Elphick poised for comeback

9:30am Tuesday 17th July 2012 in Albion By Andy Naylor

Tommy Elphick is due to play at Lewes tonight Tommy Elphick is due to play at Lewes tonight

Tommy Elphick is in line for his comeback from a 14-month absence in Albion’s sold-out second pre-season friendly at Lewes tonight (7.45pm).

The centre-half missed the whole of last season with a ruptured Achilles, sustained in the final game of the 2010-11 campaign at Notts County.

Wayne Bridge’s first appearance for the Seagulls has been further delayed after the on-loan Manchester City full-back pulled out during the warm-up at Maidstone on Saturday due to groin tightness.

Boss Gus Poyet confirmed: “Bridgey won’t play. We will wait until the weekend so we don’t take a risk.”

Vicente ’s return to action is also on hold until the first team friendlies at Dorchester on Friday night and at Hastings the following afternoon.

Two entirely different teams will be fielded in those games, both bolstered by players from the development squad.

The development squad friendly at Dover, washed out on Saturday, has been rearranged for tonight (7.45pm).

Several trialists will be used by development squad chief Luke Williams over the course of pre-season, including 18-year-old Swiss striker Daniel Vogt-Longange, formerly with Italian club Monza.

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Gee Jay says...
10:00am Tue 17 Jul 12

It will be good to see him back and fighting for a place. A season long injury must be a nightmare.

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Neville says...
10:28am Tue 17 Jul 12

Good to see Tommy back. On the subject of CMS rumours etc good manager that Gus is, his failure has been to bring in a quality target man,ever since he became manager. Ok we had Vokes on loan but he was totally ineffective and Gus chose not to play the two of them together.For the past two seasons we hae had no big striker and if CMS does go what happened to all the fanfare about building a side around him. Hope I m proved wrog this next week or so and we actually get someone. Also like the idea of McCormack and CMS
playing together.It seems Warnock is shouting off again and Leeds are being linked with any number of players.

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Captain Haddock says...
11:39am Tue 17 Jul 12

Welcome back, Tommy. Must've been very frustrating for him, especially with his teammates enjoying the new stadium!

No sure how he'll fare in the new Albion era but good luck to him.

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Good Ol' Hemz by the Sea says...
1:04pm Tue 17 Jul 12

I personally thought that Tommy was the better player out of him and El-Ebd in that 10-11 season. Wasn't sure if El-ebd was good enough for this level but he proved me wrong. If Tommy can get back to full fitness I think he will be an asset to us again

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Jonathan Mouette says...
3:41pm Tue 17 Jul 12

And what happened to the much heralded arrival from Arsenal of their young central defender on long term loan...? Oh well, maybe Barcelona will get him after all...

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Jonathan Mouette says...
3:42pm Tue 17 Jul 12

Ignasi Miquel, in case you thought I couldn't remember his name...

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mikeygit says...
4:55pm Tue 17 Jul 12

It is only Tues and Gus said he hoped to get another signing in this week--so a few (frustrating) days to go!!

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The Real Ryfish says...
6:18pm Tue 17 Jul 12

Jonathan Mouette wrote:
And what happened to the much heralded arrival from Arsenal of their young central defender on long term loan...? Oh well, maybe Barcelona will get him after all...
Was he "much heralded", or did a baseless rumour just go round quite a bit? Where would he fit in?

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tug509 says...
10:25am Wed 18 Jul 12

Great to see you back Tommy,where you belong in our magnificent stripes.Hope your luck runs better this season,quality always rises to the top.

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