Brighton v Villa - Match Thread

[Brend'Watkins]

That side, seriously? Our 2 best players on the bench, what's that all about? Westwood, when there's other options, all of them better, what's that all about?

[Villafirst]

Tshibola not even on the bench? Westwood starting ahead of Bacuna is crazy.

[Virgil Caine]

Gabby will have been told to run and close down probably with a steak pie at the end of a stick tied to his neck as inducement- Ayew has been on international duty so half time Impact sub is his role tonight. Cannot understand Hutton ahead of Bacuna though.

[Larry Duff]

I watched Gabby play well but fail to score for the reserves against Blackburn a couple of weeks ago and was pleased with his work rate and posted it on here.  Then a week ago I watched him play absolute crap against Celtic where his 18 year old strike partner (Callum O'Hare) looked twice the player,
In 90 minutes he did absolutely nothing including missing a penalty.

I hope we win but I am feeling a bit deflated looking at the Team.

[Malandro]

Tony is playing mind games,   give Gabby a few starts and he  will want to go out on loan

[chriswilsonvilla]

Weird line up, one I would never have chosen, however Bruce has done enough already to pick his own team I think.

[four fornicholl]

Lets win this one for Dalian, funeral tomorrow.

[manic-road]

The commentators keep talking about Gabby's hunger.

[Ron Manager]

That midfield just doesn't make sense. The defence picks itself at the moment but Agbonlahor as a focal point leaves a lot to be desired....like the player himself!

[UK Redsox]

If you're still in in City centre pub get moving now as the queue at the station is ridiculous.  No way will we be there for the start.

According to the Po-Leease, the stewards fecked up the counting for one train and let 100 too many people onto the platform.

Other than that, the train getting here worked fine. However, heading back probably won't be as smooth

[villabear]

Very strange starting line up. Gabby? Didn't I see reports how poor he was against Celtic? 

Hopefully Steve knows something we don't.

[cheltenhamlion]

Flabby and Westwood? Fucks sake.

[KevinGage]

He experimented with Richards starting against Wolves, so that should have been a warning. Picking players on their name rather than form.

Richards played like an absolute turkey in that game, so even if he hadn't been injured, I hope (pray) we wouldn't have seen much more of him.

Maybe Gabby needs to stink the place out once more -as he did under Lambert, Sherwood, McDonald Garde and Black before the penny drops. In his defence, I'd say he is capable of that, at least. A shame, as I thought Bruce actually watched football.

[Jimbo]

Tubby will need defibrillators on 30 minutes. Crisp packet Westwood blowing about the place means conceding the midfield, so I guess we're going long? I hope it isn't a long night, but I fear we're going to get fucked by the fucking fuckers. For fuck's sake.

[Matt Collins]

I definitely wouldn't have picked gabby though I can see his logic

He really likes kodjia on the left of the three. That means you need a 9. Gestede is completely immobile so it's gabby or ayew

It does basically mean that in the 433 formation we've got grealish kodjia and ayew all fighting for the same spot. Which is a bit of a waste