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Episode 82 - REVIEW: Brighton score "controversial" penalty to earn a deserved point against Arsenal
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Daily Brighton - Jamie and Bless review Brighton and Arsenal's snore draw at the Amex, discuss the "controversial" Joao Pedro penalty and celebrate the fact Arsenal's dirty set piece tactics came to no avail.
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00:00:10
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Brighton Podcast. It's your boy Jamie G. joined by my main man, Blessings Chabamba. Bless how we feeling now. You've finished watching the 5.30 game and you've recovered from the hangover a little bit.
00:00:27
blessings
I was hoping you didn't bring that up to be honest, but no, we're feeling fresh now. It's Monday. Do you know what I mean? Rise and shine, ready to grind.
00:00:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
To be fair, no one could actually blame you for drinking good during that game because that was the only way to get through a game like that. It was a snore draw, to say the least. Arsenal were not there to win the game. They were there. It feels like they were there to draw the game. And I could tell that just from their starting lineup. Four DMs, three centre backs, I mean...
00:01:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
What did you make of the game? And from their starting lineup, did you feel like they actually wanted to win it?
00:01:07
blessings
I mean just to clarify I was not just drinking on my own because it made it sound like I was just uh yeah um no in in terms of their lineup to be fair I was a bit
00:01:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yeah.
00:01:20
blessings
we've seen it like this before but then up front it did seem a little bit toothless because Jesus hasn't really scored one year he's a youngster and Choslad's form has been up and down but sometimes he just does pull it out the bag he has brightened so when I saw the front three especially I was I was thinking it could be on the cards here for us because It's not as threatening as we know of Arsenal in previous games.
00:01:45
blessings
um But in terms of that midfield, like yes and it's a nice match up for us because we know Giorgina can't really run. So like if Beleve is in and around him, you know there's a chance for us to win that midfield battle.
00:01:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmhmm.
00:01:57
blessings
But yeah, overall I was looking forward to it to be fair and felt like we could get a win.
00:02:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I looked at the lineup as well, similar to you. I was licking my lips a little bit thinking, that's a really weak Arsenal team. I don't know whether it was just them. I know they've got a lot of injuries, or so they say.
00:02:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
They'd become Saka's injured.
00:02:18
blessings
I'm sorry they say.
00:02:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Odegard wasn't injured, he just wasn't. Mr Hairflix wasn't on the pitch. So, I don't understand. I don't know whether they were paying us a lot of respect based on the result.
00:02:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
that we had at the Emirates. Maybe they thought, oh, this is a good team. We'll just try and keep the ball because like we said in the previews, we had a lot of the ball in the last fixture. We had 63% possession last time. This time with a midfield like that and with so many defensive players as well, they did manage to keep the ball more. They had 55% possession, but to their detriment because their expected goals in open play, especially 0.4.
00:03:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
which is abysmal really. I never felt and I know it's crazy because we did actually concede and they had a good Jesus chance but I never really felt under threat especially in that second half to be fair.
00:03:20
blessings
yeah the the same as me as well i thought i thought like they didn't really create much and i think that when hurtsler got a sense of the game um minutes in i think he sort of changed his approach a little bit and we we talked previously about how they're going to approach this game are they going to sit back or are they are they going to try and be on the front foot and actually press and try and control this game and i think Yeah, early moments in the game, I think I think that's a spot that we we could be in this one.
00:03:52
blessings
And the best possible way to approach it would be to be on the front foot, because, like I said, they they are too close in the tag. And their main creative threat is on the bench.
00:04:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:04:04
blessings
They've got, you know, Georgina, he wasn't really played much Premier League minutes in midfield as well. So it's it was a good opportunity, I think, to sort of not just sit back, but actually try and to attack this team.
00:04:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and you mentioned that point. In the second half, when we came out for the second half, there was that intensity as well. It was more, like the first 20 minutes of the entire game, it was so, both sides I felt were so slow with the ball in terms of in possession, not building to anything. And then in the second half, you saw Hertzler clearly go into the dressing room and change things up because we were more willing in that second half to throw men forward and I think the stats here speak for themselves. We had five total shots, we had our which was we had a low xg overall in the game, but one of the xg came from the second half in itself and obviously we scored in the second half and you just saw a lot more
00:05:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
men being thrown forward, a lot more directness. People were willing to play ah passes in behind into our pacey players and every second ball we were kind of winning in that second half and they basically created nothing. They only had one shot on target in that second half so that really shows Hertzler once again and credit to him. I know everyone wants his head ah and on Twitter and all the Brighton fans but credit to him once again. He's changed the game and we've managed to get a result out of it.
