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

[Littlemo]

Better second half and a great point. Honestly thought we could have won that.

 

[SI 4 BHA]

Shite first half, got subs right at half time, pretty good second half.

 

[Eric the meek]

Credit to both managers for not wearing a hat and keeping their hair completely in place in this icy rain.

 

[Flounce]

We should have won that but we needed some luck, which seems to have deserted us. I am not blaming Fab

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Thought we were lucky to still be in the game first half an hour. Thereafter better team. MOTM Veltman, what a player. He needs to coach Estipunan who is getting worse defensively. Guda needs to get in the gym for 6 months. Good point.

 

[Justice]

Fabulous performance! Especially as so many youngsters playing.

Beleba brilliant again. Ayari was great! Once Minteh has a season under his legs he's going to be exceptional for us.

I'll take the draw, but I think we were the better team over the whole game. Which against Arsenal is incredible!

Anyone still with their doom glasses on need to step back and look at that performance.

And with each game we start to gel more and more, the new players get more game time etc.

AND we're missing our two big strikers - Wellbeck and Ferguson. Find me another team that can play like that without their target men. Nottingham forest without Chris Wood?!

Annoying not to get the 2nd goal but they will come. Can't wait to get Welbz back we're going to fly.

Buzzing!

And this is why we should be doing much better than we are TB has built a top 6 squad which is underperforming. Why are we not starting our best options toothless first half it doesn’t make sense. We could have won if we had.

 

[BluesRockDJ]

Why no Dunk in the squad ?

 

[Flounce]

keeper mistake but that defending was just all things terrible

Ironic that Bart made a brilliant save from an offside attack but looked a League two keeper for their goal

 

[mile oak]

We improved second half and we all knew that it was really going to be another draw. We must be the draw specialists. Where is the next win coming from? MOM Van H

 

[huzzah]

So, was Tactical Tommy sitting with PBOBE on the off chance he'd get to assess the inimitable Adam “Webbo” Webster? (I am assuming the nickname based on every dressing room conversation ever)

 

[LamieRobertson]

Why no Dunk in the squad ?

Calf injury

 

[ElectricNaz]

Probably got too cold taking 23 minutes over that corner

 

[LamieRobertson]

FCC

Joao Pedro

“We started the game well. We could have won but got a point. We need to look forward."

“We conceded in the first half but knew we could win this game. We tried to score at the beginning of the second half. We wanted to win.”

On the penalty

“I tried to control the ball and then [Saliba] hit me. It’s good that I scored. I always try to be positive with goals and assists. I like the feeling [of scoring] and hopefully I’ll score more.”

Midget Jennings trying to stir it on TS …first two Arsenal callers not really bothered by it ..keen to concentrate on their sides poor display ….hilarious …the tit is confused

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Why no Dunk in the squad ?

Calf injury according to Naylor on twitter.

 

[papachris]

Jan Paul van Hecke

"I think we did quite well. We shouldn’t have conceded the first goal. That shouldn’t happen to us, but you can see a lot of character in the boys. We need to be more consistent."

“We have a really young team. The average age of our team is 23. It’s tough sometimes, but our guys fight for everything. Maybe you need a bit more experience to manage the game."

“In some parts we are really good. Consistency is an important thing for us to get back where we need to be.”

(On Arsenal’s opener)

“[Ethan Nwaneri] was totally free on the right, so he was able to come inside. We should have done better as a team.”

Honest interview. Looks like he was really disappointed with the conceded goal. I like that responsibility

 

[Mancgull]

Arteta having a right good moan saying it wasn’t a penalty.
Jamie Rednapp sums it up well.
The fact that Arteta is pissed off pleases me greatly.

 

[fruitnveg]

Say what you like about us and our performance; Declan Rice is stealing a living as a professional footballer. Joke player. Have never seen him have a good game for West Ham, Arse or England.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Rutter made a difference in the second half. He drives the team forwards. Georginio does the same when he plays.

Rice couldn’t cope with both of them.

 

[Justice]

Pedro

FCC

Midget Jennings trying to stir it on TS …first two Arsenal callers not really bothered by it ..keen to concentrate on their sides poor display ….hilarious …the tit is confused

Even the other presenters think he’s a dick, why he gets a platform to talk utter bollocks is baffling.

 

[southstandandy]

Good result all things considered. Only Liverpool and Arsenal have lost fewer games than us.

We just need to convert some draws into wins. Still very much a work in progress.