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Episode 81 - PREVIEW: Brighton take on Set Piece FC (Arsenal) at the Amex
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Daily Brighton - Jamie, Bless and Joe talk about the last time both sides met and how Brighton can set up to beat title challengers Arsenal
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Podcast Reunion
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Brighton Podcast. It's your boy Jamie G. joined by the two. Once again, the trio is back. It's Blessings Chobamba and Joe Richardson. How we feeling, guys?
00:00:24
Joe
Yes lads! We are back, the three of us after you lot left me for dead. It's good to be back as the the ah the trio mate.
00:00:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bless. How we feeling?
00:00:37
blessings
yeah good to be back uh festive period over now so we can actually get get going i think kicking on and i was in the gym today so back to routine well i've told about five people that so necessary
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ah, it looks it.
00:00:47
Joe
did Did you ask Jamie?
00:00:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not one person asked. Not even the listener cares.
00:00:58
Joe
yeah he's already It's so funny because you only told us earlier as well.
00:01:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Just had to get that on record. Brilliant. Cheers,
Arsenal's Set-Piece Prowess
00:01:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Buzz. One thing our listener does care about is the upcoming fixture against Arsenal, aka set piece FC. You know, we're welcoming them.
00:01:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
We're welcoming them to the Amex this time after the one-all draw that we grabbed at the Emirates. What did you make of the first game, I guess? Well, we'll go down that road first. um It was a one-all draw. Obviously, we had the massive controversial moment with Declan Rice getting sent off, ah clearly not knowing the rules of football and kicking the ball away. Veltman was just doing God's work and booting him, so that's that's good as well.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bless. We did the review. What did you make of it? And where do you think we can kind of bounce off or bounce back and get them this time?
00:01:55
blessings
Yeah, I think um from what I can remember, it was an interesting game. um But at that time, we were in really good form. yeah not what i expected but also understood it because we're in good form now coming on to this one we're in a bit of a tricky one so it is going to be a harder game um and we're missing a couple of players as well who are keen how we played in that game such as the the man himself mr whelps um so it's going to be interesting to see how it pans out to be honest but based on that game i think we can put out a good performance against them we've done it before so
00:02:31
blessings
that should you know give us a bit more confidence going into this one and sort of seeking that performance we've been looking for for a while now.
00:02:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Joe, how do you see the game
Match Predictions: Low-Scoring Affair?
00:02:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
going? It was one or last time. Do you see us getting a draw again or maybe snatching all three points?
00:02:49
Joe
um To be honest, I think it probably the listeners might not like the sound of this, but I think it's actually more down to them. um ah think if we don't I reckon it's going to be quite a cagey affair. I don't think it's going to be goals, goals, goals, whatever. um But I just feel like they've posed such a threat from set plays. And i could see that hurting ah so hurt I could see that hurting us, but I don't really see tons of threat everywhere else really. I feel like after the Aston Villa game, the boys will be up for it.
00:03:28
Joe
um I'm actually predicting a win personally but I think that we just need to maybe overwhelm them a bit and I think they're sort of buzzing about that Brentford result but I feel like we need to basically like sap the confidence out of them early. I'd like to see like an early goal I think would do that, make them chase the game even though that happened against Brentford but Brentford never really looked like I had control of the game. um I also think we're a better football inside than Brentford as well so get the game under control and then score an early goal and then hopefully just build on from that really. um Try to avoid the ball going out of play apparently because they literally just love scoring for set pieces. That's a good start and I think from there we could build on that.
00:04:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, ah like I said, last time out, we had twice as many shots as them. We had 22 to their 11. We had 64% of the ball. They had 36. That was under a time where Hertz that I felt was very much wanting to keep the ball. But we've seen recently, like the Aston Villa game just gone,
00:04:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
he seems a lot more content to let the other team have the ball so I think that's I can see Arsenal coming out and having a bit more possession than us this time round but like you say in possession they are so slow with it and ah when they probe the box as we were talking about off air they are very just don't really have much bite or much directness. There's a lot of passes, a lot of passes back waiting for that right moment and that's what I can kind of see the game being. I can see it being a one-all. um I'm thinking we might be able to snatch one on the counter or just playing a bit like Fulham did. Fulham were very set up quite defensively against them. ah They played one
00:05:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
long ball into a channel to Raul Jimenez if we can get Jow Pedro into those same positions. That's where I can kind of see us hurting them and then just kind of stick it out for a draw and wait for them to break us down. And like you say, don't give away a corner because this lot, play for corners mate.
