Match Thread Sunderland 1-1 Everton - Monday 3rd November 2025

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Team playing well

 

[the golden visionary]

Barry feels like he’s playing with lag

Just seems to be too slow to react to things

Training with beto for yer

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Lots of talk on here about putting Ndiaye up front. Seems absolutely foolish to me to move our best player to a position that is not his natural one. Even given the lackluster strikers we have got

He says his best position is 10. Last year he excelled on the left. This year so far he’s excelled on the right. I think he can manage.

 

[Joey66]

Barry’s body shape going into that miss was mad. He’s leaning back the whole way in, looks like Mr Soft FFS.

On the bright side I guess that can be worked on, but the worry is that a human being would approach it that way in the first place.

Give him games in the under 21s to gain confidence..

 

[windymiller]

'Ndiaye is a fabulous player'published at 20:56 GMT​

20:56 GMT​

Sunderland 0-1 Everton

Jamie Carragher
Former Liverpool defender on Sky Sports

On Iliman Ndiaye:

He's an absolutely fabulous player. He's brilliant. I watched him a couple of weeks ago against Man City, it looked like a Man City player was playing for Everton - that's the best way I can describe him.

This guy is Everton's best player, and he was Everton's best player last season by a long way.

We all know where this leads...

 

[b-rad]

But a change exascerbates thes the problem - we keep switching strikers instead of trying to let him repair the damage...

It’s tough to balance progressing the player vs trying to out a player on the pitch to has a chance of scoring by a goal.

It’s entirely reasonable to keep giving them chances to perform until one of them takes it.
Sadly, we’ve got the two strikers in the league who look the least like scoring.

 

[PITA]

I thought Barry had done well, apart from the glaring miss. My lad is confident he'll get his first Everton goal tonight.

I think that he's been better.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Lots of talk on here about putting Ndiaye up front. Seems absolutely foolish to me to move our best player to a position that is not his natural one. Even given the lackluster strikers we have got

Surely you can try it and see? We know that our only natural strikers are not up to it.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Lots of talk on here about putting Ndiaye up front. Seems absolutely foolish to me to move our best player to a position that is not his natural one. Even given the lackluster strikers we have got

It’s simply because of the desperation of the situation up top. Give it a few weeks and people will be demanding Keane up there again.

 

[matty1878]

Because you've been telling us to be positive, he's a brilliant striker......

but it’s moyes fault we miss these chances isn’t it?

don’t change your tune now

 

[EFC1967]

Lots of talk on here about putting Ndiaye up front. Seems absolutely foolish to me to move our best player to a position that is not his natural one. Even given the lackluster strikers we have got

I would put the kit man on before Barry and Beto.

 

[davek]

Smash these now Everton.

Second goal secures the points. Got for it. Dont sit back.

A point from here will be a disaster.

 

[Ragnar]

Keep Barry on and see if he can get a goal. He’s done pretty well so far, and we desperately need him to get a goal.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

I thought he was pretty good too. No one is giving him the benefit of the doubt after a miss like that. I’d let him try to play through it a little longer.

Good on him to get on that ball from Jack.

Terrible finish

I'd like to see him get more minutes to continue to get into those positions

 

[lungo]

Keep Barry on please. He needs to play out his rust. It doesn't do any good to keep chopping and changing them. Let him start the half and see if he can do what he was doing well in the first half.

LOL. The guy is rust! You can wait for the next 10 years and he still wont get better.