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Zinchenko ruled out for the remainder of the season. Saliba too but we already suspected that.
Tricky one. Games at the Emirates this year have often been ping pong games and a team like Brighton are capable of exploiting that.
Let’s get to 90 points and hope for the best.
3-1.
Saliba and Zinchenko have been ruled out for the rest of the season
Zinchenko wasn’t even a tactical substitution he was taken off on Sunday due to injury
Arteta is off his rocker
It was obvious Saliba was kaput weeks agoQuote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
As for Zinchenko :patrice:
And as for Arteta, yes agreed
Anyway, 0-3 Welbz hatter
What has often been the story under Arteta not just this season but since he joined is that he will run one first XI into the ground and then he will reach the end of his cul de sac and change things up and we will get results again. How long this uptick last usually depends on who we are playing. The last time we played Brighton at home was the last time I went to the Emirates and it was apparent to me we were woefully unprepared in the team we put out (we played Smith Rowe and Lokonga in central midfield and Xhaka at left back). In the all or nothing documentary, he gave a querulous pre match team talk about Edison and handed out light bulbs (Edison was a thief who stole Tesla’s discovery) and then screamed at them because it was beyond him to think that two players deeply uncomfortable on the ball in such an area might struggle (actually felt sorry for Lokonga as he was trying his best…actually coming forward on the ball and trying to win the foul)
But Captain Black couldn’t see that it was his own fault that we lost that game instead balling out the players for not being able to do what it was abundantly clear they were incapable of doing.
This was the game that crystallised my belief at the time that Arteta should have been sacked at the end of last season. I did not see us finishing top four this season let alone the sustained title challenge we’ve managed. I’m still yet to be convinced that the players aren’t performing inspite of Arteta who still comes across to me as unlikeable, no where near as smart as he thinks he is, stubborn, uncharismatic and slow to change.
If my boss, told me to do something that I knew wouldn’t work and then laid into me after predictably it didn’t, I’d tell him to fuck off. Making mistakes is human, making mistakes and blaming others for it is what you do if you’re a cunt.
He was also blaming us the fans for not making enough noise….passive aggressive prick
Anyway I do think we should be able to put a side out that will help us win. Brighton have been a bit all over the place since the semi final of the fa cup in terms of consistency. Beat the living daylights out of Wolves and got revenge against United at home, but lost to Forest got pasted by Everton and have a few injuries to contend with (both Webster and March are out)
I can see Mitoma giving White a bit of a hard time and we need to watch Caicedo and Enciso. But I think we should be able to beat them even though it won’t be an easy game.
2-1 I reckon
Ram
White
Kiwior
Gabriel
Tierney
Jorg
Odegaard
Xhaka
Nelson
Trossard
Martinelli
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Ramsdale, Tierney, Gabriel, Kiwior, White, Jorginho, Partey (I know Xhaka has played ok the last two games but just can’t pick him) Odegaard, Martinelli, Jesus, Nelson/Trossard
1Ramsdale
4White
15Kiwior
6Gabriel
3Tierney
8Ødegaard
20Jorginho
34Xhaka
7Saka
9Gabriel Jesus
11Martinelli
Substitutes
5Partey
10Smith Rowe
14Nketiah
16Holding
19Trossard
21Fábio Vieira
24Nelson
30Turner
97Walters
Predictably, hoping he'd start either Nelson or Trossard was completely pointleas
Pretty much as expected
Martinelli wipes out Mitoma. Lucky to escape a booking.
Love that he’s a nasty little fucker.
Why didn’t Odegaard shoot. :doh:
Now Caicedo escapes a booking for wiping out Martinelli.
This ref. :lol:
That was brutal from Martinelli, could've been a red.
Caicedo got away with nothing also.
:lol:
Good save from Ramsdale.
Good refereeing in my opinion. Yes arguably should have been a yellow for both but you want to let the game flowQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Martinelli can’t carry on.
Trossard on.
Odegaard shot, not far off. Forgot to post this.
Martinelli off injured, Trossard on.
That was shocking from Tierney.
Can’t feel too aggrieved after he wiped out MitomaQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Trossard needed to place it not smash it.
Trossard shot deflects onto the bar
Enciso can't do anything with it.
Don’t think we’ve done enough when we’ve won the ball back in dangerous areas.
I think we’ve given them too much control of the ball, and would bring on Partey to change that second half
Saka puts it wide.
Odegaard drags it wide. Should hit the target from there at least.
HT 0-0
Openings are there but not enough quality shown yet
0-0 HT.
1-0 Brighton Enciso
Us. :rose:
Not been enough protective cover to help White against Mitoma
Ok I’ve changed my mind about the referee, gone from letting the game flow to letting Brighton get away with murder. How has Caicedo not been booked?
Xhaka and Jorginho off for Partey and Nelson.
Gilmour off, Welbeck on.
Assuming Nelson will play wide left and Trossard will play in the Xhaka roleQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Just wide from Nelson.
Far too easy for visitors to play football at the Emirates.
Something that needs to change next season.
Odegaard and Jesus off for Smith Rowe and Nketiah.
0-2 Undav. WTF.
2-0 Undav. You could tell nothing was going to go right for us today after that useless c**t scored
It’s been coming. We have been awful second half. You can blame the referee to a degree who has allowed outrageous fouling to go unpunished. But we’ve lacked balls today. Yeah why are we persisting with Saka but can’t blame Arteta too much for the set up and substitutions. Players just been poorQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...