Concerns Over Corners and Physical Tactics
00:05:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's actually crazy the amount of goals they've scored from corners we've got the stats here for our listeners a quarter of their goals have come from corners uh 22 from open play and three on the counter so very dangerous in the corners bless is that something that you actually worry about especially coming from Aston Villa game, where we spoke about in the review, both of their goals came from corners, not directly, but did come from corners.
00:06:10
blessings
Yeah, definitely, definitely something I'm worried about. And I think from that SM Villa game, it was the first time I sort of saw Vibrogin sort of flapping at the ball. I've never really seen him do that. So that did concern me, especially with Arsenal coming up. I think the main thing is we just have to match them um physically and they're going to be aggressive and they have created this um like,
00:06:35
blessings
chaos. Whenever it's a corner, people are just panicking when they don't need to panic. And that's resulted into most of their goals. The ball just hanging around and it somehow ends up in the net.
00:06:46
blessings
So if we can just stay calm and match the aggression when they do, when they do get their corner, they will get a corner.
00:06:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:06:54
blessings
Can't pretend they won't. But if we can just stay calm, I think is the main thing. Don't come out and flap at the ball, like just be really assured and try and match, match the runs and be aggressive and head it away.
00:07:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I actually think. ah they've won Fulham have uncovered a new tactic to deal with their corners um because I saw Adama Traore when the ball wasn't quite in play, just take down Saliba.
00:07:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know whether you saw him, he just pushed him out of bounds.
00:07:21
Joe
Yeah. Yeah. ah here
00:07:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then I saw A couple weeks ago, I think Leaf Davis did it to the same... I think he did it to someone else. I think it might have been either Timba or Saliba as well. The tactic is, take them down before they've even got a chance to do that running in from the back post thing. And then we should be Gucci. Joe, what do you think?
00:07:45
Joe
but To be fair, like for me, I feel like if you're like what blessed actually is is quite a point that I've not even really thought about. Like you also, you sort of get stuck in like this sort of like mysticism about our the set pieces. like It's like a fable, like ah um like an ancient myth, like about these set pieces. Just defend it like a normal set piece, mate. If they're going to be like it so physical and they're going to block you off, then block them off, stop them getting them in the ball. If they're not going to get the calls, then Oh, because all that's going to happen, like, and this sounds really convoluted, but if like they get a penalty from them blocking, but they block all the time, then all that's going to do is stop them in the long run because then referees is going to have to look for it all the time.
00:08:28
Joe
You can't just give it once and then never give it again. Feel like if you're just as physical as they are with them, then ah because I think Gabrielle is a bit more of a handful from the set pieces than Saliba is.
00:08:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:08:39
Joe
But like, no one ever see, I also seem to, it seems that a lot of the time, like ah attacking player, like a smaller player is always picking up Gabriel. I don't know how that works because I see so many teams plays only.
00:08:52
Joe
um And I just don't, I just think that you need to just match on one for one. Literally, don't even look to see where the ball's coming from, mate. Just, just hold him.
00:09:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:03
Joe
And when, when it gets to that sort of KLC bit where just chuck him on the floor, mate, it's fine. kick them if you want, mate. When they're on the floor, just give them a sly one.
00:09:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:09:13
Joe
Don't know if you lot saw it, but Hannibal the other day.
00:09:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:09:16
Joe
Yeah, just give them one of them, mate. Yeah, it's done. Done, sorted.
00:09:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Injure their players, yeah. I mean, great tactic. Or you go with a the Tom Garrett tactic and you stick four men up.
00:09:24
Joe
Yeah.
00:09:28
Joe
I don't know if that would work. i've reckon I reckon that could be so peak.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I don't think that will work, but apparently...
00:09:33
Joe
Yeah, because it because um say who was it in the Champions League that did it?
