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[Match-Thread] Brighton and Hove Albion v.s. Arsenal F.C. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

Fuck's sake. Had a ly-in this morning after finally being able to get more than 5 hours sleep. And this is what I wake up to? What the fuck is going on?!

I know Brighton is a dangerous side, and I had a feeling this could be a banana skin for us. But 3-0 down after 60 mins with arguably our strongest lineup?!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

    I had to look at the line-up. It's definitely our strongest.

    And going into a 3 week break after a result like this, it's going to be a painful

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It's not though and the lineup was the problem. Arteta absolutely shit the bed today by playing favourites.

    After ten minutes, you could see they were pressing us. Who is our most press resistant player? MLS, should've been brought on at half time at the latest. This game was about people who could keep possession and Arteta only brought on Eze and Dowman way too late to change the result. Hilariously, Gyökeres in his cameo was better than Havertz's whole game. Merino is also still a waste of time in midfield for me.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I was thinking Gyokeres should come on around half-time. Shocked he didn't get subbed on till late.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I was just saying this the other day. Arteta was saying he likes everything to be random so opponents can't guess and then we play the exact same style for games, even when Havertz doesn't look good. I like Havertz, he's a big game player, but he's not a week-in/week-out striker and him being unavailable for large parts of last season, helped us because his space in the lineup was given to others. It's a case of:

    • Havertz or Gyökeres or Merino
    • Ødegaard or Eze
    • Rice of Bruno
    • MLS or Zubimendi

    And that was another thing, Arteta knows full well that all of Eze's best moments for us have been through the middle so why was he saying pre-match that he performs best from the left? Let players play in their best positions.

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