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I just don't know about this. Honestly don't know what I'd do. The difference Wednesday not Tuesday would make. Think the last time we had such a conundrum of being in both cups, the QF of the league cup and a chance of winning either was 1998 and back then we took the league campagin off.

Think being at Goodison is a benefit to Southampton judging by the sterility at their ground midweek, silence an empty seats everywhere. Look every bit relegation material and they probably don't have a mangerial change in them like Everton. Its too early for the desperation stakes and let bygones by bygones of end of season for Goodison not to be toxic.

If they and Shrewsbury came out the hat the other way around it'd be a result for them to get more that 15,000 tomorrow. Fill 55,000 easily though. Just so I'm up to date, attendances matter now? or does that only kick in after another extension and some pretendy attendees in the official gate?

Auboomerang

Geiger? He's alien to me.

Totally. Arteta saying 'scandalous' in several different interviews was like watching Salmond go on about a lion roaring in the glenn on every channel during one of the elections. Deliberate and disingenuous. Partly to get in heads to favour them and partly to do the opposite with us.

Murphy to score anytime. He cant score but former (loan) club, you know how it goes.

"amazing isn't it, Steven Gerrard departs and he starts scoring again" Danny Mills "sometimes as manager you just get unlucky" - yeah, that's it.

Everton v Southampton and West Ham next. Will either be the end of Lampard or the sort of scabby wins Everton always get to stay above water and repeat the cycle.

And to think I had a Spurs fan mate who asked four years ago "what's Ashley actually done wrong?"

I'd have started him against Sheffield Wed. Only partly to have a good look at him/minutes but mostly because of the fixtures at this time and the way we play, wouldn't mind resting a few.

Its a foul ON Joelinton if anything, Saka goes down of his own volition whilst Jo played the ball and buckles after because of Saka's contact. Also a yellow for the dive. If were going to be Artetaish about it.

Not looked at any of that data but I've a lot of matches from the 90s where its little different and in fact on one game Richard Keys described the ball as being in play for 61minutes as 'that's good' so can't be much in it. All that's changed is us.

They didn't do enough as a league leading team at home to deserve to win. When you watch the highlights in isolation away from the nerves of the heat of the moment some of their's are nothing chances really, a mis-header looping harmlessly wide as opposed a wild scramble in the box and the the crossbar and post saving us. Wonder if deep down that's the source of their OTT frustration.

You'd never get his Villa doing that. Zero shots, time wasting from the off and a 4-0 mauling at SJP a few month back wasn't it?

Nah that wasn't him, it was the Arsenal fan hosting the next show that said that. Edwards was reasonable....on this and not exonerated in the slightest. They all were really. Just the Arsenal wanker (the host not Arteta)

Tone is completely the opposite on Five Live. Ian Dennis "they restricted Arsenal to very few clear chances" Kelly Cates "it wasn't a game they (Newcastle) felt like they were on the back foot in"

Very reminiscent of beating them 3-1 under Sir Bobby, was all about their sending off, nevermind it was 1-1 when Bellamy got sent off just to even things up. Bellamy's red wasn't even mentioned in the rag at work the next day. Just heard Arteta on the wireless, the interviewer sounded flabagasted at him 'you're that angry/sure?!' - went quiet and the interviewer said 'you're nodding' ....I thought he was Jim McCleaning him

The effort and dredging what we do with what we have humbles me.

That'll do Cant expect to go there and boss it, only way to get results against better teams are to do that (like Leeds did to us) otherwise you just give points out and not bother with the game. It'll be the same at Man City. Its only natural and in a few years these will do that to us and celebrate a point at SJP

Wilson could be very tired and its all hands on deck. Murphy will offer cover and workrate that ASM wont. For the same reason. He's obvioiusly not doing it based on ability.

The referee, their play acting and Arteta behaving like a tit has caused this to go like this. Were playing their game.

Philippe AlSchar. He stormed the length of the pitch and won a pen against them though.

They did use it all the time for Warlord and Bulldog too. Davey off the ropes, they collide neither moves, does it again same. Third time ducks the clothesline then hits the dropkick or flying tackle. 'Its not real' someone would informed me at the time. yeah No shit.

Homes of Football esque some of those pictures and the atmosphere Yorkie.