00:05:38
blessings
Yeah, I think one of his main criticisms of people, why people wanted his head is his team selection and also use of substitutes. But like you're saying to your point as well, in that second half, we did start being on the front foot. And that's when Ruta came on, Minthe came on as well at halftime. And those were really inspired changes. And it suggested that, you know, we're going to be on the front foot. We're going to use Minthe's pace now and actually get at you.
00:06:04
blessings
Ruto as well can cause issues as well. Very dangly and do you know what I mean? He's physical and he can run. He's powerful.
00:06:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmm.
00:06:13
blessings
So it's like bringing those players on for me suggested that he did fancy after half time. Whereas obviously, Grud is a very good technician. But in terms of that kind of fixture, it's probably Minto who suited it more.
00:06:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I think we said that in the preview, didn't we? We were said this is the kind of game where they're going to leave spaces in behind. This is where we want our pace to be had. I know a Dhingra started, but um it would have been good to see Minter start as well, just to really un unleash pace on them.
00:06:46
blessings
And.
00:06:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
And every counter attack that we had, like we had in the second half, ah with Minter a couple times, which we'll come on to later, that's where we kind of wanted to see the pace from the beginning, I would kind of say, and have ah i haven't like an outball for us to get us out. But to be honest, I didn't really pin us as much as I thought they were going to. I thought they were, in the preview I kept on saying I think we're going to sit back and then play on the counter. Their possession was mainly in and around the middle, nothing really in the final third like I expected.
00:07:26
blessings
Yeah, I think um what I really liked is seeing Matt O'Reilly in the number 10 position. I thought he played really well and I think that might have sort of supported our midfield and patted it up a little bit better. I remember using the word suffocating quite a lot and I genuinely felt like that's what it's going to be like, you know, just them really putting this to the sword in terms of like keeping possession and maintaining their attacks for long periods of time but it wasn't like that at all we were breaking up play there's moments where we were breaking i thought a dinger looked looked all right as well at times um that massive chance i think you should have scored really but i don't know what it is with him he keeps just falling over if you notice that obviously um
00:08:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
the off-balance shots mate that's a signature he needs to trademark but yeah we will we will come on to the chances that we had and in this next segment we'll talk about the two goals so stick around
00:09:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
and we are back with the GSPN Daily Brighton podcast. So I guess we'll start this segment with their goal and we'll go in chronological order. It was the only time, maybe the second time that they actually managed to get through, create a good chance and they they finished it. fair Fair enough to Ethan Newary for a 17 year old to have that composure running, bearing down on goal to be able to finish it.
00:09:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
but That is poor from for bragging. I've got to say.
00:09:35
blessings
I think it's tough. I don't want to just blame it on Rebroken because a lot of things go wrong in that build up way before in terms of Eagle gets sucked in.
00:09:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:09:45
blessings
um Midfield trackers are nowhere to be seen there. that I don't know where they are. um And then another issue I had was Van Heck not coming across to across um to close them down a little bit quicker because
00:09:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Quicker. Hmm.
00:10:00
blessings
he's he's picked it up, he's got into the box and nobody's challenging right until he's had a shot but then Van Heck's too far away. Of course yeah the keeper's got to do a bit better but if you're letting people have shots at goal then try mean anything's possible at times. So I think it's a defensive issue overall rather than just for Brogan's issue.
00:10:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and I couldn't agree more. I think it is. I've got, I like to mix around the percentages of how much I'd blame everyone. I'd give the broken 33%. I'm giving Eagle 40% and I'm gonna give Estepinian 27.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm a bit more light on Van Hecker than you.
00:10:43
blessings
Yeah.
00:10:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I won't give him any even though he probably should be in there as well but Eagle got sucked in. I don't know what he's doing down the...
