Ronald Koeman discussion

banno · April 1, 2017

Sharpies volley said:
Thought he got it wrong today should have packed the defense and midfield and tried to hit them on the break. Used lookman with his pace.

He did get it wrong. Every game we lose or do not win is getting it wrong. Its all hindsight. If he could turn the clock back he would know what to do but unfortunately that's impossible. He has to do what he thinks is right without any hindsight and yes he got it wrong this time. Or we could say it was right but the players didn't come up to scratch.

Gwladysstreetlad · April 1, 2017

Thomasc said:
End of season party tonight? 9 points behind them now, no chance of the top 6.

Going into this season did you truly believe we'd even have the opportunity to catch the top six at this stage of the season? I definitely didn't. We've overachieved this season if anything.

sd_1992 · April 1, 2017

Let Koeman do what he needs to do to protect the players... he has earned it even if it is against the RS

jonnyboy316 · April 1, 2017

kithnou said:
Too bold today? Really?

Yes we had 3 attackers who made pretty much no contribution defensively leaving us light in midfield

Sharpies volley · April 1, 2017

banno said:
He did get it wrong. Every game we lose or do not win is getting it wrong. Its all hindsight. If he could turn the clock back he would know what to do but unfortunately that's impossible. He has to do what he thinks is right without any hindsight and yes he got it wrong this time. Or we could say it was right but the players didn't come up to scratch.

Couldn't agree with you more mate hindsight is a wonderful thing but he's supposed to be a master tactician and gets paid more in a week than me and you will see in a lifetime so he's got to get it right more often than not. When you see what other lesser teams have achieved there. You could see after 10 minutes we where being overrun in midfield

argietoffee · April 1, 2017

Amw79 said:
Actually thought he had a few good moments against hull, although without creating too much.

I thought lookman might come on, a bit of genuine pace and unpredictability was needed today

we had enough unpredictability at the back

DanEFC92 · April 1, 2017

Amw79 · April 1, 2017

argietoffee said:
we had enough unpredictability at the back

Not much pace though

royvernon39 · April 1, 2017

Bad tactics..As soon as I saw the team I knew it was going to be another depressing weekend.

Pennington and Holman playing together!! Holman is a defender not a wing back. No surprise that he had a mare.

No winger..how I was pining for Del Boy!!

No Miralles!! the one forward we have who has determination and a bit of mongrel!!

banno · April 1, 2017

Sharpies volley said:
Couldn't agree with you more mate hindsight is a wonderful thing but he's supposed to be a master tactician and gets paid more in a week than me and you will see in a lifetime so he's got to get it right more often than not. When you see what other lesser teams have achieved there. You could see after 10 minutes we where being overrun in midfield

Think that's more down to the personel rather than the tactics. Davies, Holgate, Pennington amongst others didn't cut the mustard today and got caught ball watching more often than not rather than player watching.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · April 1, 2017

To be fair to him, lot's of people were saying "don't play Barry" and he didn't

VentureBrosEFC · April 1, 2017

royvernon39 said:
Bad tactics..As soon as I saw the team I knew it was going to be another depressing weekend.

Pennington and Holman playing together!! Holman is a defender not a wing back. No surprise that he had a mare.

No winger..how I was pining for Del Boy!!

No Miralles!! the one forward we have who has determination and a bit of mongrel!!

Did Ademola and Mason become one in some scientific experiment gone wrong?

streeky · April 1, 2017

to be fair to them they have won that without getting out of 1st gear , our manager is deluded if he thinks that was a performance to be proud of. We only started playing once the result was never in question.

Pittsburgh Footy · April 1, 2017

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
To be fair to him, lot's of people were saying "don't play Barry" and he didn't

Exactly this. He didn't play Barry and we had limited midfield and defensive options today Pennington had to get thrown into the deep en - sure in retrospect it looks bad, but it was worth a roll of the dice to play the way we did. Big picture, the loss of RFM, Schneids, Seamus and J Mac proved to be too much - no reason to throw the young kids under the bus when it was already going to be a monumental task today.

We can still salvage something from the season if we get a result at OT

AndyC · April 1, 2017

streeky said:
to be fair to them they have won that without getting out of 1st gear , our manager is deluded if he thinks that was a performance to be proud of. We only started playing once the result was never in question.

Whilst the manager undoubtedly made some tactical errors today, let's be level-headed about the abject failure of yet another Everton team to perform at Anfield.

Our passing was poor, our first touch was largely poor, our defending was poor, we lacked passion, commitment, pace and decision making, we lacked (channelled) fight and we simply got things wrong all over the pitch, literally from five minutes into the game.

We gave them far too much space to run into at pace... which we all know terrifies defenders... and we failed woefully to compete effectively in midfield. Our cause wasn't helped by the loss of Seamus Coleman and Morgan Schneiderlin, and even the stupid, unnecessary loss of McCarthy.

Mirallas should have been on from the start, or at least introduced at half time, to give him just nine minutes was sheer folly.