By Tim Dudding

Micky Adams has virtually a clean bill of health as the Seagulls prepare to get the new season underway at Crewe on Saturday.

Joel Lynch has shaken off a groin problem, while Matt Richards has overcome a tight thigh muscle.

Only long-term casualty Adam Hinshelwood is ruled out, and Adams revealed he has already settled on the team to face the Railwaymen.

"I know my starting eleven," he told Seagulls World. "The difficult part from my point of view will be the subs that we choose, and also the ones that we leave out.

"Some of them have put strong cases forward to be in the team, but we can only pick 16. There will be a few people who are disappointed but the beauty of the squad is that it is a squad, and some are going to have to be more patient than others.

"I'm sure that when given their opportunities they'll come in and do a fantastic job.

"Brighton have got a particularly bad record at Crewe, and I don't think we've won there, so it will be nice to go up there and put in a positive performance and try and get that first win.

"It's the start of a new season, what's happened has happened and is in the past, and we're going up there with renewed optimism. The squad is ready, they're fit, they're organised and we'll try and win the game."

This match is not all ticket for Albion fans. Ticket details are available in the Coming Up section.

Albion from: Kuipers (GK), Whing, Mayo, Lynch, El-Abd, Cox, Forster, Thomson, McLeod, Sullivan (GK), Livermore, Hawkins, Kuipers, Murray, Loft, Robinson, Gatting, Dixon, Fraser, Virgo, Elphick, Chamberlain, Fogden.

Albion Kit: All light blue.

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