Brighton v Wolves (A) 02/01: Buildup and Matchday Thread

[Tony Towner]

2gks on the bench!

The old send a message when the window is open routine

 

[redvictor]

no Podence at all, injured?

yep.

 

[Parkins left foot]

2gks on the bench!

yeah, that bench is something.

Not sure that I wouldn't rather Sondergaard came on rather than Ruddy if needed (which it shouldn't be)

Very inexperienced though as are most of them.

 

[Freddeno]

this covid season is certainly not benefitial to those with slim squads, like us..

 

[Kenny]

yeah, noticed that..surely we have another player who can be on the bench..waste of a space

Nope. 1) We now name 9 subs 2) As its an away game we will have a limited amount of players that travel, especially with the "bubble". Andreas generally travels to every 1st team game unless he has an U23 one, as cover. So we have essentially named all the travelling party. No different to when he named a blatantly not fit Boly v Burnley. He is just taking up a place, rather than us naming 8 players.

 

[sycophantia]

Podence must be injured.....wonder if Nuno will go all Stuart Pearce if we need a goal late on

 

[Freddeno]

Nope. 1) We now name 9 subs 2) As its an away game we will have a limited amount of players that travel, especially with the "bubble". Andreas generally travels to every 1st team game unless he has an U23 one, as cover. So we have essentially named all the travelling party. No different to when he named a blatantly not fit Boly v Burnley. He is just taking up a place, rather than us naming 8 players.

aah ok, thanks for clearing that out Kenny

 

[Kenny]

this covid season is certainly not benefitial to those with slim squads, like us..

Covid not really affectng us right now is it. We would only generally take 20-21 players on an way trip anyway, Covid or not

 

[Freddeno]

Covid not really affectng us right now is it. We would only generally take 20-21 players on an way trip anyway, Covid or not

i mean with no rest from last season when most of the players played 50 odd games each..then no pre season..would have liked a bit more players that could step in

 

[Siglap Wolf]

Not sure that I wouldn't rather Sondergaard came on rather than Ruddy if needed (which it shouldn't be)

Very inexperienced though as are most of them.

 

[Kenny]

i mean with no rest from last season when most of the players played 50 odd games each..then no pre season..would have liked a bit more players that could step in

Well again, that is not Covid related. Our squad is how Nuno wants it. It works well when you have 1 or 2 injures but we now sit at probably the most we have ever had under Nuno and that means we are now down to our arse in terms of options.
Thankfully, we are in a month when we can repair some of that though

 

[Siglap Wolf]

Not a vote of confidence for Shabani who has looked okay in the 23s. Would have thought he deserved a place on the bench ahead of 2 sub keepers?

 

[Kenny]

Not a vote of confidence for Shabani who has looked okay in the 23s. Would have thought he deserved a place on the bench ahead of 2 sub keepers?

Will presume Podence was in contention until he failed a late test, so we would have had to name our bubble for the away game. If this was a home game, he probably would be in with a shout

 

[lemonjelly]

expect him to be on the bench friday though (shabani that is)
expect a fair few fringe players to get a look in. anyone returning from injury may get a run out too.

 

[Freddeno]

Well again, that is not Covid related. Our squad is how Nuno wants it. It works well when you have 1 or 2 injures but we now sit at probably the most we have ever had under Nuno and that means we are now down to our arse in terms of options.
Thankfully, we are in a month when we can repair some of that though

of course many of the injuries are covid related

 

[Tony Towner]

Bopd

Surely it's time to give Corbeanu some game time? As a sub for Silva it would help us keep shape, and the promotion doesn't seem to have phased his mate Otasowie.

Pretty certain you'll get your wish today

 

[Kenny]

of course many of the injuries are covid related

Are they? How?
We are playing less games than last season so cannt blame the amount of games we are playing causing muscle injuries. Podence is down to being kicked, Raul's down to Davis Luiz head. Boly and co just standard injuries. The only Covid related issues have been Coady and Saiss

 

[The Bear]

I like the look of that team. Let's hope they do the business.

 

[Kenny]

Bopd

Pretty certain you'll get your wish today

Cue 1 sub, Mout off for OO after 88 mins

 

[Freddeno]

Anyway, we had a good game at Man U and if we can repeat some sort of that stuff we can win this game. Brighton is a bit of an everything team, some fast players going forward, usually a tough defence to break down. Can be really good when they get it to click