In our Arsenal-Brighton match review me and Blackburn George are surprised by the manner the Gunners were outplayed by Brighton. This is the culmination of a trend of declining performances ever since coughing up a 2-goal lead to Liverpool in early April, similarly away to West Ham and then having…
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Arsenal’s loss to Brighton at the Emirates last Saturday provoked great disappointment among Arsenal fans and stirred widespread criticism of Mikel Arteta as manager. In this match review Blackburn George and Lady Byso join with yours truly Shotta to review what went wrong and to opine on whether Arteta can…
Podcast: After the final game of the 2020-21 Premier League season vs Brighton, yours truly and Blackburn George, the @arseblagger, lament the dire football that caused Arsenal to finish 8th and question some of the many excuses offered including the claim that Arsenal are the 3rd best club in the…
#ARSBRI match preview by Shard aka @ShardGooner A season that started with much promise is ending with more promise. Just empty ones. Some want transfers, some want board seats, some point to conveniently arbitrary points groupings. It’s almost as if the football is the side show. Which, frankly, is the…
#BRARS match report by @omijaved Brighton game was a pretty big one for Arsenal. It was a genuine 6 pointer away from home and against a team that has been struggling this season, it provided the Gunners with a good chance to build up momentum on back of their…
Last time around, Arsenal and Santa Cazorla proved me wrong and provided a miracle. That was an upset that made me very happy indeed. But now we’ve got the glamour opponent done with and it’s back to boring ol’ Brighton we go. What the opponent lacks in spice, the occasion…
After post Covid-19 defeats to Manchester City and Brighton, Arteta and the Arsenal team are in big trouble and face a gloomy future. Tune-in to the latest podcast by Shotta and Backburn George aka the Arseblagger. Listen to “Arteta and the Arsenal Are In Big Trouble” on Spreaker.
Bernd Leno giving it to Brighton’s Neal Maupay for causing his injury as Arsenal are defeated (Photo courtesy of fair use doctrine). There was a time when Arsenal was the only undefeated team in 2020 but now after the restart it finally seems like we are in sync with the…
Arsenal did not merely lose to Brighton, they were outplayed in midfield by one of the poorest teams in the league; 49.2% possession to the Gunners versus 50.8% for the Seagulls. This is unheard of in the modern era. Under Arsene Wenger, only the best teams in Europe have come…
Arsenal vs Brighton: Freddie Ljungberg attended his first press conference ahead of his second game in (interim) charge of Arsenal. But this time he’ll be at home. Of course the media asked him the important questions such as why he didn’t wear a suit. Freddie gave a very Wenger-esque response…