Everton (H) | Post Match Thread

[wolfie1988]

Isn’t this what squad rotation is for? We could easily have played Foden, Cancelo and Walker today without any detriment to the shape. Could have added Palmer too along with Bernado who was the only change. 5 lots of fresh legs.

Absolutely. Made the selection all the more baffling. And the lack of subs......

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Not sure if I'm being bias but I feel like teams dont sit back as much to others as they do against us. It feels like EVERY team outisde top 6ish just come to defend for 90 mins, we need at least one tricky winger, grealish and mahrez cannot beat a man.

They can both skin people. The issue is they are told not to

 

[bluemoon32]

They can both skin people. The issue is they are told not to

So, Pep isnt the genius people think he is, surely he cant be wrong that often

 

[stan bowles]

As an entertainment spectacle that game was dreadful. Crowd was flat from the first whistle and never once got going. What little football there was was stifled by more injury stoppages and delays than you could count and that 8 minute delay for the replacement of the ref assistant's communication system just about took the biscuit.
City never looked up for it or ever got up to speed. Pedestrian passing between the defenders and a continual stream of misplaced passes by De Bruyne, Rodri and Stones kept Everton in the contest. Did Haaland touch the ball more than once in the second half ? He was a bystander and we offered him no service after he scored. Bernardo Silva totally anonymous - yet again. Needs benching.
I'm done with Grealish. Might be a lovely guy with a heart of gold but he offers us fuck all and seems to spend most of the game on his arse - might be worthwhile telling him that whilst he is picking himself up off the grass yet again that he is totally out of the game for that passage of play. They all need to take less touches and move the ball a lot quicker.
As for the Everton goal, Rodri passes it straight to them (pink shirts hard to see in the Manchester gloom apparently) and then 3 defenders contrive to give Gray the freedom of the penalty area and he sticks it away with a nice finish.
Game was crying out for subs but Pep decides on no changes until very, very late. Normally I always think we have it in us to pull out a late winner but today never seemed like we would.
All in all, as poor as game as we've had to endure for a long time.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

So, Pep isnt the genius people think he is, surely he cant be wrong that often

Having inverted wingers is not working is it? Get forward, take someone on, stop, come back onto their best foot, repeatedly

 

[Paul1970]

Haalands goals have covered massive cracks in our team and system this season . Ederson at the back is a great at distribution but there is a reason why Allison is way above him on the international circuit because apart from his passing He is an average shot stopper . Cancelo is way out of form so pep doesn’t trust him above a makeshift left back . We are rotating our defenders way too much that no One knows who’s in or out . Arkanji after a great first few games is now flaky as hell as his gomez who will never be good enough for us . Rodri needs a rest but having a back up in Phillips is a waste if tine as he has been a disaster of a signing . Playing both grealish and Mahrez will not work as it slows us down but pep will carry on regardless . Tbh I can’t see us beating arsenal to the title infact they will probably run away with it if we carry on like this .

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Just got back.

First off, not sure why we aren’t starting games with our best full backs on the pitch?

The team performance had a very dull, blunt vibe to it. Like they we all waiting for someone else to “do something”. Worst I’ve seen us play for a very long time.

To make matters worse, KDB was unbelievably poor. Daft pass after daft pass from the word go. More often than not he’s our go-to-guy but today he was just nowhere near it.

A very silly time to drop such a shit performance and drop points.

There are some very tricky games v higher end opposition coming imminently. The reality is, if we don’t pull our fingers out in those games, we can wave goodbye to the title.

Yep. You can usually tell how we are going to play after the first 15 mins.

When you don’t play well, then grind out a result. Other sides are starting to do that now when not playing particularly well but we ship so many easy goals, we can’t seem to do it.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Not sure if I'm being bias but I feel like teams dont sit back as much to others as they do against us. It feels like EVERY team outisde top 6ish just come to defend for 90 mins, we need at least one tricky winger, grealish and mahrez cannot beat a man.

They don’t, but that’s because other sides haven't been Champion's 4 seasons out of the last 5. We only really play one way too so easier to defend against when we have an off day. Other sides use the ball over the top more and rely on pace from time to time when other stuff isn’t working. We probably need some quicker players to complement Haaland.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Yep. You can usually tell how we are going to play after the first 15 mins.

When you don’t play well, then grind out a result. Other sides are starting to do that now when not playing particularly well but we ship so many easy goals, we can’t seem to do it.

I could tell within 15 seconds mate.

I said to the geezer who sits next to me “they’re not feeling it today mate”.

 

[flook]

I could tell within 15 seconds mate.

I said to the geezer who sits next to me “they’re not feeling it today mate”.

We start quick we play well and usually win, we start slow and we end up like today. It's nailed on that the first shot by the opposition will be an unstoppable worldie that ends up nestled in the corner.