Loss EFL Cup 3rd Round: Arsenal 1 - 3 Brighton And Hove Albion | Wednesday 9th November | KO: 19:45 GMT | No Streams, Stop Asking For One

Play the kids.

That's what Wenger would do.

 

[Riou]

The Carabao Cup brings no glory. There's literally nothing good about it

Think you get Conference League qualification now if you win it too...

 

[Deleted member 102404]

At least one of our strikers actually scored a goal.

Brilliant goal it was too. Lovely finish.

 

[Riou]

Best thing about this is Nelson seemingly playing very well against a top half Prem team like Brighton, that's really encouraging from him.

 

[Riou]

First home loss this season.

Can't help but feel that this is all Monreal's fault, tbh.

 

[Big Poppa]

Conte played almost his first team to end up like this?

There will be a lot of surprise results this weekend too. Too many WC bound players avoiding injury.

 

[sergio_giorgini]

Karl Hein didn’t cover himself in glory tonight that’s for sure.

 

[Riou]

 

[avenellroad]

Looks like the second string have just reverted to type (being crap) because they won’t get a look in for any of the Prem games.

We really have to pray injuries don’t derail us. Get to January and make some reinforcements and then sell the likes of Cedric, Lokonga and Holding in the summer.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Arteta basically saying his squad depth is s**t but in nice way. Let's see what they do in January

 

[Legend14]

Didn’t see match like almost everyone else on the planet. How much of the loss was due to 11 players never playing together vs poor quality?

 

[Deleted member 102404]

Arteta basically saying his squad depth is s**t but in nice way. Let's see what they do in January

No , he's saying we're the same as every other club in the world.
If there are injuries. we're weakened.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Didn’t see match like almost everyone else on the planet. How much of the loss was due to 11 players never playing together vs poor quality?

Seeing Brighton goals it's was mistakes from usual s**t and gk error we were very comfortable until the 60 minutes according to stats when they scored 2nd goal we basically give up trying. Brighton deserve the win at the end because they took advantage it seem and us no.

 

[RunTheTrap]

See this is my problem with squad players and the discussions about them. In essence, squaddies are fine when paired with a host of first teamers. They are serviceable, non-offensive. I truly believe Nketiah for example could score a similar amount of goals Jesus has if given the same amount of minutes. However, when squaddies are paired with other squaddies, no one stands out. Games become a turgid affair and everyone misunderstand the levels that these players are. That is why I am not gonna lose my head in games like this because I know what these guys.

First team players stand out, while squad players fit in. To really raise our level, we need first team players on the bench. Easier said than done, but it has to be done. You either have to give them a healthy wage packet or you find a way to give them minutes to alleviate the lack of game time. I think that is why City take every competition seriously. It's not just trophies, but giving their squaddies to feel included and to fight for something in their limited time. I can see why Arteta takes these cups seriously and I think we should continue to do so.

 

[yorch44]

He definitely cried... Look his eyes

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

He definitely cried... Look his eyes

He takes everything seriously he'll likely go home and over analyze this game

 

[Farzad Stoned]

This proves further if we want to make an actual run at title we need a better bench. Frankly, glad we are out. We don’t need the distraction as Europa is 2nd most important and league by far most important. Even if we lost early in FA cup I wouldn’t be too bothered. But this is further evidence we got a thin squad that is good but short on depth of quality

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

This proves further if we want to make an actual run at title we need a better bench. Frankly, glad we are out. We don’t need the distraction as Europa is 2nd most important and league by far most important. Even if we lost early in FA cup I wouldn’t be too bothered. But this is further evidence we got a thin squad that is good but short on depth of quality

No fa cup is different i want us to take it more seriously the europa won't start until mid February so it'll give us enough time to make run in fa cup. But either way important to add 2 players in January

 

[Farzad Stoned]

No fa cup is different i want us to take it more seriously the europa won't start until mid February so it'll give us enough time to make run in fa cup. But either way important to add 2 players in January

I been saying it, we over rely on Thomas. Our defensive depth is hood but depth in attack and midfield is weak. If you play an aggressive system to create tons of chances then you don’t finish them you have basically opened yourself up at back for nothing. To play Champagne football he wants we need more

 

[yorch44]

He takes everything seriously he'll likely go home and over analyze this game

Poor wife

 

[DJ_Markstar]

Didn’t see match like almost everyone else on the planet. How much of the loss was due to 11 players never playing together vs poor quality?

Who cares? ****ty cup, no one wanted to win it. Glad to get the game congestion down tbh.