[Albion] Team for AEK Athens

[Red Squirrel]

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I've just realised.....

We won't have to put up with a PGMOL referee in these games.

 

[Farehamseagull]

———————Bart
Veltman - JPVH - Dunk - Estupinan
————Gross - Gilmour
——-March - Fati - Mitoma
—————Joao Pedro

 

[saafend_seagull]

I go with what I think he does,

Bart
Veltman
Dunk
Webster
Pervi
Milner
Gilmour
March
Gross
Fati
Ferguson

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I've just realised.....

We won't have to put up with a PGMOL referee in these games.

Officials are from ESTONIA.

21:00 CET - Brighton (American Express Stadium)
Brighton & Hove Albion FC (ENG) - AEK Athens FC (GRE) | Group B
Referee: Kristo Tohver EST
Assistant Referee 1: Silver Kõiv EST
Assistant Referee 2: Sten Klaasen EST
Fourth Official: Joonas Jaanovits EST
Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera ESP
Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Pol van Boekel NED
UEFA Referee Observer: Kóstas Kapitanís CYP
UEFA Delegate: Marcin Stefański POL

 

[Hugo Rune]

Three games in seven days where I believe RDZ will mix things up. We’ll see the debuts of Igor and Baleba. Facundo will be back and even Webster is certain to get a game.

Perhaps like this……

Vs Athens:
————————-Steele————————-
Milner—-—--Dunk——-Igor———Estupinan
——————Groß—-Dahoud——————-
March—————Pedro———-——-—-Fati
——————-—Ferguson————————

Vs Bournemouth:
———————Verbruggen———————-
Veltman——-JPVH——--Dunk——Estupinan
——————Gilmour—-Groß——————-
March—————Lallana—————Mitoma
———————-Welbeck————————

Vs Chelsea:
———————Verbruggen———————
Milner——Webster——Igor———-Lamptey
————-—Baleba—Dahoud——————
Adingra——-—Buonanotte—-—-—Mitoma
————————Pedro————————--

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Three games in seven days where I believe RDZ will mix things up. We’ll see the debuts of Igor and Baleba. Facundo will be back and even Webster is certain to get a game.

Perhaps like this……

Vs Athens:
————————-Steele————————-
Milner—-—--Dunk——-Igor———Estupinan
——————Groß—-Dahoud——————-
March—————Pedro———-——-—-Fati
——————-—Ferguson————————

Vs Bournemouth:
———————Verbruggen———————-
Veltman——-JPVH——--Dunk——Estupinan
——————Gilmour—-Groß——————-
March—————Lallana—————Mitoma
———————-Welbeck————————

Vs Chelsea:
———————Verbruggen———————
Milner——Webster——Igor———-Lamptey
————-—Baleba—Dahoud——————
Adingra——-—Buonanotte—-—-—Mitoma
————————Pedro————————--

We have such a wonderfully deep squad.

 

[Bozza]

What this team will be might depend on how strong he wants to go against Bournemouth. I'm sure he'll want to be as strong as possible on Thursday, so he 'could' rotate Mitoma out for Fati, although i doubt it.

Verbruggen
Milner JP Dunk Pervis
Gilmour Gross
March Fati Mitoma
Ferguson

That's my guess

With Velts, Webster, Dahoud, Lallana, Pedro and Welbeck back in on Sunday.

I wouldn't classify Miner over Veltman as being "as strong as possible".

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I wouldn't classify Miner over Veltman as being "as strong as possible".

I think we signed Milner for nights like this. His European experience is invaluable. 128 career games is not to be sniffed at.

 

[Mont-Colt65]

I'd give Mitoma a rest. He plays so much, travels so much with Japan, tired a bit last year and is vital to us in key games.
Apart from that I'd go in very strong. I'd probably play Adingra on the left with Fati coming on again for another run out.
Gross, March and Dunk have to play if fit.

