Brighton and Hove Albion vs Blackburn Rovers ****Official Match Thread****

[Taybha]

Hull were a very good well organised team and Poyet got his tactics spot on i think , he used the subs to perfection and barring injury i think he will start how we did on saturday , Blackburn pose a different question in the way they play to Hull and the addition of campbell gives them a bit of pace as well as proven goal scorer .

This will be nip and tuck and the result will no doubt be by the odd goal either way, if i were to have a bet i would make us slight favs due to the undoubted quality we have on the bench now ,but Blackburn themselves have a decent squad and will certainly finish the season strong with the squad they have .

A tentative 1-0 to us Lopez penalty 86th minute

 

[imissworthing2]

I'd quite like to see this line up:

----------------------Usual back 5-----------------------

---------------Bridcutt----------Hammond---------------

Buckley--------------Orlandi-------------Lua Lua-----------

-------------CMS------------------Ulloa---------------------

 

[Pantani]

I'd quite like to see this line up:

----------------------Usual back 5-----------------------

---------------Bridcutt----------Hammond---------------

Buckley--------------Orlandi-------------Lua Lua-----------

-------------CMS------------------Ulloa---------------------

Good idea 12 players, as long as the ref is Mr Magoo we should be fine

 

[Uncle C]

Blackburn pose a different question in the way they play to Hull and the addition of campbell gives them a bit of pace as well as proven goal scorer:

We handled Campbell pretty well when he was on loan to Ipswich.

 

[Taybha]

12 works for me and if it was Lee Probert he would probably let us get away with it , smashing chap is Lee

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

those who think the match threads dictate whether we'll win or lose should be worried. very impressive thread by the Rovers' fans....

Exactly what I was thinking. They've got a BEVEL on our badge too. We're DOOMED

 

[Bold Seagull]

Gus made a point about Ulloa being particuarly exhausted, can't see him starting unfortunately.

Sorry, but Leo is 26 years old, he's had 72 hours to recover from Saturday, unless he's had a knock / injured, then I think that's plenty of recovery time no matter how exhausted and fully expect to see him lining up tonight.

Personally, I think Gus is trying to manage our expectations given the massive impact he made against Arsenal.

 

[imissworthing2]

Haha, I thought it looked too good, probably take Hammond out then. It looks abit too attacking now tho, doesnt it?

 

[Bold Seagull]

Haha, I thought it looked too good, probably take Hammond out then. It looks abit too attacking now tho, doesnt it?

I'd take the labrador out personally. Much better as an impact sub where his constant losing the ball, badly timed runs, and general busy play might be put to good use in the last 20mins.

 

[mr pastry]

Good luck to the albion tonight , Seagulls

 

[The Oldman]

those who think the match threads dictate whether we'll win or lose should be worried. very impressive thread by the Rovers' fans....

They don't like us do they?

 

[Guinness Boy]

I'll take another large helping of Saturday's performance please. Bring it OWN.

I'd take the result. Less for PIG to do tonight though please!

 

[Hyperion]

Have a feeling Ulloa will be on bench tonight. It's nothing other than a Gus meddling type of feeling

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Blackburn are very physical, and will be our faces throughout the game. It will be extremely difficult to play our open passing game.

 

[somerset]

Just re-watched 1st half of Hull game again, surprised to say it I was probably most impressed with CMS. Lively, direct and distribution was decent. Should start tonight imho

But that cant be right, so many on here are in the know and think he is crap and should be sold and replaced by Barnes...... isnt that right lads?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

After hearing Tanno this morning I think Vicente will start from bench with the same starting 11, Maybe Crofts in for Hammond

Crofts is injured.

 

[The Midland Seagull]

i tend to agree Barnes has hit a bit of form and despite a crazy mistake has done alright recently

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

After reading Blackburns match preview by that Amarillo chap that was on here the other day I feel very inadequate.
But as they say, less is more.

 

[Mancgull]

At Blackburn they worked incredibly hard at closing us down and then hitting us on the break with pace through the middle. Hammond wasn't playing that night if my memory serves me right. I think we will need his physical presence tonight. What really went against us that night was conceding first as they came out in the 2nd half and worked even harder, giving us little time and space. We will need to be patient again and I feel the best option would be to bring Vicente on when their legs tire a bit with 30 minutes to go. As always, I could be completely wrong!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

At Blackburn they worked incredibly hard at closing us down and then hitting us on the break with pace through the middle. Hammond wasn't playing that night if my memory serves me right. I think we will need his physical presence tonight. What really went against us that night was conceding first as they came out in the 2nd half and worked even harder, giving us little time and space. We will need to be patient again and I feel the best option would be to bring Vicente on when their legs tire a bit with 30 minutes to go. As always, I could be completely wrong!

I agree with you, that sums it up well.