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 the silurian  The garden of England.(not really) 15 Feb 21 7.31am |
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Originally posted by EddieMac
Guita needs to be dropped. Every team knows how bad he is under crosses so they just keep popping the ball right onto him and he won’t catch. He can do no harm giving Butland a run.
Burn, Dunk and White will have a field day with us.
Edited by EddieMac (14 Feb 2021 4.56pm)
So you are saying its all his fault? Really? What about the other incompetents like PVA Benteke Eze, Luka etcc etc? AndRoys tactics or lack of tactics, same old same old every bloody week....yet you blame the keeper, one of our better players? You must be a weed fan
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| Midlands Eagle 15 Feb 21 7.37am |
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Better than being a Silurian 
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| the silurian The garden of England.(not really) 15 Feb 21 7.45am |
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Is that the best youve got?
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 15 Feb 21 8.41am |
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. . . Palace-0
This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.
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| PatrickA London 15 Feb 21 8.42am |
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Brighton flood the midfield and look to dominate the area and control the play.
It would be sheer folly to play a 2 man central midfield against them.
They are not prolific scorers, but do carve chances through quick interplay and getting down the sides.
As another poster pointed out they also carry a threat from set pieces with Dunk, Burn, White and Webster.
We’ve looked very vulnerable to set pieces and crosses in recent weeks with a failure to challenge or dominate in the penalty area.
It really is down to Hodgson to set us up to counter these threats while at the same time finding a way to hurt them in the likely absence of Zaha.
No more 442 with a static Benteke and Batshuayi up front.
It’s not 1970.
No more attempts at flimsy 2 man midfields dominated by the opposition.
If the Macs aren’t available stick Kouyate in there.
He’s not a great passer but has energy and will compete.
We need to counteract Bissouma.
I’m concerned that Hodgson will continue with his failing methods and fear a narrow defeat.
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Lanzo-Ad  Lanzarote 15 Feb 21 9.30am |
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I think there full backs are the biggest danger as they play as wingers really, so with the lack of options i would play provide cover for our fullbacks and hope Eze with a free role can provide a bit of magic, a team like
Guaita
Ward Kelly Cahill Mitchell
Townsend/Clyne Kouyate Luke Jairo
Eze
Mateta
if either of the macs are available then one in for Luka, Dann and Bats should never play for Palace again
“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn
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| Jacey 15 Feb 21 10.31am |
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Sadly,Brighton will move ahead of us in the league when they beat us,probably 3-0,based on our last two non performances.
Our best hope is for game to be called off for bad weather reasons,giving chance for Wilf to recover and be match fit for revised fixture.
Without,our one man team,defeat stares us in the face as our slump in form shows no sign of abating.
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 15 Feb 21 11.58am |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
Brighton flood the midfield and look to dominate the area and control the play.
It would be sheer folly to play a 2 man central midfield against them.
They are not prolific scorers, but do carve chances through quick interplay and getting down the sides.
As another poster pointed out they also carry a threat from set pieces with Dunk, Burn, White and Webster.
We’ve looked very vulnerable to set pieces and crosses in recent weeks with a failure to challenge or dominate in the penalty area.
It really is down to Hodgson to set us up to counter these threats while at the same time finding a way to hurt them in the likely absence of Zaha.
No more 442 with a static Benteke and Batshuayi up front.
It’s not 1970.
No more attempts at flimsy 2 man midfields dominated by the opposition.
If the Macs aren’t available stick Kouyate in there.
He’s not a great passer but has energy and will compete.
We need to counteract Bissouma.
I’m concerned that Hodgson will continue with his failing methods and fear a narrow defeat.
Those are my fears Patrick. Hodgson seems to be totally blind to our weakness in midfield. We desperately need a 3rd DM and I agree Kouyate should join Luka and Jairo (I'm assuming neither of the Macs will be available). I don't knowwhat Kelly's done wrong not to get a game recently, but he should be played at CB instead of Kouyate).
I'm wondering how we would fare with a 4-3-2-1 formation with Mateta up top and Ayew and Eze playing narrow behind him (or even a 4-3-1-2 formation with Eze as the 1 and Ayew and Mateta up top). We don't have any decent wingers so why waste positions by playing Ayew and Townsend out wide? Any width would have to come from the full backs, all of whom are capable of putting in decent crosses if they can get far enough up the pitch.
Ultimately even a return to 4-3-3 is better than what we're currently seeing.
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| Pigglelet Deepest Darkest Sussex 15 Feb 21 12.21pm |
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Why not try a 4-4-2 with a midfield diamond? Eze should play the number 10 role behind the two strikers, which is apparently his prefered position. As for the strikers I’d be inclined to try Ayew and Mateta up front together. Too risky for an away game against Brighton? Maybe, but they couldn’t do any worse. Put Kelly in at CB with Cahill, if he is fit and bring Kouyate into midfield.
"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
Mark Twain.
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| dazza Wallington 15 Feb 21 12.24pm |
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I’m going for 2-0 to Brighton.
The only way we might get a result if Roy has been sacked by then.
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thai-eagle  chiang mai 15 Feb 21 12.35pm |
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Second that! Brighton is miles ahead of us at the moment football-wise.
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taylors lovechild  15 Feb 21 12.58pm |
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Townsend deserves to come back in and I'd bring Mitchell back in as PvA has been so bad of late. Surely Batshuayi can't start again? Or Dann. If we had two good strikers then 4-4-2 offers something, but without Wilf it is almost like we might as well be playing with 9 men.
If Wilf is out again then give Eze a free role behind Mateta, Andros on the left, Ayew on the right. That would give us three ball carriers and a striker who at least is an unknown quantity and not a known liability!
As long as Roy tries to use some imagination then I can forgive us losing as given our injury list it is really unlikely we'll get a result whatever we do. What I couldn't forgive is just setting up the same way as at Burnley and Leeds and expecting things to change.
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| Terry Ven 15 Feb 21 1.28pm |
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I reckon the best we can hope for is a 0-0. Only the most blinkered can see they play good football, but luckily for us, and as the MOTD analysts point out, they waste endless chances in front of goal. I dunno, 5 minutes ago we were alright and now we're sh!te... 
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| EddieMac 15 Feb 21 10.29pm |
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Also worth noting that if Fulham beat both Burnley and Sheff. Utd. then Brighton would be 2 points outside the drop zone heading into our game. That would add a nice edge to our game.
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| EddieMac 15 Feb 21 10.40pm |
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I just seen a very interesting stat regarding Brighton so I am changing my prediction to a 2 nil win to us.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 15 Feb 21 10.44pm |
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I believe I will be in a state of frog-eyed frenzy if we go behind to an early goal.
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 15 Feb 21 11.33pm |
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Having a self imposed ban on attending games at the Amex any more, maybe I should also ban myself from watching it on tv....
Old, Ungifted and White
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 15 Feb 21 11.44pm |
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Originally posted by NEILLO
Having a self imposed ban on attending games at the Amex any more, maybe I should also ban myself from watching it on tv....
I shall start to watch the game but if we start losing are abject and being outplayed the television remote control will have the OFF button pressed forcibly with 'Yours truly' hyperventilating and self-combusting.
I have been in contact with a few of our supporters and EVERY one expects Brighton to win.
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| slubglurge welling 16 Feb 21 12.00am |
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Well, they are not conceding at the moment and Wilfless us are not scoring and shipping bucketloads so work it out from that
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