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

[knowing your history]

Good performance tonight. Moyes deservedly has his critics for shutting up shop too early against the best teams but I didn't see it like that. Low block of course but chose moments to attack well and really should've scored.

Frustrating that the best chances fell to Dwight who tried his best as always but just dosen't have the finishing ability to decide games like this. Really need another Ndiaye type to show composure from the lovely crosses Ily was putting in.

My one wish for rest of the season? Play like this at HOME to Chelsea, RS and Man. City instead of being completely petrified to cross the halfway line for the first hour as we saw against Man. United recently.

That is where the mentality needs to change a bit to really kick on in the new BMD era.

A shame to lose but I can live with it.

 

[Wally_Snackbar]

Happy with performance. My 0-0 prediction basically came true, minus the hard earned point.

Ah well.

 

[If You Know Your History]

We played well against the soon-to-be champions at a stadium where we have won just ONCE in more than two decades. We hit the post, we tested Raya more times than a home goalkeeper should be tested and we almost came away with something.

Regarding the alleged incident of Arsenal fans getting into the away end and openly celebrating before being accosted: violence can never be accepted in football. However, the Arsenal stewards are clearly at fault for letting them into the away end. I lived in Italy and deaths have happened there at football matches for much less.

 

[Daytripper]

Back to the punching above their weight stuff again

 

[longers]

Who dived in on him and scored in a game they already won, in the 97th minute, with no goal keeper. If he hit it from the halfway line, you'd still get the same fap fest.

The bar between it and the Rooney goal are continents apart.

Not the point, it's was a great first goal for a 16-year-old to score, and a big moment in the season regardless of whether they were already winning. He's had tons of hype behind him and this was his first big moment in the spotlight, it was always going to be a big story and moment.

If a 16-year-old of ours did the same at the end of a tough match when we were fighting for a title we would be equally giddy, lets not pretend otherwise

 

[Sona]

Costs of the two starting elevens:

Raya €32m - Pickford €29m

Timber €40m - Garner €10m

Calafiori €44m - Mykolenko €24m

Saliba €30m - O’Brien €20m

Gabriel €26m - Keane €29m

Rice €117m - Gueye €4m

Zubimendi €70m - Tim €11m

Eze €70m - KDH €29m

Saka €0 - McNeil €17m

Madueke €56m - Ndiaye €18m

Havertz €75m - Beto €25m

 

[Tommy Chong]

Can’t win them all I guess…

This one was always going to be a long shot.

 

[Sona]

You could have bought the whole of Everton’s midfield & forward line (6 players), and still had €13m left over for the same price as one of their midfielders.

 

[evertony]

If you're so anti Moyes who are you bringing in to do a better job with this squad?

Jesse Marsch or Bob Bradley maybe? Utter lunatic you lad.

Coach Ted.

 

[evertony]

I very well may be a lunatic, but Christopher Galtier is someone I always liked, but I am certain there are other options better than Moyes.

McKenna, Potter, Iraola and even bringing back Marco Silva are all thoughts I’ve had.

I’m hoping you mean Brian Potter and not Graham Potter? Tell me it’s so.

 

[Pabbers]

We need 2 new strikers….roll the dice again.

 

[evertony]

Not far off beating one of the best teams in Europe.
Reckon one of those chances in first half go in, they defend that for at least a draw.
Where Tim and JOB made the difference in the difference, KDH had an off day for the same. Arsenal kept KDH out of it.
Gana, Garner and Myko played the sweeping defensively btwn lines with timing the moment of place to play. Played the squeeze near perfect.

Any chance of translating that into something remotely understandable

 

[If You Know Your History]

Sky are bad gaslighters. They put Smith on commentary for Spurs games and I've no doubt he will cover 1 of there games in the relegation run in.

They also put Carragher on our first home game at the Hill Dickinson against Brighton to wind us up

It's truly bizarre for an Arsenal legend like Alan smith to be commentating on an Arsenal or Spurs match. Likewise a Liverpool legend like Carragher commentating on our games.

 

[perth_blue]

I very well may be a lunatic, but Christopher Galtier is someone I always liked, but I am certain there are other options better than Moyes.

McKenna, Potter, Iraola and even bringing back Marco Silva are all thoughts I’ve had.

 

[Bob Elstone]

Where was tarkowski?