Arsenal V Everton, Sun 1 March, KO 1405

[Niall_Quinn]

Happy with that team except I would have dropped Ozil for Rosicky.

Everton will be strong in the middle. Ox is not a central midfielder, if that's where Wenger is playing him. If not it will be Cazorla. Another player who isn't a central midfielder. He's trying to accommodate Ozil and Cazorla again.

[Munchies]

Good to see Mertesacker dropped, a liability all season

[Master Splinter]

We have one genuine central midfielder playing against three or four, if Barkley is playing deeper.

They're going to have most of the ball, like our last few meetings.

We have to hope Premier League Lukaku shows up today. At least Naismith isn't playing.

[Niall_Quinn]

We have one genuine central midfielder playing against three or four, if Barkley is playing deeper.

They're going to have most of the ball, like our last few meetings.

We have to hope Premier League Lukaku shows up today. At least Naismith isn't playing.

I think we need to compound the mistake by keeping everything very narrow.

[AFC Leveller]

I heard that Mertesacker is dropped PERmenantly.

So Everton have 2 proper CMs in Barry and McCarthy + Barkley while Winget has decided to play Coquelin on his own. Clever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barry is truly Old Man Barry these days.

[Munchies]

Barry is truly Old Man Barry these days.

Still worth an England call up

[Niall_Quinn]

Barry is truly Old Man Barry these days.

Yeah but he's still old man break up our tippy tappy by any means. You don't need much to shut down our eye of the needle nonsense.

[Power n Glory]

In his absence, WUMger refuses to play Rosicky who's the next best option for ball retention.

No idea what Rosicky has to do to get a start for us. It's not even just ball retention he adds. We attack with purpose when he plays and we create more chances. It's not just the simple back and forth passes where the ball goes nowhere. It's criminal.

[Niall_Quinn]

No idea what Rosicky has to do to get a start for us. It's not even just ball retention he adds. We attack with purpose when he plays and we create more chances. It's not just the simple back and forth passes where the ball goes nowhere. It's criminal.

He was told not to pass it forwards but he kept doing it anyway. You can't allow that level of indiscipline.