Everton (H) | Post Match Thread

[blueju]

Quite a few have won the Champions League while not being the best team in their own domestic league during that particular season.

Not many are as susceptible to one or two breakaways always resulting in one or two goals.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Few thoughts on yesterday :

- The atmosphere at the stadium was truly awful. Literally silence for the whole game. Potentially the worst I’ve seen it since the Pearce era that. If the fans don’t turn up, don’t expect the players to either.

- Pep stubbornness when it comes to making substitutions is infuriating. Bringing players on to change the game at 86 mins is insulting. It was clear things weren’t working and changes were needed and this was also the case against Brentford.

- Probably unpopular but Rico Lewis isn’t as great as we’d like to believe. He’s a tidy player who’ll have a good career but what does he actually excel at ?

- Grealish playing left wing has to stop. Again this is entirely on Pep.

In summary, it was a terrible game, terrible atmosphere and Pep has to take full responsibility for more dropped points due to his refusal to make subs.

 

[phargrave]

Will enjoy their relegation

+1

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Few thoughts on yesterday :

- The atmosphere at the stadium was truly awful. Literally silence for the whole game. Potentially the worst I’ve seen it since the Pearce era that. If the fans don’t turn up, don’t expect the players to either.

- Pep stubbornness when it comes to making substitutions is infuriating. Bringing players on to change the game at 86 mins is insulting. It was clear things weren’t working and changes were needed and this was also the case against Brentford.

- Probably unpopular but Rico Lewis isn’t as great as we’d like to believe. He’s a tidy player who’ll have a good career but what does he actually excel at ?

- Grealish playing left wing has to stop. Again this is entirely on Pep.

In summary, it was a terrible game, terrible atmosphere and Pep has to take full responsibility for more dropped points due to his refusal to make subs.

regarding the atmosphere the players have to inspire the crowd by showing intensity on the field. not by making lethargic sideways passes that put them to sleep.

 

[Gray]

I was being sarcastic the chances of us winning the champions league are very small.

Zero I would say.

 

[Gray]

Few thoughts on yesterday :

- The atmosphere at the stadium was truly awful. Literally silence for the whole game. Potentially the worst I’ve seen it since the Pearce era that. If the fans don’t turn up, don’t expect the players to either.

The players didn’t turn up, hense the silence.

Watching the ball played sideways and backwards in midfield never gets anybody’s juices flowing. Couple that with players feigning injury and the worst set of officials seen for ages, and you get that borefest.

 

[Bluesince1979]

The players didn’t turn up, hense the silence.

Watching the ball played sideways and backwards in midfield never gets anybody’s juices flowing. Couple that with players feigning injury and the worst set of officials seen for ages, and you get that borefest.

Correct. Though i have to say .. teams like
Everton also contribute to killing an atmosphere.
Look at the recent liverpool game, where it was end to end. Gets you gee’d up. Gets you on your feet.
Then look at everton, parking the bus, feigning injuries, wasting time. Its kills the game and the atmosphere.

I will add though, in such games , we always have some opportunities to launch a quick attack but still seemingly pick the sideways option allowing them to go hand in hand

So yeah… people can blame the fans all they want, but generally its the teams that dictate the atmosphere

 

[Len Rum]

Few thoughts on yesterday :

- The atmosphere at the stadium was truly awful. Literally silence for the whole game. Potentially the worst I’ve seen it since the Pearce era that. If the fans don’t turn up, don’t expect the players to either.

- Pep stubbornness when it comes to making substitutions is infuriating. Bringing players on to change the game at 86 mins is insulting. It was clear things weren’t working and changes were needed and this was also the case against Brentford.

- Probably unpopular but Rico Lewis isn’t as great as we’d like to believe. He’s a tidy player who’ll have a good career but what does he actually excel at ?

- Grealish playing left wing has to stop. Again this is entirely on Pep.

In summary, it was a terrible game, terrible atmosphere and Pep has to take full responsibility for more dropped points due to his refusal to make subs.

Agreed.
Bit harsh on Lewis.
He has potential but it's early days.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

The players didn’t turn up, hense the silence.

Watching the ball played sideways and backwards in midfield never gets anybody’s juices flowing. Couple that with players feigning injury and the worst set of officials seen for ages, and you get that borefest.

It was a game to get our most dynamic and creative players on the pitch and to play either Mharez or Grealish but not both.

Rico and NatAk have done well but neither are creative,should've played Walker,Cancello and Foden then brought on Spider on 65 minutes....Peps subs in 87 minutes is ridiculas.

Poor day all round and its Arses to lose !!

