Everton v Arsenal Match Reaction

Well tbf their goal shouldn't have been allowed as there were two clear fouls on arteta and sagna in the build up to it.

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Originally Posted by Gervinho's Forehead

Is that a direct quote from tonight?

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Yup, on the BBC after the match.

that walcott finish was fantastic and he's showing he isn't just about instinct.

Was deflected tbh. Was going in anyway so Theo :bow:

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

Yup, on the BBC after the match.

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Oh FFS! I don't bother waiting for post match interviews or to read the Arsenal website for his comments because always the same clichés trotted out all the fucking time.

How much more evidence do we need that the manager's gone stale and no longer knows how to lift team performance consistently?

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Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner

What happens when you don't have leaders in your team. This is where the big players should be stepping up. How can they play brilliant vs spurs but teams like Villa they don't turn up.

Thats where a RVP or Cesc would have taken those games by the horn. We have no one to do that now really.

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ive come to realise the main interest i had in arsenal last season was van persie.

he was the saviour, he was the excitement i had heading into games, he was the joy.

seeing whether he could carry on his goal scoring streak, seeing whether he'd bang in another sublime goal, seeing him act like a true captain leading the team and inspiring us to a win so many times when we looked down and out.

now he's gone there is nothing special about this team. i expect nothing going into games. not even goals.

we are bang average. not one stand out player. it fucking hurts.

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Originally Posted by IBK

How much more evidence do we need that the manager's gone stale and no longer knows how to lift team performance consistently?

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Mountain Dew is the best soda ever made.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

a point at everton is a good result given current climate. we havnt been in the best of form, and a hard earned point at everton is good. a win would have been better and was needed but those expecting us to go to everton and thrash them were deluded. lets not forget, united lost there this year!

with the game itself, i think the loss of koscienly threw us a little bit, i dont think gibbs is quite match fit yet and can see why he didnt start. though it was nice for once to be able to bring on a first choice defender for a first choice from the bench. ramsey on played ok i though, never hid from the game even when made mistakes. sagna made a couple but recovered well from them. theo was very good, giroud didnt get the service but still worked hard.

overall i thought it was a good performance in terms of effort and work rate, just the final product was missing. i can see why wenger brought on coqualin for santi, although am sure he will be critized for it but at that time, it made sense to bring on a dm to help as everton were breaking quickly and santi was not great and tired. a point at everton is a good result, however compared to recent results it makes it look worse then it is. not many top teams will win there but we have to start picking up points elsewhere. two home games now, two must wins.

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I thought our inability to pass, cross or shoot detracted from what was otherwise a dire performance. Honestly, if Arsenal had played like this just a couple of years back we'd be shocked. Add that to the game against Villa and that's 180 minutes of the most depressing football seen in many a year at this club. The biggest problem we have now is craft. We have Jack and a hot and cold Cazorla who genuinely possess that little bit extra to turn a game. But they can't possibly to that on a consistent basis with the like of Ramsey, Walcott, Gervinho and even Giroud around them. Yes, Ramsey tries. Walcott got a goal. Gervinho put in a few runs, Giroud got a couple of decent headers in. But it's all the other stuff. The duff passing, terrible decision making, fluffed crosses. These guys don't have game craft, they are just slightly above average footballers who you really couldn't distinguish from other players making up the numbers around the league. It's pitiful in that final third. We used to have such control and composure there, even in the early years of tippy tappy. But now it's just a Norwich or West Ham or Fulham clone. The odd moment when something comes off, the rest of the time punt and hope. As for Sagna, he should be trained to hit the first man when he's crossing. That way he'd fuck up and miss him.

Just seen the ticker on the BBC News channel it's fucking embarrassing.