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

[hktoffee]

Ah crap I think I just gave hktoffee a like




He sounded normal for a moment, have I got it wrong?

I did ask him to change his username but he seems to ignore it. My lawyer is drafting a Writ, as a result.

 

[Carlito]

Because we won the game it's forgotten but that first half against Chelsea we shoulda been 2-3 goals down. Clinical strikers like Aubameyang & Lacazette would have punished us. Besides Arsenal are a better & organised side than Chelsea due to Emery's flexibility. On the bright side Arsenal's defence can easily be gotten at

Couldn't agree more. The better team almost always starts the game on top, and unless you're able to weather the storm, as Everton just about managed to do against Chelsea, they can easily be out of sight before you've even started to play.

Luckily, you're also right about their centre-backs, who are possibly even worse than Everton's three.

 

[deipnosophist]

Toffee TV 2-0 Arse TV

Baz and Ped vs Robbie

 

[Dan Tanner]

I did ask him to change his username but he seems to ignore it. My lawyer is drafting a Writ, as a result.

Ahhh..... It's not Hong Kong toffee, that makes sense now

 

[johnblue23]

Will be a good test this. Arsenal have got more about them than Chelsea. But at home against top 6, the players will be up for it which should enthuse the crowd.

 

[decco99]

Couldn't agree more. The better team almost always starts the game on top, and unless you're able to weather the storm, as Everton just about managed to do against Chelsea, they can easily be out of sight before you've even started to play.

Luckily, you're also right about their centre-backs, who are possibly even worse than Everton's three.

Takes some doing

 

[JohnRoss23]

The kool aid is flowing lads! 2-1 for Everton. I hope they keep the same team as last weeks but we will see.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Im feeling confident about this one.A bit foolish perhaps, considering that Everton have an awful habit of leaving us down.But we do seem to be coming into form.So i think we have a lot of reasons, to be feeling confident about this one.

 

[sdk]

I think I probably have more affection for the Arse than many here but never mind that, Everton's recent run of form encourages me to hope for a lively, open match all the way through. My head says 1 - 1. My heart says 1 - 0. My arse remains silent when it can.

 

[Blackwell Livermore]

Yes, as its @HongKongToffee that's the kopite douche not @hktoffee

Aah that's cleared up loads. Always wondered why @hktoffee was suddenly being vilified on here.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

I think I probably have more affection for the Arse than many here but never mind that, Everton's recent run of form encourages me to hope for a lively, open match all the way through. My head says 1 - 1. My heart says 1 - 0. My arse remains silent when it can.

Charlie George in 1971 and Mickey Thomas in 1989.They beat the rs in the 1950 FA Cup final as well, with our very own Joe Mercer in the side.Arsenal will always be alright in my book.But enough of that.Just smash these Everton!

 

[Stanley Parker]

Arsenal have several selection concerns, with Granit Xhaka and Laurent Koscielny both injury doubts and Lucas Torreira suspended. Aaron Ramsey is available after being substituted with a groin problem during Monday's win against Newcastle.

Last match Arsenal 2 Newcastle 0
Leno
Mustafi Papastathopoulos Monreal
Maitland-Niles Ramsey Guendouzi Kolasinac
Özil
Iwobi Lacazette

Despite the Gunners fluidity, there was only a combined total of 10 shots from both sides, the fewest in a Premier League game since the nine efforts in the Bournemouth versus Leicester match in August 2015.

Ozil has not started a game north of London since mid-September. Five of the Gunners’ remaining league fixtures are away however, starting at Everton tomorrow, and Emery indicated that at long last Ozil had convinced his manager he was worth a go in a game where defensive work was likely to be required.

Arsenal play eight matches in April - next game is home to Napoli on Thursday.

 

[McBain]

I don’t understand whats happened to Ozil. Whats the story?

 

[evertony]

If we stat with high intensity I can see us beating these quite easily as they have no backbone. If we start slowly Arsenal will dominate position and win a drab affair.
As Marco said in his presser....”it will be very tough for Arsenal”....he saw Liverpool destroy them with energy and intensity, so expect the same for us. Pity it’s not a night game under the lights.

 

[Stanley Parker]

I don’t understand whats happened to Ozil. Whats the story?

Arsenal’s most exorbitant, and often enraging, asset has quietly reemerged from a trial with Emery that has encompassed the better part of this season without the familiar grace of teenage sulk and stooped shoulders. There were the training ground strops, the mysterious lapses in his immune system, a tentative toe into the January transfer market to assess what suitors might be lingering on the periphery. Yet the 30-year-old’s unassuming return, without any cultish or divisive fanfare typifies the transformation and trust Emery has extracted from his players.

The less recognised sight of Ozil charging back to the quarters of Arsenal’s own box, tucking into the half-spaces in midfield, and abandoning those spells of mindless floating like a goldfish lost in an oversized bowl, proved his willing to adapt, a gracious adherence to Emery’s way at Arsenal. One which wasn’t scared to leave him behind, and in turn served to level all egos.

Against Newcastle, Ozil covered 10km, had 83 touches and made 63 successful passes in the 84 minutes he was on the pitch. The No 10 has started Arsenal’s last four games and, in those, they’ve scored eight goals and conceded just one. Tucked in ahead of Aaron Ramsey, who himself has adapted to a less glamorous role in the centre of midfield without any fading enthusiasm, there is an air of strength to Arsenal’s spine.

Tom Kershaw The Independent 3 Apr 2019, 17:02

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