Match reaction vs Everton

[HCZ_Reborn]

Yeah I’m in the who gives a shit camp as well, if points were deducted this season.

If the allegations are proven and it merits a point deduction. I’m not going to lose any sleep about it

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah if they’ve fucked up they should face the appropriate punishment. If it makes us winning the league more likely then so be it. I’ll take that asterisk all day long, it’s not our problem.

Let’s face it, they’ll only be getting a fine and a slap on a wrist anyway.

[dazthegooner]

All this talk of us winning the league with an * next to it due to a Man City points reduction we could always win it without the deduction (yeah i know a long shot but it might just work)

[Letters]

All this talk of us winning the league with an * next to it due to a Man City points reduction we could always win it without the deduction (yeah i know a long shot but it might just work)

91 was good, when we got the deduction and cruised to the title regardless.
"You can stick your fucking 2 points up your arse" ringing around Highbury

[Letters]

Let’s face it, they’ll only be getting a fine and a slap on a wrist anyway.

This does seem like the most likely outcome tbh.

[HCZ_Reborn]

This does seem like the most likely outcome tbh.

I think it’s too early to say definitively

The fact is the investigation took years to conduct, so what’s most likely is whatever measure they face it’s unlikely to fall down on them this season especially with an appeal lodged etc.

[WMUG]

Come on, dude. You know what two wrongs famously don't make.
Not that it would have been us doing anything wrong if they get deducted points, but that's not the way I want us to win a title.
But I hope they take them to the cleaners and deduct a million points next year.

Yeah I get what you mean, but I feel like the asterisk ship has sailed at this point

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Not sure what the fuss is about, everyone knows they deserve a points penalty at the least.

I just hope it comes next season though, we've done this the hard way so far and this team ought to be remembered for wining it that way.

[KSE Comedy Club]

A truly humbling day..... but always best to get these days come early so we learn from them.

Its now 180 mins in 2 games where we have not scored.

In both games our wide men were marked out of the game and we seemed to have no plan B.

The sad thing is that before these two games happened, Newcastle had showed the blueprint on how to play us so we should have been forewarned.

We need to make our possession in the middle count and be able to pose goal threats from playing straight through the middle

So many times in this game you could see Xhaka, Zinchenko and Odegaard be in loads of space in the middle and still pass the ball out wide to heavily marked men. It makes no f**king sense if they expect Saka, Martinelli and Eddie to bail us out with goals every single time....you win games by scoring goals and not the amount of passes you make.

One more important thing: Arteta seems to be the only "top" manager I know who consistently makes the game worse with his subs i.e. his substitutions come to late or never improve the game.

He needs to work on his shit, because you can't always pick the right team on the get go and your team must be able to adapt when it clear the opposition has figured you out.

We met a team today that wanted it more than us and deserved to win....a top manager would have been adequately prepared for the "new coach bounce".

A sad day but we have to get over it fast!!!


Lastly, Eddie needs to learn how to get more involved in games. People criticised Jesus for not always being in the box but the last 2 games should show that coming out and forcing defenders out of position has it's upsides.

Oh and why don't our wingers exchange positions temporarily during the game like we use to do under AW and Emery...it can be effective in confusing defenders in games like this. I think Martinelli tried to force it but Saka was having none of it. Arteta should really consider it as I am sure he is the cause of this not happening.

Took the words right out of my mouth!

The bit in bold being key.

That game was dreadful to watch, every attack was the same, out wide, out wide, out wide.

Great when it works, as it has been against most teams, but when it doesn't, you have to switch it up and be more direct. Take chances, shots at goal, distance shots, etc, to force the oppositions hand.

We didn't do that at all.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

With the Man City stuff, wonder if we'll be awarded the 2018 League Cup.

Probably not given that has all come from the Premier League.

But still distracts me from the idea Liverpool and Man Utd get awarded league titles instead.