[Albion] Team for Arsenal

[Coldeanseagull]

Why not play a right back at right back? Put Offiah there. he's got pace and a cool head on his young shoulders plus I'd rather have the usuals in midfield.

 

[GT49er]

Sanchez
Webster - Dunk - Colwill
Offiah/Van Hecke ------------------------------------------ Estupinan
Gilmour -MacA - Caicedo
Gross
Ferguson​

 

[dazzer6666]

Sanchez
Webster - Dunk - Colwill
Offiah/Van Hecke ------------------------------------------ Estupinan
Gilmour -MacA - Caicedo
Gross
Ferguson​

Webster is out isn’t he ?

 

[GT49er]

Why not play a right back at right back? Put Offiah there. he's got pace and a cool head on his young shoulders plus I'd rather have the usuals in midfield.

Offiah or Van Hecke maybe. Van Hecke has played there too, at a higher level than Offiah - although usually he is a RCB.

 

[GT49er]

Webster is out isn’t he ?

That solves one of the either/ors then!

Sanchez
Van Hecke - Dunk - Colwill
Offiah ------------------------------------------ Estupinan
Gilmour -MacA - Caicedo
Gross
Ferguson​

Edit: forgot about Enciso - in ahead of Offiah then, I'd guess.

 

[dazzer6666]

That solves one of the either/ors then!

Sanchez
Van Hecke - Dunk - Colwill
Offiah ------------------------------------------ Estupinan
Gilmour -MacA - Caicedo
Gross
Ferguson​

Edit: forgot about Enciso - in ahead of Offiah then, I'd guess.

DeZ doesn’t do 3 CBs

 

[GT49er]

DeZ doesn’t do 3 CBs

F*** it then, he can pick the f***in' team!

 

[Ike and Tina Burner]

We need Gross and Caicedo in midfield. It doesn't matter how bad anybody else is at right back the benefit of having those two in the middle outweighs it.

 

[GoingUp]

Starting Offiah against Arsenal would be a abit of a baptism of fire wouldn't it?

I would like to see him eased into the side now though.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Starting Offiah against Arsenal would be a abit of a baptism of fire wouldn't it?

I would like to see him eased into the side now though.

Not a Chariot of Fire then?!

 

[Zeberdi]

----------Steele
Webster Dunk Colwill Estupinan
------Gilmour Caicedo
---Gross MacAllister Enciso
---------Ferguson

Notes ....

I'm assuming no March, so Gross up at right wing.
Mitoma now an impact sub
Welbeck and Undav competing for the second striker spot.
Please no more centre mid's at right back. Webby there for the rest of the season there please.

• That looks fairly good to me but Webster is out. So I would use Gross at RB or even use one of our U21s - Samuels or Offiah. (Samuels has been looking impressive)

• I would rather have Caceido in MF than Gross if it were a choice between them but agree Gilmour should be good to start.. We can not play De Zerbi ball with a weak midfield though, it’s the lynchpin and not sure a Gilmour/Caceido is a good pairing?

• Up front - with Ferguson back, hopefully we can survive without March or Gross’s xGs.but the goal scoring potential looks a little weak however we look at it if we bench Mitoma. However - Agree vis a vis Mitoma needing rest.

• At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I still would like to see Buonanotte have minutes in our remaining games given the trajectory of improvement he has shown (despite being blamed by everyone it seems for our loss to Everton!) , perhaps coming on for Mac Allister on 60-70’.

• As for 2nd striker I’m also not sure re Undav despite some major improvement in recent weeks - Against Arsenal, I would like to see Welbeck’s experience in the mix at some point rather than Undav tbh.I think he is more reliable and useful in the box than Undav.

RDZ on Academy players:

De Zerbi: Our Academy is top - young players can help us

Head coach knows he will need options as Albion prepare for five games in 15 days.

www.brightonandhovealbion.com

Thank goodness none of us need to pick the team - Everton showed how tough that job is at the moment with injuries and fatigue of key players.

 

[seagull 1979]

F*** it then, he can pick the f***in' team!

That made me laugh a lot

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Interesting post on the club's official Twitter feed. Alongside Mitoma and Gross pics there's one of Yasin A, perhaps suggesting he's going to get some game time tomorrow?

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Assume this has been posted elsewhere - great graphic full of info

 

[GoingUp]

I hate how pundits see Caicedo as CDM, he's box to box CM imo.

Yes he brakes up play in a defensive manner but he also brings the ball forward like an attacker and links up play in the final 3rd.

When I think of CDM's I think more along the lines of Kante, Casemiro, Fabinho and Milner etc

 

[brighton_tom]

Beat United, lose to Everton, beat Arsenal? The Brighton way of doing things…

Yep…. The Brighton way