What will the Arsenal defence look like against Brighton on Thursday?

There has to be a change in the Arsenal defence against Brighton.

There was a slight improvement from Arsenal when they drew 2-2 with Norwich City on Sunday. But the Arsenal defence remains the weak link.

Freddie did himself no favours pairing David Luiz and Shkodran Mustafi in the centre. He also let himself down playing Chambers out of position on the right.

Also, playing Sead Kolasinac instead of Kieran Tierney was baffling. The Scottish international could not have been injured otherwise why was he on the bench?

The brutal truth was that the defence was shambolic and so surely you would expect changes against Brighton. Well, I do but not wholesale.

I suspect that if Hector Bellerin is passed fit he will be selected to play on the right. Otherwise, we may see an out of position Calum Chambers there yet again.

I reckon that Freddie will stick with David Luiz in the middle. Why? I simply do not have an answer for that. The question is, who will partner Luiz in the centre? Sadly I see him plumping for Sokratis.

I feel that he will stick with Kolasinac on the left, again, I have no idea why he would but that is the feeling I have.

So the backline I think Freddie will go with is Kolasinac, Luiz, Sokratis and Bellerin. How depressing is that?

That is not even close to what I would like to see. Personally, I would like to see a back four of Tierney, Holding, Chambers and Bellerin but I accept that is very unlikely.

We just have to trust in Freddie and hope that he knows what he is doing.