Brighton & Hove Albion vs Derby County *** Official Match Thread ***

[rippleman]

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Why would anybody want to leave Tex out? Madness.

I go to football to be entertained and there are people on here who would be happy to see him dropped to the bench?

Tex is the only player in our squad capable of a Vicentesque moment. He is on form and scoring.

If CH is going to suck the entertainment out of our team then that would be enough for me to consider slinging in my ST.

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[Gazwag]

Stockdale/Walton has less saves at home at 30 than any other keepers in the Championship (whatever significance that has).

I've gone for Baldock because he is the nearest we have got to Buckley who run Derby ragged in the first half of the first play-off match. That was running at their defence.

Imo a more telling stat is we are 4th in the table for shots per game and 5th for shots on target and 16th in goals scored.

 

[T.G]

Pretty sure that CMS is out tonight so if Baldrick is out wide right then its a straight choice between Best and O' Grady. Personally I'd go with O' Grady and Best on if we need fresh legs.

 

[Gazwag]

Pretty sure that CMS is out tonight so if Baldrick is out wide right then its a straight choice between Best and O' Grady. Personally I'd go with O' Grady and Best on if we
are winning 4-0.

Corrected that for you

 

[Rambleruk]

Hi guys first time back since the play off games very surprised how your season has gone but hoping you get yourselves up to mid table teams below you are poor so you should be OK.

On to tonight not sure what to expect from us but Saturdays result had been coming we have given sides two goals and had to fight back apart from against a poor Charlton outfit.Usually this a typical pattern from us with the eventual defeat sparking us back onto a winning run but with our injuries this may not this time be the case.

With Bent,Martin and Throne definitely out I think Russell will start up front he was a central striker at Dundee with a good scoring record we moved him wide when MacClaren came in so do not judge him on his goalscoring since.We may also start our signing from Spain Raul Albentossa at centre half only played the once so far due to injury but he looked special big lad very composed, strong and quick reads the game well.

Right back I think you will see Shotton has Christie has been a having a nightmare recently plus our other spainard Mascarella is not on form and can be bullied.

Think this maybe our starting eleven

Grant

Shotton. Keogh. Albentossa. Forsythe

Mascarell
Bryson. Hughes

Ince Russell. Dawkins

 

[perseus]

Only Albion players from the play-off first game are

Greer and Calderon. Mackail-Smith and Lualua were on the bench and they could play. Forster-Caskey is still with us, but is out of favour. Solly March (latest injury was caused by a bad tackle by Lichaj putting him out for the season) is out injured and he would have been a strong contender to start.

Category B match and tickets do not seem to be going very quickly. Less than for Leeds. Max: 25,000 probably less. (25,274 v Leeds)

Chris Martin caused almost all the problems and goals.

Russell scores against us

Jamie Ward is nuisance.

Will Hughes scores against us

Thorne scores against us

Hendrick scores against us.

Our players to score against Derby: Orlandi, Barnes, Lingard, Ulloa (all gone)

Lualua (still with us)

But apart from the 1-0 away defeat, the Albion teams that Derby have faced have been so decimated by injuries that we could not really expect to win.

This time the boot is on the other foot. Chris Martin, Hendrick, Russell, Forsyth caused problems. Almost all were caused by Chris Martin.

 

[perseus]

Derby injuries give them excuses. I'd sooner they had a better team out.

Got to be a banker 1-1 draw. Time to go soon. Earlier train as I missed the start v Leeds?

 

[OvingdeanSeagull]

name one player in our squad that doesnt give the ball away too easy then and i dont care about stats

Kayal? So far anyway.

 

[neilbard]

Chin up people! I sense an Albion win!

 

[glasfryn]

our best defence is a good forward line, keeping their defence busy, that only ever happens lately with CMS in the side

 

[Everest]

Derby County TEAM: #DCFC XI Vs @OfficialBHAFC - Grant, Shotton, Keogh, Buxton, Forsyth, Mascarell, Bryson, Hendrick, Ince, Ward, Russell
substitutes Vs @OfficialBHAFC – Roos, Dawkins, Lingard, Albentosa, Warnock, Hughes, Thomas

 

[jabba]

#BHAFC team v #DCFC: Stockdale; Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bennett; Holla, Kayal, Teixeira; Calderon, O'Grady, Baldock.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

BHAFC ‏@OfficialBHAFC 7s7 seconds ago

#BHAFC team v #DCFC: Stockdale; Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bennett; Holla, Kayal, Teixeira; Calderon, O'Grady, Baldock. #BHAvDCFC
BHAFC ‏@OfficialBHAFC 10s10 seconds ago

#BHAFC subs v #DCFC: Walton (GK), Hughes, Halford, Stephens, LuaLua, Ledesma, Best. #BHAvDCFC

 

[AZ Gull]

No Ince in the squad for Albion.

 

[jabba]

#BHAFC subs v #DCFC: Walton (GK), Hughes, Halford, Stephens, LuaLua, Ledesma, Best.

 

[GT49er]

BHAFC ‏@OfficialBHAFC 7s7 seconds ago

#BHAFC team v #DCFC: Stockdale; Bruno, Greer, Dunk, Bennett; Holla, Kayal, Teixeira; Calderon, O'Grady, Baldock. #BHAvDCFC
BHAFC ‏@OfficialBHAFC 10s10 seconds ago

#BHAFC subs v #DCFC: Walton (GK), Hughes, Halford, Stephens, LuaLua, Ledesma, Best. #BHAvDCFC

Very interesting. Where's Ince?

 

[glasfryn]

No Ince in the squad for Albion.

nor CMS so there goes my theory

 

[Everest]

Derby team news

 

[Stat Brother]

Very interesting. Where's Ince?

If he's not injured he's definitely having a much needed rest.
One it would seem his last couple of performances suggests he needs.

The threat of Kayal plus some dead ball quality from Holla could make for quality midfield play.

 

[brakespear]

team looks interesting