Match Thread Everton 1-1 West Ham United 29th September 20:00

[windymiller]

Not good enough

And certainly not good enough after resting players

Second half was pathetic at home

Yeah, we went out of the cup to end up with that performance. Rubbish.

 

[ValBlue]

The main midfielder signing being MIA also doesn’t help

 

[witchdoc187]

Very poor. After such a promising start to the season it's very quickly become the usual old grind. We desperately need a real RB.

We're an average team in a competitive league and we'll have an average season.

 

[knowing your history]

First hour was competent without being amazing and should've been good enough to win the game.

Last half hour dismal and not much better than the general standard for much of the last four years.

This squad still has a long way to go really. Not enough goals in it and a big problem when Grealish and Ndiaye are on the fringes of the game. Dewsbury-Hall suspended for Palace not good either with what they have in midfield.

Also a concern how patience eroded from the stands as that second half went on. Big shiny new stadium means less patience from the stands with seconds halves like this.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

The league doesn't end in September does it. We'll be fine.

Never said it does - and chances are that we will..

...doesnt mean we can't get sucked into it, which was precisely my original point.

 

[Lloydaldo11]

Said it last week, essentially the same team apart from 2/3 as last few seasons plus age in the legs of Gana, Tarks and a few others so it’s not surprising we don’t turn into peak Barca just because we’ve moved stadiums.

Scrapping for points to not be sucked into the scrap by Christmas is the aim, then get reinforcements in especially up top.

This striker and fullback situation is not acceptable.