Administrator Stan Posted April 22, 2021 Administrator Posted April 22, 2021 Kick-off 20.00 Live on Sky Sports VS Recent Form Arsenal - DWWDL Everton - DDDLL Last 3 Meetings 19/12/2020 - Everton 2-1 Arsenal 23/02/2020 - Arsenal 3-2 Everton 21/12/2019 - Everton 0-0 Arsenal
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted April 23, 2021 Subscriber Posted April 23, 2021 Calvert-Lewin, Mina, Gomes all back for this. Squad is probably in the strongest position it's been since before Christmas. We play a few sides with not much to play for in the run-in. This game and the visit to West Ham will be decisive in where we finish the season. With players coming back into the fold and the remaining fixtures looking decent for us, a win here would make it feel like the stars aligning to some extent heading into the final stretch. A draw wouldn't really be enough, either in terms of points or in terms of building momentum. Arsenal are very beatable and hopefully have half an eye on their Europa League campaign too.
Lucas Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Honestly, you would not think either team has anything to play for here. Where is the urgency? The desire? It's all non-existent. Both sides going through the motions really. At least Everton are the away side, the onus is more on Arsenal to take the game to them and they haven't. But that's not to detract from the fact Everton win they are 2pts behind Champions League. Mental.
Redcanuck Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Pretty lackluster first half. Thought both teams would be more active.
Redcanuck Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Penalty to Arsenal? Pretty soft. Another miniscule offside wipes it off.
Lucas Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 It's ridiculous when those lines come out to deny that but equally, Richarlison literally tickled Ceballos' leg. Richarlison would have had heavier contact if he farted on him instead.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted April 23, 2021 Subscriber Posted April 23, 2021 Just now, Lucas said: It's ridiculous when those lines come out to deny that but equally, Richarlison literally tickled Ceballos' leg. He'd have had heavier contact if he farted on him instead. An embarrassment all round for what is now the established behaviour of players at this level, the way the rules are in football these days and the way VAR is implemented in the Premier League.
Whiskey Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 The offside was laughable, but when there's a dive as disgraceful as that you deserve to have shit decisions go against you.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted April 23, 2021 Subscriber Posted April 23, 2021 Quite an achievement on our part to come out and play even worse than either side managed in the first half. Carlo really going for it now with Delph coming on.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted April 23, 2021 Subscriber Posted April 23, 2021 An utterly embarrassing opening goal in an utter embarrassment of a football match.
Inverted Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 I can’t believe we were denied the chance to see this elite side go up against Europe’s best every week.
Redcanuck Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 What an OG. Leno has nowhere to hide on that one.
Lucas Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 As a Rob Holding owner in FPL, there are a million and one ways I'd love to kill Bernt Leno right now.
Dave Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Lucas said: As a Rob Holding owner in FPL, there are a million and one ways I'd love to kill Bernt Leno right now. +1. It's clear they sold the wrong Goalkeeper.
Redcanuck Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 This has to be one of the worse Arsenal teams in living memory.
Lucas Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 It's an impressive number of times Everton have managed to nick games they really didn't deserve this season. I'm not quite sure how they have done it in truth but credit to them for staying resolute I guess. Arsenal are an absolute joke of a club. For their sake, its a good job the Super League never happened or they would have been the Sheff Utd of that league.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted April 23, 2021 Subscriber Posted April 23, 2021 We were poor in the first half and abject in the second. The fact Arsenal still managed to lose to us is yet another illustration of what a directionless mess they are. I was 3 years old when we last won at Arsenal, yet here we are coming away from their place and there's at least as many negatives as positives from that performance for me. But I can't be arsed banging on about our very obvious weaknesses, we have what we have until the end of the season. We are 3 points off 4th, people are going to be talking about us being back in the race. We aren't, performances like that have become semi-regular for us and it's incredible that you can win games in the Premier League playing like that. A lot of occasions it's been a case of our manager outsmarting other teams who are on or just above our level, can't really even say that was the case tonight. We played reasonably well against Spurs last week. If we can bring that performance against Wolves, Villa, Sheffield United, then we have as good a chance as anyone at getting into Europe (not top 4). If we play like we did tonight, we won't keep getting lucky like we did on this occasion, and we will end up 8th.
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted April 23, 2021 Subscriber Posted April 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Lucas said: It's an impressive number of times Everton have managed to nick games they really didn't deserve this season. I'm not quite sure how they have done it in truth but credit to them for staying resolute I guess. Arsenal are an absolute joke of a club. For their sake, its a good job the Super League never happened or they would have been the Sheff Utd of that league. Nah, I'm not having that we've robbed anyone else quite that badly this season. And as always when people make this point, I have a problem with the word "deserved". If a team has more possession or shots in a football match but doesn't manage to put the ball in the net more times than their opponent, they don't "deserve" anything more or less than what they get either. By all means, use "shithouse" or "smash and grab" or "win ugly" but personally I don't think style and approach amount to "deserving" better or worse results.
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