Geordie Ahmed

1 minute ago, Ben said:

I'm not watching the match but looking at the stats are massively in Arsenal's favour 

Arsenal have had way more of the ball but Everton have had the better chances

xG: 1.53 v 0.59

Iwobi has put Everton in trouble on a few occasions, he thinks he's better than he is

That's never a penalty, move on 

Once Dyche was appointed I was convinced they'll stay up

So I'd rather see Arteta upset 

Everton take the lead, Tarkowski 

Another good chance for Everton at the end of the first half 

Everton have had the much better chances 

Just now, Danh1 said:

Had a feeling Everton would win this earlier and feel that they will even more so now. Arsenal shite so far. 

They've done well so far but they'll run out of steam soon and Arsenal will dominate the game 

Everton should have taken the lead, 2 good chances back to back 

Actually, had a lot more time to finish it, should have scored really 

Almost a canny goal by Fofana 

A midfield trio of Palhinha, Joelinton and Bruno would be delightful 

Enzo Fernandez is quality and will be brilliant for Chelsea 

A lot of money but it will look like hood value in a few years 

Badiashile looks solid, obviously delighted with Botman but can see why we were looking at him as an alternative last January 

23 hours ago, Froggy said:

 

Fergie was furious with him for that. 

 

We ended up losing the title by a point that season. The Solskjaer tackle was my 9th birthday.  

Don't believe that for a single second

1 minute ago, Klaus said:

 

That is my only fear. Man U players will be more used to the big occasion, compared to our lot. 

A couple of World Cup winners and multiple CL winners (as well a few other trophies) is why I think they'll have the slight edge 

Actually, just read that it's a young keeper George Shelvey that's on the bench

Confusion over

How is Shelvey on the bench if he's cup tied? 

Blatant red card but it wasn't malicious or high

Just frustrating that we didn't have the same VAR officials as the one that deemed a far worse tackle, which was malicious as just a yellow card a few days earlier 

Absolutely chuffed for him, was a massive critic of his last season, didn't think he could offer us much but glad to have been wrong

This season he's been brilliant and the only issue has been his finishing, he kept on getting himself in great positions and it's good that he managed to score

I'm just gutted that left footed attempt didn't go in, would have been a great goal

I'd be happy with Gallagher, think he's another one who has the attributes that Howe would love

3 hours ago, The Fountain said:

With Pope and our back four you'd think it'd be impossible to balls this up.

Southampton will come at as early imo and leave gaps for us to penetrate. Just hope the finishing is better than last Tuesday.

I actually don't think Southampton will come at us early, think they'll actually look to defend and defend deep at the start of the game

They'll know we will be looking to start fast and the aim will be to nullify that

And deeper into the game they will start to push on

1 minute ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

Has there been any mention of a fee? I remember reading yesterday it was meant to be pittance, which I'd understand tbf given he only really had 6 months and he was clearly wanting the move.

Not an exact amount but reporters saying it's nominal, as expected really 

Superb goal by Simeone, Napoli in the lead 

1 minute ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

Would it not be viewed as 18 months given the option to extend?

That's a fair point, the trigger is apparently 2 more games and we could easily do that 

Still, I feel they hold all the aces as they could get a midfielder elsewhere whereas by extending we are stuck with his wages

Just now, Inferior Acuña said:

We don't trust Ando anymore? When did this come in?

Since he's mostly wrong and very vague as well