Holloway Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ah bollocks. Going to this one and it's a cobbled together strike force.. A start for Armstrong, please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 What can I say it's a topic I am passionate about and more importantly am right about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Shame you're not as passionate about English. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Ah bollocks. Going to this one and it's a cobbled together strike force.. A start for Armstrong, please With him just signing the new contract it does seem an ideal time to give him a start and see how he does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I think he'll go Hayden Shelvey Richie Diame Gouff Perez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Brighton have a mini injury crisis of their own, in defence. On TV too - so this is set up for the worst 0-0 ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 With the striker news I would absolutely, 100% take a point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I wont be happy with anything less than 3 at home. Sickens me how low our expectations have become overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I wont be happy with anything less than 3 at home. Sickens me how low our expectations have become overall. Agree. These are the sorts of games we need to win at home against our rivals. They'd take a point now, as would we at their place. Mitro and Gayle are a massive miss, but if we can control the midfield then chances will come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 The Brighton team who drew 2-2 with Reading last weekend: Stockdale, Rosenior, Bruno, Dunk, Bong, Knockaert, Sidwell, Kayal, Skalak, Murray, Baldock They really are not that good fgs the standard of this league is not good at all. People love being terrified on here at times, we're at home against a team who have a 50 year old Steve Sidwell playing for them. Knockaert is a good player, but was chucked by Leicester as soon as they got up. We've had an average start but we are playing better each week, we'll still comfortably get promoted from this league if that Brighton team is one of our main competitors. We players we've sold/loaned: Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Steven Taylor, Remy Cabella, Andros Townsend, Fabricio Coloccini, Papiss Cisse, Gini Wijnaldum, Florian Thauvin, Siem De Jong, Kevin Mbabu, Henri Saivet, Daryl Janmaat, Tim Krul. Other than Krul (who is still returning from a bad injury), Townsend & Wijnaldum, I'm not terrible concerned about losing any of the others. For years we've moaned about not getting rid of the likes of Taylor, Coloccini, Cisse etc. now we've had a very good clear out of average players and people are panicking all over the shop and moaning about making a profit. Wake up, we're going to make a profit when idiots like Liverpool are willing to spend £25m on Wijnaldum, whereas we can buy players like Ritchie for a very good price. The players that we have bought in might not be exciting names (Hanley for example) but they are all more than good enough to win this league. Hanley was the captain of Blackburn, he's not some plodder we've picked up from Scunthorpe. Ritchie, Diame & Gayle would get into a few of the Premier League teams. We've signed a lot of players for depth, we could field two different starting 11s which are both good enough to win this league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I could just as easily post Leicester's team from last season and say "look, what a load of shite." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I could just as easily post Leicester's team from last season and say "look, what a load of s****". Aye, very true - but how often does that ever happen? There will always be one team who has an outstanding season that nobody expected before anyone kicked a ball (Huddersfield looking like that team, so far). But 95% of the time, the winners of this division are the best team on paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I could just as easily post Leicester's team from last season and say "look, what a load of s****". Aye, very true - but how often does that ever happen? There will always be one team who has an outstanding season that nobody expected before anyone kicked a ball (Huddersfield looking like that team, so far). But 95% of the time, the winners of this division are the best team on paper. more than you'd think. think huddersfield and fulham this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 With the striker news I would absolutely, 100% take a point. There's still goals in our team though. Perez, Diame and Ritchie are quite capable of getting a goal, and shock horror, even Gouffran might nick one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I think he'll go Hayden Shelvey Richie Diame Gouff Perez Think so too although perhaps Ginger Jack for Shelvey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I could just as easily post Leicester's team from last season and say "look, what a load of s****". Aye, very true - but how often does that ever happen? There will always be one team who has an outstanding season that nobody expected before anyone kicked a ball (Huddersfield looking like that team, so far). But 95% of the time, the winners of this division are the best team on paper. I don't know how you can say that with any degree of surety, it sounds like cliche without basis in fact. Were Burnley the best squad in the Championship "on paper" last season? Maybe they were, I honestly have no idea, I find it slightly hard to believe though given that QPR and Hull didn't lose too many players. What about Bournemouth the season before, having just finished tenth? Brighton are an extremely good side at this level, free scoring and tight at the back, with a manager who has taken a side up before and we'll have to up our game from what we've seen so far to match them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Shame you're not as passionate about English. Disco in pro-Brexit shocker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Going to this = Defeat. 1 win in 26 months for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Going to this = Defeat. 1 win in 26 months for me. But I'm not going so that means win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 I'm going as well, for the first time in 3 and a half years. Last defeat I saw was home to Man C when they won the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 They are having to play a midfielder at CB for this according to their local press. They are close to signing Shane Duffy, but won't be in time for tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 They are having to play a midfielder at CB for this according to their local press. They are close to signing Shane Duffy, but won't be in time for tomorrow. Shame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Wish I'd backed Blackburn for relegation pre-season, didn't realise how bad they were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 No Sissoko tomorrow. Unsurprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Shame you're not as passionate about English. Disco in pro-Brexit shocker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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