Match Thread Everton 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19:30 Weds 7th January 2026.

[Socistep2]

If Moyes, the players and the owners cba, then I don’t think I can anymore.

Massive chance to kick on, Europe was a real possibility this season due to the poor premier league, and we completely crap the bed.

Negative team selection & crap use of the squad and subs by the manager, players totally not giving a toss bar a couple of the younger members of the squad, and supposedly experienced pros losing their heads and not being professional enough doing their jobs.

McNeil should not be on the field or used off the bench, he’s completely garbage; one of Keane or Tarks should have been dropped after the Brentford shitshow so JOB could move centrally; subs should have came well before they did - so reactive from Moyes, even though we could all see the game was heading away from us; the subs when they came were crap.

Jordan Pickford basically won us a point last night, against the worst team the PL has seen for many a year.

I don’t want to hear about players missing due to afcon or injury, every team is affected by those things.

We will improve when these players come back of course, but that’s more in spite of the manager than because of him.

I can recognise the good job Moyes has done in stabilising and improving us since returning, but it’s getting harder & harder to forgive his awful handling of the new signings, particularly the younger lads, the shocking negative cowardly team selections, especially at home and the awful tactics and chronic sub use, game by game - he’s been out coached by throw in merchant Keith Andrews and Rob fecking Edwards the last two matches - it’s just not good enough.

I’ll be there on sat, but have zero confidence in getting a result.

IMO it's too soon for Europe for us, the squad is just too small, finishing around where we are with more investment to come in the summer is progress

 

[D. Amokachi]

The Sky commentators mentioned how depleted our squad is every 5 minutes. But the fact is that Moyes isn’t using the players who are available. Dibling, Alcaraz, Rohl and Patterson all unused until Moyes hand was forced by the sendings off. It was obvious we were going to concede second half unless something changed and he was completely paralysed. Not good enough.

 

[Sharpies volley]

Pickford couldn't open his arms wide enough to describe it when he ranted at Tarkowski and Keane.

Think it was O'brien mate not Keane, but yeah I saw that.

 

[lieneverton]

The Sky commentators mentioned how depleted our squad is every 5 minutes. But the fact is that Moyes isn’t using the players who are available. Dibling, Alcaraz, Rohl and Patterson all unused until Moyes hand was forced by the sendings off. It was obvious we were going to concede second half unless something changed and he was completely paralysed. Not good enough.

No arguments here. We saw the very worst of Moyes last night. Completely predictable as the match thread will show - everyone could see it coming.

Obviously the absurd lack of professionalism/ridiculous decisions screwed us but he rightly deserves pelters - and I've generally been content with how he's done, as a short to medium term appointment.

 

[Bluepablo]

In fact with Keane suspended in the league, might as well give them at least the 2 games in a row to bed in like that. Could be a happy accident that.

The history of Moyes’s successes is happy accidents when he’s been forced into changes that work that the fans have been crying out for. Let’s hope Saturday provides another, otherwise it’s going to be a dull dour rest of season.

Lucky we have a new stadium to attract the fans because the football is dour.

 

[windymiller]

I'm genuinely shocked by how many votes Iroegbunam has. He was fantastic in the first half but terrible in the second half. Which is kind of his whole season in microcosm.

 

[Ged G]

Best thing about last night was before kick off. Found my dads brick but unfortunately all down hill from there.
Insipid, lacklustre, uninspiring cba rubbish. View attachment 339386

Was the brick on the pitch?
PS. Bet it was emotional finding it mate, my family's will be in the next round...

 

[Ged G]

I'm genuinely shocked by how many votes Iroegbunam has. He was fantastic in the first half but terrible in the second half. Which is kind of his whole season in microcosm.

My thoughts more or less, but without the hyperbole of "fantastic" and "terrible" (it is common here, maybe you got sucked in).

 

[Toffeelover]

What can one say ? I logged off at 90 minutes could not stand another 9 when Wolves might snatch a winner.

 

[Ged G]

The history of Moyes’s successes is happy accidents when he’s been forced into changes that work that the fans have been crying out for. Let’s hope Saturday provides another, otherwise it’s going to be a dull dour rest of season.

Lucky we have a new stadium to attract the fans because the football is dour.

As I have said here before... it is baby steps, you can't run before you can walk, Rome was not built in a day, etc, etc.
I recall the traumatic ast few years... we are improving... will take time

 

[Ged G]

IMO it's too soon for Europe for us, the squad is just too small, finishing around where we are with more investment to come in the summer is progress

Sensible post. Thank heavens. No negativity or hyperbole mate. Ta

 

[Toffeelover]

That's the FA Cup gone for another season without us kicking the ball, just to start on a realistic note.

Terrible team selection and tactics so that debacle last night was all down to the manager. Why didn't we have Patterson and Dibling on the field from the start? They were available and on the bench.

I went for Pickford as MoM solely for the save that stopped a debacle becoming a disaster. I was tending towards Tim Ireogbunam who had a good game for the most part, as did Harrison Armstrong. McNeil had another stinker.

Kavanaugh on VAR is always a bad sign for us, but calling out a hair pull as violent behaviour is taking the piss.

We need fullbacks urgently, O'Brien isn't one.

You are wrong it is an illegal physical contact if it had been an Everton player having his "hair" would you still be saying that is ok ?

 

[Ged G]

No arguments here. We saw the very worst of Moyes last night. Completely predictable as the match thread will show - everyone could see it coming.

Obviously the absurd lack of professionalism/ridiculous decisions screwed us but he rightly deserves pelters - and I've generally been content with how he's done, as a short to medium term appointment.

"everyone could see it coming", no, not really. If that header from Keane had gone in, 2-nil, and everything else would have been different.
But it did not, so now many are clever, saw it all in advance.

 

[Ged G]

You are wrong it is an illegal physical contact if it had been an Everton player having his "hair" would you still be saying that is ok ?

He is not wrong and you are not right...

 

[NathDogg]

IMO it's too soon for Europe for us, the squad is just too small, finishing around where we are with more investment to come in the summer is progress

Sorry mate, can’t agree with this mindset and you’ve answered your own point - get Europe and we have the summer window to build the squad anyway, and can attract better players if we do.

We should be using the winter window to build anyway, the squad is unbalanced and small, even just use the loan slots we still have available.