Arsenal Vs Everton. FA Cup 6th Round, 8th Mar 2014 @ 12:45

[hktoffee]

How can Arteta react like that after scoring? I am massively disappoint.

And he fell over acting like a [Poor language removed] while we were attacking. Cheating.

 

[Walken]

also aresenal's two holding midfielders, arteta is confident on the ball and moves forward, both of ours slow it down and go sideways everytime they get the ball

 

[sageyefc]

The amount of times baines gets caught out at the back is a joke.

Another showing of lack of class from arteta again, he wants to remember who made him the little spanish gimp

 

[deipnosophist]

Barkley's miss condemed us there!

by professional football standards, that miss was a shocker. And another penalty we concede...very poor.

 

[Jags..class]

We're playing against a CL, title league winning quality team. It was a tight game up to 80mins. We lack that quality they and others can buy, gutted but not too down hearted.

Think pienaar needs a run on the bench, with Miralass left McGeady given a few games on the right.

Would like to see this. Would also liked to have seen Naismith get involved in today game

 

[kev101]

Pienaar is beyond finished and Miralles is a myth.
I'm sick of Martinez telling the palyers that they are world beaters, and can beat teams without bothering to pass the [Poor language removed] ball!!!

 

[KevMirallas]

Nothing has been the same since Oviedo broke his leg. For some reason, that has pretty much been the turning point.

 

[technojoe]

Toothless big players not rising to occasion. Same old.

 

[Fansince1988]

Getting to the point where I'm getting less bothered about football each week. Not much to look forward to if you're not a fan of a big spender is there. Ah well

I feel the same,sitting through this disappointments,transfer windows hopeing for new players.We get rewarded with feeling depressed.Not happy days.

 

[Furey1878]

Hard lines of course, but getting hit on the break by top 6 teams is something we need to work on.

 

[deipnosophist]

just proves were not good enough

sad to say, but the evidence is there for all to see. I just wish we were better in the final third.

 

[paulbefc]

Poor performance in a big game.

Arsenal weren't even that great. It didn't need a top class side to beat us today. Really disappointed. Mirallas and Pienaar were particularly poor. Mirallas has let us down all season, virtually.

I hope this problem of being horrendously toothless up top is just a first season thing for us. Sort it RM.

 

[chicoazul]

erm... we tried to play the same way, wenger isn't stupid and he completely nullified us. very, very naive to think that arsenal would not have learnt from that game.

Was you on here before and called Marco lid?

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Can we stop playing Pienaar now?

 

[BlueToff]

Dreadful defending for the last 2 goals but we were going for it and it's not like losing by 3 in a cup game is a real difference. When Barkley missed that chance, that was it imo. It's happened a hundred times that we'll be edging a narrow game, miss a gift of a chance and then the opposition will get back into the game and hurt us 10-15 mins later.

Our finishing has cost us all season. Sickeningly, Liverpool have it, and they're now genuine title contenders. No excuse to not spend over the summer. Personally thought Lukaku was our best player today. Barkley played well but only played to his strengths once (when we scored). McCarthy and Barry both poor, Mirallas/Pienaar sloppy.

No excuse to not play the strongest team poss. at every stage now though - we have to finish above The Scum!

A replacement for Pienaar and a striker (ideally Lukaku on loan/perm and a Batshuayi type) need to be the priorities, plus a utility midfielder such as Holtby.