Phil Costa

Lazy analysis + people not watching Arsenal = narratives sticking.

Arteta has been brave with his full backs since Zinchenko arrived and whether they’re inverting, overlapping or underlapping - play a huge role in how this team attack. The four centre back stuff was nonsense.

FT: Sloppy second half but Arsenal never really troubled. Merino for Gyokeres nuked any threat in behind, and we clearly managed ourselves through with two more away games on the way.

Another win, another clean sheet, job done. Gyokeres very good in the first half, Rice colossal.

That is such a soft free free kick.

Really dumb. We're 2-0 up and coasting, why do that?

HT: Another dominant performance from Arsenal - at both ends of the pitch. Early set piece goal broke the game open and from there; it could've been 3 or 4-0.

Gyokeres really impressive + showed plenty in his all-round game, Saka should have scored as well. Step on their necks.

How about that for a breakaway? Leave space if you DARE.

Clincal from back to front, beautiful football, thank you very much.

Bloody hell, we should be out of sight already

Ah man, Calafiori should have just whacked that after his first touch - it sat up so nicely!

tired: Saka breaking the assist record

wired: Gabriel breaking the assist record

Set piece again

A bit surprised Saliba has made it, but otherwise as expected. Think an early goal would be really useful today because we're going to have about 85% possession and Burnley will just sit in.

Fancy Gyokeres to score!

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🎙️ Fun jumping on with @arsenalvisionpodcast.com and @adrianjclarke.bsky.social to dissect Arsenal's 2-0 win over Brighton.

🔺 Ten changes disrupting our fluency
🔺 Dowman and Harriman-Annous start
🔺 Why lazy narratives keep sticking
🔺 How to manage three away games

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🎙️ Fun jumping on with @arsenalvisionpodcast.com and @adrianjclarke.bsky.social to dissect Arsenal's 2-0 win over Brighton.

🔺 Ten changes disrupting our fluency
🔺 Dowman and Harriman-Annous start
🔺 Why lazy narratives keep sticking
🔺 How to manage three away games

Have a listen!

There is a new episode! Just haven’t bumped it on socials yet 😄

FT: Job done in the end. Brighton had chances in the first half but Arsenal looked much better in the second half once they figured things out - powered up from the bench at just the right time.

Great night for Hale End, thought Kepa looked decent too.

a man with a beard is standing in a crowd . ALT: a man with a beard is standing in a crowd .

Two goals from open play tonight

Jurrien Timber. You are special.

That's a lovely goal. Our first real sustained spell of possession, lovely backheel from Merino, nice from Myles and you'll always back Nwaneri from there - great finish.

Took a while but we got there in the end.

De Cuyper is having a stinker against Dowman, my goodness.

What does Ismaïla Sarr have against Liverpool 😭 this man is a generational hater

HT: Difficult half for Arsenal who probably should be behind. Wasn't expecting much after ten changes; normal that we lack fluency and cohesion against a good Brighton side.

Dowman having fun against De Cuyper, have liked Mosquera and Hincapié too. Expecting changes on the hour.

Screenshot of Sofascore showing Stefanos Tzimas and Charalampos Kostoulas starting for Brighton & Hove Albion againsr Arsenal in the League Cup.

Get around the Big Greek Boys for Brighton.

Wow. I could’ve guessed the line up 500 times and still be miles away from this - not mad about it though!

Looking forward to watching the Hale End boys and Hincapié too.

If I receive one more AI copy+paste garbage email about my “business” .. I’m going to crash out. Must be getting four or five per day at this point.

Planning some content and need ideas for Football Vision Shorts, where I cover the maddest, most impactful or era-defining stories in bitesize episodes.

🔺 Lewandowski, Blackburn and Volcanic ash clouds
🔺 Anzhi Makhachkala: From Riches to Rags
🔺 How Barcelona signed Ronaldo on a napkin

Any ideas?

Any Arsenal fan will tell you that we can play better, or create more chances but basically every team we play sits back with ten men behind the ball. They double up on our wingers, they crowd the centre - it's hard to break that down.

We keep finding ways to win though and we're not at full pelt.

Of course it was dull, who said it wasn't? Palace defended extremely well and cut off our usual supply lines to Saka, so a set piece broke the game open. We could have scored two more (quite easily) in the second half - Palace created nothing.

"Painfully dull" Arsenal currently have:

🔺 Highest defensive line in the Premier League
🔺 Most touches in the opposition penalty area
🔺 Most shot-creating actions in the league
🔺 Second-most goals + third-most total shots

With Havertz, Madueke and Odegaard all injured.

Good morning. Arsenal won again but we didn’t entertain the neutrals enough.