Brighton vs Arsenal, thoughts?

[Greg Bobkin]

If Gus puts a 'good' team out and we get embarrassed his days would be numbered imo

With opinions like that, thank goodness you're not Tony Bloom!

With the squad we've got now, even the 'reserves' are decent. Don't see how getting beaten by a Champions League regular means you lose your job as manager.

 

[el punal]

Arsenal fans in the home ends.
It'll be worse than Chelsea.

I believe the away allocation for FA Cup games is 15% of capacity - 4000. I'm sure that provision was made that the south-east corner and south stand would be for away fans in these circumstances. If I'm right - worry not!

 

[Weststander]

££££ Arsenal's mercenaries will outclass the Albion,
and then the wake up call will hit the fans with "shit, we forgot about the league again whilst Cardiff and Leicester stay focused on the real goal".

 

[northstandsteve]

Beat arsenal twice at the Goldstone 2 seasons running 1-0 and 2-1

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

But perhaps because of Brady, I can tolerate Arsenal these days.

I would LOVE it if Brady was the half time guest next Saturday.

 

[pottert]

Agree as well.
The North-East corner has looked ready for the seats to be put in for a number of weeks, but those seats haven't gone in...must be for a reason.

You can't just put seats in & then sell those seats a safety certificate has to be granted.

 

[Skaville]

I can't see us beating arsenal because we will play a very similar style to them and they will beat us at our/their own game.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

I agree with this, and don't expect Wegner to put out Arsenal's strongest XI either, but it's gonna be fecking awesome. I can't wait.

i think both teams will play pretty strong sides. at least 8 out of 11 will be starting 11 players! wenger might play ramsey instead of cazorla and giroud instead of poldolski and we might play ankergren instead of kooooshack etc but i'd expect the majority to be the normal starting players for sure.

 

[Working class pride]

I would LOVE it if Brady was the half time guest next Saturday.

Yep, Liam Brady applauded onto the pitch by Dick Knight and Attilla the Stockbroker. Respect should be paid to Liam Brady. He could have just been yet another bland football person, but no, Liam Brady stuck his neck out for us and its not forgotten.

 

[Gullys Cats]

Arsenal who??

 

[swd40]

good job Mickey was not playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JVekPzUVo

 

[Ozymandias86]

Arsenal goalscorer Jack Wilshere: "We know Brighton play football, they play great football."

Nice to see a future England captain on the Gus Bus!

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

Arsenal fans in the home ends.
It'll be worse than Chelsea.

Assuming that's not a wind-up, how exactly will they secure home end tickets? Given that the home seats have already near enough been sold out to season ticket holders and 50 loyalty point holders only, and they weren't even through to the 4th round in that time, and home section sales have now been suspended, it'd take a quite staggering degree of prescience and effort to have got a home ticket for this one if you're a Gooner.

 

[driller]

Fantastic news, bring on Wenger's boys.

Sounds like the punchline to a saville joke

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

i think both teams will play pretty strong sides. at least 8 out of 11 will be starting 11 players! wenger might play ramsey instead of cazorla and giroud instead of poldolski and we might play ankergren instead of kooooshack etc but i'd expect the majority to be the normal starting players for sure.

I think, and hope that Gus plays a full strength team. Especially if Saturday's game at Brum is off.

 

[driller]

Walcott was hideously bad today. Hope he plays. Wilshire does everything for Arsenal: go get him, Liam.

I hope Liam does not play - the secret may get out just before window closes.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Assuming that's not a wind-up, how exactly will they secure home end tickets? Given that the home seats have already near enough been sold out to season ticket holders and 50 loyalty point holders only, and they weren't even through to the 4th round in that time, and home section sales have now been suspended, it'd take a quite staggering degree of prescience and effort to have got a home ticket for this one if you're a Gooner.

a lot of our fans think we have a lot of arsenal, chelsea, man utd, liverpool fans. apparently you had to go to the goldstone, gillingham and withdean to be a proper brighton fan.

if that was the case we'd only have 6000 fans at the amex. a lot of fans have returned from goldstone days and yes granted we have a lot of new fans but surely thats better than having only 6000 fans still

they'd soon moan if the stadium was half empty and we were playing in league 1 still signing shit players because we couldnt afford good ones. the money of these 'new fans' is helping us towards the prem ffs.

 

[Weststander]

Desperate Wenger will play strongest 11

Will want to avoid the fans fury if they lose to a mid table Championship club, handing them another trophy-less season.

 

[Notters]

I think they could easily bring 4000

Why out of interest?

 

[Simster]

I would LOVE it if Brady was the half time guest next Saturday.

It'll be Willie f***ing Young