

Wow, almost 30% shithouses in here.

There were more than that on the pitch in sky blue last weekend!

 

[samuelyeboah]

It doesn't matter who starts. We will flip a coin pre-game and based on the result, decide if we are 1970 brazil or accrington stanley.

 

[richards30]

Donnarumma
Khusanov
Stones
Gvardiol
Ait Nouri
Rodri
Reijnders
Foden
Marmoush
Bobb
Haaland

 

[supercity88]

This would suggest not as bad as the scorelines suggest:


I think they were 1.5 v 0.7 against Fulham as well.

Obviously xg doesn't say everything but does suggest they've either been unlucky or shit in front of goal.

I'd say shite as it backs up what I said originally ;)

 

[MCFC1993]

Wow, almost 30% shithouses in here.

87.8% had us beating Spurs, I was one of the 5.1% who had us losing.

Can't blame those who have us losing this too, considering we lost there last season. I'm in the 20.4% who have us drawing here, so can't blame them.

 

[OldhamBlue94]

I can't see Ait-Nouri playing. He went off very dejectedly as if it was a significant injury.

I think maybe O’Reilly instead of Ait-Nouri then or Gvardiol, with Ake left centre back

 

[Manchester_lalala]

——————————-Donnaruma
—————-Khusanov Stones Gvardiol
————————————Rodri
————Nunes Foden Reijnders Ait Nouri
——-—————-Haaland Marmoush

I’m starting to wonder if three at the back is the way to go. We’ve got the players to play the system.

 

[Big Swifty]

We really need to win this ones, or at least draw. Going into the derby with two defeats would not be good at all.

And with the rags home to Burnley, there is the very real prospect of them ending the weekend ab ove us.

Perish the thought.

 

[Charliegull]

This would suggest not as bad as the scorelines suggest:


I think they were 1.5 v 0.7 against Fulham as well.

Obviously xg doesn't say everything but does suggest they've either been unlucky or shit in front of goal.

I'd say shite as it backs up what I said originally ;)

I would say a bit of both, couple of chances on Saturday v Everton the final pass was behind the player taking a shot, rounded Pickford only to hit it to hard for Pickford to save. We only had Welbz up front and no striker on the bench.

 

[OldhamBlue94]

I’m starting to wonder if three at the back is the way to go. We’ve got the players to play the system.

Especially if Savinho leaves that means we have just 1 traditional winger, however I believe Doku could play the second striker role quite well rotating with Marmoush

 

[brian the blue]

Be good to get some more minutes in the legs of Rodri and Foden. Then hopefully neither go away to the international team to allow further progression on their return to fitness.

The success of this season depends on Rodri and Foden rediscovering fitness and form more so than the impact of the new signings.

 

[Great Kompany]

The more I think about it the more i feel that the reason Crystal Palace or Brighton have the confidence to go at us is because of our recent struggles against the top 6.

A Bournemouth approach would be very different if they saw us beat Arsenal or Liverpool or the rags 4-0 3-0 the previous week.
The confidence sinks even before a ball is kick.
Now we get defeated by Spurs at Etihad and suddenly Brighton thinks they have a decent chance in the game.

We need to put a marker down like we used to do before. A 4-0 5-0 win every other week and the opponents knows who is the king of the league.
None of this Fulham Wolves Brighton will be tricky nonsense.

 

[Always Ali]

3 games in and this is a must win fixture. If we end up 6/9 points behind the Victims it will represent a huge challenge already. I'll be there, in the sunshine, and sing my nuts off for 3-1 City win.