Hitting you with some super short contenting today, because I’m flying out, and Arsenal are dropping a 2pm kickoff.
Injury news is mixed. Ramsey, Xhaka and Laurent are all in contention.
We’re going to need all the experience and help we can leverage today. This really is the start of a hugely important group of games. If we lose to 10th placed Everton, suddenly that Europa League game on Thursday against Napoli doesn’t look as winnable.
We have momentum on our side though, so let’s not panic too much. The problem we have is that away form hasn’t been our best friend this season. Losing games away at Rennes, West Ham and BATE weigh heavy on the mind. However, worth noting that Emery has changed things up lately, he’s brought his better players in from the cold, he’s taken them somewhere warm to rest their minds and the team is playing with far more swagger than they have done in 6 months.
Defence is crucial, we need player of the month Bernd Leno to continue bossing things from the base, we need to try desperately to avoid putting Mustafi under any sort of pressure and we need to cross out fingers.
The most notable change for me has been the early goals. Not really something you can attribute to a specific idea, because I’m sure early goals is always on the agenda… but, it’s better than conceding early, which was certainly something that worked against us in the front half of last season.
BIG GAME. The start of a tough run of matches where the coach is going to have to make some tough decisions. Rotation is going to important, player fitness is crucial, and focus will be essential. Tired minds are just as dangerous as tired legs. The manager needs to balance carrot and stick if we’re delivering an epic 3rd place this season.
Right, that’s me done, enjoy that game and PLEASE do not lavish too much praise on me for this HUGE post… xxx
Here we go…..
Eleneny losing out then sitting on the floor
Fuck off
FFS
WTF
Silva is an idiot, Celebrating the goal like its a winner of a CL,mug
Kolac still an idiot in defence.
Foul flow. They guy stepped onto the pitch. But still that was pathetic defence. No went went for the ball it seemed.
Mik n ozil
Don’t work
That was a seriously lucky goal.
Elneny is a £5.99 player all day long. Quality.
Guns
FFS take your tediously annoying banter away from here
Why don’t you try writing something sensible every once in a while.
It was the wrong decision to start elneny alongside guendouzi.
any working streams?
We must have a yoot LB to call on..
That was the most obvious foul throw you will ever see
That said, we should never allow goals from throw ins.
Elneny loses it again…..
3rd time
Emery is a bigger idiot though, no single clean sheet in all our road games this season, fraud
Dissenter
How about: “Arsenal are rubbish”?
Kay
No one remembers that cone may
Everton look lively
We’d better change the pace
Starting Ozil was a bad call too.
Good assist by Kola lol
Kola assist
Cunt
Well fuck. Typical. Giving ourselves a mountain to climb. We’ve come back from a 1-0 deficit before. Gotta do it again.
@mystic
Go to footybite and choose one from the list
Elneny and Guendouzi – untested
Ozil and Mykhi – fickle partnership
That said there manager has to ROTATE,
Hope we go on an win
Kolasinac really needs to learn to clear with his right foot. This paralysis that takes hold every time the ball goes near it is tedious.
With mustafi and elneny on the pitch, you know it’s gonna be a loooooong afternoon …
Our rivals celebrated that everton goal more than everton fans themselves
Could literally hear the cheers from spuds and united even away from the internet, sickening.
Slow to every ball. Sluggish.
Almost disjoint.
Same old so far. The guy hasn’t scored for two years ffs.
I’d bring on iwobi and Ramsey now
@RSPC
Yeah true but its a bit effing irritating though
Refs a honer
Nowt from this game
This absolute amateur defending will happen again at Watford, Leicester, Wolves and Burnley.
We dont stand a chance of finishing top 4.
You can’t play ozil and mikhi at the same time especially from the start ffs..smh
Elneny is so shit in the air? How tall is he?
Does anyone have links to watch the match ?
We are defending too much because of our meek attack. What happens when you have zombies like Ozil in the side.
We aren’t getting a foot on the ball at all. Nothing. No control out there
We need Xakha
This is what we look like without him. When he doesn’t play midfield we look shit
Ozil is the captain ???
A physical away game and Ozil is the captain?
Lol Ozil captain for such an important away game…. pierre like that.
We AVE nothing in the mid
This absolute amateur defending will happen again at Watford, Leicester, Wolves and Burnley.We dont stand a chance”
Got to agree Bam, our manager looks clueless on the road
How does he manage to have us sweeping teams away at home in title winning form and same time have us playing shit away?
El nenyis really gash
His positioning is almost aways wrong and then he has no recovery pace.
Prvhc
Go to footybite
C’mon. His left shin was clipped running at full speed.
