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

[bluenitsuj]

3 points today. No excuses whatsoever

 

[Official Old Man]

It's back. As of 3pm today we haven't lost in the league for 1007 hours and 5 minutes.

 

[MattBackHome]

Yeah we're loose.

 

[dstanman]

Good to be back and looking forward the trip down. Not going to be easy, but hope for those 3 points

 

[jakarta]

Loads of players missing for one reason or another - care to guess at our lineup?

 

[Originunknown]

Twenty years since we last won on Boxing Day

(21 next year! )

Only away!

 

[Napier]

The Albion to keep a clean sheet and Solly to net the winner - that would round off Christmas very nicely.

 

[Taybha]

Sanchez
Veltman
Dunk
Van BloodyHecke
Estupinan
Gross
Caciedo
March
Lallana
Mitoma
Fergietime

 

[jcdenton08]

Were defiantly loose

 

[jcdenton08]

My heart says we should go and attack them, get Mitoma and Lamptey as advanced wide forwards, scaring their defenders with pace and skill - play Trossard as a false 9.

My head says we are better trying to shithouse a draw. I just feel we are likely to lose this if we play too openly. Ward-Prowse set piece headed in would be my hunch, from us overcommitting up top.

A draw would be an excellent result - and steady the ship after the Villa and Charlton results.

 

[dazzer6666]

Twenty years since we last won on Boxing Day

(21 next year! )

One year - just because there was no-one there doesn’t mean it didn’t happen

 

[Icy Gull]

I thought De Zerbi looked and sounded a bit grumpy in the pre match press conference. Not that means anything but I hope he can motivate the players to get stuck into Saints. Pretty sure they are another shitehousing team that we’ll struggle against though

 

[Swansman]

Loads of players missing for one reason or another - care to guess at our lineup?

Sanchez

Lamptey, Dunk, Colwill, Perverto Carlos

King Solomon, Caicedo, Lallana, Gross, Mitoma

Trossard

Personally I'd like to see Veltman back in the team but De Zerbi does not seem very keen on him.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I thought De Zerbi looked and sounded a bit grumpy in the pre match press conference. Not that means anything but I hope he can motivate the players to get stuck into Saints. Pretty sure they are another shitehousing team that we’ll struggle against though

I'd be grumpy if my work told me I had to go to Southampton.

 

[jcdenton08]

I think we are all in agreement we should go for a draw in this one.

 

[rebel51]

Pissed off with mcallister being out for however long. He should of been back for arsenal. Think we will lose today.

 

[kevo]

Not confident about today for some reason - maybe the poor performance against Charlton and our inability to hit a cow's a*se with a banjo. Apart from Lamptey, the World Cup players all looked very rusty. Mac and Wellbs will be a big miss and March's confidence will be shot.

 

[Justice]

The Albion to keep a clean sheet and Solly to net the winner - that would round off Christmas very nicely.

That went so well last week

 

[zefarelly]

We have a terrible record already this season with teams in the bottom three.
Lost to Villa and drew with Forest. Knowing us we'll lose to saints and then become only the second team to beat Arsenal at the weekend

GOt to be worth sticking a fiver On.

 

[zefarelly]

Not confident about today for some reason - maybe the poor performance against Charlton and our inability to hit a cow's a*se with a banjo. Apart from Lamptey, the World Cup players all looked very rusty. Mac and Wellbs will be a big miss and March's confidence will be shot.

Me neither. I don't think SOllys general play confidence will be shot, and he never had any when he's in focus of the white sticks

unless Trossard, MItoma and a few other WC players got a rocket up their arses after Charlton wier definitely Lewes.

Stains will be up for this and we have an appalling record against the shitters.