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

[Comrade Sam]

In The Times today they had the top ten furthest away games in the FA Cup this weekend, and Boro v BHA was the furthest at 314 miles. Well done to all of those who make that long journey and fingers crossed the good guys get the three points.

It's old school. When we got promoted under Mickey Adams the following season I think the average distance to an away game halved. We shed Plymouth, Hartlepool, Doncaster, Carlisle etc for Cambridge, Orient and Brentford.
Now I'm off to Orient v Doncaster!

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I’m watching Gillingham v Leicester. The Palace game isn’t listed as being on tv.

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I looked up quickly(without my glasses) and thought I saw Aaron Connolly playing for Gillingham - I think he’s actually a guy called MacDonald?

 

[RM-Taylor]

A lot stronger line up than most would have thought. Should be winning by at least 3 clear goals you’d imagine

 

[The Fits]

Lovely team. Great news.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Pretty much full strength other than Steele?

Oh and JvH for Dunk.

Good stuff

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

I see your Leon Best and raise you Kemy Agustien.

I fold

 

[Littlemo]

No Dunk or Sanchez even on the bench??

 

[Swansman]

Looking forward to see Van Hecke.

Good to see Webster and Welbeck back!

 

[brighton_tom]

So long as Colwill and Van Hecke prove to be a solid partnership then that's a pretty strong team...

 

[Red Squirrel]

A lot stronger line up than most would have thought. Should be winning by at least 3 clear goals you’d imagine

good to see Webby and Welbz back on the bench

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

All your favourites

 

[veuve]

Where's trossard

 

[Littlemo]

Where's trossard

On the naughty step I think.

 

[The Fits]

Where's trossard

Yup. That's the big news really isn't it? RDZ either very unhappy with how he's returned from the World Cup or he's off. To not even be on the bench seems very odd.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Nice to see Van Hecke finally take the Dunk role where I think he has a chance to excel regularly in the very long term (2025 or later).

Will the team shape up like this?

————————-Sanchez————————
Lamptey—-Van Hecke—-Colwill—-Estupinian
—————Groß—————Caicedo————-
March—————-Lallana———-——-Mitoma
————————Ferguson————————-

But the big question is, where is Tross?

 

[Swansman]

But the big question is, where is Tross?

Not sure if it is he forcing himself out of the club or the club forcing him out of it but regardless, that seems to be what is happening.

 

[B-right-on]

No Dunk or Sanchez even on the bench??

Probably resting. 600 mile round trip, not likely to play, why take them? Same with Tross for other reasons. Enough in the squad to win it. Hopefully.

 

[brighton_tom]

It feels a strong team, but then you realise there's no Sanchez, Dunk, Trossard, MacAllister, Webster, Welbeck, or Veltman in the starting 11. Shows our strength in depth.

 

[Littlemo]

Probably resting. 600 mile round trip, not likely to play, why take them? Same with Tross for other reasons. Enough in the squad to win it. Hopefully.

Yea, that’s true. Just a surprise not to see them there I guess.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

A lot stronger line up than most would have thought. Should be winning by at least 3 clear goals you’d imagine

Hopefully we will win, but we're playing away to a team in a rich vein of form.

There is no "should be" in this fixture. IMO