[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal *** Official Match Thread ***

[NooBHA]

We absolutely battered them today. No it's .No buts. They were second best all over the pitch

 

[swindonseagull]

Knockaert was straight down the tunnel at full time(again)
Is he sulking again?

 

[Change at Barnham]

Good luck to Maty Ryan in UAE, hopefully Steele is great for us, but I'll be looking forward to Maty's return in late January.

 

[pork pie]

I feel good about it. Easy to think now that Brighton were the only team in it, but Ryan’s incredible saves prevented an unassailable lead for Arsenal. Momentum with us. Bad news for Hudd and the rest.

We cannot have been on their radar for weeks

 

[Nixonator]

I wonder if those people who moaned about Stephens and the 'negative' line up will have changed their mind after that performance?

Someone was already on BBC Sussex identifying Stephens as the weak link because of the backwards passes cliche, this after producing 3 of the best forward passes in the game

Thought he demonstrated just how effective a DM can be tonight, we should have won.

 

[Weststander]

Someone was already on BBC Sussex identifying Stephens as the weak link because of the backwards passes cliche, this after producing 3 of the best forward passes in the game

Thought he demonstrated just how effective a DM can be tonight, we should have won.

Would be a donut with his mind up pre match that DS is shite. The BBC team thought DS was excellent in all aspects.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Knockaert was straight down the tunnel at full time(again)
Is he sulking again?

I would be if March got picked ahead of me week in week out.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Hughton slow to make subs, we start negatively, Arsenal we’re there for the taking! Agree Locadia Man of the Match. Hughton -10

I thought Hughton got both the choice of subs and the timing absolutely spot on. And he has nothing to do with us starting slowly.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Great result and should have won really in the end.

 

[Albion100]

Thought Stephens was excellent today. One of his best games for us. March demonstrated again that he's really not dangerous enough as an attacking player. He seems scared to take a player on and his crossing is awful. I'd much rather have AK starting. At least he gives us some attacking threat .

 

[portslade seagull]

At least we have another two strikers now who look like they can achieve.

 

[bhafcjack]

Really good performance, disappointed we couldn't grab the 3 points after we dominated them in the last hour but a point against one of the top 6 isnt bad at all.

 

[Icy Gull]

Shame CH is so negative, some earlier subs would have seen us win that game imo

Andone on 60 mins and Bissouma not long after should have happened imo

I was disappointed with just a point in the end

 

[janee]

Knockaert was straight down the tunnel at full time(again)
Is he sulking again?

Ridiculous moaning about players after a win.

Maybe he needed to get straight off to see his kid?

 

[One Love]

Someone was already on BBC Sussex identifying Stephens as the weak link because of the backwards passes cliche, this after producing 3 of the best forward passes in the game

Thought he demonstrated just how effective a DM can be tonight, we should have won.

Thought his forward passing today was massively better than usual, so a strange time to single him out IMO

 

[Bold Seagull]

Shame CH is so negative, some earlier subs would have seen us win that game imo

Andone on 60 mins and Bissouma not long after should have happened imo

I was disappointed with just a point in the end

It was slightly disappointing not to have gone all out for the win, but then againyou take a step back, realise you’ve put a quick halt to a run of 3 defeats in a row, and earned a point against a top side. It puts us 10pts above the relegations places and 3 above the team below us. Got to be happy really.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Ridiculous moaning about players after a win.

Maybe he needed to get straight off to see his kid?

Hardly ridiculous as he booted the ball as hard as he could and threw his gloves and stomped off. That's not moaning about him but an observation of his demeanour

 

[twickers]

Shame CH is so negative, some earlier subs would have seen us win that game imo

Andone on 60 mins and Bissouma not long after should have happened imo

I was disappointed with just a point in the end

Real conundrum for Chris H today. Showed his experience in waiting to read the change of Arsenal's tactics when many managers would have felt pushed to make a change (which was probably planned and delayed whilst we got to grips with the Arsenal change). Nothing was broken, again many managers would have felt the pressure to make the changes from 70+ minutes, but I think he got it right.

Can't see what else he would have done, especially as Arsenal showed they can come right back into the game and it was essential the subs read the game right and kept that point as a priority and only picked the counter or play forward when we knew we weren't going to get undone on an Arsenal counter ourselves. His experience showed tonight.

The headlines will be about Emery getting it wrong, but full credit to Chris for his decisions tonight. As ever, grateful and delighted to have him as a manager playing the team as positive as the capability of the team will allow.

I would add, making the subs when he did and changing the tactics twice in the second half showed a slight arrogance/complacency/lack of respect...not sure what it was that Emery was thinking, but I'm happier as a Brighton fan tonight.

 

[Icy Gull]

It was slightly disappointing not to have gone all out for the win, but then againyou take a step back, realise you’ve put a quick halt to a run of 3 defeats in a row, and earned a point against a top side. It puts us 10pts above the relegations places and 3 above the team below us. Got to be happy really.

Not meaning to come across as unhappy but I really felt Arsenal were there for the taking in the last 20. A point is better than I expected pre kickoff

 

[Gullys Cats]

Deserved to win.