Everton v Crystal Palace. 30 Sep at 2000.

Billefc · September 30, 2016

deipnosophist said:
We were lucky in the end. We could play another age and we wouldn't score from open play. We're just not very good are we?

No !

deipnosophist · September 30, 2016

last 270 odd minutes of football: goals scored from open play? NIL

Toffee-nerd · September 30, 2016

Gash second half performance. Thought oviedo did well against puncheon and Townsend with little protection from cleverly, along with the lucky point is positive. The rest was pretty drab.

lancs blue · September 30, 2016

no energy or effort. result of dire transfer window highlighlighting lack of desire

neil999 · September 30, 2016

TyphooToffee said:
If you take Watford home as this year's Middlesbrough home, we have scored one less goal, but conceded nine fewer and have twice as many points. That'll do for me, considering the disappointment of transfer window deadlin

Exactly, simple really start with basics..make us solid and move forward from there...SEVEN games

LouReedwalkonthewildside · September 30, 2016

TyphooToffee said:
If you take Watford home as this year's Middlesbrough home, we have scored one less goal, but conceded nine fewer and have twice as many points. That'll do for me, considering the disappointment of transfer window deadlin

Don't know whether you mean we have twice as many points now this season,as we did this time last season mate, if so, we are supposedly only 2 points better off now compared to what we had after 7 games last season, according to one of the lads on here.

lancs blue · September 30, 2016

where is garbutt. oh he is dire lol

deipnosophist · September 30, 2016

TyphooToffee said:
If you take Watford home as this year's Middlesbrough home, we have scored one less goal, but conceded nine fewer and have twice as many points. That'll do for me, considering the disappointment of transfer window deadlin

Never mind that...after 7 games (under useless Booby FFS!) last season we had 12 points. The opposition? Watford. Soton, City, Spurs,Chelsea Swansea WBA.
We are heading for 11th again.

lancs blue · September 30, 2016

palace disallowed goal. who was attacking/defending. goal should have stood

deipnosophist · September 30, 2016

lancs blue said:
palace disallowed goal. who was attacking/defending. goal should have stood

yep...we got lucky there.

TyphooToffee · September 30, 2016

LouReedwalkonthewildside said:
Don't know whether you mean we have twice as many points now this season,as we did this time last season mate, if so, we are supposedly only 2 points better off now compared to what we had after 7 games last season, according to one of the lads on here.

I mean the same fixtures

Spurs (h) 1-1...1-1
WBA (a) 3-2...2-1
Stoke (h) 3-4...1-0
Sunderland (a) 0-3...3-0
Watford (h) 2-2 Middlesbrough (h) 2-1
Bournemouth (a) 3-3...0-1
Palace (h) 1-1...1-1

lancs blue · September 30, 2016

cannot recall everton shot on goal 2nd half. loads of work still needed with a squad lacking in integrity

Troubador · September 30, 2016

lancs blue said:
cannot recall everton shot on goal 2nd half. loads of work still needed with a squad lacking in integrity

Barry and Gueye both had efforts cleared off the line.

Woolly Blue · September 30, 2016

First half - we were marginally better.
Second half - they were all over us.

I couldn't see anything wrong with their second goal to be honest so I reckon we did well / were lucky to come away with a point.

TyphooToffee · September 30, 2016

deipnosophist said:
Never mind that...after 7 games (under useless Booby FFS!) last season we had 12 points. The opposition? Watford. Soton, City, Spurs,Chelsea Swansea WBA.
We are heading for 11th again.

Under Martinez we got worse through the season. Under Koeman we'll get better, especially given the players that will come in January.

We're headed for top 6