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Think you'll find he played left sided centre back against a senior Leicester side in the league cup merely 2 months ago and equipped himself well.
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[Albion] Starting eleven plus subs for the Tottenham game
- Thread starter LamieRobertson
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Think you'll find he played left sided centre back against a senior Leicester side in the league cup merely 2 months ago and equipped himself well.
Clive Walker
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That’ll be 2022 written off too then.
Kalimantan Gull
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Burn has generally been excellent for us at CB when played there. On Saturday he probably suffered from Dunk not being next to him, and his passes that were intercepted were just not really on, there was to much risk in them - they were the kind of passes he would be trying to make as a wing back, but need to be safer as a CB.
It's part of the risk of putting a good ball player in such a critical position, they try and play tricky passes they would make 90% of the time whereas that success rate just won't do as a CB, you have to be safer. That's where Dunk and Webster excel.
Silverhatch
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Play Lamptey & Burn at CB. Just for the Lolz
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew,
Cuthbert, Dibble, Groß
Cuthbert, Dibble, Groß
- Jun 27, 2012
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I know this is the standard joke for when injury recovery times are estimated but its pretty rare for them these days to be wrong apart from the odd couple which everyone remembers where there's complications (eg: Lamptey). and there the ones that you remember. Brighton have dozens of injuries a season.
The other players who have been injured this season have come back training or to the squad either on time or earlier than expected (Webster, Burn, Maupay, Welbeck) .
Option 1: 4-4-2 diamond
Sanchez
Lamptey, Veltman, Burn, Cucurella
Bissouma
Gross, Moder
Trossard
Connolly, Maupay
Option 2: 3-4-3
Sanchez
Veltman, Moder, Burn
Lamptey, Bissouma, Gross, Cucurella
March, Maupay, Trossard
Different formations with different strengths.
Lots of people have Roberts in their starting lineups but I find it very doubtful. He has no PL experience, he is not match fit, he wont have Dunk, Webster and Duffy to help him and he would be up against Kane and Son in his first ever PL game... I just dont think it will happen. Probably going to see him at some point in the next few weeks but I dont think it will be on Sunday.
Sanchez
Lamptey, Veltman, Burn, Cucurella
Bissouma
Gross, Moder
Trossard
Connolly, Maupay
Option 2: 3-4-3
Sanchez
Veltman, Moder, Burn
Lamptey, Bissouma, Gross, Cucurella
March, Maupay, Trossard
Different formations with different strengths.
Lots of people have Roberts in their starting lineups but I find it very doubtful. He has no PL experience, he is not match fit, he wont have Dunk, Webster and Duffy to help him and he would be up against Kane and Son in his first ever PL game... I just dont think it will happen. Probably going to see him at some point in the next few weeks but I dont think it will be on Sunday.
If he decides to go with Option 1, then absolutely fair enough.
If he goes with Option 2 (three at the back) and STILL doesn't play Roberts (playing a midfielder out of position instead) then Roberts will be on to his agent, pushing for a permanent move in January - and rightly so.
If he isn't in consideration for one of THREE centre back slots, when all THREE first choice picks are unavailable, then he really shouldn't be here, wasting his time.
Perkino
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It would be a really difficult debut for such a youngster, Potter would want to see him play in a back 3 with experience around him. We may opt for a 4-4-2 with Connolly trying to stretch the play and exploit some dodgy centrebacks. I'd expect something like
Sanchez
Lamptey, Veltman, Burn, Cucurella
March, Bissouma, Moder, Trossard
Maupay, Connolly
GT49er
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He was only just 18 when he started playing for Rochdale, FFS! Even now he's only a few months older than Turns and Tsoungui in the U23s - all born in 2002.
Skaville
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Nonsense. There's no way Dunk or Webster could do half of the intricate passing and other ball play Burn has shown us down the wing.
Dunk has got a nice long ball and simple controlled passing along the back, but rarely attempts tight passing under pressure or anything more complicated than giving it to Bissouma or Lallana in space. Never makes a mistake when he does that. Burn has excellent close control, ability to play one twos in tight situations, shown us a decent cross on occasion, and so on.
In a nutshell, i could never see Dunk or Webster being able to play wing back
But hey, all opinions
Webster and Dunk are both brilliant carriers of the ball. Webster can, and has, played right back.
Dunk is the best centre half we have. Why would we ever play him out of position. A good indication of Dunk’s quality in the ball is that cross he put in earlier in the season, ironically enough for Burn.
In terms of the best ball playing centre half we’ve had, look no further than Ben White.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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I’d expect something like this, and a very cautious approach to the game from us
If Roberts were to come in and play alongside two from Dunk, Webster and Veltman, I think he would be fine. Playing along side Dan Burn, they are really going to have to work on this one in training. I suspect it will be Moder starting at centre back. Dan Burns tight close control belies his height, when he is out on the touchline. Playing out from centre back he looks more ponderous. The extra fraction of a second he needs, puts the receiving player under just a little more pressure receiving the pass. With Burn and Roberts both looking to go left and then look for an inside ball to a right footed colleague, there is an awful lot that can go wrong here. Roberts' time will come.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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4-3-2-1
Lamptey
Veltman
Burn
Cucerella
Mwepu
Bissouma
Moder
Gross
Ally Mac
Maupay.
Might swap Gross and Mwepu's positions
Lamptey
Veltman
Burn
Cucerella
Mwepu
Bissouma
Moder
Gross
Ally Mac
Maupay.
Might swap Gross and Mwepu's positions
GT49er
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It doesn't look at all cautious to me! Very weak at the back - I'm much happier with Lamptey and Cucu playing as wingbacks rather than full backs. Plus including Maupay, Trossard and Connolly is hardly defensive!