00:09:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think it... was it Monaco? No, they scored three against Monaco. It was against...
00:09:41
Joe
but Someone did it, someone did it in the Champions League and it actually worked, but like I feel like so much yeah so much goes into it, that is like yeah is the variables, there's so much of it.
00:09:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. It actually worked.
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Atalanta.
00:09:55
Joe
that like there's already if If the delivery is bad, then they're probably not going to score from the nu set piece.
00:09:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:10:00
Joe
Do you know what I mean? Like, regardless of if you have Foreman up, if you're punching people in the box, whatever. But like, if they get it right, you're going to probably put your money on Gabrielle to win the header against, almost, because he attacks the headers like he's defending them.
00:10:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. The thing you mentioned with them blocking, and this is gonna make me very unpopular with Arsenal fans, but...
00:10:20
Joe
Oh,
00:10:25
Joe
oh as if you weren't already.
00:10:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Exactly. You know, I'm trying to get in their good books, clearly. But, I mean, they all their set pieces are fouls. They block the keeper every single time or they push a defender into the keeper.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
How's that allowed? If I see that, if I see that on Saturday, I will be coming on this podcast on Sunday and delivering a monologue about how much I hate these set pieces and how referees need to get in check
00:10:49
Joe
Monologue.
00:10:52
blessings
that
00:10:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because every- I mean the goal, Saliba's goal against Brentford that's just been for them, foul on the keeper. He's pinned him. He's literally pinned him like he's doing hold-up play, like he's Harland against Saliba. It's an absolute joke. You can't be doing that against the keeper. I'm not, I'm not for defending keepers if they get a little touch, but I mean he's literally posting him up like it's the NBA. It's the NBA.
00:11:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:11:26
blessings
I do find it weird.
00:11:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can talk about other ways um Arsenal may be able to hurt us if they have only any other ways of playing, to be honest.
00:12:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back with the Daily Brighton Podcast. So, Joe, one thing I could say about the Arsenal vs Brighton game this Saturday is their starboy is their
Impact of Injuries: Bakai Saka and Odegard
00:12:21
Joe
the
00:12:21
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wonderboy, their beautiful, like, protected product for Kiyosaka.
00:12:24
Joe
Stop stop so slow stop so stop
00:12:25
blessings
yeah
00:12:32
Joe
ah weird wait like
00:12:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're Wanda Kid is what I was trying to get to, but then you started giving me dodgy looks, so I had to cut.
00:12:36
Joe
but yeah me
00:12:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then it started coming out weird.
00:12:43
Joe
ah don't even know what you've even just said then
00:12:44
blessings
You think this is Peter Jordan?
00:12:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're Wanda Kid, you know.
00:12:46
Joe
He actually she does, mate. I know who Bakai Sakura is, mate.
00:12:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was
00:12:49
Joe
You could have led with Bakai Sakura. I would have been all right. Oh, mate. Okay.
00:12:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, he's he's injured, so that sounds good for us, right?
00:12:55
Joe
um Yeah, yeah, he he is yeah. He is injured. Yeah, he is injured. And I think he's injured for a long time.
00:13:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
So... Yeah, thank God.
00:13:02
Joe
Okay, right.
00:13:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I'm joking. Joking. I don't wish injury upon any player. I'm sorry, Bekaya. You're actually one of the good ones in their squad that I like. But he's not playing, so that's a lot better for us and a lot better for Esther Pinyan, who, against him last time, good God, it was a tough time.
00:13:17
Joe
yeah
00:13:23
Joe
yeah yeah esta pina might not be fit i think he's like 50 percent so um yeah but i mean buccata sack is uh he's a pretty um he's a very special player isn't he really like you can't really as much as you if you don't like arse or if you don't like sack you can't even really admit that he's not
00:13:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Okay.
00:13:40
Joe
he's not one of the best players in the league, you know what I mean?
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes,
00:13:43
Joe
And like, also are going to miss him because if you think about So so obviously like they're in a title race and if you're thinking about sort of a player who can sort of drag you over the line in those tough games, it is him.
