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Brighton vs Arsenal | January 4, 17:30 GMT

naz

Arteta has to answer for that disgusting lineup. Partey at RB is stupid

USArsenal

naz

I would have rather tried our luck with MLS at RB than Partey. Putting him there weakens two positions.

Coombs

Qwiss kid was unable to get up and down the pitch. He was great but it was the right sub.

Claudius

Gazza M what was the alternative to that midfield?

Gazza M

Claudius nwaneri or trossard in an attacking midfield role, martinelli and tross/nwaneri on the wing.

GooneriC

I don't even think Partey at RB was that stupid , but where's the rest of the team? Why did we come out second half and play like we were defending for our lives with 10 men ? Because that's how it looked. Back to cowardball, we should have come out and killed them.

naz

Coombs we barely created 1 chance. I don't see how that setup was good. We looked incredibly vulnerable too

Coombs

naz context. All that is true, and yet we still should have won.

Coombs

The weather was brutal, half the squad is ill, we're dealing with big injuries...should have been 1-0. Refs won't let us win it, guys. Best to stop agonizing over it and find another way stay invested.

Claudius

Game didn’t look great so I can understand why folks are unhappy. But going at the manager over the lineup makes no sense.
We played our 4th choice right back and couldn’t spruce up midfield because Odegaard is not 100% and Ethan was out right.
Only other option is to maybe introduce MLS to a new role
In the team, at left 8 or DM. And then you have new issues to deal with

Tam

Claudius I’d rather see positive moves to try and be creative than reverting to the same old shit we know doesn’t work.

Arteta is limited in options because he’s left us limited. His choice to run with the players we have. His choice to have all our hopes pinned on Saka and Odegaard being available. His choice to not have a clear style or personality without one, and now, both of them.

Qwiss

Gazza M it's a double blow when he plays there because we go to shit in midfield too

Qwiss

naz keep in mind he's only 22 and hasn't really had a chance to find his feet. I still think he'll come good.

naz

Rice must be sick. He fails miserably at being a CDM whenever he plays there's. Always needs someone behind him to play well.

I'm exaggerating after such a poor match from him but something needs to change there tactically to fit him and Odegaard when Partey is shoved to RB

JazzG

Our second half performance wasn’t great but that is an absolutely shocking decision to award the penalty against us, you will see these incidents again and again and I bet you not a single other team will get a penalty like that.

naz

JazzG like the last match. We'll never see this decision given against anyone else ever. Letter of the law only used against us

Claudius

Tam tam?. Partey is playing because White, timber and Tomi aren’t available. Should we have bought another right back?

lorddulaarsenal

In isolation it’s not a terrible result - tough place to go. Just we need more chasing down Liverpool.

We desperately need more options for the attack

Panda

Penalty not given today as deemed accidental...they make it up as they go along and just excuse all mistakes. 0 accountability. Just get rid of them and start afresh.

awooga83

Panda I don't think that's the same scenario personally. I think we were hard done by for the ref to give it in the moment but maybe just good positioning very close directly on it was bad luck.

When I was equally annoyed in it's awarding I was thinking through a challenge like an attacking player knocking the ball ahead of the defender trying to play it but instead contacting the attacking player and that made me think it's probably one that 'could' be given. I don't think they are going to occur very often we were just unlucky it got awarded.

DiabyKungFu

I don't see any reason why we can't win the Champions League this season. Also, I generally agree with @Coombs that I didn't see much wrong with the lineup, subs, etc today. Given the players we had available, I think getting the win today would have necessitated riding our luck. It is what it is.

naz

DiabyKungFu Arteta goes into defensive mode in every away CL knock out match that I can remember. I don't see us beating the likes of Liverpool or Real or even Atletico in a two match knock out without Saka, Odegaard and White back firing on all cylinders.

DiabyKungFu

Partey and Jorginho out, Baleba in would be pretty cool, by the way. Maybe the only midfielder out there that can put power Declan Rice.

lorddulaarsenal

DiabyKungFu he has clown feet though

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