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No.
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[Albion] Hughton's team for City?
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GT49er
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No, probably not, but apart from three at the back (I'm not a fan - neither it seems is CH) that's not a bad looking line-up.
Withdean11
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No.
Their stats based data is quite interesting though. Lists Dunk and Bong as our worst performing players, with Duffy and Knockaert as our best. I can't argue against that.
casbom
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- Jul 24, 2007
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We know he won't, as he will want to keep it tight and keep the score down so will probably play the same team that played against Saints (bar Kayal for Stephens) but it would be nice to see some changes as this is a free hit and to help some fringe players get some game time.
So I would play:
......................Ryan
Montoya....Duffy....Balogun...Bernardo
......................Kayal
AJ.......Propper....Bissouma.....March
......................Andone
So I would play:
......................Ryan
Montoya....Duffy....Balogun...Bernardo
......................Kayal
AJ.......Propper....Bissouma.....March
......................Andone
Taybha
Whalewhine
All change please
Ryan
Bruno
Duffy
Balogun
Bernard
Knocky
Kayal
Bissouma
Jahanbakhsh
March
Muzza
Subs Button Dunk Bong Montoya Propper Andone Bambi
Ryan
Bruno
Duffy
Balogun
Bernard
Knocky
Kayal
Bissouma
Jahanbakhsh
March
Muzza
Subs Button Dunk Bong Montoya Propper Andone Bambi
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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It is interesting but often misleading. Last year, despite Duffy being caught out of position and done for pace regularly, he was often the highest rated player because they put the emphasis on defence led stats such as tackles, clearances, headers won etc. You can win a header and get marked up, but there's no account taken for whether that header goes to a Brighton player or not. Knockaert was apparently our fifth best player last year, despite most fans thinking he was noticeably off the pace, but that's because of him doing the basics right i.e. he kept the ball better than everyone but Stephen and created more chances per game than anyone but Gross.
I think the point I'm trying to make is that stats are great, and I'm all for using them, I just think that sometimes they tell you surface things rather than the idiosyncrasies that happen within a match.
Don Tmatter
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A concern that we haven’t got another defensive midfielder to cover DS?
