Match Thread Man City 2-0 Everton, Sat, 18/10, 3.00 pm

[ToffeeTim]

The lack of any kind of half decent striker is going to stop us having a good season

Our recruitment of Centre forwards is absolutely terrible.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

so if beto scores we would of said
“no it’s ok we don’t want that goal now”

honestly i give up with half of you

You are in good company giving up as that is what the manager does!

If Beto scores they just come out and score 2 or 3 in the second half.

 

[ElGato]

Didn't disgrace ourselves against a very good outfit. Better teams than us will go there this year and get beat as badly or worse.

Ultimately the possession they had told, and the work we had to put in off the ball for the first 60 mins tired us. Easy to say that Moyes should have taken off a few in advance of their goal (you could see Ndiyae struggling) but that's captain hindsight for you. What annoyed me more is that we gave up in the last ten mins when a goal could have made it interesting... And we nearly conceded three more and made it embarrassing

But for 60 mins we looked good I thought. Had the right game plan and executed well. Bit of luck goes our way/better finishing and maybe we nick a goal to give us something to hold on to.

 

[Daytripper]

No great surprise at the result really, despite the ridiculous gap between the two clubs, we still should have scored at least one and Illy was class at times.

It will be a great day when we finally replace Lukaku.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Keane ball watching for the goals again. He had been doing well against Haaland but those lapses of concentration. After the goals Keane seemed to push further forward and left Haaland to Tarkowski which did not work well. Pickford saved our pride, but N'Diaye was spectacular.

I've been a vocal critic of Keane but can acknowledge that he's improved this season.

Him and Tarks just don't work as a pairing though unfortunately. They both like to push up ahead of the defensive line to challenge for headers, which to be fair so does Branthwaite.

When Branthwaite and Tarkowski play together they seem to just have a much better understanding of how to cover each other though.

Don't know if its poor communication or lack of chemistry but when it's Keane and Tarkowski massive gaps seem to open up consistently.

 

[gonetomorrow]

It's absurd Everton don't have a decent centre forward.

 

[jamieni]

can anyone name the everton scouts

Kinda pointless. When we sign good young players the likes of city and Chelsea just nick them anyway.

 

[jamieni]

It's absurd Everton don't have a decent centre forward.

Kind of repeat of the Moyes era mark 1 until we got yakubu.

 

[Daytripper]

It's absurd Everton don't have a decent centre forward.

This is a club that signed Maupay when they needed goal scorers even back then.

It was getting to a point where I felt our recruitment teams were sabotages and anyone who turned out decent was a fluke.

 

[jamieni]

This is a club that signed Maupay when they needed goal scorers even back then.

It was getting to a point where I felt our recruitment teams were sabotages and anyone who turned out decent was a fluke.

Some of our striker signings have been awful over the years but it does seem like these days Chelsea and the like hoover up nearly all of the decent talent, bench them or send them on loan to CL teams abroad. Tough gig.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

The lack of any kind of half decent striker is going to stop us having a good season

Our recruitment of Centre forwards is absolutely terrible.

TBF aren't 15+ goal types very rare outside the SKY 6 clubs?

Oh, and before someone says Mateta, it's took him quite awhile to get going if I'm not mistaken? @Alan Whittle

 

[Daytripper]

Some of our striker signings have been awful over the years but it does seem like these days Chelsea and the like hoover up nearly all of the decent talent, bench them or send them on loan to CL teams abroad. Tough gig.

This is where astute people come in, identify a solution and are willing to take a chance. We make too many “that will do ” signings over the years and fans then argue over if they are decent or not.

The Broja signing was a disgrace

 

[Davideeyore]

It's absurd Everton don't have a decent centre forward.

100%
This SHOULD be our priority for next season.

 

[Milk]

The lack of any kind of half decent striker is going to stop us having a good season

Our recruitment of Centre forwards is absolutely terrible.

Trouble is, a half decent CF starts at £50m
Our two were £25m give or take

 

[jamieni]

This is where astute people come in, identify a solution and are willing to take a chance. We make too many “that will do ” signings over the years and fans then argue over if they are decent or not.

The Broja signing was a disgrace

We need to be getting in there early on some foreign talent I think. Agree Broja was an insanely terrible signing although we were absolutely desperate.