Match Thread Everton 1-1 Arsenal. Sat April 5th. 12.30pm

[stretford blue]

Got to be happy with a point against Arsenal.

Yeah but just feel if we had committed ourselves and not as passive we could have created more

 

[Runub]

OK point. Looked a bit jaded after midweek

 

[brooklyn blue]

Did Charlie Adams get sacked??
Certainly nobody working on set pieces at Everton.

Set pieces have got worse..

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Got to take the point. Few rusty players out there. Few players who won't be here next year. Can't complain.

 

[Marius57]

Would have happily taken a point pre match against 2nd best team in the country. More players back is a real boost.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Broja is rubbish...please stop playing him David...

 

[JohnRoss23]

Solid point given how poor we played. Who’s up next?

 

[GrandOldSte117]

Happy to get those points on the board but your usuals would be fuming now with ‘1 win in 8’

 

[Marcus Kendall]

Penalty was soft imo but probably was a Penalty.

Got no issues with that, just another drab performance at Goodison, can never seem to beat you there since Wenger years.

Was a soft penalty mate, too many soft penalties in football nowadays

 

[Old Blue 2]

By any metric, getting a draw against the team second in the League and still in the Champions League is a decent result. Loads of teams have played pretty football and got relegated, so this result will do for me...

 

[Gooner66789]

Result was sleep inducing but no Injuries for us.

Skelly is a young lad and will learn, but he seems to have a habit of making rash brainfart decisions.

Fair result all things considered

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Arsenal are such a strange team
They play electric football at times but they obsessively slow the game down and waste time at every opportunity but they do this even when they’re drawing and need to be putting us under pressure, I don’t understand it at all
Comparatively when the top teams need to get a goal they are rushing to get the ball back into play and keep up the pressure
Weird tactics

 

[Eggs]

….settle for that, I think we lacked tempo today, not sure if that was tiredness or the likes of Iroegbunam being more languid around the pitch. Gueye his normal shift, Ndiaye showing he’s by far our most talented and effective striker but I’m giving MoM to Branthwaite for a few critical interceptions, particularly in the first half.

 

[windymiller]

Good to see all of N'Diaye, McNeil and Broja back on the pitch. Decent enough point. Wasn't a great game but it doesn't really matter now. Hopefully end the season with a fully fit squad and a couple more wins.

 

[f.t.r.s]

Good point as I thought we were really poor today...

Can see why arsenal won't win the league, they just don't have that extra 10% to turn draws into wins