Everton (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[sir baconface]

Then in the second half, once again large banging and clanking coming through the PA system, it sounded like someone had left their mobile MIC on and was having a shit.

I’ve curled out a few in my time but never to banging and clanking.

Respect.

 

[Roachy]

The danger is people actually believe we've been unlucky and are simply not taking our chances.
That would be to ignore a plethora of other issues.

Some people simply don't want to acknowledge what's happening in front of their very eyes.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

We had a decent start today, but the reality is any team that runs out of gas every game on 60 mins like we do doesn’t have a chance of winning games.

Sides better than Everton would have scored 2 or 3 goals against us in the shambolic last 15 mins where every City attack shortly reverted to a 4 on 2 Everton attack.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Agree with this, we were certainly doing lots of things differently in the first 45 minutes at least, however things weren't coming off. The header off the post should be working the keeper (he didn't move so on target it's a goal). Bernardo's shot (well) wide should be working the keeper too. There was a fantastic KdB style cross from Foden, somebody should be on the end of that for a tap in.

The "dribbling" though is an issue for me, Savinho runs into dead ends constantly, and is like a wet lettuce when tackled, Doke dribbles one way then turns back or into a crowd and gives it away nearly every time. The route 1 should work more often than it does too.

Agree that things weren't coming off but they were closer to doing so -- though perhaps that's down to the opponent.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

We had a decent start today, but the reality is any team that runs out of gas every game on 60 mins like we do doesn’t have a chance of winning games.

Sides better than Everton would have scored 2 or 3 goals against us in the shambolic last 15 mins where every City attack shortly reverted to a 4 on 2 Everton attack.

It wasn’t pretty that last 15 mins was it for the umpteenth time this season.

 

[dom]

Turgid FC.

Absolute rubbish.

It bloody was turgid at times ..

Turgid FC.

Absolute rubbish.

It was defo turgid at times..

 

[Prophet of Doom]

It wasn’t pretty that last 15 mins was it for the umpteenth time this season.

Rinse and repeat. The more we make 30 sideways passes at the edge of opposition box in the last 1/4 of the games the more likely we are to lose.

Gonna get a lot worse - the run of fixtures from 22nd Jan is horrendous.

 

[bluegaz13]

Amongst the many worrying things to come out of this horrific run is the downturn in the second half performances.

Previously it never worried me losing at HT because we always seemed to play better in the second half.

Is it tiredness or a change in tactics or do we change tactics in anticipation of tiredness setting in on an ageing team.

Where did the quick passing (quicker than in the previous matches) go to in that second half.

Doku has come in for a lot of flak today but by the time we got the ball out to him there were sometimes 4 players surrounding him, we were that slow.

Also agree with some of the comments about Akanji, if he sticks to the basics like in his first season he is a 9/10 defender but I think he thinks he’s a better footballer than he really is…..poor going down as though he had been shot after losing that header near the end. He also slows down the tempo.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Amongst the many worrying things to come out of this horrific run is the downturn in the second half performances.

Previously it never worried me losing at HT because we always seemed to play better in the second half.

Is it tiredness or a change in tactics or do we change tactics in anticipation of tiredness setting in on an ageing team.

Where did the quick passing (quicker than in the previous matches) go to in that second half.

Doku has come in for a lot of flak today but by the time we got the ball out to him there were sometimes 4 players surrounding him, we were that slow.

Also agree with some of the comments about Akanji, if he sticks to the basics like in his first season he is a 9/10 defender but I think he thinks he’s a better footballer than he really is…..poor going down as though he had been shot after losing that header near the end. He also slows down the tempo.

Agree re Akanji. Back to his first season sloppy performance play.

The second half performances recently have been absolutely horrendous.

We lost to the rags FFS. They have lost 4 of their last 5 prem games and we managed to get beat by them. That’s how bad we are currently.

 

[55yr old teenager]

you mustve left before the end...

No I was there at the final whistle.