00:10:54
blessings
yeah
00:10:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
He gets sucked in by Declan Rice for some reason. Declan Rice is like the last man in their attack. Then he goes out to the right hand side where Estepinian is. Eagle for some reason just follows him there. Estepinian, God knows where he is. And then Eagle thinks, oh, I am in the wrong position here. Let me try and win the ball from Moreno in the midfield. And then that was a mistake as well, because then he's left Van Hecke all by himself.
00:11:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Esther Pinyan, who's also in No Man's Land, gets done for pace by Nuari, just gets breezed past, like he's not even there. And then he's like, he has lost, we already know this, he's lost his legs. He's not as quick as he was a couple seasons ago, that's probably what a season-ending injury does for you. But he's out of position, and then it's the easiest kind of chance that even Nuari will get in his whole career.
00:11:49
blessings
Yeah, and and that's the thing. I think the frustrating thing is is we probably all sat on this podcast and we've spoken about um the pair, Ego and Esipina and that it's the same things every time. We're literally watching the game and I'm unsure what they're trying to do or what they're what they're thinking, what's the plan here. And then having the pair of them in one game, I don't think that happens that often, but Boy, is is ah it was written on the walls really of what's going to happen. Like, it's a defensive mistake. It was guaranteed to happen, in my opinion. Just the way they play.
00:12:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, and speaking on that actually, ah the same thing happened, like the Jesus chance, which I don't know whether, I don't think the art linesman gave it offside in the end, but there was a Jesus chance early on in the game, and that was literally played the exact same.
00:12:38
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as just like a ball in behind into some space, Jesus is onto it and it came down that right hand side again and that's where Van Hecke was the one that had to come across to win the ball down. I think he was offside to be fair but I don't think the linesman gave it and it's still recorded as a shot on target.
00:12:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
but um That was like foreshadowing some dangers that could potentially arise and foreshadowed the goal basically. They scored from another hopeful ball into some space where the attackers just ran onto it and used his pace to get across. But is these like lapses in judgement and like concentration or like positioning that keep catching us out? And the thing I really want to say is If you compare like the right hand side Van Hecke and Weltmann, never happens.
00:13:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
If you compare the left hand side so many times this season, they've been at fault for so many goals. And it's like that meme where you've got the Bugatti Veyre on sat in...
00:13:47
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the driveway of the the crappy house. Have you seen that?
00:13:51
blessings
Yeah.
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, the horse drawn really nicely in the front half and then the back end is just a toddler's drawn it. That's what our defense feels like. The right hand side, beautiful.
00:14:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
The left hand side, you don't know what you're going to get.
00:14:06
blessings
Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Like if you look at Vopman as well, he's aging a little bit. You can tell he's sort of losing, I was going to say his pace. I'm not sure if he had any pace, but you can tell he's losing the yard, but he's so intelligent and he knows the game so well that we don't really feel it at the moment and even in is to sort of in games winding people up that's all part of it i think um whereas on the other hand side it's just um on the on the left hand side sorry it's just rash it seems like they're so inexperienced i've got to a point where i look at it now and i'm like is there a recall on barco can we get him back because
00:14:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
etc Well, he doesn't play for Sevilla, unfortunately, so he might be even worse than Esther Pinyan.
00:14:56
blessings
Where can we find a left back who's intelligent?
00:14:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, god lies. ah We need Jack Intoood to come back from injury and throw him-
00:15:04
blessings
ah I think that might be it.
00:15:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Even then we were critical. And if we were critical of him then, God, I actually wish he came back and played as a left-back after these Cuff West opinion performances that we've seen this season.
00:15:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know whether we're on board with what the other Brighton fans are saying. They're just too busy calling for hearts. There's head to be fair, so...
00:15:25
blessings
I mean, yeah, it's be careful of what you wish for. I mean, we were here. I don't know what I said, but I remember you were very vocal about Hincherwood and how it should move away from left back.
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:15:36
blessings
um But I think I'll take him back at the moment.
00:15:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think, I don't know whether this is true or not, but apparently he's injured until December 2025.
00:15:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I can't actually remember where he got injured or how he got injured.
00:15:47
blessings
Yeah.
00:15:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, that's going to be a big mess for him.
00:15:52
blessings
ah Good reading.
00:15:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, sidetracked anyway. ah In the next segment, we will be talking about the Brighton goal and the Brighton chances, because we did have a fair few wins in that second half.
