Worried about the Brighton Match Jan 19

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I had the same feeling about the Bournemouth match.

Another mid to top half side that plays good football. I fear this more than the Arsenal match.

How do we start winning against these sorts of teams?
 
Put the ball in the net and don't practically kick the ball into our own net with our defending.

Prior to Wolves this was basically our issue.

We play Southampton first by the way.
 
I'm not. They're away to Ipswich on the 16th then have to travel to Old Trafford on the 19th.

We play on the 16th too but at home to Southampton. There's literally no reason we shouldn't be winning both matches comfortably.

Just had a look at their form. They've not won a game since November.
 
Brighton haven’t won since November 23. They have six draws and two defeats in that timeframe.

Besides lets focus on arsenal then Southampton first
 
I had the same feeling about the Bournemouth match.

Another mid to top half side that plays good football. I fear this more than the Arsenal match.

How do we start winning against these sorts of teams?
Understand that the mentality and energy they had today is necessary every single fecking week
 
If we have the same physicality as we have shown today, we can win the game. It then comes down to whether or not we actually finish off our chances. I just get the feeling that Brighton are starting to backslide a little. They've drawn 10 games, which is the most in the league. They've won the same amount of games as us, which is 6. They also have a +1GD. Similar-ish problems to use in the sense that they're not exactly scoring goals for fun. Their top scorer is Danny Welbeck...

The smart money is on the game being a draw with both teams struggling to score.
 
Take it 1 match at a time, the only match we should be worrying about at the moment is the next one, we can worry about Saints and Brighton when we get to those matches.
 
write it off, play the reserves and have the players in at the weekend training instead.