Brighton (A) FA Cup 4th Rd - 29/1/23 - 13.30

[an tha]

After possibly the worst performance the Redmen have turned in under Klopp on our last visit to East Sussex, the chance to extract a measure of revenge comes around almost straight away.

 

Less of what happened down there recently, Reds, and more of this, ta.....

 

 

 

Maybe not this though....

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Suarez's touch in the build-up to the second goal is sublime.

 

Basically, we need to do everything we didn't do on our last visit and don't do any of the stuff we did. Simple.

 

Just get these beat, Reds.

[Scott_M]

Same staring 11 as Chelsea apart from Trent for Milner and Nunez for Elliott - unless Trent was dropped v Chelsea and didn't have a knock, in case let him continue on the bench and Milner start.

[Creator Supreme]

Play the under 15's, they'll only lose 2-0!

[Aventus]

Toss up between going hard for the silverware we are most likely to win. 

 Or fuck it off and make sure we're well rested to go for 4th place and number 7.

[dockers_strike]

Id rather we jibbed this and still went eyeballs out to try and get 4th or better which is a much, much bigger priority. But, another defeat would just encourage the naysayers and narrative against the club right now.

 

Jurgen obviously wants and needs to win every game to build the confidence up and Im no different. Think he has to go for the win with a strongish team here.

[Poor Scouser T]

We don't need a rest we need confidence and momentum.

[Mook]

The players should be out for blood after that disgrace two weeks back.

 

Same team that started vs Chelsea & get right in about these cunts from the first whistle.

[an tha]

We aren't in a particularly busy run of games and we desperately need some rhythm and momentum for confidence and games ahead.

 

The big problem is finding a functioning midfield 3 - there just isn't a combination at the moment that you can put down, look at it and think "yeah that looks good"... Brighton absolutely dominated it last time in every aspect - difficult to see any 3 we might put out faring much better sadly.

 

I would try the 3 below - does not seem to have been tried much so give them a go - far from ideal, but same can be said of any 3 right now.

 

Alisson

 

TAA

Matip

Konate

Robertson

 

Henderson

Keita

Thiago

 

Salah

Nunez

Gakpo

[Poor Scouser T]

5 minutes ago, an tha said:

We aren't in a particularly busy run of games and we desperately need some rhythm and momentum for confidence and games ahead.

 

The big problem is finding a functioning midfield 3 - there just isn't a combination at the moment that you can put down, look at it and think "yeah that looks good"... Brighton absolutely dominated it last time in every aspect - difficult to see any 3 we might put out faring much better sadly.

 

I would try the 3 below - does not seem to have been tried much so give them a go - far from ideal, but same can be said of any 3 right now.

 

Alisson

 

TAA

Matip

Konate

Robertson

 

Henderson

Keita

Thiago

 

Salah

Nunez

Gakpo

No ball winning or pace in that midfield. No pace in any of ours mind but at least Elliot will put a foot in. I'd play Gakpo behind Salah and Nunez go where ever he wants, express yourself show us what you've got. Fuck it 

[an tha]

5 minutes ago, Poor Scouser T said:

No ball winning or pace in that midfield. No pace in any of ours mind but at least Elliot will put a foot in. I'd play Gakpo behind Salah and Nunez go where ever he wants, express yourself show us what you've got. Fuck it 

Aye - as said any 3 write down look at it and just see problems...

 

It is absolutely unreal we have about 10 midfielders and it is nigh on impossible to put 3 down and think "yeah that works"

[alles ist gut]

Incomplete list of players not shown in the authorised training footage from Wednesday :

 

Milner

Carvalho

Phillips

Adrian (nothing important, but I just wanted to put something optimistic)

 

(and the other half-a-dozen long term injuries, obviously...)

[Scott_M]

If it's a draw, it goes to a replay.

[El Rojo]

Given how we perform after any kind of break, I reckon we'd do better playing five games a week. Should play as strong a team as we can. 

[The Golden Eel]

19 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

If it's a draw, it goes to a replay.

Great. In that case, play Alisson and Kelleher in goal, seven across the back, one midfielder and one up top. Take them back to Anfield for a replay and only lose 1-0. That seems like the best option at this point.

[Trumo]

Bravery. Intelligence. Ruthlessness. Drive. Skill. Pace. Incision. Tactical nous.

 

I don't ask for much.

 

Brighton have looked lively all season, and arguably even more so under De Zerbi. They are much more adept at finding the net than old boss Potter's sides, and that's something that's been quite noticeable with Chelsea under Potter as they don't appear to score very many either.

 

I'd expect (hope?) this game to be a very different beast to the league game a couple of weeks ago. We've needed a kick up the jacksie for months and I'd like to think that the disaster at the Amex was it. Rather than thinking of cup runs as a hindrance to our league performance, we should use them as a spur. We did this last season (albeit with a stronger squad), and playing more games rather than spending more time in training might be beneficial in other ways. The players are clearly being asked to play real life Mortal Kombat at the AXA, that contact in the actual matches is minimal by comparison! The players need to go out their this weekend and show Brighton that 2 weeks ago was an aberration that will not be allowed to happen again.

[Jairzinho]

We should put our second string out so we can concentrate on finishing seventh and getting twatted everywhere by Real Madrid. 

[Creator Supreme]

21 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

We should put our second string out so we can concentrate on finishing seventh and getting twatted everywhere by Real Madrid. 

I like the cunt of your gin!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 25/01/2023 at 17:56, dockers_strike said:

Id rather we jibbed this and still went eyeballs out to try and get 4th or better which is a much, much bigger priority. 

The shitness of modern football: finishing fourth matters more than winning a trophy. I mean, I've no doubt it does to the accountants, but it never will to me.

[joe_fishfish]

Was expecting to see Fabio Carvalho get some minutes in this but it looks like he's out for the season now along with Arthur.

 

[Bobby Hundreds]

What do we do in training Mixed martial arts!

[Strontium]

7 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

What do we do in training Mixed martial arts!

 

Rollerball I think

 

 

[halewood pete]

On 26/01/2023 at 23:38, Jairzinho said:

We should put our second string out so we can concentrate on finishing seventh and getting twatted everywhere by Real Madrid. 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

On 26/01/2023 at 21:42, Trumo said:

Bravery. Intelligence. Ruthlessness. Drive. Skill. Pace. Incision. Tactical nous.

 

I don't ask for much.

 

Brighton have looked lively all season, and arguably even more so under De Zerbi. They are much more adept at finding the net than old boss Potter's sides, and that's something that's been quite noticeable with Chelsea under Potter as they don't appear to score very many either.

 

I'd expect (hope?) this game to be a very different beast to the league game a couple of weeks ago. We've needed a kick up the jacksie for months and I'd like to think that the disaster at the Amex was it. Rather than thinking of cup runs as a hindrance to our league performance, we should use them as a spur. We did this last season (albeit with a stronger squad), and playing more games rather than spending more time in training might be beneficial in other ways. The players are clearly being asked to play real life Mortal Kombat at the AXA, that contact in the actual matches is minimal by comparison! The players need to go out their this weekend and show Brighton that 2 weeks ago was an aberration that will not be allowed to happen again.

Is that 'Bird Spit' or 'Bird's Pit?'

[Mudface]

21 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Is that 'Bird Spit' or 'Bird's Pit?'

 

Yes, yes it is.