Everton v Arsenal, 17:30 GMT (19/12, SS Main Event).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Allan is out of this one, not sure if James is back, doesn't look like it from all the updates given which helps.

Or would help a competent team. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Can’t us winning but then again it is Neverton, so who knows.

[Mac76]

3-0 DCL hatter

[Xhaka Can’t]

Auba with a hatty.

[GP]

0-3

Laca with the treble trouble

[Mac76]

Auba's out injured - replaced by Willian :ilt:

Arsenal :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton: Pickford, Holgate, Keane, Godfrey, Mina, Iwobi, Doucoure, Davies, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Olsen, Lossl, Olsen, Lossl, Kenny, Tosun, Nkounkou, Bernard, Coleman, Gordon, Branthwaite

Arsenal: Leno, Holding, David Luiz, Tierney, Maitland-Niles, Ceballos, Elneny, Saka, Pepe, Nketiah, Willian.
Subs: Runarsson, Bellerin, Cedric, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Willock, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Lacazette.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bellerin dropped? Penny dropped?

[Niall_Quinn]

Should have started Martinelli ahead of Willian. And Willock ahead of Elneny.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Holding is Captain. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Carragher thinks we're not the 15th best team in the league and is sure we'll shoot up the table.

What's he smoking?

[Niall_Quinn]

Carragher thinks we're not the 15th best team in the league and is sure we'll shoot up the table.

What's he smoking?

It's true. We won't finish 15th. A little bit of positive thinking and some elbow grease and we could nail 14th, no problem.

[Mac76]

in case anyone has any doubt, we're going to lose this game...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's true. We won't finish 15th. A little bit of positive thinking and some elbow grease and we could nail 14th, no problem.

Progression!

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck those cunts who are taking a knee. And don't be saying it's not about BLM because we STILL have that racist shit hung from every corner of our stadium.

Wish both teams could lose.

[Niall_Quinn]

in case anyone has any doubt, we're going to lose this game...

We'll win. I have a feeling.

[Niall_Quinn]

No Xhaka. no Bellerin. We have a chance.

[Mac76]

sigurdson :lol:

[Mac76]

we need Pickford to be very Pickford today...

[Niall_Quinn]

Christ! The FIRST instinct is always to pass backwards.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Davies rugby tackles Nketiah.

[Mac76]

i suppose Iwobi will score of course...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Doucoure takes a dump on Willian.

[Niall_Quinn]

i suppose Iwobi will score of course...

Well yes. It's us.

[Mac76]

Willian nutmegged :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Everton (and most other clubs) try to play the ball forward. We try to play it backwards. It's bizarre.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hoofball. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Punt the cunt. We have Auba and Pepe. Punt the fucker over the midfield and let them run. It's bog standard strategy, but we are the definitive bog standard team. Why have we done everything possible to take the pace out of our game?

[Niall_Quinn]

Hoofball. :bow:

You're 4 minutes ahead of the stream again, aren't you?

Excellent.

[Mac76]

We have Auba

no we don't :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iwobi cross, easy for Leno.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You're 4 minutes ahead of the stream again, aren't you?

Excellent.

Yeah I fixed the Sky issue.

[Niall_Quinn]

no we don't :lol:

Really?

Oh shit, yes, it's Eddie.

I didn't get all the build up on the stream.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why's Auba not playing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Keane hammers it and it sails just wide.

[Mac76]

The AMN-Pepe combo looks promising, we should give them teh ball as much as possible

[Mac76]

Why's Auba not playing?

calf injury

[Niall_Quinn]

Mariner's alright as a ref. Hopefully we won't get screwed on that front.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why's Auba not playing?

Payed back his contract with one goal.

No, tight calf or something. Will probably be back for Chelsea.

[Mac76]

Keane hammers it and it sails just wide.

decent effort tbh

[Niall_Quinn]

calf injury

Didn't know he was a farmer.

[RomfordPele]

Soft yellow again for elneny. Davies had two fouls worse than that and hasn’t even been spoken to.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tierney goes down from embarrassment.

[Niall_Quinn]

FFS, modern football. So slow, so sideways.

[Niall_Quinn]

Soft yellow again for elneny. Davies had two fouls worse than that and hasn’t even been spoken to.

That hasn't happened on my stream??? WTF?

Or I missed it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 Calvert-Lewin or Holding OG.

[RomfordPele]

That hasn't happened on my stream??? WTF?

Or I missed it.

Came up on sky. It was after Richardson went down. 50-50 challenge I thought. No replay shown which guarantees it was for fuck-all.

[Niall_Quinn]

I love the way Dani is directing defensive traffic while standing in no-mans land and being literally useless.

[Niall_Quinn]

1-0 Calvert-Lewin or Holding OG.

