Brighton & Hove Albion (A) - Wed 24th May, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[chesterbells]

Brighton have it all to play for to get a place in the Europa League.
It will be hugely difficult for Pep to inspire the team to perform in what is a dead rubber for us, with the team subconsciously thinking about the cup final, and having just got past celebrating the title. Hope I’m wrong but I can see this match marking the end of our winning streak, particularly as I’m going and want to see us perform well. I think he’ll start almost full strength (without Walker and Akanji) and make quite a few early second half subs to bring on a few of today’s team.

You think there’s a chance they could lose out on 6th place?

 

[bluemurray]

Play a strong team, keep them all sharp and hungry...

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

A wonderful dilemma to have. What do we do? Do we go strong ? From looks of it some players will be hungover tomorrow. Do we use reserves who knows. Who really cares

 

[west didsblue]

You think there’s a chance they could lose out on 6th place?

Looking at the table I didn’t realise they have that huge goal difference advantage over Villa but they will still be motivated to finishing it off as soon as possible.

 

[chesterbells]

Looking at the table I didn’t realise they have that huge goal difference advantage over Villa but they will still be motivated to finishing it off as soon as possible.

Agreed, but maybe not quite as motivated.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

I've just realized we'll be 10 points ahead of Arsenal if we win this.

Only a week ago we were worried about dropping points at Everton in case we handed them the initiative.

How quickly things change.

 

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[buckshot]

Half a match for lots of the big names, work on staying sharp and be careful not to get hurt. I'd expect they sit pretty much everybody against Brentford so this would be the last tune up before things get real.

 

[chesterbells]

Half a match for lots of the big names, work on staying sharp and be careful not to get hurt. I'd expect they sit pretty much everybody against Brentford so this would be the last tune up before things get real.

Things have already got Real mate.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist:-)

 

[ShorehamCitizen]

Only Europa Conference is wrapped up, they still need a point for Europa League which is a big incentive for them.

Big GD for Villa to make grounds up on though.