Match Thread Sheffield United v Everton - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[Amokachi1995]

We only had seven subs, including two goalkeepers.

I know mate. Just responding to the poster who was asking if we made no subs.

 

[TyphooToffee]

Archer didnt touch the ball for 80 minutes and still managed to score 2 goals.

Shows what a clinical finisher can do for a team.

 

[knowing your history]

Maybe, but he looked absolutely miles off it against Doncaster let's be honest. Looked no better than any of the awful strikers we've had over the years. It's no criticism of him, he's young, new and inexperienced. Should really be out on loan.

Basically when DCL is not fit there's going to be no decent attacking alternative off the bench given McNeill will be starting soon enough.

Of course given Danjuma's level today he could easily be benched for Harrison but I get the feeling his head will drop very quickly if he's just bench warming.

This is where the limitations of the squad building comes into force and it gets exposed against 75% of the league who do have 2-3 decent options to change things e.g. Forest putting on Elanga and Wood today at Chelsea.

 

[coleman=quality]

Maybe, but he looked absolutely miles off it against Doncaster let's be honest. Looked no better than any of the awful strikers we've had over the years. It's no criticism of him, he's young, new and inexperienced. Should really be out on loan.

Exactly mate it’s so Everton we’re desperate for players and we spend £12m on him, said when we signed him archer would of been better for not much more never mind Simms and Cannon moving on.

 

[BullensRoad]

Loved the bromance between Mcburnie and Pickford after that save, one nutter to another.

 

[coleman=quality]

To be fair even though the ref was woeful he drew the line and told young to stay that far away from the wall. He wasn't redrawing the line for the wall to move to.

Young can go where he wants between the ball and the wall doesn’t need a line off the ref to tell him so if that was the case even more comical

 

[Mickey]

Another good performance by us as a team undone by individual mistakes and shocking refereeing. I'll say it quietly so as not to upset some but we have a fairly decent spine in this team and probably most of our best 11 that are miles better than a relegation fight.

Pickford, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Onana, Gana, Doucoure, Garner, McNeil, Danjuma and Beto are not relegation standard players at all, and that's of the ones just fit today. Our problems, as they always are, will be lack of quality in depth in case of injuries or rotation and our full backs aren't very good at all. Young and Coleman are the best pairing but they can't be expected to play 90 mins for 30+ games at their age.

Villa was the only performance in the league this season that we were battered in and deserved to lose. The other 3 were games we should have won and I think as the team grows those are results we'll get better with. I'm not on the same page of people losing their minds at the manager or the players for how we've played in the league so far. We've been incredibly unlucky, sometimes you have to overcome that luck and we haven't but I can't see too many faults (for a team that's only ambition is to survive of course)

I watched a different game I thought we were terrible.

 

[Nymzee]

 

[Lobworm]

At times our distribution was last, but I'll take 2 goals away from home and another rubbish ref.

 

[9LeagueTitles5FACups]

Decent performance, bit lethargic towards the end. Thought both goals were given away too easily, should've had a penalty.

Tough call on MOTM, gone for Danjuma, but could just have easily opted for Branthwaite or Beto - both of whom I thought performed their jobs well.

 

[deipnosophist]

Expected a loss so am made up with an away point against a team who we will be a relegation rival. I cannot offer much more than that since I didn't watch the game.

 

[jamieni]

Expected a loss so am made up with an away point against a team who we will be a relegation rival. I cannot offer much more than that since I didn't watch the game.

We probably should have won. Could have lost. Draw a fair result in the end I guess. Not delighted but better than losing.

 

[RomanReigns]

Brighton showing that Newcastle are just an average team

 

[ChesterBlue]

Brighton showing that Newcastle are just an average team

The one silver lining is that after 4 games they could only be 2 points above us despite being absolute media darlings

 

[jamieni]

The one silver lining is that after 4 games they could only be 2 points above us despite being absolute media darlings

Yeah I looked at the table and did a double take this morning. You’d have thought they were carrying all before them the way the media bang on about them!