Match Thread Arsenal v Everton. 24th Oct at 1730.

[AlE]

American pundits in defending Howard shocker

 

[Jimmy1]

Again, why wait until we are up against it to have a go. I cannot believe how this happens every single week.

Arsenal played Bayern mid week, go at them from the start ffs.

We'll start the second half well, concede another pathetic goal against the run of play, and it will be another good effort from good old Everton.

It does my head in. We are always too cautious and sit too deep. We go behind and then we start looking dangerous. I bet we start the 2nd half like we did the 1st.

 

[mitchell1996]

It's bold but I like it

id rather have stephen hawking in goal than tim howard. genuinely though

 

[streeky]

how are people blaming howard for giroud's goal ,the skipper has run under the ball and lost his man. it was a simple defensive header if he keeps the guy in front of him.

 

[zandvoort blue]

if Martinez has any balls at all he should send Robles out for the second half

Unacceptable goalkeeping at ANY level that. Get out, flatten the player if needed, you'll get the foul 9/10 anyway

 

[Donald Twain]

how are people blaming howard for giroud's goal ,the slipper has run under the ball and lost his man. it was a simple defensive header if he keeps the guy in front of him.

WTF?

 

[maccavennie]

Basically flawed tactics from us from the off, set out to play it tight and maybe sneak this game, but we cannot defend any cross so how the hell is it gonna work, time for howard to sod off back to the US and retire, never seen a keeper so glued to their line on any high ball, think thats 4-5 conced from crosses in the centre of the 6 yard box, utter joke calling him a goalkeeper

Exactly mate so he might as well set us up to have a go surely? Sitting back where our keeper is an embarrassment and everyone knows this but Martinez. This is why I'm so impartial to him as a manager. For one good thing he does I see 3 major flaws each time in how we are set up tactically.

 

[TomDixie]

Kone on for Lennon. We need to be able to hold it up a little more in their half.

 

[Jamiednm]

I hope Robles starts in the League Cup midweek, plays a blinder and keeps Howard out for the rest of the season.

 

[Eggs]

....the 2nd goal was very poor and I'm talking about how the free kick resulted. As for the goals, I've said for an age that we don't appear to work defensively, it's only about what we do when we have the ball. Relatively comfortable then 2 minutes later we are 2 down. Very poor defending.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

You've got some brass mate

To easy all round Donald.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

id rather have stephen hawking in goal than tim howard. genuinely though

Would stop the star jumps like

 

[dan7787]

Youa re being ironic, not?

No he's not been in the game enough, he needs to run towards the ball instead of always expecting it to fall in his lap. He also never closes players down, win headers or make tackles. If it's not at his feet he doesn't care. Defence starts up front

 

[Joey66]

Thought we'd done alright until their first which is just an awful team goal to concede.

Need get Barkley into it though, hopefully the goal gives him a boost. Also Deulofeu can pack that feckin diving lark right in its getting out of hand.

Need a Keeper Doug (I seen the tactics they are preying on TH weakness of not coming out to collect the ball - all the surveys on here will make him noi better -I would put Robles on a sub he is a nightmare!

 

[hktoffee]

Come on a point please Everton. Don't let us down.