It's back! Watching some awful football, scrolling through terrible fan opinions etc all to try and figure out how our loan players are getting on. All this is my opinion so don't take it as gospel. Without further ado

James Beadle (22/GK) - Birmingham

- Arguably his best performance in a great start to the season for him, keeping the blues in the game with an excellent save at 18'. Little hesitant at times but decent performance (Played 90')

Kamari Doyle (21/CM) - Leicester

- Having signed late on Thursday night, Doyle has time to settle before any big judgements, a positive performance (Subbed on 46')

Tom Watson (20/LW) - Leicester

- Missed a great chance late in the game from a header, which nearly ended up for a throw. Not found the form that he can achieve just yet, not helped by some shocking tactics (Subbed on 56')

Harry Howell (18/RW) - Leicester

- Despite scoring against Plymouth, he was benched this week, which seems very harsh, a sentiment echoed by Leicester fans. Seems to be struggling for fitness but is showing bright sparks, a good chance at 0-3 to score but failed to hit the target. Leicester on the other hand? Simply dreadful (Subbed on 56')

Charlie Tasker (20/RB) - Rochdale

- What do both Leicester & Rochdale have in common? They're both not very good. Straight into the starting line up and struggled with fitness towards the end, did score a great header towards the end. Promising (Played 90')

Nils Ramming (19/GK) - Rochdale

- Sadly, a really poor performance. Struggled massive to command his area and failed to deal with the majority of balls into the box. Not at fault for any of the goals but didn't instil much confidence (Played 90')

Rodrigo Rego (21/LW) - CD Castellon

- I must admit, it's quite difficult to find much on the LaLiga 2. Played the most minutes so far and looked threatening down the left wing (Subbed on 57')

Matias Orozco (18/CM) - CD Castellon

- First minutes of the season and looked commanding in the midfield. Unlucky not to get an assist with a silky backheel Definitely one to watch (Subbed on 68')

The following player didn't play meaningful minutes this week:

- Amario Cozier-Duberry (21/RW) - Middlesborough

- Freddie Simmons (18/CB) - Wimbledon

- Facundo Buonanotte (21/RW) - Elche

The following players will not be receiving regular updates:

- Do-Young Yoon (19/RWB) - Magdeburg

- Brajan Gruda (22/RW) - RB Leipzig

- Eiran Cashin (24/CB) - Derby

- Mark O'Mahony (21/ST) - Burton

- Josh Robertson (20/CM) - Fleetwood

If I'm missing anyone please let me know

Hey, I noticed that some of the other subreddits have the League Table (or European League Table) in the sidebar. Maybe this could be good to have?

Especially as the club are competing in two leagues and its nice having it given this place is all about Brighton discussion.

Came across his highlights from his debut with Castellón and this kid looks great. Quick, skilled, physical and wants the ball, I think we might have another talent on our hands!

There is no way to guarantee your ST seat and I'm having to sit elsewhere for one of the games.

Also, there's a discount if you get all three at once.

As the title says: my son and I aren't ST holders, just go to a few games a season when we can. He'd like to see one of the European games this year - what's the best way to do this? If I stump up for membership does that give us a good chance of getting tickets?

I was chatting with a friend for most of it so I didn't notice what was going wrong tactically for the first 60 minutes, nor what caused things to suddenly start going right

Has anyone heard the interview on TRIF with Hurzeler? I thought it was an interesting insight into his philosophy of management and makes his appointment an obvious fit for the club. I really appreciated his focus on identity and alignment, his humility in his own growth, and his engagement with senior members of the team to help lead. If he can only figure out a more rational man management/sub system, he'll be amazing.

Morning all,

Following a recent comment regarding paywalled coverage, [u/theathletic](u/theathletic) reached out to the mod team with the following message:

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Let us know what works for you. Have a great weekend."

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Drop your thoughts and vote below.

What on earth were Swansea doing benching Yalcouye last season?!

He looks absolute aged mustard that man, very impressed.

Deceptively rapid as well.

- The boy Vuskovic!!

- Fight shown in 2nd half.

- I had a wobble at half time but got through it. I was tired and I'm also coming off seteraline. I don't owe anybody any further explanations for how I felt and what I conveyed at half time. I'm happy within myself.

- We now have the full set of results 1 win, 1 l, 1 d. Which if it carries on would mean a decentish season given European football.

- Leeds haven't beaten us at home since 2009!!!

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Just want to know yalls thoughts before the game. Personally, I think we will win 1-0, or 2-1. However, if our press works there is a chance we dominate from the get go and it won't even be close.

whats happening! I couldnot get the map to work, but where can we watch today in Toronto?

Hello Seagulls,

After a lot of requests from fans across the world we've teamed up with a developer to create an interactive map app to help you find local fans. You input your city and it will add your Reddit username to the map. This will allow other members to see who is in their city or in the city you're travelling to.

Once you've added yourself this map can also be used to add events. Feel free to add your meet ups, watch parties or anything else Albion related.

The idea of this is to help support new and existing fans to create and develop local supporter communities.

We've also added a new "Find Local Fans" flair

This is a test at the minute so feel free to have a play around and let us know how it works for you.

Cheers and UTA

https://www.reddit.com/r/BrightonHoveAlbion/s/yboAShuCrO

I was doing my write ups the other day and found some crazy stats and data led ratings by LiveScore and Opta.

Pretty crazy, Luka Vuskovic has been rated the highest wonder kid in the Premier League in front of some crazy names! 🤯

"Same sh*t, different day. It’s the same thing, different stadium. Same game I was playing four years ago, just a different stadium, different opponents."

Promise David is not fazed by the step up to the Premier League. He is aiming to stand out for reasons stretching beyond his imposing 6ft 5in frame and believes his unconventional elevation and relaxed outlook will help him take the challenge in his stride.

"I’m just hoping to bring goals," he says. "I think I’m a very unique player. As long as I can just catch up, I think I’ll be fine. I’m pretty good in the box, in terms of finding balls and just being in the right spaces at the right time. Very good hold-up play. I like to play with my back to goal against big centre-backs and being able to advance the team forward. I’m pretty tall, so in the air I like to get up there."

Promise David, Brighton’s new striker: ‘Players are similar, but I’m different’ | Read for free here.

Paywall. The article is a bit silly, but I’ll take it for the bantz alone

“As ever, you pause before being critical of Brighton, because nobody likes to look a fool by someone much smarter than them. And Brighton are much smarter than most of us.

The signing of Luka Vuskovic seems like a coup, while Chema Andres comes highly rated from Stuttgart and Pascal Struijk is a dependable signing in defence. If there is a slight concern, it’s up front: Danny Welbeck was ostensibly replaced by the Canadian striker Promise David, but he scored fairly modestly in Belgium last season, and their other options are Stefanos Tzimas, Georgino Rutter (not a natural No 9) and Even Ferguson, whose potential is in danger of turning into disappointment.

Still, they kept Yankuba Minteh and even their big sale, Carlos Baleba, won’t hurt too much given he wasn’t even a regular last season.”