We have seven first team players that missed most of last season through long term injury: Kayal, Hünemeier, Rosenior, March, Bong, Goldson, Lualua. That's quite a few players that at least five should be in contention. Albion squad was incredibly strong last season and it needed to be. It...
Huddersfield are behaving like Lidl, get in quick to get their retail store buily before the competitors (although arriving late on the scene), comparable quality goods with a short shelf life span.
Valid tactic in real life chess. I don't play poker. Even in chess hurried moves at the start...
Pub talk for what is worth are slightly anxious until a left back is signed. We don't seem to think Bong will be free of injury.
I would for one would like a striker that could spark danger to the opposition. Premier League supporters of other clubs do not seem to be impressed with the strike...
I hope you mean Thomas Delaney!
The wire is missing out on first choice targets going and failing to sign second choice targets.
Then its back to our existing squad and we are left with Williams being sightly ahead of Norwood, Mooy a fraction ahead of Kayal, Tom Ince ahead of Jamie Murphy...
4-4-1-1
PS vs Huddersfield (H) was the game when we played the 4-4-1-1 with Knocky in the hole or interchanging with Hemed who played deep. I don't think it was judged a success as it was not repeated.
We had to draw Huddersfield out of their defensive shell. I don't think it was a failure...
We don't need so many players in quantity as Huddersfield. We have seven first team squad coming back from longish term injuries and about four coming back from shorter term injuries.
Apart from left back and striker to fill, the onus is on quality.
I would tend to think Tom Ince is better...
We weren't firing on all cylinders against Huddersfield at home, but from memory Tomer Hemed had a lot of room in midfield (very deep lying striker) in the first half. We had a good team (almost first choice apart from Murphy and Skalak) out before our lowest gate of the season. Elvis skinned...
Danny Williams was MOM in the play-off final and would fill a tentative gap in the Brighton side, but more likely to be on our list of second choices. The problem is getting knocked back with the first choices and missing out on the second choices.
Not perturbed at not signing Tom Ince, Will...