Match Thread Everton 2-0 Fulham. Sat 8th November. 3pm.

[Benno]

Good evening all—hope spirits are high after that one.

I usually lean positive, but I’ll start with a moan: Fulham’s time-wasting was a joke. Goal kicks dragged out, Andersen took about three years to walk off, and the whole thing felt like a masterclass in killing the game. Funny how that all stopped once we went 1-0 up…

On the brighter side, I thought we were excellent to watch today. Some proper front-foot defending, and Garner’s balls into the channels were top drawer—Barry was reading them beautifully and getting hold of everything. Pickford deserves a shout too: great shot-stopping and those two fizzers out to Grealish and Ndiaye were outrageous.

Ground was bouncing, donut dispatched, and for me, KDH was absolutely magnificent. We won the ball back so quickly today and he was right at the heart of it.

 

[Daniel Gardner]

KDH had his best game for us, Keane his usual solid self (wtf?!?!) and got a goal but thought Gana had one of his best games for us, which is high praise. Surprised he not walking mom poll tbh

 

[Connor]

Much more like it

 

[McCall2Radzinski]

I came home late from working at the horse racing here in Melbourne yesterday, and I forgot we had a game on. So when I checked the scores getting up this morning, I was shocked to see we won. I was expecting another disappointing draw at best.

 

[matty1878]

@TGW89

we’ve won no sign of you

but tomorrow when your lot
play youl be online

you kopite beut

 

[Armaghtoffee]

I came home late from working at the horse racing here in Melbourne yesterday, and I forgot we had a game on. So when I checked the scores getting up this morning, I was shocked to see we won. I was expecting another disappointing draw at best.

How do you end up working at Melbourne racing? Cahill convert?

 

[Eggs]

….lots of rum tonight, Mrs Eggs on the rose, our daughter sleeping over also on the rum and we’ve just finished with a G&T.

Everton winning matters more than it should to me.

UTFT.

 

[D. Amokachi]

Moyes changed the lineup and we got 3 point. The real winners here are expert fans on the internet.

 

[Evertonthat]

Sign of a good team performance, the motm votes fairly evenly split. I went for Garner for a solid game out of his usual position. Would love to see him play more at RB. Gives an opportunity to Iroegbunam and Rhol too.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

….lots of rum tonight, Mrs Eggs on the rose, our daughter sleeping over also on the rum and we’ve just finished with a G&T.

Everton winning matters more than it should to me.

UTFT.

Glad you and your family have had a great evening Eggs lapping up the feel good of an Everton win

 

[Bluebonic]

I gave it to Gana, but it could have gone to four or five. I thought Barry looked much more like a striker today and I was absolutely chuffed that the ground gave him that standing ovation. Pickford made two fabulous saves and some of his passes out Pirlo would have been jealous of. The whole team seemed up for it and all in all it made for a hugely entertaining game.

Ref was a bit of a bell though?

 

[Marius57]

That was their fifth away loss on the bounce.

The results against Villa, Palace, Spurs, and Sunderland are better indicators of our progress. I’d say only the Palace game was a real success out of those.

You can do that for every team.

Spurs have the best away record in the league and haven’t lost away yet, so really we shouldn’t use that game either as a barometer.

Sunderland are unbeaten at home so we did well to get a point there, just like the league leaders just managed to get. So we shouldn’t judge off that game either.

Why can’t we just celebrate the win for what it is rather than trying to diminish it somehow. There’s no easy games in the PL. And that was a comfortable win against the team that is comfortably a mid table PL club.

 

[arch stanton]

nice all round performance but I gave MoM to Barry, that ace run up the left wing, beating two players with a bit of skill then getting tripped up by his own shadow was the funniest thing I have ever seeing a game

 

[Mr PEN86]

Random one but if anyone gets a chance to check Sunderland's channel on YouTube to their highlights, and watch the Everton game. Isn't that the Everton channel commentator? Sounds so weird hearing him root for another team.

 

[PITA]

That was their fifth away loss on the bounce.

The results against Villa, Palace, Spurs, and Sunderland are better indicators of our progress. I’d say only the Palace game was a real success out of those.

Yawn.