Chelsea 4-3 Brighton

[James 5,199]

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

Pre-Season Friendly
Sunday 23rd July 2023
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
00:00am UK Time

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Don't expect Caicedo in this one. 

First minutes for some other players like Kepa, Mudryk... 

13 minutes ago, James said:

PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS

Pre-Season Friendly
Sunday 23rd July 2023
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
00:00am UK Time

Change our kit James 😠

[James 5,199]

Just now, NikkiCFC said:

Change our kit James 😠

It's not been made yet 😠

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

It is only preseason and evaluating players is more important along with getting in reps with Poch’s system….still want us to pound them.

[Blue Armour 4,288]

Smash them to ruins.

[The Rising Sun 710]

Just don't get pounded in this one. No 3-1, 4-1 type score to Brighton.

Early days and need to build some confidence. Both teams will be building up their fitness so it's level there. 

 

[lucio 5,418]

Brighton are a pub side and next season they will slide down the table 

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

1 hour ago, lucio said:

Brighton are a pub side and next season they will slide down the table 

Really 😡...

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

2 hours ago, lucio said:

Brighton are a pub side and next season they will slide down the table 

They'll still be top 10.   MacAllister & Caicedo are losses but I'm sure De Zerbi will go find another top tier player on the cheap. 

[lucio 5,418]

1 hour ago, bigbluewillie said:

Really 😡...

Why are you angry ? Do you like them ? 

[lucio 5,418]

45 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

They'll still be top 10.   MacAllister & Caicedo are losses but I'm sure De Zerbi will go find another top tier player on the cheap. 

Gilmour didnt play all season until near the end and he looked good so maybe he’ll step up 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Destroy them...

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

They'll still be top 10.   MacAllister & Caicedo are losses but I'm sure De Zerbi will go find another top tier player on the cheap. 

MacAllister, Trossard and Colwill all gone. If Caicedo jumps ship too, it will be a tough ask to replace all of them with players even close to the same quality.

Groß and Dunk are also both on the wrong side of 30 and were the two players with most minutes played for them last season. Can they keep up the same level of performance or will we start seeing some decline?

With all this in mind plus the fact they'll have a lot more match load with UEL football on their calendars I'd be surprised if Brighton have another good league season. Probably somewhere around 8th - 12th would be my guess. 

[Vegetable 830]

14 minutes ago, Jype said:

, it will be a tough ask to replace all of them with players even close to the same quality.

Especially if certain rich team with strange addiction to everything Brighton will come and scrape some more from bottom of their barrel, as everything Brighton is exciting,dynamic and talented and surely fit to perform at highest level possible in the sport 🙄

We are also linked to their gk for big cash on regular matter, because yes

Edited July 21, 2023 by Vegetable

[Reddish-Blue 2,347]

2 hours ago, Jype said:

MacAllister, Trossard and Colwill all gone. If Caicedo jumps ship too, it will be a tough ask to replace all of them with players even close to the same quality.

Groß and Dunk are also both on the wrong side of 30 and were the two players with most minutes played for them last season. Can they keep up the same level of performance or will we start seeing some decline?

With all this in mind plus the fact they'll have a lot more match load with UEL football on their calendars I'd be surprised if Brighton have another good league season. Probably somewhere around 8th - 12th would be my guess. 

I mean Trossard left in January and they were still solid without him, found some other South American kid to fill the void. 

Colwill will definitely be replaced by a solid CB (they should have plenty of money available with the Caicedo/MacAllister deals). 

I get what you're saying that they may not have the same quality in the side but I like what I've seen in De Zerbi (feel like he's got the tools to be a top 6 manager in the next few seasons) and he'll have Brighton playing well enough to be mid-table. 

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Just before this game tonight we can watch thriller Havertz vs Mount.

[lucio 5,418]

33 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Just before this game tonight we can watch thriller Havertz vs Mount.

Donkey vs workhorse 

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

20 hours ago, lucio said:

Why are you angry ? Do you like them ? 

No! it's not about liking or disliking Brighton.

It's about your comment calling them a pub team they're a long way from that.

And you reckon they'll slide down the table this season and that is laughable.

So with both your comments I find unnecessary and totally biased.

Hence the angry.