This is a big game for Arsenal, with last season’s away game at Everton being one of those that Arsene Wenger, his players and the fans would like to put behind them as quickly as possible. But with an even more important game against Besiktas in the Champions League on Wednesday, it comes at an awkward time for us.
But the Gunners are determined to stay as loyal as possible to their football philosophy and to be fair, we have not really got the players to park the bus, so the boss has gone for a pretty attacking and creative line-up, with the big news being that Alexis Sanchez gets his chance to show what he can do in the centre forward role, with Olivier Giroud dropping to the bench.
Another surprise is that Calum Chambers keeps his place in the centre of defence, but even more surprising, to me anyway, is that Koscielny misses out with per Mertesacker coming in. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gets the reward for his impressive recent cameos with a starting role today, and Mesut Ozil returns to the number 10 role, unless the German plays on the wing with Jack Wilshere in the middle.
Szczesny
Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Monreal
Flamini, Ramsey
Chamberlain, Ozil, Wilshere
Sanchez
We have a pretty strong looking bench as well, which may be needed as Everton are able to name a full strength side apart from Ross Barkley, and are likely to cause us some real problems today. I would love a win, of course, but realistically would be more than happy with a share of the points.
Hey, was that Giroud not scoring when it matters?
I can feel all the Manu, city, Chelsea and Liverpool fans laughing at us when they see our striker
Did you see Giroud’s attempt? Difficult chance but that’s the difference between top teams and us. Cavani would’ve scored that but Giroud can’t because it was extremely difficult volley.
Chances like this cost us.
Not blaming Giroud for that, he can do what he can do.
Fault lies at Wenger for letting him be our main striker for 3 seasons.
Another one of Wilshere’s flicks that go nowhere…
AND OZIL IS STILL ON THE LEFT WING.
WAKE UP WENGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
soo, wenger put off the only player that make something….. that was hilarious… nice one wenger…
Why take Sanchez off?? I ask you if you have to choose which game would you want to win today or Besiktas? CL is a must. Sanchez being protected for Wednesday.
Lukaku is twice the player Giroud is. Got the size and power but he also has speed and actually knows where the goal is in big games.
And your Alexis was given chance to go straight but he failed …Atleast Giroud is threatening the defence
Everton are making us look like Hull
After watching the first 3 matches so far, I adamant in my belief that we NEED desperately a top striker who can score consistently
Look at Costa. I think he has scored every game, even the friendlies
I don’t expect a striker to score a hat trick every game or even 1 goal every game, but at least 1 every other game.
If you are religious pray to God, Allah etc not to end war or child hunger but for Wenger to sign a top striker and top CDM.
If you are atheist like me try praying to the flying spaghetti monster
come on arsenal next goal. plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
lets show we mean business
Love Sanchez but his height and size may be a concern for the PL, hope not though.
sergio aguero?
Gareth Barry given too much time on the ball…
I hope now people will stop saying alexis should play as our striker. It doesnt work. Nothing against him as hes awesome but if he plays as a striker it needs to be with a front 2. Our formation requires a target man. Whether you like him or not Giroud is our best targetman and thats why he gets so many games.
I do not blame the players for the scoreline. I blame Wenger. I have said it before our squad is no where as good as the other top 5 teams. If we do not fix what needs fixing we are not finishing in the top 4.
Wenger is just tactical naive. Who the heck would play Ozil as left winger when it is know that he doesn’t track back and Monreal is a shit LB.
I am f-cking tired of arsenal always playing with a self-inflicted handicap. Flamini has been out of the game. You can’t win only pretty players. You need that spine,the steel in midfield. The team as no true leader (especially in the midfield).
Please Wenger buy us a f-cking ST,CB and CDM ( and if we can afford it another LB). I know people will say that we have alot of strikers. Yes we do have people who can play in that position but none of them is of real quality. Stop making excuses wenger and listen to the fans for once. It is the same sh-it every year and I am f-ucking tired of it. Maybe, just maybe, we need new blood at Arsenal. Maybe we need a new manager who will try to fix the squad and not patch it up.
4TH place again lads 🙁
No way. This year Everton will beat us to it.
This year west ham will be higher!!!
soo, when giroud become a game changer???
Let’s recap:
1st match against a weak team: Lucky win.
2nd match against a mediocre team: Lucky draw.
3rd match against a good team: Losing 2-0 at halftime.
Prediction:
Great season ahead!
I’m not confident that we can beat Besiktas…
Nasty tackle by Wilshere, he meant that
Yup he sure did
wilshere is an idiot and will never be the legend evreyone has made him.
how pissed must alexis be being sub’d by giroud just after half, after he put in the work rate? the message is poor, he must be fuming on the bench in that miserable looking kit, ( striped sox and a tight shirt, really?)
Jack the lad subbed for Campbell. Please.
Let him shine please Wenger, i see a little Eto in him
No midfield, open as fook.
Our Midfield is useless
Why is Wenger so reluctant to change tactics? Martinez is right up on the edge of his technical area ordering his players around when they’re 2:0 up at home but Wenger is just sitting there and taking it whilst his team is dominated.
That Naismith is a TWATT!
How many yellow cards do we have now?
I have a dream that someday somebody on Arsenal will shoot and the ref won’t be against us the whole game
Everton are reading us like a shite book, we are shite today.
Patience lads.
Plenty of time to win this.
One goal and its all on 🙂
Going to end on 10 men? place your bets.
I STILL DONT GET WHAT THE HEK IS WRONG WITH WENGER,,,,,SHUD HAVE TOOK WILSHERE OFF AND PUT CAMPBELL ON……OZIL THRU THE MIDDLE…..FFSS
told u guys we are shat. city chavs livo away to come. lol i cant watch this fkn embarrassing
Gareth slug barry, running midfeild, what does that tel you lads ?
