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Mr. F
Player Valuation: £500k
It's not as if we can come up with one approach that's going to work all the time, even Barca counters when they need to.
We haven't got the money to compete for the best players so we have to develop them ourselves, that's going to take some time. RMs been working on this team for less than a season and a half and we are looking much more like a complete team already.
We still have wing backs providing us with width that's the envy of many teams going forward, coupling that with the ability to pass the ball through the middle will just improve us further.
When McCarthy and Barkley are on the pitch the team has the ability to win the ball and put pressure on the opponents and they are hard to replace with our current squad. McCarthys work rate and defensive contributions as well as his distribution helps us bring the team back behind the ball when countered against, and come forward to create chances.
Barkleys pace, physicality, and skill on the ball means he can both keep the ball when defenders are closing him down as well as find the striker with a pass or run through the defence.
When he's not playing Lukaku tend to become much deeper in order to hold up the ball, or Naismith if he's striker tends to go wide to find space. We don't have any player in our current squad that can replace Barkley imo, which means we struggle when facing teams that sit deep.
We need to keep developing our squad, so we can beat teams regardless of their approach. I think we're on the right track, but let's get into champions league before we compare ourselves to the best teams around.
We haven't got the money to compete for the best players so we have to develop them ourselves, that's going to take some time. RMs been working on this team for less than a season and a half and we are looking much more like a complete team already.
We still have wing backs providing us with width that's the envy of many teams going forward, coupling that with the ability to pass the ball through the middle will just improve us further.
When McCarthy and Barkley are on the pitch the team has the ability to win the ball and put pressure on the opponents and they are hard to replace with our current squad. McCarthys work rate and defensive contributions as well as his distribution helps us bring the team back behind the ball when countered against, and come forward to create chances.
Barkleys pace, physicality, and skill on the ball means he can both keep the ball when defenders are closing him down as well as find the striker with a pass or run through the defence.
When he's not playing Lukaku tend to become much deeper in order to hold up the ball, or Naismith if he's striker tends to go wide to find space. We don't have any player in our current squad that can replace Barkley imo, which means we struggle when facing teams that sit deep.
We need to keep developing our squad, so we can beat teams regardless of their approach. I think we're on the right track, but let's get into champions league before we compare ourselves to the best teams around.
Del
Ric Wee fan club member 2014
You won't get many arguments from me mate
I personally think Barry is capable of the odd long pass but it wouldn't really want him doing it
There's nothing wrong with pulling one out the bag now and then if the situation calls for it
HuddersfieldToffee
Player Valuation: £8m
I personally think that we should be pressing higher - teams that are upgrading Barcas style are pressing high up the pitch and almost having no defenders at all, if you look at Marseilles, they're pressing up very high.
Agree about crosses into the box
Elong
The fire rises
It's just so aimless when we do it though. Plus, the longer we have the ball, the less chance the opposition have to score, it's a fine defensive technique as well as looking to open up teams.
I enjoy watching us play, we may not get the results all the time, but for the first time in beards I really look forward to my 3am alarm to watch us play nice togga.
I hope we're not looking at this kind of approach to get things unblocked.
This is twelve minutes of your life you'll never get back, btw. This is also quite a story.
PaddyG
Player Valuation: £8m
It's about controlling the football match.
We are trying to be more proactive than reactive.
We are more in control of our own fate this way, the players seems to have bought into it and so we can only get better.
I much prefer watching Everton playing this style of keeping the ball and impacting our own style onto the game.
It's easier on the eye and so far under Martinez has been producing good results.
A slow start to the season shouldn't mean we have to change our whole way of playing football.
Although I can understand your point, sometimes we don't move the ball quick enough and it becomes a little bit predictable and easy to defend against.
We are trying to be more proactive than reactive.
We are more in control of our own fate this way, the players seems to have bought into it and so we can only get better.
I much prefer watching Everton playing this style of keeping the ball and impacting our own style onto the game.
It's easier on the eye and so far under Martinez has been producing good results.
A slow start to the season shouldn't mean we have to change our whole way of playing football.
Although I can understand your point, sometimes we don't move the ball quick enough and it becomes a little bit predictable and easy to defend against.
I think we're all agreed on the pressing at least
A tweak that Martinez will hopefully look at
A tweak that Martinez will hopefully look at
MartSlinger
Player Valuation: £40m
Stick to crying about Duffy leaving.
Mr. F
Player Valuation: £500k
The lack of pressing has been annoying me as well, I think we were well balanced in the last two games though. Which shows in the results.
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