I gave up after the way we failed to try to win the Brighton game, it spoke volumes about our defensive approach and attitude, which isn't that of a title-winning teamOriginally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
I gave up after the way we failed to try to win the Brighton game, it spoke volumes about our defensive approach and attitude, which isn't that of a title-winning team
Then again I don’t think we were guilty of not showing ambition against Inter, we just didn’t have the quality in attack to break them down. Therefore I think that had we gone for it against Brighton it’s far more likely that we would have lost rather than won, and in those circumstances I prefer a draw to a defeat.
What Arteta’s decision suggested to me was an admission that our attack was not good enough to win us the game with ten men (I agreed then and I agree now) but it’s a damning indictment on him for spending so much on defenders when that money could have been used on attacking players
That's the thing, I get a lot of people woudld disagree with me but a point at home to Brighton (and yes at time of writing they are winning against Citeh) is worth gambling away for the sake of getting two points
at the very least Arteta should have left the structure the same instead of bringing on an extra defensive player, which he'd been planning to do when we were 1-0 up but he still did it when we conceded
The thing is, I would agree with you if we had more and better options in attack. On the face of it, I think at home you do want to try and assert dominance even with less men. I just think considering we leave ourselves vulnerable to the counter when playing 11 vs 11 because we don’t really have a prolific marksman, it wouldn’t have ended well.
I don’t like us being negative unless we are playing away from home against a big team
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