WSL Everton (A) KO 12:30 Sun Dec 15th

[Kinkys Left Foot]

No Greenwood, no Hemp, no Shaw and it shows.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I'd suggest the whole pattern of play is too slow, but it's too fuckin' slow to be called slow!

 

[chesterbells]

No threat upfront here with Mary as the point of attack, and lack of awareness at the back, and losing too many 50/50s, and Park and Roord not getting on the ball enough. Apart from that …

Good save from Keating at the end there. Hard to tell from this angle, but could she have done better for their first goal? Her footwork seemed a bit slow, but I’ve not seen a replay back yet.

Good number of blues here anyway.
Come on Gareth, time to work your magic …

 

[remember arthur mann]

Definitely need a defensive coach across the club.

 

[blue whippet]

I can't see Taylor coming up with anything that can change this pattern of play - possession that gets nowhere.

Yeah, a bit of a problem, a you say - slower that grass growing. Frustrating to watch, we should be winning this game, we need to be winning this game.

 

[tregyblue61]

I'd suggest the whole pattern of play is too slow, but it's too fuckin' slow to be called slow!

It's walking football that transitions into pedestrian.

 

[JRockBlues]

It's easy to look at the players we are missing from the starting lineup and blame that but there's no way in the world we should be 2 goals down to Everton. It could conceivably be more. We've created almost nothing. The volley from Roord and the handball shout (don't think it was over the line and maybe proximity went against (if the officials even saw it)). Fujino looks sharp but has no left foot so always cutting inside. Jess Park isn't really a winger anymore so is also coming inside. So relying on our fullbacks to provide the width but then there's nobody to get on the end of crosses without Bunny and we're really lacking physicality in there. Fowler is not really a #9. When she's dropping deep she just has to lay the ball off backwards as she is not strong enough to hold the defender off but is then not making the turn and run quick enough to maybe get the next pass.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The happy clappers on the MDC are suggesting that there's still plenty of time to put things right. I think we'd need the best part of five or six hundred minutes to score three, and then I expect the third would be chalked off.

 

[Mr HJ]

Lily's pace will help as will taking off Kennedy. I don't think I've ever seen such a poor centre back performance from an experience player - early goal needed, Everton are not that good if we can play faster.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Like the men, need to go for goal, far too much from me to you.