[Albion] Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Hugo Rune]

————-———Steele————————-
Veltman——JPvH——Igor—-Hinshelwood
———-Gilmour———-Baleba—————-
Buonanotte——-Lallana———-—-Adingra
———————Ferguson———————-

 

[The Wookiee]

 

[Reddleman]

Why Steele? Verbruggen was outstanding in Athens and last week. There’s no need to keep changing keeper.

 

[Justice]

Steele, let’s hope they don’t have a shot on target.

 

[Farehamseagull]

With Joao Pedro and Mitoma not fit enough to start, that’s pretty much the only team he could have picked.

Another good opportunity for Buonanotte to try and step up and contribute up against a make shift left back.

 

[Brok]

Oh yes! Great team, I now predict a 3-0 victory.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Somehow I don’t see Baleba as a fullback ..but u never know

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Club website have Baleba at centre back, Igor LB and hinsh midfield.
I'd guess that its Igor at cb, hinsh at LB and Baleba in midfield. It seems strange to play two of them rather than just one out of position.

 

[nwgull]

Why Steele? Verbruggen was outstanding in Athens and last week. There’s no need to keep changing keeper.

I can't understand it. Bart has been getting progressively better over the run of games he's had. Can't help the defence to have a different keeper behind them every other game either.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

————-———Steele————————-
Veltman——JPvH——Igor—-Hinshelwood
———-Gilmour———-Baleba—————-
Buonanotte——-Lallana———-—-Adingra
———————Ferguson———————-

Looks about right to me.

 

[RyFish]

I can't understand it. Bart has been getting progressively better over the run of games he's had. Can't help the defence to have a different keeper behind them every other game either.

Given it's a different defence every game I doubt it makes much difference either way

 

[BevBHA]

Would have rather seen O’Mahony given a chance from the start than Buonanotte again

 

[BevBHA]

Why Steele? Verbruggen was outstanding in Athens and last week. There’s no need to keep changing keeper.

Totally agree. And in a game we are likely to be under the cosh with so many players missing, he controls his box much better than Steele, who’s only good quality is distribution

 

[Hugo Rune]

Why Steele? Verbruggen was outstanding in Athens and last week. There’s no need to keep changing keeper.

Both keepers know that they have two ‘on’ and two ‘off’. Vebruggen can now absolutely focus on Burnley in 6 days time and the following Europa group decider against Marseilles. That is the ‘need’.

Whether it’s justified, we’ll see how Steele does against West Londoners over the next 72hrs.

 

[Zebedee]

That team looks extremely weak. We do lack strength in depth at the club, which is a real problem with our European campaign. I fear that a seriously large defeat is on the cards today.

 

[Frutos]

Currently managing the Albion in FM24, it's 2028 and we've just played Chelsea:

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Threadbare.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

That team looks extremely weak. We do lack strength in depth at the club, which is a real problem with our European campaign. I fear that a seriously large defeat is on the cards today.

No, we don't lack strength in depth. We have LOADS of injuries.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Not a bad-looking team, considering availability

 

[Hugo Rune]

Would have rather seen O’Mahony given a chance from the start than Buonanotte again

Ferguson and his clone? We don’t have room for more than one player of that ilk. At some point, Buonanotte is going to click. RDZ has very little options with such crippling injuries. He has to take the gamble and hope the young Argentinian matches his potential some time soon.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Currently managing the Albion in FM24, it's 2028 and we've just played Chelsea:

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36% possession!? Are you playing Pulis ball?