*** Portsmouth v. Brighton & Hove Albion - Official Match Thread ***

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

casper
calde
greer
dunk
painter
buckley
vincelot
dicker
bridcutt
barnes
cms

so 4-5-1 with Barnes on the wing or 4-4-2 but god knowes who of Dicker, Brid and Vinmce woudl play on the wing. After Tues thought Vince would stay thats what Gus was experimenting with

 

[JonathanLivingstonSeagull]

Cautious line up. Predict a war of attrition with no progress made till the last half hour with the introduction of a fresh Craig Noone!

 

[perseus]

I think we can expect the game to ebb and flow. Pompey will enjoy some period when they appear to be in charge, but Albion will be saving their energy. This will work if the score remains 0-0. We might play a bit narrow without a winger at all in the first half. Then in the last 20 minutes, Noone will come on.

 

[Seagulls14]

Cmon lads! 2-0 the albion

 

[perseus]

ALBION TEAM (with numbers)


16. Casper Ankergren
14. Inigo Calderon
3. Gordon Greer
5. Lewis Dunk
22. Marcos Painter
20. Romain Vincelot
18. Gary Dicker
26. Liam Bridcutt
12. Craig Mackail-Smith
9. Ashley Barnes
30. Will Buckley
SUBS
1. Peter Brezovan (GK)
8. Alan Navarro
10. Matthew Sparrow
11. Craig Noone
28. Steve Cook

 

[severnside gull]

Don't see why Buckley won't be playing out wide so 4-4-2 morphs into 4-3-3

 

[perseus]

Ref profile.

Neil Swarbrick - Referee profile - transfermarkt.co.uk

Perhaps a couple of bookings is par. Penalty or sending off about 10/1.

 

[Derbyshire Seagull]

Bennett on the bench for Norwich

 

[glasfryn]

JUST HAD A CASUAL LOOK (AS YOU DO) AT PALARSE line up and there is no murray is he injured or dropped?

 

[perseus]

Don't see why Buckley won't be playing out wide so 4-4-2 morphs into 4-3-3

This is tricky. In 4-3-3, the wide player is usually on the left. I don't see why it can't be on the right though. I would be inclined to have Buckley as a deep striker. I think the trouble with Dicker is that he might have too much responsibility taking all the corners. Then, we might not have any corners this game.

How big is the pitch at Fratton Park?

 

[perseus]

Bennett on the bench for Norwich

I think I heard that Gary Hart is playing for Eastbourne Borough.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Interesting bench...no out and out forwards

 

[beardy gull]

JUST HAD A CASUAL LOOK (AS YOU DO) AT PALARSE line up and there is no murray is he injured or dropped?

Injured. Twisted ankle.

 

[glasfryn]

Injured. Twisted ankle.

thanks ..............good start then!

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

JUST HAD A CASUAL LOOK (AS YOU DO) AT PALARSE line up and there is no murray is he injured or dropped?

Conspiracy theorists may say hes been dropped after a massive bust up with the boss when he discovered last week that Palace have no one good enough to do all the work for him?

 

[perseus]

Fratton Park

Pitch Size: 115 x 73 yards

Football Ground Guide: Fratton Park, Portsmouth FC

cf. Falmer: Pitch Size: 115 x 75 yards

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

JUST HAD A CASUAL LOOK (AS YOU DO) AT PALARSE line up and there is no murray is he injured or dropped?

Judas is injured , it gives Palace fans an excuse when he doesn't score before Christmas.

 

[Art Vs Science]

Very odd not to have a forward on te bench. Seems like a solid first 11 though.

 

[perseus]

Ryan Mason (quite a good midfielder) joins Doncaster's injured strikers against West Ham. Nobody from Brighton wanted Billy Sharp to be injured. On the contrary we wanted him to be on top form this Saturday.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

On Player there is no commentary available for Portsmouth , have they not paid the bill ?