Oh well, I'm sure I'll be annoyed about that in approx 2 minutes.

[Mac76]

...

[Niall_Quinn]

OG Holding. Nice. As if we don't have enough problems.

[RomfordPele]

1-0 Calvert-Lewin or Holding OG.

Fuck sake. We really can’t catch a break at the moment.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck sake. We really can’t catch a break at the moment.

Shit defending again. I'd previously thought we'd sorted that out. Now we seem to be worse than ever. We're always one step behind the play.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah. :haha:

Had so much time.

[Marc Overmars]

Eddie is so shit FFS.

[GP]

Fuck off Nketi-eh

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Our attacking starts are the worst in the league since the international break. :faint:

[Mac76]

Nketiah. :haha:

Had so much time.

worse than useless

[Niall_Quinn]

So at least we know Eddie is not a natural talent.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pepe got a touch. That's nice.

70mill. WTF?

[Niall_Quinn]

Take Elneny off. He's shit. No really. Put Willock on. Take Eddie off. Put Martinelli on. How hard would that be?

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck me. Did you see Elneny there, in the box? Didn't even jump. Lazy bastard.

[Niall_Quinn]

We SOOOOOOO need Ozil in there to at least provide a bit of composure and technical competency. How have we got our top earner sitting at home?

[Mac76]

we either need one of Pepe's speculative efforts to go in or we need martinelli to come on and save the day

[Mac76]

We SOOOOOOO need Ozil in there to at least provide a bit of composure and technical competency. How have we got our top earner sitting at home?

because he's not as 'professional' as xhaka obviously

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pelanty!

Davies you clumsy oaf. :lol:

Who the fuck takes it, Pepe? :loL:

[Globalgunner]

I'm sure in a while I will wake up and all this was just a bad dream. We are actually 3rd in the league and playing good football while those twats from Edmonton are 15th and Mourinho has lost all his hair and teeth. Any time now.......
Pen!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Everton aren't just better than us. They are much better. They move the ball with intent.

But they still aren't that good. What an indictment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yup it'll be Pepe. :sick:

[Niall_Quinn]

Soft pen, but we'll take it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 PEPE!!! :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Goal

[GP]

Yup it'll be Pepe. :sick:

Pepe scores pels. Never in doubt.

[Mac76]

YES!!!

[Mac76]

Arsenal get two goals in two games :faint:

[Munchies]

Get in

[Niall_Quinn]

I was so sure he'd miss that. But he did the business. Good enough.

Get out of jail free. Unfortunately this will probably reinforce Arteta's belief he's got this right.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tierney wipes Calvert-Lewin out, yellow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

AMN having a rest.

[Mac76]

I was so sure he'd miss that. But he did the business. Good enough.

Get out of jail free. Unfortunately this will probably reinforce Arteta's belief he's got this right.

for a long time he played Willian instead of Pepe - if this means Pepe gets the nod ahead of Willian it's a good thing

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Crap from Sigurdsson on the freekick and the follow up. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Never touched him :run:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian just gives it away high up the pitch. Moron.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'm glad Siggurdson is shit. But HOW MUCH does he get paid to do that? It's criminal.

[Mac76]

AMN having a rest.

wierd - i don't remember seeing anyone do that before? :lol:

[Mac76]

ceballos could've got booked then

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah shot, deflects easily for Pickford.

[Mac76]

i reckon if he replaces Eddie with Martinelli we could even get a point here....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leno saves from Calvert-Lewin, great save.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 Mina. :doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

Leno really should join the circus.

[Niall_Quinn]

2-1 Mina. :doh:

Oh fuck. Just saw that as I was posting my last message.

[Marc Overmars]

Oh

[Niall_Quinn]

We won't get 2 more, so I'm pretending my initial prediction doesn't exist.

Fucking useless.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 HT. Clowns.

[Gooner23]

Lenospina

[Dr.Gonzo]

We are terrible. There is nothing about this team whatsoever. No point to anything we do.

[Niall_Quinn]

What the fuck is arteta doing?

Doesn't he know by now we aren't in this game? Make some fucking changes.

HT Bollocks

It's not as if Everton are world-beaters.

What a NOTHING Performance, again.

[Mac76]

we need Martinelli on plus Smith-Rowe for Willian and Eddie

why the fu*k isn't Nelson even on the bench btw?

[Niall_Quinn]

Lenospina

Clown school beckons.

Pat Jennings would have patted that down and had a cigarette.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ads for Cyberpunk :haha:

Sponsored by (we know what we are doing) Arsenal.

[Niall_Quinn]

Does anyone here think Elneny is not utter shit? He's meant to be the midfield anchor and he's just wandering around the place, hiding from every pass, covering dead space. Surely Arteta can see that?