00:13:56
Joe
um You saw it against when they played Liverpool at the Emirates and obviously he's tried to early retire Andy Robertson and then he's put it in the near top corner and like it's just things like that, like those moments and in and if you think about this season, I also really struggled to find those moments in games.
00:14:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
sir.
00:14:17
Joe
So like Everton when they drew 0-0, I think even really Ipswich, really, you can probably even put that down because they only beat him 1-0. And like, when they're struggling to find that, he's sort of the one that is there to sort of give you that moment. And he's not there now. And okay, they've, um I think yesterday they're going Nuanieri for his first start.
00:14:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:42
Joe
Yeah, so, I mean, you've got Nanyeri there, whatever you however you pronounce his name. and um but But even though he's good, and he's got a really bright future, it's still not the same.
00:14:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:14:53
Joe
And that gives you and what that does is it relaxes your defense because they think, OK, well, they're not at full strength there. Also, it gives you that breathing room. Those moments where like you might not necessarily be those moments and games where you'd be under pressure, under pressure, under pressure, like you sort of will have a little bit more rest, respite because that sort of quality isn't out there. And it is a good thing for us, 100 percent. But I mean, that they I mean, let's not we joke and we joke about it and say that oh well without him what do they really have but like they still have like positions of players that can hurt us you know what i mean but i think he but he would be the one that i would point out with too if he was fit you know what i mean
00:15:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:15:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's so many times where, I mean, especially this season, because we'll touch on Martinelli in a minute, but Martinelli's kind of regressed or not being the player that they all thought he kind of was.
00:15:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
So they've relied a lot on that right hand side.
00:15:53
Joe
Mmhmm.
00:15:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And especially with Odegard when he was out earlier in the season, every move that they had was through Bakai Osaka with him just trying to create some magic.
00:16:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And when Odegard did come back, the partnership that he has with Saka is such a threat like every week that they play. It is really like quite intimidating for any opposing left back or full backs to come up against those two and that's where they have their biggest threat. I mean Odegard, you mentioned the players that they do still have, Odegard is clearly still one of them. um He'll be doing it and he's still been doing it in parts of the season. Looks like every move kind of goes through him that Arsenal create, especially with Saka being out with the last couple of games.
00:16:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um It's his interplay with the strikers, with the wingers that is so good and is really quite dangerous for us. Bless what do you think of Odegard and where their threat could kind of come from with him?
00:16:59
blessings
Yeah, yeah, I echo exactly what you said. I think he's their creative spark. And if you look at the other midfielders, they're not really as creative as him. So he is the main sort of focal point in terms of like trying to get that key pass before they assist, their assist they assist to the assist. You see him do that a lot and that doesn't get seen in in stats, but that is a crucial part of it. But I think my main concern is um a bit more tactically.
00:17:29
blessings
I think the way they play, they there's a possibility we could get a bit suffocated in terms of just how aggressive the two centre backs are. And obviously at the moment, without Danny Welbeck, who played, it was um amazing in that first game to hold the ball up and actually sort of match the physicality of the two centre backs.
00:17:47
blessings
With Jean Pedro, I don't know if he is strong enough to do that.
00:17:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmhmm.
00:17:52
blessings
And I don't even think he is quicker than them. So I think there's a chance we could get suffocated in terms of when we clear that ball, is it going to stay up there for long enough, or can he hold the ball up long enough to bring others in play? I think it's going to be a really key battle for us. I would say that Jean Pedro is a good footballer as well. hes He's a smart footballer, so he will get into um different positions and move around. It's just whether or not that's going to be fruitful enough for us actually.
00:18:22
blessings
like penetrate and create good chances. So yeah, sir I think that's a key battle.
00:18:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's such a good point that you mentioned and you mentioned it off air as well when, because the defenders stay so high, both Gabriel and Saliba hang around ah when they are trying to probe into the box. Gabriel and Saliba aren't afraid to just wait and float around the the D of that centre circle.
