Match Thread Arsenal v Everton - Friday 23rd, Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Tubey]

Arsenal playing a second string here?

Only Odegaard missing by choice isn't it?

 

[TheBigIguana]

I've rated him fairly highly in the past but he's degraded lately. First two seasons he was great.

He's pretty much no different aside from how much he plays the best I can tell. I'm certainly glad he and Aubameyang are out tonight.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Keane quite rightly dropped

Aside from the part where he's hurt

 

[BillBrasky]

Smith-Rowe and Saka are their two most important players by miles - Lacazette and Aubameyang have been varying degrees of crap all year.

I think they'll have too much energy for us. Like 90% of the teams in this league sadly at the mo.

Head says 2-1 Arsenal.

I agree. When you look at both midfields, one is full of young and energetic players and the other has Allan and some of the slowest athletes in the PL. Arsenal are about to boss us off the field. I wish Davies was starting instead of Gomes or Siggy.

 

[Seathestars]

Aside from the part where he's hurt

I sometimes wonder if Mangers say people are injured to save them the public shame of being dropped

 

[Jebus_lives]

We'll batter these.

 

[Tubey]

I agree. When you look at both midfields, one is full of young and energetic players and the other has Allan and some of the slowest athletes in the PL. Arsenal are about to boss us off the field. I wish Davies was starting instead of Gomes or Siggy.

The hope is all three of our pedestrians in midfield make the ball work to compensate for the lack of energy.

Fingers crossed but erm... it's Sigurdsson off the back of his "one in 10" good performances, so history suggests the odds are firmly in favour of him doing his 'usual'.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I sometimes wonder if Mangers say people are injured to save them the public shame of being dropped

Doubt it. He's just benched Pickford.

 

[Darrenc34]

Want a win tonight, but got a feeling a nil nil incoming.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I always enjoy your positivism before the matches. Should be make another bet for you to loose lol

Im tempted

 

[Seathestars]

I agree. When you look at both midfields, one is full of young and energetic players and the other has Allan and some of the slowest athletes in the PL. Arsenal are about to boss us off the field. I wish Davies was starting instead of Gomes or Siggy.

It looks that way on paper, so important that we keep the ball. It’s not the midfield I would choose but I’m no Manager.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Arsenal playing a second string here?

Other than Smith-Rowe and Saka, I think they're playing the Cleveland Indians from Major League.

This thought immediately led to a very bad mental image.

 

[JMT]

Ceballos is crap and Granit Xhaka is playing left back.

6-0 Everton.

 

[Tubey]

LOL just noticed Delph on the bench. I wonder how he'll injure himself sitting there.

The new Darron Gibson.

 

[Nymzee]

Nice pacey central midfield from us tonight.