[Niall_Quinn]

I also think the news is in on Pepe. What a waste of precious money.

[Niall_Quinn]

And Eddie is just a kid, but not a talented footballer if we are fair.

[Niall_Quinn]

Interesting that Willian is allegedly in the starting eleven. I have seen no evidence so far.

[RomfordPele]

Does anyone here think Elneny is not utter shit? He's meant to be the midfield anchor and he's just wandering around the place, hiding from every pass, covering dead space. Surely Arteta can see that?

He is pitch meat. Offers nothing.

[Mac76]

I also think the news is in on Pepe. What a waste of precious money.

he certainly cost far too much but he does try to create things, he scored the pel and is capable of knocking one in from outside the box - in this poor side he's still one of the better options

[Globalgunner]

And Eddie is just a kid, but not a talented footballer if we are fair.

He is also very clean shaven. Not a single hair on his face. Quite remarkable

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Second half is on, although I don't really see the point.

[Mac76]

Willian back on the pitch - unbelieveable

[Dr.Gonzo]

No changes? Hes clueless...has to go if we don't come back and win this.

[Mac76]

useless from Pepe

[Mac76]

Eddie is also useless

[Dr.Gonzo]

Tierney has been the best player on the pitch

[McNamara That Ghost...]

David Luiz shot, deflects on to the woodwork.

Pickford. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That is rank from Ceballos.

[Mac76]

Eddie is also useless

really, really useless

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Give us Martinelli. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka is great.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saka freekick. Went for it I guess, such a difficult angle though. :lol:

[Mac76]

awful from saka

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Richarlison nearly shat on us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Elneny hauled off, Willock on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe. :haha:

[Mac76]

Pepe. :haha:

awful

[Mac76]

Martinelli coming on!!!!!!!!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pepe off, Martinelli on. :bow:

[Mac76]

jeez he's taking pepe off and leaving eddie and willian on...

[Marc Overmars]

jeez he's taking pepe off and leaving eddie and willian on...

Yeah but they train really well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willian. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Donkey Willian

[Mac76]

willian :rolleyes:

[Mac76]

pity we were looking good then

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nketiah off, Lacazette on.

[Mac76]

Laca about to come on - that''ll help...

[Marc Overmars]

Here comes the pound shop Henry to save us

[Mac76]

ceballos...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done AMN.

[Mac76]

poor cross from willock

[Niall_Quinn]

Back. I guess I've missed some scintillating football from us?

[Mac76]

cmon arsenal ffs

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iwobi shot, deflects behind for another corner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Iwobi hauled off, Coleman on.

[Niall_Quinn]

What the fuck is the sideways sideways between the CBs all about? Why? What does that give us?

[Niall_Quinn]

Looks like Laca is on? I wonder why?

[Marc Overmars]

What the fuck is the sideways sideways between the CBs all about? Why? What does that give us?

Better completed passes stats? That’s what constitutes dominance you know.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock won't score with his head. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

That's an incredible miss by Willock. Why can't these five figure players direct a simple header?

[Mac76]

willock misses - damn

[RomfordPele]

Richarlison is a cheat.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Willock booked.

[Marc Overmars]

Tyler says Arsenal fans will cheer at 5 mins added time.

He couldn’t be more wrong.

[Mac76]

5 mins ET :popcorn:

[Mac76]

Luiz hauling Richarlison off :haha:

[RomfordPele]

That was a good 90 seconds they wasted there. Would moan but you could add half hour on and it wouldn’t matter.

[Niall_Quinn]

I urge people to watch football from the 90s and early 00s. It's soooooooo different. I don't know what this shit is or what so-called football managers think football should be. This is like coasting to a defeat as if that's the only option available. Tip, tap. Slooooooooow. It gets you nothing.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just shit. Can nobody throw themselves at that cross?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-1 FT. Arteta. :wave:

[Niall_Quinn]

Laca with the defensive header that breaks up the play. Shit. No brains.

[Marc Overmars]

Welcome to Loserville.

Population: Us.

[Niall_Quinn]

That was like a sleepwalk to another defeat. Absolute rubbish. No plan, no motivation, nothing. Just go out there and tap it around, see what you get.

[Mac76]

we lose again

at least it means another team goes above spuds

[Niall_Quinn]

Everything is wrong. We've managed to make every single aspect of our play pointless, metaphorically, strategically, practically.

This is such bullshit.

[RomfordPele]

Oh boy. At least martinelli’s back. Poor team selection again from Arteta today - much better when we dumped elneny for Willock & Nketiah was useless too.

Which is why I don’t have sympathy with view we should persist with him: he’s a rookie manager making rookie mistakes week after week.