Elneny playing DM for Everton ffs.
Attack breaks down with Elneny.
Mikhi isn’t for away??
MF not effective at all.
Elneny is just an awful player,he’s unsettling everyone and single handedly derailing our momentum
I don’t understand this. Ozil is in the team. Why are we losing this? Pierre had it all figured out.
All unfolding.
The Linesman is anothee idiot ,that’s yet another bad everton long throw
Socrates a fucking dope.
There were two defenders on Calvert Lewin, why hold him?
Papa yellow. Really?
Two foul throw in for everton. What the lino looking at??
What a fucking loser Sokratis is.
Great header challenge Montreal.
Linesman is poor.. Twice undone
Normal away service resumed then
Today is the type of day you should be judging the quality of players in our squad. Not on a flat track in front of the home fans.
We haven’t looked like winning this game from kick off. Need a complete turnover of the playing list.
Almost 30 min.
All over the places.
C’mon.
There can’t be any shape with a clown like Elneny playing.
He was whining about not playing and now that he gets his chance, he’s crap.
There’s no central midfield effectively; Gaye and Gomez are winning every battle there
Sokratis suspended next two or one games??
Jesus. What an idiot.
Ref is a fool, allowing the bailing Everton fans to influence his decisions
Woeful
Monreal is losing the battles today.
Maitland Niles is absolutely shocking.
Has one half decent game and all the fan boys start making out hes the new Cafu.
New Andre fucking Santos.
The selection was wrong from the start
Doomed
Not a shot on target
Kolasinac is truly dogshite
Elneny has been no worse than any other player.
AMN has been far too timid, as has everyone. Obvious to predict beforehand with a team full of timid weak players.
Calvert Lewis is another diving English cunt
He’s going to ground and grabbing his face at every chance
Maitland Niles is absolutely shocking.Has
Get your eyes checked, AMN is the least of our problem in this match
Ozil is back to his jogging baseline
If rather nenny in defence today
Heading for ten men, and back to our usual league position. Some will say that we can turn the game around but it will be difficult to do so with our complete lack of bite in midfield. The woeful cross from Kal says it all.
Just try and keep it at 1-0 and hope the subs can do something in the second half.
Dissenter, we’ve heard, you don’t like the idea of El neny, we get it. But you’re getting over the top! Jeez Kolasinac remains the most culpable at the moment but you keep bleating on and on about Elneny
Laca can’t take the physicals lol
Ozil’s token “pressing” is so pointless and actually just helps the opponent. He jogs forward for what? It just leaves another man open
Elneny is far and away the worst player in the pitch, for both teams, I might add
We let Wilshere and santi leave for free in favour of this??
Hahaha
Great work emery. No wonder you can’t rotate
Not to mention Papa with the needless pulling and wrestling.
Samesong
Lacazette can take the physicals
He’s our ONLY physical forward
Kay, thanks but it’s not working for me.
Anybody with a working link please? apart from Kay
Can see at least one change at half time. Midfield is a disaster at the moment. Ramsay, Iwobi and PEA on. Elneny off, go 442, Mustafi or Sokratis off, Mkhitaryan off.
Guendouzi deliberately opting not to pass to elneny
Dale
Over the top?
El neny has been particularly rubbish so far
Probably needs to come in an. help finish games not to start them
Don
True.
In battle, have you seen how many games Wilshere has played this year? Ankle injury, ring a bell?
Doesn’t look like Özil will be adding to his 2 premier league assists
The referee isn’t giving us any 50-50s so far
He’s the home team ref today
Guendouzi with a shite pass. Done fuck all.
The team has no character, and plays one way that doesn’t work. Today at least.
Pickford ain’t tested at all.
Ref is a homer anyway. Papa was an idiot fouling but not a yellow most time.
Bernard is half the physical size of Mkhi but has twice the fight and presence
Lovely ball from Gomes with weaker foot
You’re an idiot if you think Elneny is the worst player on the pitch
No shot for 40 mins smh
Those with eyes for the game called if from the off
It’s an atrocious line up and The manager has to be accountable
Rubbish
Championship level players, championship level officiating
You guys under estimate being frozen out of th team does to a players psyche. Elneny isn’t top level, but rarely getting the call to start won’t suddenly make him better, right now, the whole team is error prone not just Elneny. I’m still in awe as to how Kolasinac passed the ball to Jagielka….
Everton haven’t done much too to be honest
We’ve just been so bad in the middle
Still hope for a reversal in the second half
What an idiotic ref
Monreal is really getting moved all over the place Kola not helping.