everton 1 arsenal 6
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Everybody was surprised to see Arsenal thrashing Everton 6-1 at Goodison.
Wonderful day for Vermaelen, good for him to get game-time in harness with Gallas, and great to have a left footed centreback giving balance to the defensive unit.
Vermaelen's positioning and anticipation are good. That's vital because Wenger does not teach defence. The Belgian could become a solid defender for Arsenal.
In truth, this very strange event was two games.
A competitive game before the first goal in 26 minutes, a walkover after Denilson scored.
The opening period showed that 4-3-3 does not suit Arsenal's players. For 26 minutes Arshavin was lost and wasted on the left, van Persie never went in the box, where Bendtener couldn't be because he was stuck on the right side, where he did OK because he's a decent footballer
Denilson isn't much cop going forward. He's a reliable continuity player, not a creative player. Going forward, he was clueless in the first 25. Most of his passes were backwards and sideways. 4-3-3 does not suit him either, to be fair.
Then Bendtner worked it square to Fabregas, he went square again, and the Brazilian fired a bending shot beyond Tim Howard's dive.
After that, Everton were a shambles. The next five goals were all sucker punches. Everton had no midfield, a static defence, and no attack till Saha came on to score an injury time consolation when they were 6-0 down. Before that languid Brazilian Jo showed nothing except why Man City don't want him. He is on loan from City again this season.
Eboue came on and dribbled into a crowd of Everton players.You thought : Why is Wilshere not on the bench?Because, Wenger says, I can't play him because the team is too young. Jack's not too young but the team is too young, so he can't be in it. The manager would rather play an ignoramus like Eboue or a cretin like Diaby.
Skipper Fabregas had two goals and two assists, RVP had two assists, and sub Eduardo came on to knock in a rebound when Arshavin's late toe-poke came back off the post. Worth mentioning : Song had a good game.
Everton have rebuffed persistent Man City attempts to acquire Joleon Lescott by bidding high and higher, offering to double Lescott’s wages.
All summer chairman Bill Kenwright and manager David Moyes have stood firm and said nobody would be sold by the club that finished fifth in 2008 and 2009.
Having failed to get Chelsea skipper John Terry in a saga that was the biggest bore of the summer, City are desperate to sign their second choice, Lescott. But City have not been in touch with Moyes, who has forced Lescott to ask for a transfer, which he has refused.
On Friday, Moyes said “All this talk has disrupted us and twisted Joleon’s mind. Maybe it was always their intention to do that to one of their closest rivals.”
Did the whole Everton team sympathise with Lescott? Did each player think: if that was me, I'd want to go and double my money? Does old-fashioned team spirit really exist among a band of mercenaries?
On Friday we heard that Lescott might not even play against Arsenal because he would sign for Man City on Saturday morning.
However, we are outside the deal. We do not know the true facts. We do not know the parameters of the negotiation. Everton might argue that Lescott is younger than John Terry and scores more goals. The bottom line could be : We want £30million for him.
Three conclusions :
First, it was a very strange weekend on which Everton, Aston Villa and Liverpool did not turn up.They did not look ready for the start of the season.
Second, 4-3-3 wastes Arshavin and does not suit RVP or NB. It's a radical change and it might improve by 1% every week.
Third, looking at the other 9 games, Arsenal have an opportunity this season because their rivals are weaker.
Man United are much weaker without Cristiano, Chelsea are weaker without Guus Hiddink, and Liverpool, beaten 2-1 at Spurs, now have a hole in the middle of their team the size of the Grand Canyon.
Liverpool will miss Xabi Alonso almost as much as Arsenal missed Patrick Vieira.
Aquilani cannot fill that hole.
We all knew Xabi Alonso was an exceptional player. I said that a year ago when Arsenal tried to sign him for £12 million. But we later realised that Rafa was never going to sell Xabi to Arsenal.
David Moyes was a centre half for Celtic in 1983 before he came to England to play for Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury and Preston.
On the Celtic-Arsenal CLQ game, Moyes says, "I don't know how Celtic will play or what they'll do but I don't fear the worst for them. I think they'll do better than us, that's for sure."
Aug 17, 2009
