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

[bcblue1878]

Who cares, it's not gonna happen, 4 at the back JOB at RB next game.

I fear you may be right, then to put the tin lid on it Keane straight back in and Branthwaite back on the bench (“Not ready yet for a full 90 minutes!”).
Surely not!

 

[DualityNSNO]

I fear you may be right, then to put the tin lid on it Keane straight back in and Branthwaite back on the bench (“Not ready yet for a full 90 minutes!”).
Surely not!

It's a definite possibility, and don't call me Shirley!

 

[bcblue1878]

Seems a fair swap.

 

[Cameron Manning]

So that is now Sunderland, wolves, Brentford, West Ham and Leeds that we have failed to beat at home this season

Just need to add Burnley to collection and we’ve done the full set

You forgot Villa, Arsenal, Spurs and Newcastle, plus quite a few more including City and United yet to visit!

 

[Cameron Manning]

Not one team in this division steam rolls anyone. We ve been nearly sucked into relegation for a couple of years if not more. We now have arguably the best stadium in the country. A much stronger squad than last season and we will strengthen in summer. Yet still people expect some instant return and boo their own team

I don’t boo myself but that first half needed some response and it certainly wasn’t applause.

 

[Cameron Manning]

We'll never progress to where some of us think we could with the Moyesiah. Hopefully, we shake his hand and present him with a carriage clock engraved "Good times" come May.

Just give him his P45 and his comics that’s plenty.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Certainly a classic game of two halves. We were so poor in the first half a massive defeat looked on the cards. The second half was much better mostly due to Branthwaite and KDH coming on.
I make Barry my MoM, the lad never stops trying and scored a cracking goal again.
I don't like moaning about individual players, but it's time McNeil found another club.

 

[Groucho]

At this stage of the season results like this could well be a disaster, a win would have put us within 3 points of 4th, we are into the business end of things now and need to be winning at home to teams in the bottom half.

I think disaster is when you’re relegated at half time and have to beat Bournemouth to essentially preserve your long term existence, or needing to come back from two goals down against Palace for the same reason.

Disaster this certainly isn’t. What it is, is not being quite where we want to be just yet. We were never going from nearly being relegated and owned/murdered by 777 to European football this quick.

 

[deipnosophist]

I'm not unhappy with taking just one point: Monday night fixtures are something of a fraught affair for all teams in any code.

Bottom line?: I consider us a mid-table-quality team... so our resultant tenth position, within a table of twenty, is a fair reflection of footballing matter.

It is what it is...

 

[ForestBlue]

and careful what you wish for! There is no way we are ready to play european football with this team/squad. 2 games a week would have us back in a relegation fight as happens to many others. Build slowly, but build well is the way to go and if that takes a few more seasons then so be it.

Defo need to improve performances and points tally at home but we are well ahead of where we were when compared to recent previous seasons so the trajectory is going the right way.

 

[matty1878]

We'll never progress to where some of us think we could with the Moyesiah. Hopefully, we shake his hand and present him with a carriage clock engraved "Good times" come May.

“think” i think we can be champs.

on wait..

he will still be here next season

get a cuban and enjoy

 

[Gilbert..]

So that is now Sunderland, wolves, Brentford, West Ham and Leeds that we have failed to beat at home this season

Just need to add Burnley to collection and we’ve done the full set

Sunderland and Brentford are having good seasons. Sunderland have beaten chelsea at stamford bridge and drew at Anfield this season. They're on the same points as Everton.
Your post about the full set comes across like they're absolute givens.
Apart from Wolves under Vitor pereira earlier in the season i dont think there are any. I reckon it was seen last week that Aston Villa who'd won 11 games on the bounce at home was a given against Everton.
Leeds lost 1 game in 12 coming here last night.
These games aren't easy.

 

[Bluepablo]

Not a brilliant result but after the last few seasons, it's brilliant just to be chilled out about the league.

Strengthen in the Summer again and already looking forward to next season.

There will be no joy in another season like this.

The single one positive is we are not in a relegation fight. The football on offer varies from complete garbage as in the first half to turgid in grinding out 1 0 away wins. There is no shape to the team, no clear plan on how we are supposed to be playing, no team structure, players played out of position. Coaching of any sort of attacking plan appears non existent & there is no hint of a plan b. I’m tired of watching it launched to Barry with no other player near him.

Moyes spent £100m last summer & the football on offer is worse than last season.

 

[COYBL25]

There will be no joy in another season like this.

The single one positive is we are not in a relegation fight. The football on offer varies from complete garbage as in the first half to turgid in grinding out 1 0 away wins. There is no shape to the team, no clear plan on how we are supposed to be playing, no team structure, players played out of position. Coaching of any sort of attacking plan appears non existent & there is no hint of a plan b. I’m tired of watching it launched to Barry with no other player near him.

Moyes spent £100m last summer & the football on offer is worse than last season.

So the football is worse now, than when Dyche was here last season, before he bottled it and jumped ship ?

I really don`t think so.

 

[Bluepablo]

So the football is worse now, than when Dyche was here last season, before he bottled it and jumped ship ?

I really don`t think so.

Fair comment. I will be more specific, the football in Moyes 23 league games this season is worse than the football in Moyes’s 20 league games last season despite the additions.

His points per game is also down.