[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford *** Official Match Thread ***

[SeagullinExile]

Enciso has earned that place in the starting XI today.

He has shown a great attitude in recent months, fighting his way back into the team, no public moaning.

Yup. He now needs to make the most of the opportunity.

Over to you Julio.

 

[Weststander]

First thought disappointed wieffer not in squad. Bizarrely my favourite player at the moment

Ditto. I like Wieffer and Baleba as the 2 deeper lying Cm’ers.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Solly

 

[A1X]

Is this the place to start the “Ferguson out on loan” speculation or is that down the corridor?

 

[Flounce]

First thought disappointed wieffer not in squad. Bizarrely my favourite player at the moment

Real shame, has a great game and has to go off injured. All our best players in the moment seem to suffer similarly sadly

 

[jabba]

Solly on the bench!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Mojo up two notches

Up to 2 now then

 

[Dick Head]

DEFIANTLY!

not unless its celery

 

[jimhigham]

March on the bench. Welcome back, Solly. We've missed you.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Solly!!!!

 

[justcasty]

is evan hurt again?

 

[Han Solo]

Be interested to see game time in that period. How many starts, how many “chuck him on because we’re losing” and how many sub appearances when we were winning or drawing

League: ca 700 minutes since his last goal
Europa League: 97 minutes
FA Cup: 21 minutes
League Cup: 227 minutes

In the (at least) 1045 minutes (11,6 full games) he has played for us since last scoring, he has produced 3 assists (two against Wolves about 15 months ago and one against Crawley in the League Cup this season).

Sometimes starting, sometimes not. For instance he got the chance in all three league cup games this season but unfortunately couldn't manage to score against League One opposition despite 7 attempts.

As a professional footballer, Julio Enciso is expected to perform something whether he is starting games (which he has done quite a few times over the last two seasons, producing 0 goals), coming on to turn games around (0 goals) or defend a lead (0 goals).

Enciso needs to perform when he's getting the chance and he isn't, and because we're a Premier League club we can't provide even the biggest of talents with endless chances to produce nothing.

He's a massive talent but if he wants to play he needs to perform. He's young but has been around for 2.5 years and its not surreal to at this point demand more maturity on the pitch than shooting 5-6 times from shite angles every game while not scoring. He makes it REALLY hard for any manager to pick him.

He'll get a chance or two in the next few weeks but if he goes empty handed, he goes on loan. Imo.

 

[kevo]

Really difficult for a manager to play with the least efficient player in Europe when on a bad streak.
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Its a striker/attacking midfielder with 0 goals and 1 assist (against Crawley) since August 2023 and 0 goals for us since May the same year.
In the last two seasons, Enciso has taken 88 shots for club and country, scoring 2 goals (both for Paraguay).

1 goal per 44 shots makes it very difficult for a manager to pick a player.

To make a comparison, Aaron Connolly shot 80 times in total for Brighton, scoring 8 goals. This makes Aaron Connolly 4.4 times more efficient than Julio Enciso.

I thought he looked fresh against Palace and thought he would start against West Ham, but I have full understanding if the manager decides he doesn't want to start a footballer who haven't performed anywhere near an acceptable level in a long time.

What a load of sh*t.

 

[Krafty]

It is a good lineup. Great to see Solly back in the squad. However, some players need to step up their game today (Mitoma, Dunk, etc.)

 

[aolstudios]

First thought disappointed wieffer not in squad. Bizarrely my favourite player at the moment

Very disappointing. He's got the hang of this now

 

[Krafty]

is evan hurt again?

He isn’t good enough, even for the bench!

 

[Bodian]

Moder back in the squad. Ferguson not there at all.

Interesting.

Hope Solly gets on for the last 10 minute when we're three or four goals up.

 

[Bald Head]

Didn't they have a firm in the 1970s.... Brentford Nylons

Later to be known as men in tights.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

League: ca 700 minutes since his last goal
Europa League: 97 minutes
FA Cup: 21 minutes
League Cup: 227 minutes

In the (at least) 1045 minutes (11,6 full games) he has played for us since last scoring, he has produced 3 assists (two against Wolves about 15 months ago and one against Crawley in the League Cup this season).

Sometimes starting, sometimes not. For instance he got the chance in all three league cup games this season but unfortunately couldn't manage to score against League One opposition despite 7 attempts.

As a professional footballer, Julio Enciso is expected to perform something whether he is starting games (which he has done quite a few times over the last two seasons, producing 0 goals), coming on to turn games around (0 goals) or defend a lead (0 goals).

Enciso needs to perform when he's getting the chance and he isn't, and because we're a Premier League club we can't provide even the biggest of talents with endless chances to produce nothing.

He's a massive talent but if he wants to play he needs to perform. He's young but has been around for 2.5 years and its not surreal to at this point demand more maturity on the pitch than shooting 5-6 times from shite angles every game while not scoring. He makes it REALLY hard for any manager to pick him.

He'll get a chance or two in the next few weeks but if he goes empty handed, he goes on loan. Imo.

He’s played under 200 minutes this year. Give the guy a run of games and then judge.

 

[AstroSloth]

Very disappointing. He's got the hang of this now

Took a couple of games to get up to speed but looked great off the bench against Leicester and then was excellent against West Ham until the injury.