Got to be said that Lukaku was awful
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moyeslovechild
Player Valuation: £15m
what did i just watch 
doubt it can get worse than that atleast
doubt it can get worse than that atleast
Petit
Player Valuation: £30m
Fitness is the problem. Like you say, in the second half our players were knackered which invited Leicester back into it. You just knew they were going to score, since Everton never win on opening day. Seems to always be a crual equaliser as well.
Questions we need to ask is why our players look so unfit. Jags, Distin, Lukaku and even McCarthy looked miles off the pace.
Kev The Rat
Player Valuation: £70m
Moyes was a well known fitness fanatic his sides never looked as shattered at any point in the season as we did today.
Barry was by far our best player today. It was the knackered forward line that exposed him last twenty minutes. You never change you're back 6 unless you have to.
kevdotbadger
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Came here expecting a [Poor language removed] storm of negativity and that's exactly what I got! I thought we controlled the game very well, Barry and McCarthy looking great.
Barry should had been sent off, so consider that positive for us. The problem was, obviously, the shuffle in the defence. Stones looked alright at RB then he just stopped concentrating when we were 2 - 1 up. Perhaps that's down to his age, we need Coleman back though.
It was obvious Lukaku was told not to push himself too much, he looked like his runs were jogs.
Pienaar was incredible today. Controlled the ball, played some great passes and looked the best player in the team. Some great link-up with Baines for the goal.
Naismith did well; he ran, tackled, won headers and got a goal.
McGeady. Well I think he played his usual way. His goal was incredible, but there was times when he just looked a little out of touch. I hope he gets another few this season, it's obvious that Martinez rates him, and with that finish you can see why.
Jags and Howard looked like they spoke separate languages. There was some break down in communications, and that could had caused more problems than it did.
I think that's about it.
Barry should had been sent off, so consider that positive for us. The problem was, obviously, the shuffle in the defence. Stones looked alright at RB then he just stopped concentrating when we were 2 - 1 up. Perhaps that's down to his age, we need Coleman back though.
It was obvious Lukaku was told not to push himself too much, he looked like his runs were jogs.
Pienaar was incredible today. Controlled the ball, played some great passes and looked the best player in the team. Some great link-up with Baines for the goal.
Naismith did well; he ran, tackled, won headers and got a goal.
McGeady. Well I think he played his usual way. His goal was incredible, but there was times when he just looked a little out of touch. I hope he gets another few this season, it's obvious that Martinez rates him, and with that finish you can see why.
Jags and Howard looked like they spoke separate languages. There was some break down in communications, and that could had caused more problems than it did.
I think that's about it.
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marty mcfly
Player Valuation: £40m
Why didn't he replace Stones with Coleman (if he brought him on anyway), Besic or Gibson for Barry and Mirallas for Lukaku.
Why did he go 3 at the back? We never look comfortable defending when we do that. There biggest threat came from hoofball and it dropping to one of their midfielders because ours never seemed to be where the ball was likely to land which is always a sign of fatigue. We needed more legs in midfield not another defender.
Seriously that 2nd half made no sense at all just like our pre-season.
Why did he go 3 at the back? We never look comfortable defending when we do that. There biggest threat came from hoofball and it dropping to one of their midfielders because ours never seemed to be where the ball was likely to land which is always a sign of fatigue. We needed more legs in midfield not another defender.
Seriously that 2nd half made no sense at all just like our pre-season.
blue4eva77
Yarmolenko ? Yes please
Waste of money. Said it since day one. 5m player at most
Winci
Player Valuation: £950k
We actually played some very good stuff, but second half players looked exhausted, especially Lukaku. So, Im not gonna criticize Roberto on our first game of the season, but he should have really took Lukaku off for another Mid, be it Besic or Osman. The way the game was going we really could have done with another CM to help keep possession. But all in all we looked better, we are just not fit enough to keep it up for 90 minutes.
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