 

[bluemoon32]

Remember when no one could get near Spain & their possession football and then suddenly the game moved on, opposing sides worked them out but they still kept stubbornly trying to play the way that had brought them success but it didnt really work ?
This feels a little like that

 

[flb]

The emphasis of this team has become about how many goals Haaland will score , the sooner he picks up a knock the better for this team , and that’s not knocking his input , he’s scored 50% of all our goals , far too reliant on him to pull us out of the shit week in week out , take KDB’s assists out of this team looking for him and we are bang average going forward!
Happy new year !

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Even Wolves beat these fuckers

Watch us lose to Wolves

 

[Deleted member 77198]

PL mins:
Foden 930 mins - 7 goals and 3 assists
Mahrez 548 mins - 1 goal 1 assist
Grealish 710 mins - 1 goal and 2 assists

Our wingers are just not doing enough. Mahrez and Grealish have a combined 1300 mins with 5 goal contributions?!?

Far cry from Sane/Sterling days

Saw this on Twitter - regardless of Haalands goals this is simply not good enough.

Nowhere near good enough. And even away from stats, we are boring when we have both Grealish and Mahrez in the same side.

When Foden came on yesterday he was erratic (and looked a bit rusty as he’s hardly played that much) but he was positive and direct. Would Grealish or Mahrez have leapt in the air with damned fucking determination to head that chance at goal that Foden did? They wouldn’t even think of making the attempt to do it, never mind actually do it and win the header.

GET PHILIP WALTER ‘RONNIE’ FODEN IN THIS FUCKING TEAM!

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Best not to dwell on things we can't change blues. A draw is better than a loss. History shows us City are experts in chasing down 1st place. We never give in. Not half way through yet. Up the blues and a Happy New Year to City fans all over the world.

 

[maurizio]

Well that made for a crap New year's eve for me. Just watched it back on MOtD. A load of teams try to sit back and hit us on the break, it's been going on for years. It makes us look slow because there's no space to run into and we pass, pass, pass along the back, side to side. Not a great watch. We need a little bit of class to open them up, Mahrez did that for the first goal. But Kev had an off day, Stones and Rodri maybe should have scored from headers, Grealish is not a goal threat and they defended well. If we'd got a second it would have been game over. One up and we're always susceptible to the one chance one goal thing. Ref was shit too. Stoppages, diving, fouls, it was like Everton became Atletico Madrid.No other team will have to face the same set up. Arsenal, the Rags, scousers their games will be mostly end to end. Oh well, Arsenal have a tough run of games and so do we. Let's see what we're made of. Happy New year.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Everton were excellent, and we were poor at home yet again. Could well be in a top 4 battle now i'm afraid.

Yer right about our game. We didn't play well. Too slow and any limited side with six or seven at the back can cope, and then they had the advantage of a ref who appears to have got a game from PiGMOL without having passed any tests, without having quaiified at a lower lever, ie Hough End, nor read a single line of what is written in the LotG.

Anyway, I've noticed yer poster name - mancityscot . . . . . . .

Leeds were brilliant . . . . . . . .
Everton were excellent . . . . . . .

Yer Ally McCoist!

 

[Paul1970]

Well that made for a crap New year's eve for me. Just watched it back on MOtD. A load of teams try to sit back and hit us on the break, it's been going on for years. It makes us look slow because there's no space to run into and we pass, pass, pass along the back, side to side. Not a great watch. We need a little bit of class to open them up, Mahrez did that for the first goal. But Kev had an off day, Stones and Rodri maybe should have scored from headers, Grealish is not a goal threat and they defended well. If we'd got a second it would have been game over. One up and we're always susceptible to the one chance one goal thing. Ref was shit too. Stoppages, diving, fouls, it was like Everton became Atletico Madrid.No other team will have to face the same set up. Arsenal, the Rags, scousers their games will be mostly end to end. Oh well, Arsenal have a tough run of games and so do we. Let's see what we're made of. Happy New year.

Sone good points . Even if arsenal drop points we will still carry on playing the same way and yes we will batter teans and certain players will be forgiven for a few weeks but we will end up losing more points and in the end this season I’m afraid arsenal will walk the title .

 

[waspish]

Don’t blame Everton doing what hey did they desperate for points it’s up to the referee to control the game better plus from minute one we were riled up by Everton there tactics and it worked! Saying that we still should of won there goal was a wonder goal after a slack pass by Rodri! Be interesting now if Everton keep this tactics up and they should if they want to move up the table and they reminded me of the old Everton under Moyse! A pain in the arse!

 

[Mad_fer_it]

You just can't draw games like this at home. Unforgivable. I'd love to see us claw it back but I'm not holding my breath. Champs league or the season is an abject failure. If you bring in Haaland and win nothing - piss poor.

 

[waspish]

You just can't draw games like this at home. Unforgivable. I'd love to see us claw it back but I'm not holding my breath. Champs league or the season is an abject failure. If you bring in Haaland and win nothing - piss poor.

You know football nothing is guaranteed the scum have spent 1.5b since fergie left no won the league since won fcuk all in last five years!