Key events
And away we go…
1 min: Spurs get off to a flier, and it’s the Timo show underway. Does he shoot? No, he aims a pass at Brennan Johnson. And misses his target.
The players pay tribute to Barry Lloyd, the club’s one-time manager and chief scout. A name from a very different Brighton.
We are deeply saddened to report the passing of our former manager Barry Lloyd, aged 75.
We extend our sincere condolences to Barry’s family and friends at this saddest of times. The players will wear black armbands today and there will be a tribute next weekend against Spurs.
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) September 28, 2024
Pascal Gross – or is that Groß? – is shown off to the Falmer faithful, as a means of saying goodbye. He’s at Dortmund now. What a player he was for Brighton. One of those so underrated he’s rated players.
Via the BBC: Some interesting quotes from Ange Postecoglou, who welcomed Fabian Hurzeler to Tottenham’s training facility last season. “He spent a day with us. He asked a lot of questions and I gave him too many answers, for sure.
“I actually palmed him off at one stage because he was asking too many. I passed him to the other coaches. He was inquisitive about everything. He was already a senior manager, doing a good job, and the fact that he still wanted to ask questions – he made a real impression on everyone.”
Yash Gupta gets in touch: “David Squires made cartoon about Werner after Chelsea-Man City final in 2021. Best player on land outside box. Okay maybe 6th best in this Tottenham team. As long as he contributes well, I think his ‘show’ can be sidelined for now.”
I’m a fan. A total entertainer.
Congratulations, Daniel Harris, for staying awake during this. I was glad the Arc came on in the second half.
Elsewhere, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest drew 1-1. That’s a fine result for Nuno, a manager we all wrote off, didn’t we. (OK, I did.)
Jeremy Boyce gets in touch: “Given the way these two are scoring and conceding it’s either 8 – 8 or 0 – 0 isn’t it?”
Getting that vibe, yes.
Last time out for these two teams.
Fabian Hurzeler makes two changes from Chelsea last week. Yankuba Minteh and Joel Veltman in, Mats Wieffer and Pervis Estupinan dropping to the bench. Ange Postecoglou opts for the same team that smashed Manchester United. That means the Timo Werner show rolls on.
The teams
Brighton: Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Webster, Dunk, Veltman, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma, Welbeck. Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Igor, Gruda, Enciso, Ayari, Wieffer, Ferguson, Estupinan.
Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Kulusevski, Bentancur, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke, Werner. Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Bissouma, Gray, Bergvall, Spence, Sarr, Lankshear, Moore.
Preamble
As the season starts to shake out, Brighton’s great start to the season has dissipated, and so have fears that Tottenham are about to explode. Five wins in a row will do that sort of thing. Spurs were impressive against Manchester United, and then in midweek toughed it out at Ferencvaros. A win could take Ange Postecoglou’s team into the top four, where they would like to be. Brighton haven’t won in the Premier League since August and were on the wrong end of a thriller last week with Chelsea. Fabian Hurzeler’s already shown off that he has fire in his belly, and so does Ange. So let’s hope for fireworks in Falmer.
Kick-off at 4.30pm, UK time. Join me.
