Preview: Brighton v QPR...

[Trigger]

Long-term knee-injury victim Dean Blackwell is Brighton manager Steve Coppell's only absentee for the visit of QPR.

On-loan striker Darius Henderson returns to the squad after being cup-tied by Reading for the win over Bristol Rovers.

John Piercy, who has missed the Seagulls' two previous games this season with a stomach bug, came through a midweek reserve game and is in contention.

QPR's Kevin Gallen and Gareth Ainsworth have both failed to prove their fitness in time to play.

Gallen irritated a thigh injury while Ainsworth suffered a hamstring strain in the Carling Cup win over Cheltenham.

Both players were put through a fitness test on Friday before manager Ian Holloway decided not to risk playing them.

Eric Sabin is likely to get the nod up front and Martin Rowlands is also in line to start.

 

[Trigger]

Oh... And the match is to be reffed by...

Mr Mark Warren (West Midlands)

 

[Blackadder]

QPR's Kevin Gallen and Gareth Ainsworth have both failed to prove their fitness in time to play.

Gallen irritated a thigh injury while Ainsworth suffered a hamstring strain in the Carling Cup win over Cheltenham.

This is good news for us, if true!

Ainsworth is a very lively player.

Can't wait for tomorrow evening.

 

[Stuart Munday]

Its a cracking game although to be honest id settle for a draw

 

[Zeitgeist]

Its a cracking game although to be honest id settle for a draw

If it's 0-0 though, will we go on to lose our next twelve games

 

[Icy Gull]

Feeling confident that we'll be top of the league tomorrow evening

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I reckon we'l get a 2v1 win.

 

[Trigger]

Rumour has it that QPR are struggling to find 5 subs to put on the bench tomorrow, it seems a lot of their fringe players are injured... Shame most of their regular starting XI aren't injured!

 

[bigc]

shall we give them butters and lee for the bench?lol

 

[Hiney]

Icy, how can we go top after tomorrow?

 

[Trigger]

Icy, how can we go top after tomorrow?

With a win of 2 goals or more

 

[Yorkie]

shall we give them butters and lee for the bench?lol

The bench couldn't take the weight

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Good news about Gallen.

 

[Hiney]

Sorry Trigger, i've got my brains up my arse today

 

[Blackadder]

The bench couldn't take the weight

Yorkie You beat me to it!

I was going to say that!

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Good to see Gallen and Ainsworth are out.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

In tomorrows game if you were a player for QPR and a Brighton player, say Charlie Oatway was laying on the ground injured, would you put the ball out of play or try and play on and score?!

 

[albiongirl]

I doubt they will put the ball out if Charlie is lying down injured they would go on and score but I hope that is not the case!!