Everton (FA Cup) Post Match Thread

[Kippaxblue5]

Off to Wembley again - just added the Cup win -https://www.rtfract.com/LDgames4.html

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I watched MotD last night as we were on first. Three people were booked during the game but the wankers at the BBC thought fit only to show one of the three - Ferny! It's laughable. Just goes to show I was right about the BBC footy coverage - partial to a sky blue card!

 

[Paul1970]

Did anybody notice the stadium announcer when de bruyne scored he said Manchester United,what a bell end.

I thought I’d heard that but thought no it can’t be

 

[Jamiblue]

The team was crying out for him today,with Grealish,Bernie and Phil running riot alongside.

Can you imagine? ... *drools ...

 

[brazilians hurt]

I’m sorry I just can’t agree with that. Everton‘s master plan was to play 5 at the back and use Calvert Lewin and Richarlason on the break, to try and win free kicks and throw ins and load the box with their 3 massive cbs. They where absolutely shite, they offered nothing offensively, when they got the ball they just hoofed it to literally no one. if I was an Everton fan I would be fuming today. They have spent a lot of money on that team it’s not like we where playing Cheltenham (who incidentally caused us more problems)

Graham Potter is a manager who I would say sets up a team brilliantly, when we played Brighton it was a tough game they where always a threat on the break able to pass through our press at times, same as villa under smith and Leeds earlier on in the season. Three sides who have spent a lot less than Everton but caused us some problems defensively and gave us a real tough game. If your main tactic is to try to keep city out for 120 mins you are going to lose it’s that simple

Got nothing against ancelotti but his tactics yesterday made mourinho look like Pep Guardiola

I had Ancelotti up there with the best but was so disappointed with his tactics yesterday. Negative, overly physical with Richarlison again highlighting all that is bad in modern football, ironically there is a great player in there if he just played to his strengths dropped the dark arts crap. Delighted we beat them particularly after their classless press release following the cancellation of our premier league match following our COVID outbreak.

 

[nmc]

I don't see how Haaland fits into our system at the moment.

Maybe because he’s not in our squad just now... if he was we’d have a system to maximise his potential

 

[city saint]

people moaning about evertons tatics dont seem to realise carlo is an italian.famous for ultra defensive and hard to break down sides through the ages.i dont blame sides for not trying to take us on even if its tedious at times.the only thing i will say the teams who do try and have a go do seem to have more success against us even though not many beat us

 

[nmc]

I watched MotD last night as we were on first. Three people were booked during the game but the wankers at the BBC thought fit only to show one of the three - Ferny! It's laughable. Just goes to show I was right about the BBC footy coverage - partial to a sky blue card!

The BBC edited did well to maximise Everton’s 26 per cent possession to make it look like an even contest. In fact it looked like Everton dominated the first half - which they clearly did not.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

At long last it’s great to see Zinny getting the praise he deserves. For me he always plays in our best starting line up. He’s so underrated and yet he just keeps us ticking over and moves the ball so well.

Absolutely....he’s maturing very well (apart from the odd press boo boo) his positional play is so much better this season, his decision making & game awareness has improved immensely, gone are the brain farts, and now that he understands how Pep wants him to play he’s really flourishing, I can’t remember the last time I groaned when his name was on the team sheet

 

[OB1]

It had the feel of a game we could lose. We weren’t our strongest team and weren’t at our best. We used to lose these games through set pieces or breakaways but these days we don’t. We stayed strong and resolute, and the subs were all it took to win the game.

I never felt like we were going to lose unless it was on penalties but in a tight game like that you can't be sure and they can be a threat from set pieces, which I thought we allowed them too many of. We defended set pieces really well though and Steffen only dealt with one shot on target; Zin handled the other.

What was particularly pleasing was that after we scored, we managed the game out without any real fuss.

This is isn't the first win that we have ground out this season and I have no doubt that in the past we would have come a cropper more often that we have this season. We aren't blowing sides away very often, which can make for more tension when watching, but, unless they should consistently let us down, we have to learn to trust in them to get the job done. I said to one of daughters who was flapping a little yesterday that it's a 90 minute game...