Match Thread Arsenal 2-0 Everton. Sat March 14th. 5.30

[Cels]

That defeat was all down to Nathan Patterson!

 

[smileychap]

No, but I can blame him for being negative...

Pickford flapped but Armstrong just watched his man go, twice in 5 minutes and they scored the second time....

He should have put George on, a bit of pace to counter instead he went with a centre mid on the wing to try and hold on

Yeah, muddled subs as ever.

Beto was more physical, perhaps he gassed. We had nothing in the middle to control the game as garner at RB. KDH just over run after decent 1st half.

Needed experience to see that game out, Moyes brought on Harrison and Rohl... How many minutes between them to see out a game away at Arsenal? Haha, nice one Davey.

 

[kenada_blue]

That Dowman moment is gonna be everywhere if they win the league isn't it?

He kicked it into an empty net ffs

He'll be at Fulham in 3 years time.

 

[Tylard]

Punch to the down belows at the end, but honestly that was a good performance. Easily could have and should have scored and gotten something today. No shame in that performance. If we play like that against Chelsea we'll get something there.

 

[Gibbo1976]

Like I said previously he makes unbelievable saves at times but today he’s cost us. He has this behaviour in him.

Dont agree , he has in the past but he is reliable now...you make an error as a goalkeeper and its usually punished, he doesn't do it very often otherwise we would be in the championship

 

[McCallsVolley]

Really good performance from everyone. But..

Yes Jordan a clanger tbh

Thierno tbh looked completely off it. Whats happened to him?

 

[ford_uk]

Fuming after that - Can take losses as so used to them but that one was a FFS.

 

[Zatara]

Well we didn't do too great after putting Rohl and Armstrong on. Isn't Dowman one of those 'generational talents'

Rohl is 23 and has looked crap apart from against Villa and he was dropped after that.

Armstrong is used out of position when we have 2 wingers on the bench.

Moyes should have brought on George for McNeil early in the 2nd half so we had some pace.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Seen that game loads of times though, only one team was going to win it late on. They made attacking subs we tried to hold a point. Keeps happening away at these top sides for a reason. Not brave enough.

 

[ValBlue]

The heartbreak ending.

Not going to be too down over it, sure it makes it tense with Newcastle gaining 3 points in the European spots race, but there was enough there to make me think we’re going to try and end strong.

We went toe to toe for 88 minutes and should have been ahead ourselves. Play like that next week and we’ll win.

Hope their heads don’t drop

 

[MikeyMike]

Barry was useless but overall we did well and were unlucky to lose. Arsenal showed today that they can actually win the title.

Sky are w@nking themselves silly over Dowman but, for once, it’s justified. That was an iconic moment, and he’s a great talent

 

[Buzz Lightyear]

It's incredible. You're 0/3. It's like watching Beto up front.

Koppite

 

[Rob17896]

Against the best team in the league we came away with a loss but a huge amount of credit and positives

Yes. But we should be the best team and not a crappy underdog so nothing to take other than we need to get better than that

 

[Dario Terracotta]

You can blame Moyes for not playing our best team, and setting us up with negative tactics.

I blame Moyes a lot of the time but not tonight,I thought he got his tactics and game plan spot on,we could quite easily have come away with three points tonight.

 

[smileychap]

My goodness, Arsenal got very, very, very lucky with that goal and the win.

Top performance from the Blues, I'm not going to agree with anyone that says we didn't deserve a point (at least) from that game.

We could've deserved a point, but our subs were negative... they brought on a match winner to attack.