Match Thread Everton 1-1 Leeds. Mon Jan 26th. 8pm

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evertony said:
I just expect a professional football team to play football instead of hoofball. Is it too much to expect a win at home against some of the ‘mighty’ opposition we’ve faced, or a full 90 minute performance that’s above average at best?

Nil Satis No Optimism
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At home we've been terrible and have had no game plan for months. It's worse than hoofball in that regard as it seems there's no real gameplan - we don't cross well/at all, don't shoot for full halves, and expect to do something somehow by some magic.
 
First half was poor, but we’re not the only team to struggle against that Leeds system since they started playing it - their form has been very good and the positive I see is that Moyes actually decided to change our system to combat it. That’s more than most PL managers that have faced it and struggled against it have done.

The change paid off and we looked in complete control 2nd half, but they had something to hold onto and defended well.

I’d like us to move the ball quicker in wide areas and get more crosses into the box, but we are a work in progress and Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Onwards and hopefully with the returning players we can start to turn this home form around!

UTFT
 
Late back last night, again, so didn’t bother to comment. Good second half and in the end a little unlucky not to win.

KDH changed the game, some very intelligent play and a sense of urgency. Gueye had a shocking first half, I was advocating replacing him, but he was better in the second. Can’t say I agreed with Moyes’ changes, but they were effective. I thought hooking Armstrong was harsh, he could have chosen anyone though.

Nice to see Branners back, the guy is class.
 
irishblue11 said:
Great goal by Barry, good to see him scoring and playing with a smile but was anyone else screaming at him to stop dancing and get back to the half line to try to get a winner..
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Not really mate. We've not had a decent dancer since big yezzer. Although he'll never beat kone's zombie celebration
 
smileychap said:
Yeah that shape in the second half was better, created space.

suited gana who I thought was pretty poor first half but got the assist and hit the bar 2nd

I didn't see Dibling do anything except run into traffic, and/or lose the ball, play sideways/ backwards and turn down a match winning chance at goal for THAT 'cross'.

He's young, one for the future blah. Huge money spent for a big hole in our right side.

Ok out full backs are poor, granted. If Moyes sees something different in Dibling, great.

Basics.

- Beat your man ( stop standing up on the ball, letting multiple defenders get goal side)
- decision making ( better balls into the box, more quickly )
- play forwards when possible

In fairness he's young, we want him to come good quickly, and his crossing was scarcely much worse that the entire team.

Get a grip Moyes. It's a flat league and Europe is possible still.

Tactical switch and Barry's goal a plus. 2 pts dropped, but perhaps it's pressure new stadium etc, we don't have frightening pace particularly.

Away games and countering seem to suit us more.
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Don’t know whether it was over-trying or just stupidity. But Dibling was constantly doubled out wide. And what does he do? Tries to take on two, sometimes even three players. For God’s sake, this isn’t U12 football where you dribble past three opponents and smash it into the top corner.

If you’ve got more than one defender on
you, your team probably has a numerical advantage somewhere else. Move the ball!
 

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