PL: Brighton and Hove Albion vs Arsenal | December 26th | KO: 17:15 | Sky Sports

[blaze_of_glory]

The subs wasn't the problem, stop being dillusional.
Özil did nothine the entire first half and Lacazette did nothing during the 15 minutes he was on during the 2nd half.

You sub players off having a bad game and that's what Emery did. The team was just awful today.

We actually carried a threat with them playing though. Laca created the first goal, Özil allows us to score at anytime.

Iwobi was shocking and while Ramsey was ok, we needed Laca to stay on.

 

[Goonerozil33]

A match we managed to drop points due to stupid substitutions...emery is trying too much which is normally a sign of manager not in control.. he gave a point to a team that was not trying to win this game. So much for the tactical genius.. he does not understand how to utilise good players like laca and Özil. The team has two goal scorer’s and he takes off one when the score is 1-1. And it has one creator and he takes off when it is 1-1. And he plays back 3 when we needed to push forward. I don’t know how many things he got wrong in this game. But he completely killed our attack today. Half a season later he still does not know how to get the best out of his players.

 

[Hope]

Why didn't he change formation??

Stupid decisions.

 

[A_G]

Equalled the total of away wins from last season by November but there’s no improvement?

 

[Gursha]

No Özil or Lacazette at the second half made us very dull, Özil can change games, he wont track back or tackle, but he can get you a goal in a single moment of brilliance, this game is not about just being physical.

Lacazettes dribbling is the only surprise factor we have when they sit that deep.

Aubas miss was crucial. he is scoring alot but ho my he do miss twice as much. good for him to be in those positions, a little bit sharper and he can score 40 goals next season.

Bad subs from emery on this one, we didnt need that warrior like passion in the midfield today, and taking Özil off was a mistake imo. we were caught only on counters where you dont need your CAM to run 75% of the field to track back, but you need him to make that one pass to cut that park the bus tactic., we had 75% possession but no player to know how to use it properly.

 

[YeahBee]

He was bad today.

No

 

[SA Gunner]

If Solskjaer can do it, why not?

#Arteta2019

Forget Arteta, even he couldnt dig City out of their current run.

If you want to go for someone next season (I dont), go for Favre.

 

[9jagooner]

Like many here, I question taking Lacazette. He should have taken Auba. Also Auba sure misses a lot of chances!

 

[Ash10]

The saddest thing is the only one who wanted to win isn't even gonna be here next season
No matter what you think of Ramsey,the guy is a fighter

 

[Raqe]

I hope everyone can see that our squad is way to limited to conted for a top spot. Look at Pool they made some outstanding transfers this summer and can play whoever they want without loosing anything. We have absolutly zero depth.

 

[rich 1990]

Literally no idea what he was thinking. I've completely turned on Iwobi, the bloke is ****.

 

[MLK79]

**** corner!

Urgh, we're gonna finish fifth.

This is wishful thinking. Ole is going to lead United to 5th.

 

[Beast Incarnate]

Squad is down to its bare bones at the most chaotic time of the year. So I won't be too critical.

It's still +1 point on the same fixture from last season. We definitely need some players in the window though.

 

[Notorious Big]

Was that comparable to being in the friend zone? Need to ask the expert

Friend zone is better.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

No

Stop replying to be clown.

 

[OnlyOne]

Do we have some sort of underlying fitness issue with some players? The Lacazette sub is bizarre.

 

[Lady_Gooner]

We really needed those 3 points before the weekend. Top 4 isn’t happening but that’s okay it was always a bit of a stretch.
All we can do is hope our issues aren’t brushed under the carpet by the board in the upcoming windows

 

[Aevi]

When will Emery realize Guendouzi's turtle-like passing hampers us? Emery is cutting players off left and right for little blips in performance but giving Guendouzi all the time in the world when he has a bland performance for the umpteenth time. It's getting ridiculous. He's not ready to dictate play at this level.

 

[NieThePiet]

Fully deserved for Brighton.

Most ouf our wins were very close and ouf course this will not be successful longterm.

 

[ptrcopp]

True, and a lot of this has to do with Xhaka being pushed back to the back 3. Imagine all the times Gwen had the ball and replace him with Xhaka, and we’d be much more dangerous. Our injuries have forced us to put square pegs in round holes.

He was only there because of an emergency, where Emery has subbed 2/3 of our best players and it couldn’t be rearranged any other way. But I agree with the other games.

Emery deserves all the plaudits for our first 16 games, but we haven’t looked the same tactically since the Utd game, where we were really poor.