00:18:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
and that is kind of where Zhao Pedro is going to be needed. If we are going to clear the ball, it's whether we actually even find him with every clearance, wherever wherever he might be. And then if he can win fouls with like a quick turn or control like a little shimmy or whatever it might be, like he's using his quick feet to draw a foul potentially, that's where I can kind of see him having lot but like you say it's going to be a tough battle him against those two absolute monsters as well and that's kind of what a lot of Arsenal's play is isn't it it's turning that having such a good defense that it just constantly gives them the ball back and constantly gives them chances to keep probing and eventually get that goal or that corner that will lead to a goal. Jo what are your biggest concerns going into this game?
00:19:39
Joe
um To be fair, I think it'd be a bit boring to just talk about set pieces. um But yeah, I'm sort of i am sort of worried about maybe ah in a bit of a non-conventional way, depending on how aggressive we are and how much we go forward, I'm not massively looking forward to, because I imagine Torit Lamptey is going to play him right back and he's not going to be there very often. um It's not even his defense his defensive ability or me even hating on him, it's just the fact that Ibi is going to be bombing up there to give us another option, attacking options, try and pin back
00:20:14
Joe
sort of their players when that when those attacks fizzle out the ball's not always going to be going over to that side. I'm a bit worried about the space that they're going to be like he's going to be vacating because in my opinion like you just touched on Martin Elliott I don't really rate Martin Elliott very much you you guys know this just from knowing me personally you know that I don't rate him very much I think that he can be really effective when he has space to work with and to run into and I think that Lamptey leaving that space is where he could actually cook and I as just from a sort of like integrity point of view for myself I can't keep cooking him all the time and then he then scores against us I can't really I won't be on the pod the next day
00:20:57
Joe
Do you know what I mean? Like I can't really go through that as a person. But it does give me the chance to cuss out to relax a bit more.
00:21:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
think
00:21:07
Joe
But I mean, yeah, this is actually
00:21:07
blessings
Self reflection going on here.
Defensive Strategy: Space for Martinelli?
00:21:10
Joe
a reflection.
00:21:10
Joe
Like I can't I can't keep cussing a player out and then they just keep doing well. Because right now I could say Beto is like the worst player in the league and he could score four in the next three games and he and he generally might be the worst player in the league.
00:21:23
Joe
um So like for me, I just think the the space is vacated out there. and You don't want to give Martinelli just open patches of grass because he's rapid. He loves going to the touchline. And if you yeah normally you really want to sort of deny him getting to the touchline.
00:21:43
Joe
But if there's no one there, there's no one to stop him going there. And I don't really trust um JP to be getting out there and like getting in a position where he can like shift him to go inside and also just all be messed up. And I think that's probably the most dangerous point for them. But I don't the only the only positive for us is that I don't really see like in terms of getting the ball out to him I can only really see Narnieri and Odegar being able to really do that I feel like Marino if he plays is going to be in there sort of recycle the ball and to win the ball and recycle it and Declan Rice to be fair he even he likes to drive into that area as well of the pitch so that's what I think is the biggest the biggest issue could be for us.
00:22:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and you mentioned that you didn't want to cut him out in case he does something, so I'll take this opportunity to do that for you because... yeah
00:22:33
blessings
yeah
00:22:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I also think he's absolutely woeful um and this season he has regressed big time ah and I mean towards back in the last season I think since that injury he's not been the same player and same threat they actually was and I know Veltman didn't play against Aston Villa and that was Lamptey but Veltman was on the bench and I've actually written here if Veltman starts
00:22:36
blessings
or lose.
00:23:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
i can see him having a field day like with martinelli which is an absolute bold take potentially but just he is so underrated defensively and so good defensively as well he might not even be underrated because we actually sing his praises most weeks ah but i can just see him his aggressiveness i don't think martinelli would like i think
00:23:02
Joe
yeah
00:23:20
Joe
No.
00:23:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Martinelli would see someone the kind of same size as him and someone as aggressive and waiting to kind of crunch him for the ball and think, oh, I'm going to not be as direct as I was against Brentford, for example.
00:23:31
Joe
Yeah.
00:23:36
Joe
No.
00:23:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then that's where we've seen it so many times a season. He's constantly recycling the ball or passing it back, looking like he's going to run to the byline but then cutting back and passing it and recycling.
00:23:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's like one of their biggest culprits for the the slow play they kind of have, I feel.
