Match Reaction vs Everton (home, FA Cup).

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQiNhc2UFk

You can just tell when we're fired up for a game or just going through the motions! Even at 1-1 I knew we'd get them back. Night and day between the Stoke performance.

At 1-1, I was bricking it because I was in constant fear of a defensive or midfield brainfart undoing all our good work.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

You can just tell when we're fired up for a game or just going through the motions! Even at 1-1 I knew we'd get them back. Night and day between the Stoke performance.

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Yes i agree. Even though we should have scored more in the first half, i thought we looked sharp and would open them up eventually.

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Originally Posted by Slacker

I'm not sure why all the Gibbs negatives. Let's look at the facts. Cole is old and not playing regularly and gets shown up by pace these days. You can't reverse that. Bainesy is a cracking attacking full back with exceptional dead ball skills but can be a bit susceptible when defending, can't any full back though? You're playing in the best league in the World and the man you're marking is going to be capable of getting away from you now and again.

Not sure if people who stick the pages together over Shaw have actually watched him carefully. He's a confidence player whose head goes down quickly and makes the wrong decision - the failed pass, the wrong turn, the frustratingly bad Hollywood ball. Does the fact that he can sometimes get to the byline and whip the ball in mean that trumps these issues? Sure, Arsenal full backs haven't been up to the mark of late in that respect but Gibbs is a few years ahead of Shaw which makes him more consistent, experienced and able to step up the mark in an England shirt. Maybe there's others who are English, but sorry, Shaw and Cole don't deserve to be ahead of Gibbsy.

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It's not really negatives, he's always been suspect defensively IMO, his natural position was winger so that's his strength not defending.

If you look at Gibbs for England he's not even in the reckoning at the moment which speaks for itself, noone is talking about him for England. Baines is considered the best and IMO he's been very good in the last few years, Cole was number 1 but obviously isn't playing much for Chelsea (but is still in the reckoning) and Shaw is seen as the England left back for the next 10-12 years, even Keown said he spotted him at 15 and was amazed with his talent and feels he's ready for a top club.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

You can just tell when we're fired up for a game or just going through the motions! Even at 1-1 I knew we'd get them back. Night and day between the Stoke performance.

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Barkley's chance was a big turning point had he scored it things could have got quite tough, at that stage I was worried Everton might score and we'd need to play for a replay.

In the end we won comfortably, the game was a lot closer than the score suggests to be honest though we deserved the win as we played some excellent stuff.

I hope you're right Zimm. Not seen anything myself that matches the hype plus my mate is a season ticket holder at St Mary's and he says his big thing is confidence and he can disappear. Suspect he'll end up at a Manc club, the Spuds or the chavs, ho hum...

Kroenke at the game:
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He needs to remember to dye that moustache, when he does his hair, or better, shave that ferret off.

He needs a full face beard, I mean over his whole face. He's a weird looking fucker - like he's wearing a face he obtained in a Hannibal Lecter moment. In the picture above you can see he's just about to take it off and show us who's underneath. Is it Wenger? Have they ever been seen together?