Match Thread Brentford 1-1 Everton. Wednesday Feb 26th. 7.30pm

[trueblue84]

Bit of a strange game, had enough chance to win by 3 or 4 goals but never felt like we ever had any real control of the match

Players must be knackered. Can't remember the last time our team have gone on a warm weather break and deserved it.

 

[JohnRoss23]

When you look at our injuries the results have been fantastic really. Fair play to Moyes, never thought he would turn things around this quickly.

Just shows how much Dyche was holding us back, imo.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Flekken was MOTM for them, made 5 big saves, the two in the first half from Beto were massively important. Again not having a squad depth has cost us I think, if we could have had a couple of players to bring on and freshen things up I think we could have taken all 3 points.

On the bright side we are 15 points clear of the bottom 3 now. Good levels of work rate and desire from the players, I’m glad OBrien got a goal, I think he has been due one

 

[Joey66]

I've voted for Harrison in solidarity with you @Joey66

He got a few votes - worked hard tonight imo .....

 

[ForeverEverton]

Based on?

What we`ve seen previously, he had a similar spell under Dyche....

 

[TrailerTrash]

15 points clear of the bottom 3 and feeling annoyed we haven't won.

Not bad. Especially given how grim it was.

People seem to be missing this glaring point. Even tonight we are a far better team than prior.

It's a point again at a decent side.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

17,000 attendance

 

[Vaughan]

thought we were brilliant from the goal onwards

players looked energised and confident, we were really sharp on the break, some lovely moves from alcaraz beto and harrison

think alcaraz will be a gem. he’s got arteta’s skill, richarlison’s fire and cahill’s timing in the box

beto will be disappointed but some brilliant goalkeeping there and agree that some of his hold up and counter attacking play was better here than other games

definitely take the point and continuing the run given i thought we were gonna end up 2-0 down in the second half

 

[T LEAFE]

If I was a Brentford fan I would be fuming
Technically a better team
1 nil up ht
Yet we created by far the better chances..and missed most
We dominated 2nd half
And in the end should have won by a few
Down to Brentford being poor or us being proliferate?

 

[trueblue84]

A high percentage of attacking players, not just strikers bury at least 1.... his head went after the 1st and he never got it back.

He scored 5 in his last 4, so I'm not writing him off just yet. I'd be more worried if he had no chances.

 

[TheNinja]

Bit of a strange game, had enough chance to win by 3 or 4 goals but never felt like we ever had any real control of the match

I thought we largely controlled it without creating that much other than the Beto misses. Didn't think they did that much.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Doing it all with a squad absolutely on its arse.

 

[BlueStevie35]

So decent we’ve dropped down the league as a result.

One whole place but a massive gap widening between us and the bottom teams

 

[Frenk]

Ok. They deserve a break.

 

[Bob Latchford]

told you ALL we would score

it’s ok don’t thank me

Keep up the good work Matty!

Just remember, even though you love it, if we’re 2-0 up, it’s not ok to say the opposition might score…