00:23:53
Joe
for doing the Jack Greenish.
00:23:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly, ah exactly that.
00:23:56
Joe
there
00:23:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's Brazilian Jack Grealish.
00:23:57
Joe
No, he's actually Brazilian Matt Jarvis.
00:24:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Or... I'm not convinced he's Brazilian, to be honest.
00:24:03
Joe
No, not really.
00:24:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
The way he plays, it's no Ronaldinho, put it that way.
00:24:07
Joe
I actually think that what you're saying about Veltman there, like I sort of, I get it because if you actually, did you guys watch the Arsenal Liverpool game at the Emirates?
00:24:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm, yes, probably.
00:24:19
Joe
So that game, he literally was probably seeing, like having nightmares about Kanata, because Kanata was just killing him all game.
00:24:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can't remember.
00:24:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:24:29
Joe
And like, he was so ineffective. And in that game, I think he ended up getting hooked, to be fair.
00:24:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:24:35
Joe
But like, in that game, like he was, as soon as like he was getting denied that space and he was getting basically touched the whole game. ah I feel a like he he he eventually got to a point where he didn't even want to try.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:47
Joe
He was just like, nah. And then he goes to that sort of Jack Greedy thing where he's like, okay, I'm a sick dribbler. Let me just turn around and pass it back because I don't think I could do it anymore.
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:24:56
Joe
And like, basically to break his will is what we need to do.
00:25:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what we can hope for. The one thing I guess I'll chip in with my final point. ah The thing I fear most going into the game and the the danger i or the threat that I see is Odegard popping up in like spaces.
00:25:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know we mentioned about how good Odegard is. is into play with the strike or haverts or wingers. He also ends up just like floating in the box sometimes and just can finish like in the box especially or like just pounces on chances and we do leave that space kind of open in the box because I think we're all so worried about defending or like throwing our bodies online that spaces do ah appear at times.
00:25:24
Joe
yeah
00:25:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
So that's where I feel and if a goal does go in through that I will be on the podcast going I told you so and Hertz should have listened.
00:25:46
Joe
Yeah.
00:25:48
Joe
Can you hear me out quickly? I'm about to throw a mad take out there.
00:25:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Go on.
00:25:52
Joe
um Hear me out, right? Martin Odegard is, and I don't know if I'm even allowed to say this on the pod, but Martin Odegard is what I imagine would you would get if you gave Adam the line of steroids.
00:26:09
Joe
I feel like they actually are one in like really similar type of player, but like,
00:26:09
blessings
Yeah.
00:26:16
Joe
I think one,
00:26:20
Joe
I think he's a little bit more athletic, but also he doesn't have hamstrings and calves made of bacon.
00:26:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:26:28
Joe
Do you know what I mean? They're very similar. And the line is like in tight spaces, a supremely technical football player.
00:26:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:26:36
Joe
He's actually really underrated.
00:26:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's true.
00:26:37
Joe
He just got so unlucky. But like, I just, I don't know why it made me think, obviously, because I used to play for us. It just sort of like, it just made me think about it for a reason.
00:26:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:46
Joe
But I feel like that's what he is. He's just a tight space technician.
00:26:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:51
Joe
And he can like create things out of nothing where most players don't really sort of, most players can't even operate in those areas. Imagine putting Joel Wellman in there. It's not going to work, is it?
00:27:02
Joe
You know what I mean? So anyway, I'll let you continue.
00:27:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we'll go to an ad break and then in the next segment we'll be talking about how we can hurt them.
00:27:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back with a Daily Brighton podcast.
Brighton's Tactical Approach: Defensive or Aggressive?
00:27:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
So we've spoken at length of the ways they can hurt us, if we can, if they can hurt us and set pieces was probably our overall conclusion. Whereas maybe a few other ways, but Joe, what I want to know now is how can we hurt them?
00:28:06
Joe
Um, to be honest, I think is, do you know what is, is this gonna sound a massive cop out? But one thing that I noticed, and to be fair, you touched on it.
