Everton (H) | Post Match Thread

[come-on-barney]

Mid table???

Won’t be mid table but fight for top four

 

[OrigamiNinja]

How did we go from Sterling and Sane, which was exciting to the ponderous build we have now. We have never recovered from stripping pace from the side.

I think it’s quite telling that Arteta has taken what he learned from Pep and given the choice has gone for a wide pairing more akin to City 17/18 than City 21/22.

 

[vmsuhail]

Anyone know how many league games we have still to play?

How many of those are against Arsenal?

The usual doubles over Arsenal are not a given this season. Remember last season, the game at the Emirates was the worst we played, despite the result.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Fuck the fuck off you bunch of spineless, toothless twats. Absolute shite for the entire match. And take Pep, the referee, his assistant and his fucking headset with you when you fuck off.

Hope they all have to spend the evening watching repeats of Mrs Brown's Boys.

I love Mrs Brown’s Boys! ;-) sorry couldn’t resist. :-)

 

[SebastianBlue]

One fewer.

Well, when it comes to overall league games remaining, anyway.

All of the doomsday posts about being down 7 points with 22 matches left to go—2 of which are against Arsenal—seem a bit OTT.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The truth probably lies somewhere in between. As of now, Arsenal look much better than us, that's not being a flapper; it's the truth. Pep needs to sort it, and that starts by finding a best 11 and sticking to it. Phil, Cancelo and Bernie belong in our best 11, I'm convinced of that. It's a fucking joke that they're constantly in and out of the team.

If I had to stake a million pound on it, from here, I'd bet on Arsenal winning the league. And that stems partly from Pep's indecision when it comes to the starting eleven.

As regards the selection of today's team, I'd have to agree with you. I'm raging about the lateness of the substitutions, especially.
That said, we play in four competitions every year, year after year, and we play to win them. All of them.
Arse look really, really good, no question about it. Well ahead of us in their quality at present. They have basically outplayed everyone, including the one team they lost against.
But. But they're no longer in the League Cup, and they're not playing in a demanding European competion (actually, it's pretty much a stroll in the park for the time being). Pep has to rotate.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

We also lack a leader. Vienne and dinho gone, gundo or kdb don't have that authority imo

 

[madloaf]

We need an Assistant manager that will actually tell Pep what's going wrong because at the moment we are having far too many of these games

Just one who reminds him of the phrase "through ball" will be enough

 

[deano ou812]

I am not sure I agree. We have the third fewest goals conceded, and among those, many were based on just poor defending, as was the case today.

Haaland isn’t at fault for players playing passes straight to opposition feet in midfield and, even then, three defenders not closing a player down, before said player curls a shot literally in to the far top corner.

I’d say Haaland has had little to nothing to do with about half of the goals we have allowed this season.

Yeah that’s a good point mate,just seems we are conceding goals or chances which we normally wouldn’t,we don’t look right for me the team that destroyed forest at home seemed more balanced but that’s just my opinion..

 

[SebastianBlue]

Not enough to recover

22 games, 2 of which against Arsenal, are not enough?

We must be an absolutely shite team.