00:16:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we are back with a Daily Brighton podcast. is It's the controversial one. I feel like every week, bless, it feels in recent weeks. Anyway, we're here talking about a penalty. This time it's one that's gone for us. What do you make of it? Because there's a lot of controversy online as to whether it was a pen, whether it wasn't a pen, your thoughts.
00:16:59
blessings
Um, initially when I first watched it, I thought we got away with one. I was, I was buzzing. Um, I'm normally quite critical of Anthony Tegeler anywhere. I just don't, I just wonder what he does. He's thinking sometimes and it is a random one, but after watching it again, I am very confident that it's a pen. I think it has to be given the pen. Um,
00:17:24
blessings
I mean, the main issue I guess we can have with it is that, yet again, the Premier League and Premier League referees are not being consistent in what they do because we see stuff like that happening, not not that often but it happens a lot in the box um and nothing's ever given.
00:17:42
blessings
um but it was a strange one it's a weird one i don't know what he's doing with his head the ball's stuck on his head and he's he has made contact with him and um off air i was saying to you that you know whatever the situation is if a player makes contact if they're both going for the ball and the player makes contact and misses the ball for the other player it's probably a penalty and yeah head to head you're probably going to fall down on the floor um click up
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm, yeah. Yeah, I know you're a bit more are unsure about whether it was a pen or not.
00:18:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm 100% in the camp. It's a pen. Like, I will back- I know it's probably a biased take. but I'm a very biased man, you know?
00:18:24
blessings
Yeah I can tell you that.
00:18:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I'm thinking it's a pen and I'll tell you why. If that's I feel Jow Pedro, when he's flicked it up to his head and when he's not knocked it on, he is then in control of the ball. That's then like him having the ball at his feet and him dribbling.
00:18:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if that's him dribbling with it, and he knocks it past Saliba, and Saliba taps his foot, or just like has a little kick out at his foot, that's gonna be a penalty every time. Why should it change when it's a head? Like, he's got it under control, he's knocked it with his head to get past Saliba, and 2006 Zidane, so... I mean, that that's a pen in my books. One thing I've got to cuss out as well, or one person I've got to cuss out. Gary Lineker, on match of the day, I don't know how I sat through it. I was actually losing my patience. He's gone in all my years of watching football. I've never seen a penalty given for a clash of heads. Well, Gary, it's not a clash of heads.
00:19:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
because it's not like it's a corner where they're both jumping up for the ball and then the heads clash. That's completely different to what this was. This was, he's flicked it up, he's got it, he's headed it, knocked it past Saliba and then Saliba's followed through onto Jean Pedro.
00:19:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's, to me, completely different to a clash of heads where it's come from a corner.
00:19:55
blessings
to
00:19:59
blessings
I do totally understand where you're coming from and that that makes sense. um My only issue is is that if that's given against ah your team, if that's given against Brighton, you are going to be fuming.
00:20:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:20:13
blessings
ah Let's be honest and it's mainly down you're totally right, but it's really down that this situation isn' doesn't really happen often um So it's like you you nothing like that is I've not seen anything like that being given to be honest
00:20:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. No, that is that is true. That's one thing I can agree with you with is that is the first time I've seen that kind of challenge be made and be made a penalty, but I mean, to Brighton's fortune, I guess, or to our fortune, because...
00:20:44
blessings
I won't complain.
00:20:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm not... I ah ah don't know whether I would be too mad if it was... Let's say it was Veltman that did it. I'm thinking, I probably wouldn't be, I'm thinking, yeah, he's been beaten there, and he's headbutted him, or he's collided with his head. And there's, kind like you said, there's contact in the box. Nowadays, especially with VAR, and especially with how they stop and show that, oh, there is contact there. The freeze frame, now that they do, that you know every decision, that contact in the box, that's most of the time being given. ah And that's where I'm like,
00:21:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
I feel like it's just got a lot harder to defend. I would say that. I feel like it's now very difficult to defend things properly or defend things well because you're constantly arms behind your back or you're always pulling out of challenges, scared of making contact. I would say as well.
