Everton (H) | Post Match Thread

[paulchapo]

Football but not as we know it. Awful performance from us but not helped by the spoiling game stopping tactics of Everton., aided by tbe inept officials. All the money in the premier league and they can't have a spare battery pack and mic ready?

No way this squad is winning the league unless there's a massive upturn in form.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Why does he not play Phil.

Phil is I think our second highest scorer in the league this season. Whys he not playing.

Mahrez and Grealish offer zero goal threat. Mahrez a shadow of last season.

Front three should be

Alvarez Haaland Foden.

100%

 

[Blue and true]

Pep is a stubborn prick. Brilliant manager, but stubborn prick. He needs to find a best 11 and stick to it. Substitutions are his blind spot, always makes them far too late.

 

[Gus Fring]

From Sane Sterling terrifying everyone to this. Not a knock on Grealish but for £100m we could have got pacy wingers. Mahrez Grealish is not going to take us anywhere and adding another £120m midfielder won't solve the problems even next season. Some fundamental changes are on horizon

Nail on the head, those pair got so much unwarranted shit from everybody for not being amazing every minute of every game.

All wingers and attacking players will have off days I get that, but Grealish & Mahrez haven’t had many on days for over a year now, don’t get me wrong Mahrez has earnt a bit of leeway with his historical showings for us but the pair of them aren’t good enough as of now for what we are hoping to achieve as a club.

 

[Shaffer92]

We’re a better team without Haaland, I’d take 200 million for him and play Alvarez in a heartbeat

I'm sure you've taken some heat for this but I don't think it's as ridiculous as it may come off... I'll start by saying he's exceeded my expectations for him BUT my worry was always that he'd go missing for large parts of the game as he's not great technically and can't drop between those half spaces like a Jesus or Alvarez, and most teams we play have 2 defenders on his back and two midfielders in front of him.

 

[applecentral]

Correct.

This summer was absolutely bizarre.

People on here were eulogising Txiki but he's left us short in so many places. No left back, a poor defender in Akanji signed, and our forward pace and directness sold.

Apart from that ok?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

From Sane Sterling terrifying everyone to this. Not a knock on Grealish but for £100m we could have got pacy wingers. Mahrez Grealish is not going to take us anywhere and adding another £120m midfielder won't solve the problems even next season. Some fundamental changes are on horizon

We will possibly never see football as good, direct and as exciting as that ever again.

This passing backwards we’ve got in the habit of constantly doing is mind numbingly boring on days like today.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Arsenal taking the lead after 2 mins tells us everything about them. They are Champions in waiting. 3 titles on the bounce is too difficult.

We'd have done exactly the same if the shoe was on the other foot

Still got to play them twice but at the moment we are going to have to win both just to get ourselves back into contention

 

[urban genie]

3 things annoyed me

Everton being cunts
The ref being useless
Pep not changing things that were obviously not working and players performing under par earlier.

We do it to ourselves too their goal should never have been allowed to happen, we were weak

 

[eyalluvitt]

He played 90mins againts Leeds, ran his socks off, its understandable why he was so poor today, he is knackered.

He was very good v dippers and Leeds, car crash today

 

[SidJames]

Make no mistake. Since Pep arrived this is the weakest squad we've had at the club. Haaland, Kev and Bernardo are fantastic, but the rest is a mess. We've got two actual fullbacks, our wide options can't stretch the pitch and we have zero legs in the middle.

It's total arrogance to end up with such a small squad in such a competitive league.

Puts that 100 Million we spunked on Grealish in to perspective.

We didn't need him when we signed him.

He isn't what we need right now despite a rare decent 45 minutes the other night.

We could have solved a few problems with that money.

Many Blues said it at the time.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Make no mistake. Since Pep arrived this is the weakest squad we've had at the club. Haaland, Kev and Bernardo are fantastic, but the rest is a mess. We've got two actual fullbacks, our wide options can't stretch the pitch and we have zero legs in the middle.

It's total arrogance to end up with such a small squad in such a competitive league.

Bernardo hasn't pulled many trees up so far this season mate

 

[Blue tiger]

Make no mistake. Since Pep arrived this is the weakest squad we've had at the club. Haaland, Kev and Bernardo are fantastic, but the rest is a mess. We've got two actual fullbacks, our wide options can't stretch the pitch and we have zero legs in the middle.

It's total arrogance to end up with such a small squad in such a competitive league.

I'd say the first squad he inherited was the weakest. This midfield definitely needs some pace and power in there though.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Arsenal taking the lead after 2 mins tells us everything about them. They are Champions in waiting. 3 titles on the bounce is too difficult.

3 in a row is difficult but it’s too early.

 

[Bluewonder]

Apart from that ok?

Haaland looks a decent signing tbf.

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Simply isn't good enough, especially at home. Reffing was diabolical but we were dog shit again. Everything we do is so laboured it's painful. Dont get me started on pep and his subs

 

[argyle]

If KDB is rubbish then we're rubbish. Simple as that.

He needs to lose weight, looks unfit.

Grealish not the signing we all hoped and Mahrez is always hit and miss. Bernardo anonymous.

Why Pep refuses to make subs until too late will remain a mystery.

Only plus was Haalands attitude and Lewis having good moments.

So far it's looking Arsenals year.

 

[SebastianBlue]

You never produced a fact from my first question about why I was talking shite about we don't look capable of going on a run? I don't need to cover myself in glory with a smart arse like you mate

You’re now setting the standard for how many “facts” I need to produce to adequately counter your talking shite?

YCMIU

 

[give it to gordon]

Hopefully Pep will use Foden and Alvarez more now.
I said before the leeds game a team with Grealish and marhez is a slow team.
Foden and Alvarez will do the running to allow KDB to find Haaland !

 

[geek24601]

Been here since 2007, but you will never win against the ‘happy clappers’. Pep needs a strong assistant manager which we have not had this season. Big drop off since Lilo and Arteta. Always the players fault but never the manager. Nobody can doubt what Pep has achieved, but stripping the side of pace has been our undoing.

Totally agree. We badly lack pace.