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

[Coldeanseagull]

Very slow and tactical, but somehow mesmerising. Arse really are poor and once again we're not punishing them. Still, we could be in same sinking boat as the lesser albion I suppose!

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Not bad, good to see some other players in the mix.

 

[Stat Brother]

Fingers crossed GPott doesn't get out coached at halftime.

He's played a blinder with his prep.

 

[dangull]

Well there maybe a method in this madness starting line up. It hasnt been that bad really.

 

[BBassic]

I thought we looked really good.

Some of the passing was excellent.

 

[Mayonaise]

gonna rely on the bench as this game wears on as a few will be blowing due to lack of minutes but Bernardo and Propper both done ok so far.

Saving our 'big guns' for the last 20 minutes .... Maupay to bag the winner for the second time against these goons in 2020.

 

[twickers]

For goodness sake, we're a contrary bunch aren't we.

We moan that our strikers are crap, and then moan that they're not playing.

Then we moan that the team out there are missing chances, and 'we should have had a striker on' - yet see above, these strikers are the ones we've moaned about, so what difference would they have made?

We then moan about Argie Mac having a go instead of passing it, when we've also spent weeks moaning that we try and pretty pass the ball in instead of having a go.

I think we're doing okay, and have actually looked a bit more like scoring than normal. One positive is that we seem to be getting men into the box for crosses and knock downs.

I think folks are finding it hard to digest that the first half was as good as any first half we've played with strikers this season. Once they've had a half time drink they'll come to terms with it. Happy with the plan so far, second half changes will be very interesting.

 

[vagabond]

Arsenal really a very poor side. If only Potter had taken this seriously we could have been 2 or 3 up at half time!

“We’re not 3-0 up against Arsenal by half time. Porter out!”

 

[The Fits]

I'm expecting big bids for Bissouma in January.
Twitter going ballistic about him as per.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Look well drilled but not much bravery in front of goal, if you don’t buy a ticket you won’t win the raffle.

Also Biss looks a cut above everyone in both sides.

 

[crookie]

Strong first half. The better side obviously, a few good but no clear chances.

Biss is absolute quality - looking a top 4 player today, easy.

Bernardo has been my highlight - having a really good game, looks to be enjoying himself.

Ali J & Alex Mac not looking likely to be the answer to our goalscoring problems - one surely to go off early on for Welbeck or Maupay (or both).

Again, same old story, deserve to be winning. Lack of goal scoring prowess responsible again. Same old.

Optimistic about the 2nd half... but knowing this season, we'll probably lose 1-0 to a VAR penalty or something.

BTW, those who pissed their pants over the Potter lineup, not going as bad as you expected?

Good summary. Doing better than I expected, and I agree, expect changes up top

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[Mike Small]

Bernardinho with the Ronaldo chop. Don’t get cocky son.

It looked ****ing terrible as well. Went backards into trouble and 5 yards away from it.

 

[theboybilly]

Gone to plan. Contained them nicely. Genuinely think there’s going to be a couple or big changes in second half.

Expect at least 2 out of Tross / Maupay / Welb / Connolly to come on against tired legs.

Please not Connolly

 

[rogersix]

WHAT A LARK! watching this madness, against THE ARSENAL

now, step it up a gear, POTTER!

 

[BN41Albion]

Doing fine. Won't stop some fans digging out all of our players plus the manager. Arsenal won easily against Chelsea and yet we get no credit for stopping them playing and still creating chances.

I'm happy to hold my hands up, we're doing OK... The age old question though, can we take more chances that the opposition and win a game?

 

[Lower West Stander]

Despite the press wankfest thought Arsenal weren’t that great v Chelsea. Got a pen and a worldy plus if Chelsea scored that pen there would’ve been sheer panic.

Proving it here. We should be beating them and winning this game.


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[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I don’t find that boring, it’s satisfying to watch us dominate, but as with the first team, there’s absolutely no bite to our attack. I sincerely hope there’s an striker waiting to be announced in early January to give Potter a chance.

 

[Mr H]

This Arsenal team is woeful.

This is the team that beat Chelsea easily.
And we are outplaying them.
With our reserve front 5
I really despair at the negative comments on this board

 

[willalbion]

What do you think ‘on top’ means?

 

[GoingUp]

Are you actually watching the game . Webster just drove forward and slipped a lovely ball through to Propper?

What's your point? I said last game he had most of our shots.

As it goes, he is massively overrated on the ball though.