This team has been crying out for a left winger for 3 games now.. Campbell is on the bench, get him on already!
The way we attack is so slow. What happened to our fast counter attacks and defense splitting passes we were so good at?!
i just cant see how this team scores much this yr, i think the loss of sagna is worse than we thought, he brought huge pace down the right, something just not working, cant stretch a team, also, where is Ox? not doing anything,
Are you Sagna’s lovechild or something – “huge pace” ha,ha,ha
Fair play to Martinez, so far, Everton have got their tactics right, and we’ve messed up.
2-0 down and we’re still doing the same things that got us into the hole in the first place.
Doesn’t help that the ref is whistling us for literally everything while he gave them the second goal, but we haven’t looked like scoring. Our best chance fell to Giroud and he can’t score a goal in a big game.
35 million for a player and you take him off at half time (and replace him with Giroud)
GENIUS !
Would not surprise me if he played Ozil at right back in the next game.
He should NEVER have been offered a new deal…
NEVER
What do you reckon now then genius?
Think how different our team would be with a legit CDM & LW…
Say Reus & Khedira, we’d be so different
Arsenal have fooked up since Highbury, i don….. i smh
How the hell did Wenger manage to gather so many ballerinas on a football pitch? Our midfielders should put on dresses and challenge Everton to a dance off. Then we could really show them what we are made of.
We are sh*t
This will be our toughest fight for top 4
Credit to Everton totally out playing us.
meanwhile in arsene head:
– sanchez is playing well, off.
– whishere, ramsey and flamini sh*t, in the pitch
I really do not understand that sh*t, someone can explain me???
He’s starting to go senile
Carvalho.
Spend it.
Monreal is pony
Absolutely useless
Fack was that ??????
We have absolutely nothing going forward, the way we play football really is not ever going to work against the top 5.
This ref is unbearable. Never calls it when our players are clearly fouled, books half our team for nothing.
I am sick of these tiny technical players.
Wake up Wenger
Please make a change
3 players short from challenging.
Said it in April 2014, still saying it in August 2014.
We don’t look like a team to be honest …
what is wilshare, Ramsey and Ozil still doing on the field?
Simply not good enough and I think we all know that not enough desire I have not said that
Why oh why did they give wenger a new contract….the bloke is clueless he has gone stale
Dammit!!! Nothing is working, WTF is going on???
Seriously. Wenger tactis suck as alway’s. He want to win at his own stubborn way.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!!!? shoot, ever heard of rebounds ?// Shotgunning a stella pint, i need it
Honestly, people are saying 4th place again.
This isn’t guaranteed
If Liverpool continues near signings
United gets some signings
It’s not impossible for us to get 5th
I’m not being pessimistic, but realistic
Of course, if we get a top striker and CDM, that changes everything.
At the moment Everton and Liverpool are putting us in fifth. United could quite easily put us in sixth and if Pochettino gets it right at Spurs…
Joke, bunch of gutless kids………
That would’ve been the equalizing goal for Cavani.
Just saying..
And that would’ve been the hat trick for Cavani..
God help us when we front up against Man City’s MF 🙁
Should have moved Ox left and kept Sanchez on.
Just loan jack out
Jack Wilshite has done something !
He got a yellow card
Well done Jack – sure to get an England call up now.
ohh giroudddd
Wait, did Giroud just miss a golden opportunity? Didn’t he even hit the target? Again?
Great shot giroud.. Your the man getting better every day.. Usefekinless
Yay shot on target
Here you go, no you have it, no no you have it, thanks but here you have it.
That’s our game
Did Giroud miss again?
f off wilshere, an mert my word lukaku is destroyin u
I also think Mertesacker is too slow and that he shouldn’t start because of this.
Giroud is our best player ATM. That’s how bad we are.
HOW DID WE LET BAINES DO THAT????????????????????????????
Its like the goal is allergic to him
Wenger, stop being stubburn and put campbell on 442, let giroud held the ball up and get some shots in.
they deserve the win, everton are better than us this game. clear to see.
same as last season
nothings changed
@craigzwe. Spot on nervous kids and no one wanting to take responsibility.
You know it’s shit when Giroud looks the sharpest out there
Why isn’t Campbell getting a chance???
Is there an English word called SUBSTITUTION?!!
Ox and Sanchez only players to show up today.
They deserve better.
what’s the name of that lineman???
Missing Gibbs BIG TIME!
agree, gibbs and sagna pace missing…
Debuchy is faster than Sagna.
I sure monreal is actually David guetta and that’s why he’s so shite!
If Rosicky play, he will lead and organise the midfield very well, so the tempo and creativity of the midfield will be much much better in terms of creating chances, and Arsenal attack also will become more direct & effective.
And also he is our best player in terms of penetrating defences, which is what we struggled with today.
He always makes things happen, not only with individual dribbling but also with individual acceleration of his passing and of his runs breaking down the opponent defence.
If you guys think we’re playing poorly, the referee is something else…
Jenkinson is better than Debuchy…
I said that 2 weeks ago and got fukd by thumbs
Fck ref wake up you piece of sht
I am sick of watching our players being so direct and causing the opposition all kinds of problems. Please MORE PASSING SIDEWAYS AND BACKWARDS.
Lad’s right, were 2 nil down, getting raped…Why is wenger not using subs that we all have mentioed. serious answers plz.
Show Wenger what you got Campbell.
Come stake your claim
BOUT TIME!
Hehe Wenger out..
too little too late fk wenger
too late wenger, too late…
Cavani and khedira/carvalho now!!!
CAMPBELL FINALLY!
… and Wenger still puts a central player (Cazorla) on the left… God why…
It took horrendous displays by all our players in 3 matches until Campbell got his chance, for lousy 15 minutes.
Mistake 3.