00:28:17
Joe
like very briefly, again, in the Fulham game, that ball that goes into that channel is vacated by timber. I imagine whoever's playing left back at the time kind of feel or whatever, whoever, I don't care.
00:28:29
Joe
But he wasn't that black player wasn't there. And I feel like with Lewis Dunk and the movement out in those wide positions, I think that the long ball actually could be on.
00:28:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:41
Joe
The only thing is, is that when the long ball is on, and need you need to have ah player supporting and a lot of the time we actually don't and if they are they're arriving late but the only thing is is that you can't really do that with Gabra and Saliba because if it's on Saliba's side Saliba's gonna be out there ready to crunch anyway same thing with Gabrielle but also they eat up the space really quickly so like this is the thing of like I spoke so like for example I feel like a player like who so
00:29:13
Joe
For example, Metoma, I don't think suits, he's obviously good at moving into spaces, whatever, but I don't think that he suits that sort of physical, he doesn't like it, do you know what I mean?
00:29:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, yeah
00:29:23
Joe
I don't think he likes it, whereas I feel like a player like a dinger or, I mean, Grude, I'm not sure, but like,
00:29:32
blessings
Minto.
00:29:33
Joe
minte like those sort of players like they like that and I feel like they can sort of thrive off of that and also be able to get into those spaces to support that player who's made that run and I think that that could be actually a pretty viable we've seen it like a good few times this season as well um like just in general so I think even against Villa that was a long ball from Lewis Dunke so yeah I think I think it could work
00:29:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah.
00:29:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. i was Yeah, do you think, bless the, I mean, Joe mentioned it there, having Minter and a Dhingra, do you think this is the kind of game that could suit them in terms of being an outlet if we are to play those long balls?
00:29:59
Joe
really especially if they're going to be really hot the centre back is going to be really high as well because you don't you're going to be trying to aim it to put in a space where the keeper can't come out for it and it's too far for Gabra and Saliba they have to get turned and start running back towards their own goal it's sort of what you're looking for so i think that could be a ah way
00:30:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because, I mean, if they have Lewis Skelly, who's been playing left back for them recently, apart from, I guess, against Brentford, he played, they but went with Calipheori. And now I think, although he's been playing right back, one of the two.
00:30:45
Joe
No, he plays left right.
00:30:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Left back, yeah, okay. ah I was thinking, because he's traditionally, I believe, a winger in his youth time, midfielder.
00:30:53
Joe
He's a midfielder.
00:30:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
So he was like always quite high up. The spaces are there to be kind of had, especially when when you say...
00:31:03
Joe
He's been very good though, by the way.
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
call fur ah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:31:05
Joe
He's actually been really good. Yeah, he has been class.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, I'm not cussing him out. He's actually been impressive recently.
00:31:11
blessings
the
00:31:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, I'll leave him for the next year when I can cut him out, but you think this is where kind of Minter can use his pace if the ball is in that channel to kind of latch on to the end of those balls and be a support for you Pedro as well.
00:31:16
Joe
That's fair enough.
00:31:29
blessings
Yeah, I definitely think um if those opportunities are available, those are sort of the plans we want in those positions. people who are direct and quick. um But just to go back a little bit, Joe mentioned a really good point which made me think of this um about Martinelli and where he thrives and if there's space and how he he's going to do with their space. The way this game is going to pan out is absolutely fascinating, I think, because if we do sit deep, yes, we have that option of actually doing that. But then also it goes back to my point where I said we could get suffocated quite easily. And then if we push up and
00:32:08
blessings
try and play our normal game. Again, you know, they've got players to hurt us and there's there'll be space in behind. So it all depends on how hurts wants to approach it. I think the best way to do it would be just to figure out a bit of a balance of the two, because like Joe said, that long ball will be on in those wide areas. And if we can get our aggressive wingers, Edingra and Minthe in those wide areas, I think that is our best best possible chance of success.
00:32:38
blessings
because they're they're rapid and they' they're quite aggressive in how they play anyway as well. um And we have, yeah, again, we have got that long range pass, but if that's not on, if it's that's not working and it's not sticking, we're really going to suffer. So it is, yeah, it'd be fascinating to see how we approach it. I wonder if we're going to sit deep or I wonder if we're going to actually step forward and play our normal football.
