Ratings vs The Arsenal

[argietoffee]

Howard 8- one mighty flap the Distin cleared aside, saved our bacon when he could.
Coleman 8 - rolls Royce defender - crossing lost him a point - best right back in Epl in my book
Jagielka 7 - solid. Form starting to resemble pre cup final injury form
Distin 8 - excellent. Really impressing me at the moment. There is easy another two years at this level in him
Oviedo 7 - solid. Does not deserve to be dropped. Could have contested cross better with Walcott
Barry 8 - rock. With McCarthy, best midfield pairing dice Reid and Bracewell. Amazing consistency
McCarthy 8 - fabulous player this lad. Whisper it but I can see Roy Keane - without being a ********- in him
Pienaar 7 - excellent first half, tired in second. Was obvious choice to come off
Mirallas 7 - caused them plenty of problems. Thankfully has regained best form
Barkley 8 - maturing all the time, going to be a monster. Still needs to polish final ball
Lukaku 6 - put in a good shift but it did not o his way
Subs
Osman 5 - thought Bobby got this one wrong. We needed Gerrys pace. Slow for a game like this
Deulefeu 8- no backlift whatsoever - was roaring at him to pass to Seamus!!!! Deserves a crack at Fulham from the start
Naismith - N/a
Martinez - 9 - would be 10 but deulefeu should have been on earlier. The attacking set up was marvelous. Take your oxygen masks as this boy is going to take us into orbit
Mom - honestly can't split those swho I marked 8

 

[Clint Planet]

Howard 8
Coleman 8
Jagielka 7
Distin 8
Oviedo 8
Barry 8
McCarthy 8
Pienaar 7
Mirallas 7
Barkley 8.27
Lukaku 7
Subs
Osman 7
Deulefeu 8
Martinez - 9

 

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Howard 8
Coleman 7
Jags 7
Distin 7
Oviedo 7
Barry 7
McCarthy 8
Pienaar 7
Mirallas 6
Barkley 7
Lukaku 6

Osman 6
Deulofeu 8
Naismith n/a

 

[Groucho]

EVERTON 10/10

 

[Kurt.]

Howard was actually outstanding today ..... Couple of very very important one on ones he snuffed out by coming off his line very quick and standing tall ...... Deserves every bit of credit he gets for today.

 

[peteblue]

I'll be honest, I thought all the lads did well. If the best score is say 9 then they all get 9..... Well in lads you played really well today........

 

[Bilko]

Groucho calls it correctly

 

[SteKelly]

Everyone was 10/10 lad.

God knows why you're putting Osman that low to be honest

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Howard 8
Coleman 8
Jagielka 8
Distin 7
Oviedo 7
Barry 8
McCarthy 8
Pienaar 7
Mirallas 7
Barkley 8
Lukaku 6
Subs
Osman 6
Deulefeu 8

Martinez - 9

 

[maccavennie]

Everyone was 10/10 lad.

God knows why you're putting Osman that low to be honest

Yep, perfect time to bring Ossie on to make sure we had a lions share of possession. Don't mind him at all coming on for 20 minutes using his experience. Was it him who played a better of a ball to put Mirallas through or was that Boss Rarkley?

 

[Pienaar'sdisciple]

Howard 7.5: great saves and some pretty good distribution. Can't ask for much more.
Coleman 7: great energy and good in defence, but wasn't all that going forward.
Distin 8: Best defender in the league for me. Just a beast.
Jagielka 7: good game although I thought he got sucked out of position to easily when arsenal were playing around the box, plus struggle when facing girouds back.
Oviedo 6- he's no baines but he's certainly doing a good job covering for him. Retained the ball well, would've like to see him get better quality deliveries into the box though.
Barry 6: did well, but sluggish at times in terms of putting the man on the ball under pressure, plus his passing wasn't all that.
McCarthy 7.5: was all over that midfield from start to finish. Must be a nightmare to play against, can see him being a mainstay in our midfield for a long time.
Mirallas 6: good level of play in terms of retaining the ball but threatened them very little.
Pienaar 5: couldn't get going at all I thought. Retained the ball well as usual In the first half but wasn't in it at all in the second.
Barkley 7.5: looked the best player on the pitch for large parts of the game. Final third play lacking a bit but played really well regardless. The turn and dribble in the set up for the goal was wonderful.
Lukaku 7: well market I though. Went for a long time without service but as usual still gave the defence a good work out.

Deulofeu 8: earned us a point!
Osman 6: increased our control of the match.

 

[griffla]

Coleman, Jags, Oviedo, McCarthy and Barkley were 9's for me. Brilliant from all the boys though

 

[tadpole]

Barkley was amazing today. He was making the Arsenal midfield look like a bunch of amateurs. As good a performance as we'll see in a blue shirt all season.

 

[Azzurri]

Howard 9 - Massively improved this season.

Coleman 8 - Did well, tried to play about in our box a bit too much at times.

Jagielka 8 - Looks more comfortable passing it than ever and was solid.

Distin 8 - The usual.

Oviedo 8 - Great again, could have challenged Walcott better for their goal.

Barry 9 - Absolutely brilliant again. The fella knows every trick in the book and looks 10 steps ahead of everyone on the pitch.

McCarthy 9 - Mental [Poor language removed] would tackle Brock Lesnar and halve him. Controlled the game well and played it nicely.

Mirallas 7 - Got a bit of form back since being brilliant in the derby, was good today.

Pienaar 7 - See above.

Barkley 9 - Could well be absolutely world class. Looked confident and runs with the ball like an antelope. I love it when someone tries to shoulder barge him off the ball. ACCESS DENIED.

Lukaku 7 - Did quite well to hold it up against two great centre backs and made some runs that went unnoticed at times, unfortunately missing a goal.

Deulofeu 8 - Brilliant goal. Could he have tracked back more and closed the cross for their goal or am I being overly critical? Either way he always looks a threat and yeah, that goal. Bang.

Osman 6 - Didn't really do much, was alright though.

Naismith - N/A

Martinez 9 - What a man. Could maybe have swerved bringing Osman on and you may argue Deulofeu could have been on earlier, but other than that he got it spot on.

 

[Rook]

As far as Osman not doing much, I thought he settled things in the midfield when he came on. Barkley and Pinnear were spent and at the time weren't playing well.