Brighton & Hove Albion vs Bristol City *** Official Match Thread ***

[MattBackHome]

[FamousLastWords]

Well I'm excited. If we create anything like the number of chances we created last time out at the Amex then we should get a result.

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[Blue Valkyrie]

Was Murphy's ban increased because we appealed it ?

3 matches seems harsh.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

If Kaz is still injured we are down to 16 available outfield players - bare bones - and we'll see Goldson and Holla on the bench.

At least Murphy is back for Preston, and hopefully Kaz, Greer, and Rosenior will be back soon.

A yellow for Bong or Kayal will mean a suspension, though.

 

[Acker79]

Was Murphy's ban increased because we appealed it ?

3 matches seems harsh.

No, 3 matches is standard for serious foul play. Apparently the club had the option to either challenge the ban entirely, or challenge the length, and they went with challenging it in its entirety. Which seems weird, because I swear that when Arsenal appealed the red card v Chelsea it was the first example of them being allowed to challenge both ways. Perhaps that's just the premier league, and not the FA in general.

 

[shaolinpunk]

Ah thanks for clarifying, was really hoping to see him out there tonight.

Is the above from The Argus, BBC, Seagulls?

Argus

 

[stss30]

Guessing the team will be something along the lines of

Stockdale

Bruno
Dunk
Uwe
Bong

Calde
Kayal
Stephens
March

Baldock
Hemed

Subs: Mäenpää, Goldson, Ince, Manu, Crofts, Zamora, Holla

 

[nwgull]

Reports suggest that we'll have 3 wingers unavailable tonight: Murphy, KLL and Rosenior. If Elvis doesn't get in the starting 11 tonight, then it indicates that something is not quite right with him.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I wonder if we are being very cautious with Rosenior, to make sure he is definately available for Preston in case Bong picks up a yellow card ?

 

[mona]

Calde is too slow for the wide role now I'm afraid.

 

[Aristotle]

Guessing the team will be something along the lines of

Stockdale

Bruno
Dunk
Uwe
Bong

Calde
Kayal
Stephens
March

Baldock
Hemed

Subs: Mäenpää, Goldson, Ince, Manu, Crofts, Zamora, Holla

That looks about right, but I wonder if Hughton might be tempted to start with Zamora and put Baldock on the wing instead of Calde, with either him or Manu coming on later when Zamora runs out of gas?

 

[stss30]

Reports suggest that we'll have 3 wingers unavailable tonight: Murphy, KLL and Rosenior. If Elvis doesn't get in the starting 11 tonight, then it indicates that something is not quite right with him.

As I understand, Elvis played most of his football in Holland as a forward/attacking winger. In a 4-4-2 system, Hughton seems to like wingers who will put a shift in both offensively and defensively. I've no doubt from Hughton's comments that he rates him but thinking back to KLL's early days when he was poor/lazy at tracking back, it could well be something that he has to learn before he will start games for us.

That looks about right, but I wonder if Hughton might be tempted to start with Zamora and put Baldock on the wing instead of Calde, with either him or Manu coming on later when Zamora runs out of gas?

Good shout, you would hope Bobby is getting to the stage where he can play 60-70 minutes at full speed.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Reading the Argus scouting report it seems Brizzle play three at the back with the wingback pushed up the field. I am hoping this means there will be some space behind the wingbacks for the likes of Baldock to exploit. That set up seems to suit his styling of running into space and we do like to play the odd ball over the top, Bong and Bruno could be crucial.

That said I think Bristol City are a far better team than their league position suggests, I too am very nervous about tonight's game.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Play Elvis instead of Calde please.

Brizzle playing quite well suggests they may not come and park the bus, which suits us. I am going for 3-1 with Baldock scoring at least 1.

 

[sdmartin1]

Had a quick look on their forum, couple of interesting posts

"Ive seen a few of Brightons games this season, Baldock plays up front along with Hemed. They play with two out and out wingers but with March on the right (Left footed) and with Lua Lua out they will go with Rosenoir on the left of midfield so they both cut inside.

Not the best side in the Championship by a long way but on a roll and getting results, the Leeds win was the first win in four. Bong is ok at left back, Kayal and Stephens are both good champ midfielders but not spectacular, solid side to be fair..

The Amex is a quiet place, 20K season ticket holders but a lot of them are there to watch football and not Brighton fans, a draw would be a great result and not unachievable IMO"

"Looking at some highlights, they look particularly poor at defending set pieces. If Freeman can get his deliveries right, we could get a couple from free kicks/corners. Don't rate them at all (thats been and done it) and we are more than capable of winning down there."

 

[WhingForPresident]

"Looking at some highlights, they look particularly poor at defending set pieces. If Freeman can get his deliveries right, we could get a couple from free kicks/corners. Don't rate them at all (thats been and done it) and we are more than capable of winning down there."

Seems a fair judgement considering all those games we've lost this season.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Had a quick look on their forum, couple of interesting posts

"Ive seen a few of Brightons games this season, Baldock plays up front along with Hemed. They play with two out and out wingers but with March on the right (Left footed) and with Lua Lua out they will go with Rosenoir on the left of midfield so they both cut inside.

Not the best side in the Championship by a long way but on a roll and getting results, the Leeds win was the first win in four. Bong is ok at left back, Kayal and Stephens are both good champ midfielders but not spectacular, solid side to be fair..

The Amex is a quiet place, 20K season ticket holders but a lot of them are there to watch football and not Brighton fans, a draw would be a great result and not unachievable IMO"

"Looking at some highlights, they look particularly poor at defending set pieces. If Freeman can get his deliveries right, we could get a couple from free kicks/corners. Don't rate them at all (thats been and done it) and we are more than capable of winning down there."

Ties in with the deluded dullard who was predicting in the summer that Bristol would finish many points and places above us.

 

[Seagulls1984]

A team top of the league can NOT be staring calde right midfield!!!

 

[BensGrandad]

Had a quick look on their forum, couple of interesting posts

"Ive seen a few of Brightons games this season, Baldock plays up front along with Hemed. They play with two out and out wingers but with March on the right (Left footed) and with Lua Lua out they will go with Rosenoir on the left of midfield so they both cut inside.

Not the best side in the Championship by a long way but on a roll and getting results, the Leeds win was the first win in four. Bong is ok at left back, Kayal and Stephens are both good champ midfielders but not spectacular, solid side to be fair..

The Amex is a quiet place, 20K season ticket holders but a lot of them are there to watch football and not Brighton fans, a draw would be a great result and not unachievable IMO"

"Looking at some highlights, they look particularly poor at defending set pieces. If Freeman can get his deliveries right, we could get a couple from free kicks/corners. Don't rate them at all (thats been and done it) and we are more than capable of winning down there."

That is quite an insight when a number of managers, who you would expect to know a bit about the game, say we are the best team in the division and deserve to be top.

 

[albionite]

That m.d that writes on that site makes a few clueless comments about us, even says we are slow starters.

Reminds me abit of the year we got out of league one everyone thought we would soon drop of the pace and we are not all that.

 

[casbom]

If Rosenior isn't fit for tonight and CH doesn't feel Manu is ready for a start then I should imagine Crofts will come in and we'll go 4-3-3.

I'm afraid Calde should only be used as a sub from now on..