Will we see Jiri Skalak on Saturday?

[8ace]

where I suspect Murphy might struggle to make an impact.

Playing infront of Calderon he definitely will.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Not sure he's match fit but in for Zamora if he is

 

[Notters]

Would be great (assuming no-one else is knackered) to be able to bring him and Lualua on at the same time in place of Knockaert and Murphy at about 70 minutes. Can you imagine the faces on the opposition defenders' faces?

 

[GOM]

Based on absolutely nothing, I think we may use him as an out and out striker rather than a winger.

 

[British Bulldog]

KLL and Skalak on the bench will be enough to keep all the front line on their toes, Baldock coming back will add to it. Getting quite excited about the rest of the season especially when Bong and Rosenior come back as well.

 

[Shins]

Hopefully some time off the bench at some point against Bolton. It would be better for him to have got his debut out the way in what hopefully is an easier game than possibly in the deep end away from home.

 

[samtheseagull]

Scary to think we still have some great players coming back, Baldock, Uwe,Greer,Bong,Rosenior. Squad is so strong now

 

[Hugo Rune]

KLL and Skalak on the bench will be enough to keep all the front line on their toes, Baldock coming back will add to it. Getting quite excited about the rest of the season especially when Bong and Rosenior come back as well.

It's so great we don't have to rely on Calde, Rosenior or Baldock as wingers anymore like we did earlier this season and last season. Solly March could have a claim of having the best performance by a winger this season vs Birmingham but he'll have a huge challenge to get back in the starting line up next season.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Jiri would love to play soon, but he's been busy...

 

[Eeyore]

Jiri would love to play soon, but he's been busy...

Does he know it's the Palace Pier ? (Although not to be confused as an affectionate accolade to them up the road).

 

[OSRGull]

Skalak looks nuts.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Skalak looks nuts.

You think?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Seems like it may well be a choice between Skalak and Baldock on the bench.

By my reckoning -

Stockdale

Bruno
Goldson
Dunk
Ridgewell

Knockaert
Kayal
Stephens
Murphy

Wilson
Hemed

Subs: Maenpaa, Calderon, Crofts, Sidwell, Lua Lua, Zamora , Baldock or Skalak

4 games in 11 days means plenty of rotation for both the 11 and the 18.

 

[GT49er]

Judging by Jiří's career club stats to date, we might already have decided to send him out on loan...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiří_Skalák

Hmmmm..............that record doesn't look that good on paper. Hope the scouting and recruitment team have seen something about him other than just his playing stats. Hope he makes an appearance soon - as a previous poster has said, don't want his career to stall like Manu's.

 

[Mellotron]

Depends if he wants different options on the bench. Sidwell and Crofts would appear to provide very similar cover.

I wouldn't be mega surprised if he started one of these two against Hull in a 4-5-1, cautious with an element of counter attacking.

 

[Saturn]

We now have a wealth of wingers so I wonder if CH would consider playing Skalak in behind a lone striker or as a striker?

It's seems harsh to drop Murphy after his last performance and we can't drop Knockaert. Does Skalak play CM at all?

 

[dazzer6666]

Skalak looks nuts.

Everything I've seen him post makes me think he's currently like the kid who has found the key to the sweet shop. Can only be good.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Hmmmm..............that record doesn't look that good on paper. Hope the scouting and recruitment team have seen something about him other than just his playing stats. Hope he makes an appearance soon - as a previous poster has said, don't want his career to stall like Manu's.

I think this season has been a breakthrough for him, look most player's stats when they're 18 to 21 and they're not usually very good. He's had 5 caps since September and scored 6 in 16 for his club side. He looked pretty good in the Euro qualifier against Holland.

Agree that at this stage of his career he needs games, it could hurt his progress if he gets stuck on the bench. I can't see there being any parallels with Elvis though, Jiri is a full international while Evlis was nowhere near the dutch side.

 

[GT49er]

I think this season has been a breakthrough for him, look most player's stats when they're 18 to 21 and they're not usually very good. He's had 5 caps since September and scored 6 in 16 for his club side. He looked pretty good in the Euro qualifier against Holland.

Agree that at this stage of his career he needs games, it could hurt his progress if he gets stuck on the bench. I can't see there being any parallels with Elvis though, Jiri is a full international while Evlis was nowhere near the dutch side.

Hope you're right - and I'm certainly not trying to write off his Brighton career just yet (so long as he scores a hat trick in each of his first three appearances, of course!)

Elvis is apparently going nowhere near the full Holland side (although he played at all levels up to U21) as he's now switched to Ghana, apparently.

 

[JBenno]

Bit of a pointless thread.
Remember we won last week, so Hughton will just photocopy the team sheet.