00:21:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that's more of a penalty, and I want to cast our minds back to the Aston Villa one last week, where Jal Pedro has booted through the back of who was it, whoever it was, John McGinn or whoever it might have been. And my issue with those kind of penalties, and we I think we said at the time, it's contact in the box, it's probably going to be given, although I didn't think it should be. But my problem with that one is,
00:22:14
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John McGinn, let's say, who it was, I can't actually remember, it it's really annoying me, but let's say it was John McGinn, he's not in control of the ball, he's just flicked it, like he's got a toe to it and Jal Pedro is then just kind of kicked him, which is different to having possession of the ball, if that makes any sense for our listeners.
00:22:35
blessings
yeah that that makes sense i just think though the only issue with you know looking at it like that is what defines having control the ball like some people would sit here and argue that if you win the first header you do not have control the ball because it's still up for grabs it's still in the air um
00:22:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:22:55
blessings
and some people will also say if you get the first touch then yeah you're uncontrollable so it's like yeah you can interpret it in so many different ways and i guess that's what the referees do and there's no really clear cut definition of what that would even look like or mean at the moment so with that with the way it is we are going to get weird penalties like that and sometimes they're going to go for you luckily in this this time round they went for us so i mean we'll take that especially against arsenal so it's another controversial referee decision so sarge yeah love to see it now
00:23:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
but ah Arsenal fans must have like nightmares of playing Brighton or next season they're going to have nightmares just thinking, oh no, more controversy around these games. um I also want to say while we're talking about controversy,
00:23:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Joe, Joe Veltman once again on the edge of penalty area while Joe Pedro is taking the penalty gets a kick out by Giorgino and he milks it once again trying to get Giorgino sent off and I absolutely loved it.
00:24:06
blessings
Yeah, it's proper gamesmanship to be honest, he's like grabbed him and then Georgina is kicked out and well I'm surprised I didn't look at that um Like that could that could be dangerous, ah you know kick out
00:24:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh yeah.
00:24:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Considering some of the dish the decisions they have given like this season, like throughout the season in any game that you watch ah for like kickouts and high foots and studs up and things like that, I am kind of surprised they haven't gone to VAR for that decision as well. But my only thinking is they probably they probably think, oh, we've given them a penalty.
00:24:44
blessings
yeah that's it so we've we've given them a dodgy pen let's not let's not even get involved in that did they even they didn't even look at it did they they probably saw it and they're like yeah don't even bother getting involved with that
00:24:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can't like then send off Georgina as well in the same passage of flight. Yeah. yeah No, they didn't know.
00:25:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Exactly. hu And while we're on the pen. The man stepped up, Joe Pedro, he won the pen, and I never had any doubt that he was going to miss, to be honest. the He puts it, bangin', bangin' the side netting as well. Lovely finish.
00:25:19
blessings
Yeah, again, cool, calm, collected, the yeah, dispatched it well. And it's nice having the player, sort of his caliber. And I just hope he, again, I keep saying this and they never do. I hope he kicks on and, you know, it starts scoring some more goals because we definitely do need that. um In terms of ah just how we played as well, I thought he was a constant threat and linked up quite well with O'Reilly at times as well. So, good pen, good performance in my eyes.
00:25:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he didn't have as hard of a time as I thought he was going to have against Gabriel and Saliba. I know we only scored one. We didn't really create that many, but I mean, I thought he really held his own at times, ah like in terms of just even holding up the ball and being that threat and the outlet that we kind of needed to get us onto the front foot. I want to also touch on We had a very good chance at the end of the game to seal the deal to get the 2-1 win and it's through the super sub Minter who came on was a bit of a problem ah down the right hand side for Califiori and he gets du gets that space in behind driving down at goal and I've got to say
00:26:14
blessings
No.
00:26:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
One thing I really think he should have done is squared it with his other foot. He's kind of in two minds, I feel. As he's bearing down a goal, he's thinking, do I shoot here or do I play it to Matoma who's also going to be who's free at the back post? And then because he's played it with his left, it's always going away from goal, always going away from Matoma's run. And like that's what the fine margins just cost you there.
00:27:08
blessings
Yeah, I'm going to break it to you, mate, because I don't think he's even passing it there. I think he's going for goal 100%. It's a brilliant run. Actually, what one thing I will say, actually, before we unpack this goal even more.
