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Match Day Thread Brighton V Leeds Utd Match Thread

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  1. ellandback

    ellandback Well-Known Member
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    Take a bow. :emoticon-0139-bow:
     
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  2. NostradEmus

    NostradEmus Firpo is Shit

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    We'll beat Arsenal at home.
     
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  3. ristac

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    Think we’ll have to agree to disagree on those games, Spurs deserved the win despite the first half, Norwich were the better team, we were poor and fortunate. The other games I can’t honestly remember them all.

    We need to forget this should have been out of sight attitude, under Bielsa maybe once or twice have we put ourselves out of sight, we haven’t the quality in the team to put our chances away. Nothing personal mate, I just see it all the time, we’re famous for missing chances and for all his greatness we’ve never managed to fix it under Bielsa.

    Bamford - Bielsa prefers a player who does tons of donkey work, holds up the ball, has a great engine but his finishing is more than questionable.

    Rodrigo - Has never been known for his goals, Bielsa wanted him and I think he was quoted as saying he wasn’t signed for his goal scoring capability

    James - Everyone who’s watched him play has said tackles back, like a rocket for pace, runs all day long but no end product

    It’s the kind of players Bielsa prefers
     
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  4. Irishshako

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    FFS don't encourage him<laugh>
     
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  5. ellandback

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    <laugh>
     
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    Norwayleedsforever Well-Known Member

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    I’m afraid we have come to the point that even 1 point is not going to cut it, we need all 3 points:emoticon-0107-sweat
     
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    I was just about to say the same thing mate, everyone seems to break their duck against us, so, unfortunately we'll probably boss Brighton and get beat by a goal from someone who hasn't scored for three years.
     
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  8. ellandback

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    -----------------------Meslier-----------------------
    Dallas---------Struijk----Llorente-------Firpo
    -----------------------Phillips----------------------
    James-----Raphinha---Forshaw----Harrison
    ----------------------Gelhardt----------------------


    Is this our strongest (and balanced) XI for Saturday.

    Forshaw or Rodrigo?

    Is it a 4/1/4/1 or a 4/2/3/1?
     
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  9. ristac

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    James left, Rodrigo right, drop Harrison. In defence Struijk has looked good on the left, I’d play him and include Cooper drop Firpo. Bielsa won’t drop Cooper..
     
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  10. Whitejock

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    Really? If he has, I must have missed it. If I have missed it, he can't surely be better at it than Harrison, who imo could easily turn out as LB.
     
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  11. ristac

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    When we were looking to sign him, virtually every report from Man U fans all said the same, he’d run all day long, he’s good at tackling back, his pace scares the opposition to death but his final ball is usually the wrong one or missing the target.

    If fans were saying this then Bielsa must have seen the same. Despite what he’d seen Bielsa still wanted to make him our record signing, he obviously liked the “other stuff” and wasn’t concerned about lack of goals or the decision making. Like I said it’s the kind of player Bielsa likes signing
     
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    Bielsa will never blame injuries because he's then saying that the players on the pitch aren't good enough so I take his comments with a pinch of salt.
    We don't know how good we are this season yet because of the nightmare we've suffered with injuries.
    I think Forshaw has become that CM we needed in the Summer. Considering he hasn't had many games since his layoff I'm interested to see how good he can be. I think him and Philips make a decent MF.
    I think our realistic best 11 is:
    Meslier
    Ayling - Llorente - Cooper - Firpo
    Forshaw - Philips
    Rodrigo
    Raphinha - Bamford - Harrison

    That gives you a bench from:
    James
    Dallas
    Klich
    Joffy
    Struijk
    Koch
    Drameh
    Summerville
    Greenwood
    McKinstry...


    What do you think?

    Will we ever get the chance to find out?
     
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  13. Jammy 07

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    Have to say I'm far more optimistic about getting a result tomorrow than last weekend against the Spuds. Let's hope we can keep the performance going for the full 90 minutes this week and put the seagulls in their place.

    As always however a point is never a bad result and could eventually prove vital in keeping us up. If you take a look at last season's final table you'll see Brighton drew 14 games (the most of any team in the division) and finished 16th on 41 points.

    My team as follows (Bielsa won't leave Cooper out, so not going to happen),

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    Dallas Llorente Struijk Firpo
    Phillips Forshaw
    Raphinha Rodrigo James
    Gelhardt
     
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  14. LeedsRover1

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    Don’t know if anyone has seen this but an interesting article about Joffy, and touches on Marcelo's attitude towards youth, and fitness for games. Sadly can’t get this to copy as a webpage , but perhaps some of the web wizards out there will be up to the task.

    https://www.skysports.com/football/...ball-joe-gelhardts-rise-to-first-team-stardom

    On 2mrws game, I reckon we’ll get something, hopefully 3 points. We’ve improved since the poor Southampton game, not got what we’ve deserved. The season starts properly now, MOT.
     
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  15. LeedsRover1

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    I don’t appreciate my own qualities, ha ha.. Hope you enjoy the above article.
     
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  16. bucks_is_leeds

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    This will be a draw <ok>
     
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  17. Doc

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    The only thing I would add is that Burnley should have had 2 red cards and we should have had a penalty nailed on. So 2 points dropped for me and Newcastle was also a nailed on penalty but you called it 2 points dropped so fair enough
     
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  18. NostradEmus

    NostradEmus Firpo is Shit

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    Yep. Fully agree. The main point is we look like we are in a false position in the league despite not firing on all cylinders and having lots of key players missing.

    Hopefully we can get a few back, get a few decisions and a couple more go in the goal.

    My main worry is that we just never seem to get players back before another lot are with the physio.
     
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  19. Doc

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    Meslier
    Dallas…..Llorente…..Cooper……Struijk
    Phillips
    Raphinha….Forshaw…..Rodrigo…..James
    Gelhardt

    Subs
    Harrison
    Firpo
    Roberts
    Cresswell
    Summerville
    Drameh
    Greenwood

    Having Firpo around means Struijk can drop into the middle if required and Harrison gives us more options off the bench plus having Drameh means we have the option of putting Dallas into midfield too. This week we have a bench that can change the game
     
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  20. Whitejock

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    Interesting, for as far as I can see, Brighton play 3-5-2 (according to the BBC), meaning that we'll be 3-3-3-1, almost certainly. If that's the case, my line-up guess is:

    Meslier

    Llorente Cooper Struijk

    Dallas Phillips Harrison

    Raphinha Rodrigo James

    Geldardt

    That's my first shot. Still musing ....
     
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