Everton (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[I'm Blue]

I’m happy with a point considering our current form.
Everton might not be a great footballing team but they are well organised and make it difficult for you to score.
They’ve now drawn with Arsenal, Chelsea and us recently.
I saw some improvement but more importantly I saw players actually trying, which in some games recently I’ve questioned.
This isn’t gonna be a quick easy fix and we’re gonna have more games like this, along with some losses.
Like it or not the only way we’re improving the current situation is to get new players in in January and the summer.
Echeverri and Bobb coming in will help with the energy and our overall pace of our play as well.
Piss poor planning from the club have put us in this situation with half the first team starters all ageing at the same time.
Add the injuries we’ve had to that and you’re seeing the current shitshow.
We will turn this round but it’ll be slow and painful to watch.

 

[Ezy]

We won 2 PL and the treble since all 3 left. We won 4 PL since Sane left.

Yes cool fun and now?

 

[kaz7]

I don't understand the Kev hate personally, he helped us win the title last season.

I think he deserve a bit more patience to get back into form, I think he looked more energetic and direct than Foden. I can't see much difference to how Kev normally plays, he always had high turnovers and Pep always said he expected kev to play further forward towards the end of his career.

He had a goal and two assists the other week , he is not the problem, nobody can do what he does and he is our best bet to create something , he cant run so people should stop using that against him, we have enough young ones for that , bringing him on today to give us a chance was the right thing to do

 

[Blue Elvis]

Clueless. Again!

Sadly Pep doesn't seem to know how to turn this around.

Other football teams have caught up with Peps innovations so we need new ideas / formations.

Without key signings in January we won't finish in top 10.

End of a wonderful era , time to start again.

 

[blue ranger]

He has been carrying injury all season

And you know that how?

 

[kaz7]

And you know that how?

Because pep has said it more than once

 

[Bluesince1979]

Because pep has said it more than once

Pep says all sorts of shite to defend his players

 

[flb]

The Haaland problem is staring us in the face , he’s great when we are at 95-100% , but a liability when a team is struggling in a team in how we play at the moment , how we are at the MOMENT, he did absolutely fuck all yet again - can’t even put penalties away now.Peak Sergio pisses all over him , Sergio hunted opportunities.

 

[blue ranger]

Because pep has said it more than once

Stop talking rubbish. The goal we conceded today was because Akanji went to play a ball and missed. That’s not because of injury. I’m guessing you haven’t been to a game at the Etihad this season because if you did you wouldn’t be making excuses. Ake isn’t fit but our best player today. No excuse for doing the basics. Niggles my arse.

 

[Streetsweeper]

I thought we looked better for the first twenty minutes or so. Not vintage, but we kept our shape better, created a bit more space in midfield and moved the ball quicker. That gave Savinho and Doku a run at isolated full backs, rather than the full back and two midfielders, which is how it’s looked in the last 2 months.

It’s pretty clear though that we lack pace, energy and physicality in midfield. Once Everton adjusted, their big lumps looked fitter and stronger and we reverted to packing midfield and short 5 yard dink and dunk stuff that slowed us down and gave Everton more time to adopt the traditional Dyche 8 at the back stance. We still created the odd chance after that, but we looked far less dangerous overall and because we still have a calamity in us, it didn’t feel very secure - as demonstrated by the 4-on-2 at the end, which a team with a forward line anything like premier league standard would have tapped in. Fortunately, it was Everton.

A marginal improvement, though big concerns remain and with the squad we have right now, I’ve no idea how Pep fixes it. We need some muscle, pace and energy in midfield for a start. Even if we’re not prepared to buy in January (and we really should) we need to look at bring a loan or two in. Something needs to change, and it’s increasingly clear it’s not going to be self-generated by the players we currently have.