Match Thread | Everton vs Man City (27/12/23)

[phargrave]

Haaland constantly making a nuisance of himself, making runs, manhandling defenders, presence from hopeful crosses is a massive miss.

Especially when we’re as toothless as we are.

Alvarez isn’t a striker. Same way Jesus wasn’t.

He needs to be on the ball creating things to stay invested in the game. In this team as a 9, your job is to finishes off chances when they come your way. Not his strength at all.

Foden hasn’t exactly done much, is he on the pitch…?

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

We started quite well, gave away a free goal after a couple of mistakes and have been shocking since. Hopefully there is some sort of reset at half time but i cant see it.

 

[bellsouth]

We are going to have to win the Champions League to get back in it next year.

 

[ProofMCFC]

I'm.not sure any team has sussed us. Losing Gundogan, KdB and Stones for most of this season is too much for us to cover.

It is when you sign shite

 

[wolviedinho]

Outgoing players have not been replaced.

Next season they could come good.

1. We don’t create enough.
2. We are not clinical with the chances we do create.
3. The play is too passive.
4. Mistakes are really highlighted now every game. So many players not playing more than a 5 each game.

We have plateaued after an unbelievable season. I am so thankful for what we got to watch since pep has arrived.

The while club feels like it has won it all and become soft. It happens. Players are not doing enough. Mistake after mistake, game after game.

This season is looking like a write off.

Not moaning but a realistic view. Injuries doesn’t help but other players normally step up and that is not happening.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Thought we were very good for the first 20 minutes or so, and if Nunes (or Alvarez) had buried that chance we'd have been cruising. Look very much up against it now though, with no options off the bench and the injury to Stones. Big 45 ahead, but I'm not feeling particularly optimistic about our chances. We seemed to get progressively worse as the half progressed.

City performing better. Don’t give up just yet.

0.7 - 1.25

 

[argyle]

Not enough goals/creativity in the side without Erling and Kev.

Down to recruitment not just injuries.

Allowing top players to leave and bringing in mediocre ones wasn't a good strategy.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

We are playing with half a team every week. The drop-off for some of these players has been nothing short of diabolical. We are missing our best players but what’s left shouldn’t be this short, week in, week out.

The usual suspects are bad enough, but watching the likes of Bernie doing fuck all every week is doing my nut in. Then throw in the new guys, who are so far below the levels of those they have replaced is unreal. Nunes is a fucking fairy, he makes Cancelo look like a world-class UFC fighter.

 

[Bald fraud]

No it isn't.

Happens way too often. We should have buried those early chances. And rodders should have put his laces through his chance. We’ll get more second half though just got to take them!

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Need a bollocking for that first half, I doubt any of our players got a sweat on during that half.