00:33:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it makes it more interesting the fact that in the first game we had so much possession, we were very much on top as well, and we were only managed we managed to score one, even though we had so many more chances, especially in that second half when they were down to 10, and how he kind of yeah like to say goes about that in terms of he's as he looked at that performance when we last played them and thought oh we could have the better of them in terms of having like an actual possession battle mid field battle with them or are we gonna show them some respect and then just try and counter them ah but then the problem with countering them is that Saliba and Gabrielle have so much pace about them as well
00:33:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
that it's like that might not even work as well it could be ah also a game where a bit like Man City where for the first half he tries this more defensive idea and then second half he goes you know what we're one nil down screw it and then goes for the more the all-out attack let's control the game let's be on the front foot and that that's it could be a game of two halves Joe what do you think oh go on and bless
00:34:09
blessings
Yeah, I'll agree with that.
00:34:11
Joe
God bless.
00:34:12
blessings
ands so um to Yeah, I'd agree with that as well and I am I'm just in my head I can't I still can't work out what the best possible approach would be So I wanted to actually asked you actually what you think
00:34:24
Joe
I feel like you just go into the game and no fear really. I know it's quite and know it's quite cringe, but like it's just one of those things, isn't it? like the For me personally, as a football fan, like I don't want to see my team go in there and just sit back and just like especially in nil-nil like just to sit back there i don't mind if we're winning but like sit back there and just wait for them to inevitably score because if you sit back the amount of corners and stuff you're going to get set pieces is going to it's literally going to like double basically and the amount that you'd get just from playing normally
00:34:52
blessings
About to say that, yeah.
00:34:58
Joe
So like you can can see the little bit of space. like They're not 2009 Barcelona. like They're not going to kill you. john i mean like You can can see the little bit.
00:35:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's not
00:35:07
Joe
like And they're going to have chances regardless of what you do. If you sit back, they're going to have chances. If you try and play football, they're going to have chances. But you just need to be aggressive and just show that we actually pose a threat to them. Do you know what I mean? It's not just going to be like, you're going to come in and get three points. Are you on your way? We want to go into this game with the mindset of let's basically put a pin in the title race that they're in now and also turn our season around because that would be a massive game for us to go and kick on from.
00:35:41
Joe
is to go and beat a team like that claim that scalp and then kick onto sort of maybe make like to make that the push for Europa is going to be on for ages. It's going to be on for so long because of how tight it is.
00:35:54
Joe
It's going to be on for ages, a couple results. I know it's been a bad for a while, like in terms of like no wins, but like how what how many points off we are off like seventh, probably what, like five, six, maybe, but still on like, so a hundred percent has used that.
00:36:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. If not.
00:36:10
Joe
You just want to go to it. Try and go and win the game. Don't play for a draw just cause it's arsenal. Go strike the fear of God in them and win
Score Predictions and Listener Engagement
00:36:19
Joe
all three points. Thank you very much.
00:36:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there we go. And that is Joe's drop the mic moment.
00:36:25
Joe
yeah
00:36:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tell us at home and tell us in the comments section of this podcast on our TikTok and DM us on Instagram and Twitter.
00:36:31
Joe
Yeah.
00:36:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tell us how you think Kurtzler will line up, how he how you think he'll play and where you think Arsenal can or if they will even hurt us. But that's it for us.
00:36:44
Joe
Score predictions.
00:36:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
i Oh, we can do score predictions nice and quick.
00:36:48
Joe
Uh, two, one, Brighton.
00:36:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah I'm going one all.
00:36:53
blessings
1-0 Broton.
00:36:55
Joe
Love that.
00:36:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
There we go. Let us know your score prediction as well.
00:36:57
Joe
no danny wellbeck kneeslide anyway yeah his knees are killing but yeah danny wellbeck kneeslide but nayla i don't care mate i want to see him jump from down from the stands and come on kneeslide on the pitch
00:36:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
take he He's Oh bloke.
00:36:59
blessings
His knees are killing me.
00:37:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
it
00:37:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
There we go. Perfect. Well, see you guys all next time. Peace.