nemtizz Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 No Gayle, no win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd be canny pissed off if Mitrovic starts this one like. I've been one of his biggest backers in his time here but he's wasted so many chances he's been given this season, got to give Murphy another go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 What a time to be without Hayden and Gayle ( boo!). However, we play better against better teams (... I choose to believe). Result? Fuck knows, really, but unless we play with more confidence/aggression and cut out defensive (and striking) errors we will lose against these and Huddersfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd be canny p*ssed off if Mitrovic starts this one like. I've been one of his biggest backers in his time here but he's wasted so many chances he's been given this season, got to give Murphy another go. I'd give Murphy a start. Scored quite a lot of goals vs Brighton at their place as well, so hopefully that's a good omen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd be canny p*ssed off if Mitrovic starts this one like. I've been one of his biggest backers in his time here but he's wasted so many chances he's been given this season, got to give Murphy another go. I'd give Murphy a start. Scored quite a lot of goals vs Brighton at their place as well, so hopefully that's a good omen. I think I'd rather bet on Murphy's experience at this point in time of this division and probably him truly grasping the thought that he has to bury his chance if and when he gets it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd be canny pissed off if Mitrovic starts this one like. I've been one of his biggest backers in his time here but he's wasted so many chances he's been given this season, got to give Murphy another go. Stats say Murphy is a must! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymag Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Rafa's MO, keep it tight, hope to nick one and hang on. 0 - 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Rafa's MO, keep it tight, hope to nick one and hang on. 0 - 1. I'll be happy to go with that MO tomorrow. Our strikers can't find the net and the defence is handing out goals like sweets on Halloween. If we go too expansive someone like Knockaert will kill us on the counter. Give nothing away, keep our shape and hopefully we'll take one of our chances when they come. Fuck the performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 If anyone is going to the Strawberry to watch this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Brighton have really picked up over there last couple of games, when it was looking like the might collapse like last season again. Gonna be tougher than it was say a week or so ago, still hopeful though but need the players to play at a much higher level than they have been. Baldock and Knockaert both need watching and we need to be at our best to win it. Our record isn't very good at Brighton and I think we all know why that is, he's currently looking for another job. I think Hughton might try and play a safe game and that could hand us some initiative. I don't think we'll start as badly as we have recently and I think we'll get at least a point if Rafa goes for it and drops the players who have been letting us down. Colback has to be dropped and I think he will be because he was pathetic on Saturday, Rafa gave him a chance at the start of the second half and then took him off when he could see he was still shite. Lascelles would go for me, Rafa might give him another chance after he was supposed to have gone a bit daft with other players at half time. I'm not sure how he had the bottle to do that after his performance but he seems to have got a reaction. If we have Hanley in for Lascelles we might get done at the back for pace so he would be a risk. Reading weren't as bad as the scoreline suggested on Saturday, they were beaten by pace and movement so we should expect to face the same. Perez wasn't too bad against Norwich and he might be feeling a bit of pressure when playing at home, I still can't see him starting. Mitrovic is offering nothing, I wonder if he's confidence has gone because he seems to give away free kick after free kick for things that others get away with. He's had opposition players crawling all over his back and penalised when doing nothing wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We've got no legs in the side apart from Yedlin maybe, I really think Atsu has to play just give us a counter attacking threat. If we go Murphy/Ritchie/Gouff/Diame/Shelvey/Diame, which I'm expecting, we'll be penned in our own half with no out ball. Not really looking forward to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We've got no legs in the side apart from Yedlin maybe, I really think Atsu has to play just give us a counter attacking threat. If we go Murphy/Ritchie/Gouff/Diame/Shelvey/Diame, which I'm expecting, we'll be penned in our own half with no out ball. Not really looking forward to this. Atsu and Yedlin are ideal players if we're going to look for quick breaks and they'll give Shelvey something to aim at. The only problem is if we do that we're unlikely to have anybody in the middle to get on the end of deliveries if we're coming from deep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 No way Gouffran ain't starting lads. My guess Darlow Dummett Lascelles Clark Yedlin Colback Shelvey Ritchie Diame Gouffran Mitrovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I must be super excited for this short coach journey in the morning with still being awake now! I can't say I'm excited about work at 7.30am on Wednesday mind! Ha ha! I'd play Gouff up top as at least he's mobile and offers movement but I suspect Rafa will use him to help Dummett vs Knockaert! Murphy has to start over Mitro! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Brighton have really picked up over there last couple of games, when it was looking like the might collapse like last season again. Gonna be tougher than it was say a week or so ago, still hopeful though but need the players to play at a much higher level than they have been. Baldock and Knockaert both need watching and we need to be at our best to win it. Our record isn't very good at Brighton and I think we all know why that is, he's currently looking for another job. I think Hughton might try and play a safe game and that could hand us some initiative. I don't think we'll start as badly as we have recently and I think we'll get at least a point if Rafa goes for it and drops the players who have been letting us down. Colback has to be dropped and I think he will be because he was pathetic on Saturday, Rafa gave him a chance at the start of the second half and then took him off when he could see he was still s****. Lascelles would go for me, Rafa might give him another chance after he was supposed to have gone a bit daft with other players at half time. I'm not sure how he had the bottle to do that after his performance but he seems to have got a reaction. If we have Hanley in for Lascelles we might get done at the back for pace so he would be a risk. Reading weren't as bad as the scoreline suggested on Saturday, they were beaten by pace and movement so we should expect to face the same. Perez wasn't too bad against Norwich and he might be feeling a bit of pressure when playing at home, I still can't see him starting. Mitrovic is offering nothing, I wonder if he's confidence has gone because he seems to give away free kick after free kick for things that others get away with. He's had opposition players crawling all over his back and penalised when doing nothing wrong. Much I agree with, Mick, but 'pace and movement' is something we have lacked for a few years now and it has been little different for most of this season - we need vast improvement if we are to nullify theirs and impose ourselves on the game but if players like Colback are in the side we can forget that improvement. It's a real pity that Hayden isn't available, perhaps as much a miss as Gayle because he is a better midfielder than Colback and offers more variety in an attacking sense. I have real concerns about Dummet facing Knockaert - he is a candidate for an early booking and then a possible sending off because they will certainly target him. Lascelles seems to have lost confidence and why Rafa has kept Mbemba out for so long is a mystery to me - OK, he had a poor game v Wolves at SJP but he was a decent CD in the PL last season. Hanley lacks pace so he would be a last resort against Baldock etc. It could be a tough night.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We've got no legs in the side apart from Yedlin maybe, I really think Atsu has to play just give us a counter attacking threat. If we go Murphy/Ritchie/Gouff/Diame/Shelvey/Diame, which I'm expecting, we'll be penned in our own half with no out ball. Not really looking forward to this. Be surprised if we play two Diames like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 If he plays Mitrovic we are knackered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 If he plays Mitrovic we are knackered. We'll......lets get behind them, business end approaching now so time to step up.This and the next two games will reveal most things. HTL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Murphy apparently has four in five matches at their stadium too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Looking forward to this now. Come on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Bricking it for this one - away to a better team without our star striker but with a dodgy referee. Only hope is that we'll actually take this opponent seriously, bringing concentration and a serious game plan. Players will have been thinking of these games for a while. Going to be optimistic and go for another 2-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Referee is going to fucking shaft us tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Don't agree with all the Mitrovic hate. Yes his finishing is shit, but nobody else can hold the ball up front and bring others into play. That's not always what you need, but it will be in this game. We just need to get the right players around him to feed off the knock downs and lay offs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Mitro with Diame behind him works pretty well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 50/50 - a draw would be ok. Draw here, and beat huddersfield+reading = very good week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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