00:27:23
blessings
Fabian Herzl needs to listen to this show because we talked in the preview for this match. We said that Minte needs to start. He's going to break him on that half time.
00:27:33
blessings
like If only you'd have listened Fabian, you'd have saved yourself some of the tuition there because that was well suited.
00:27:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
exactly
00:27:39
blessings
And Ruta as well, we said Ruta. So you know listen to the show. Um, yeah, but back to that chance, I think, yeah, he's definitely going for goal. I think if he was to be trying and to swear, it he would use his week of right foot, but he's he's trying to score there.
00:27:55
blessings
And it is a terrible decision. And Hertzel was kicking himself in the bench. But, um, yeah, no, he's definitely, you're right. He should have used his right foot.
00:28:06
blessings
It's it simple tapping for, um, I think he's just throwing himself in there as well.
00:28:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:28:10
blessings
So I'll root it was it.
00:28:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Rooter, yeah, Rooter was like straight, like so close. Like if he does square it as well, Rooter's there to for an easy tap in. And then if Rooter misses it, Metoma's there for an easy tap in as well.
00:28:21
blessings
um
00:28:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
if it if if it's If what you're saying is true and he has gone for a shot, ah It's the worst shot ever. Like, there's no power and it's gone wide.
00:28:30
blessings
right
00:28:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
You've got to hit one of the two. I mean, it's got to be accurate and weak or you've got to go just power.
00:28:39
blessings
Yeah, no, that's it. ah I think it's definitely definitely a shot because um When wingers are through and they're they're in those kinds of positions, it doesn't even matter if it's your weaker foot, they always use the the um the correct foot.
00:28:56
blessings
I'm just going to say, do you know what I mean?
00:28:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:58
blessings
If they're on the right, they'll use their right. If they're in that position in particular, and the fact that he's tried to run round the ball, in my eyes means that he's trying to bend it into that far corner and he just under hits it.
00:29:10
blessings
He probably fell over as well. He's one that keeps falling over when shooting as well. So the FDA shot should have been a, should have been a squared pass.
00:29:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. That was the chance to as well steal all three points and I wouldn't even say steal to be fair because I do want to touch on it. They created nothing. I know we said right at the top of the show we'd never felt any threat from them. 0.44 xg in open play and 0.5 xg in from set pieces and literally all their chances came from set pieces. I cannot believe this club are getting away with this.
00:29:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
And luckily not against us, we haven't fallen victim to that set-piece curse. But we almost did. And that's what I wanted to touch on. The 40th minute they had a corner that came in and you just, I just look away and I think, oh, that's probably gonna be a goal, isn't it?
00:30:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
And luckily, Marino and Gabrielle Jesus just clatter into each other, which is good for us, goes over the bar. Another time where Declan Rice plays a nice low ball on a plate for someone. They miss that one as well. So we got, I guess, away with... I wouldn't even say it's good defending from us from set pieces, but they didn't go in. So that's that's a positive.
00:30:42
blessings
Yeah, that is the main thing. there There was another one though, which I saw and um I think it's Ethan when, and yeah, he's, he's whipped it in and it's hit, they've left it and it's hit the post.
00:30:53
blessings
It's hit the front post. I was like, Oh.
00:30:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
it Yeah. Yeah, Estepinian had that under control.
00:30:58
blessings
Yeah.
00:31:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Although all the players looked at him. so Like, and they were about to shoot him.
00:31:05
blessings
Bragging was panicking.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
They were fuming. But Brogan's like, are you taking the mic? And then Jal Petro's even screaming at him. And then I think Van Hecker's like going, I just shocked.
00:31:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
the Just pure shock on his face. I can't believe he left that. ah via Because it's actually considering how good their set piece quality is in terms of whipping in. That's probably gonna go in.
00:31:28
blessings
yeah deal with it
00:31:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Don't leave it, bud. But when you're as cool as Estepinian, he knows. My guy knows it's not going in. ah But yeah, what a lovely one-all draw at the Amex. We didn't kick off the year with a win, but a draw against Arsenal. I'm sure as a result, a lot of other Brighton fans like ourselves will probably take, even though we could have probably won it. And on that note, that's it from me, Jamie Gee. That's been Bless and Tribamba, and we will be back next time.
00:32:25
blessings
into the field.