I agree. Mitoma should be treated better by De Zerbi. He had a knock playing against New Castle, but De Zerbi ignored it. He continued with national duties & upon his return he had to play full minutes against Man United. We now have so many attacking options. Surely, De Zerbi has to manage a rotation better.

 

[dazzer6666]

Bart
Velts
Dunk
JPVH
Perv
WBG
Der Kaiser
Llama
Solly
Fergie
Mitoma

 

[lasvegan]

Dunk is going to need a rest at some point. Maybe Chelsea…

…and he’s likely to be on England duty.

 

[Justice]

I think we signed Milner for nights like this. His European experience is invaluable. 128 career games is not to be sniffed at.

Hmm, Veltman has played in the Champions league and West Ham wasn’t Milners finest hour tbh.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

It depends how RdZ sees the relative strengths of AEK and Bournemouth. Chelsea is less of an issue because he'll rotate the squad heavily.

Other than that, I just can't decide. No idea who he'll pick. I've seen the merits of about 10 of the suggested combinations so far in this thread.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

..............................................Bart ............
Veltman.................JPVH..................Dunk.......................Pervis
..................Groß...........Gilmour...........Dahoud
March (if fit)..........................................................Mitoma
...................................Ferguson................................

But we really are blessed with options.
- Keepers are basically interchangeable at this point.
- Would be quite content with Adingra or Ansu Fati in the wide places, and neither Welbeck nor Joao Pedro are an issue up top.
- Lallana is still as good as anyone in the squad - I've only not included him from the start, as I'm desperate to see him looked after and stay fit over the long season. Milner clearly decent back up.
- Groß could move to RB if he had to, but actually Lamptey was very good on Saturday, and happy to see him cover for either full back.
- Despite people's current worries over his form, Adam Webster is a very decent CB, and I've no concerns about him stepping in if he had to. No opinion at all on Igor yet.

Amazing depth, tbh.

Amazing depth indeed. I haven’t paid any meaningful attention to the clubs which struggled juggling Europa League and the EPL but I presume part of the issue is lack of numbers to play so many games. It seems Bloom has this well covered.

 

[Machiavelli]

Three games in seven days where I believe RDZ will mix things up. We’ll see the debuts of Igor and Baleba. Facundo will be back and even Webster is certain to get a game.

Perhaps like this……

Vs Athens:
————————-Steele————————-
Milner—-—--Dunk——-Igor———Estupinan
——————Groß—-Dahoud——————-
March—————Pedro———-——-—-Fati
——————-—Ferguson————————

Vs Bournemouth:
———————Verbruggen———————-
Veltman——-JPVH——--Dunk——Estupinan
——————Gilmour—-Groß——————-
March—————Lallana—————Mitoma
———————-Welbeck————————

Vs Chelsea:
———————Verbruggen———————
Milner——Webster——Igor———-Lamptey
————-—Baleba—Dahoud——————
Adingra——-—Buonanotte—-—-—Mitoma
————————Pedro————————--

Well, I not only rate our best players differently to you, but anticipate that RDZ's selection will too. We'll have to wait c34 hours to find that out though. Pretty sure Veltman, JPVH, Gilmour and Mitoma will start (instead of Milner, Igor, Dahoud and Fati). The front four is a little trickier to pick. March and Mitoma will likely start if both fit. Who knows who starts in goal.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

@Bozza do you know what time the pre & post match press conferences are scheduled for ?

 

[Bozza]

@Bozza do you know what time the pre & post match press conferences are scheduled for ?

Strangely, I've not had an email yet, but I'm assuming it's today.

Maybe I'm not invited any more!

 

[aolstudios]

I think we signed Milner for nights like this. His European experience is invaluable. 128 career games is not to be sniffed at.

Veltman's played over 50 European games, mostly in the Champions League & is a far, far better RB

 

[veuve]

Bart
Gross jp dunk perv
Gilmore lalana
Sully fati Pedro mitoma.


Not a clue!!!