Match Thread Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[mahermi1]

Can't believe Keane is playing, dear Lord didn't see him before.

 

[TeaToffee]

Surely better than having 2 DMs on the bench

Agree, he'd be a smart move and a statement to them wasters who claim to be professional footballers. Also I'd put Baines on for Dinge, he ain't 100% fit rushed back to quickly from injury.

 

[davek]

A very good win here today is required. Anything less will be a disgrace after the last match.

 

[Noble Savage]

Oh please no more Kane comparisons!

No more . My apologies.

 

[Tubey]

Who's talking about football knowledge, we've watched these jokers for years, he's been here 2 mins, I think Everton fans have a better idea of what these players will offer in terms of effort on the field

Ancelotti knows more about these players than we ever will. All he'd need is a few training sessions and a few games.

That said, it doesn't make him immune from criticism. No one is infallible. He clearly thinks Sigurdsson is worth a game; I very much don't. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the odds suggest Ancelotti will be right in this decision due to his experience, but he won't definitely be right.

We'll see.

 

[davek]

still pinning your hopes to this utter wet lettuce

will be in the 2nd division within 2 years, a truly gutless player

I'd have him in there before Sigurdsson, for sure.

 

[davek]

Therefore Walsh is equally responsible. He could easily have walked away as soon as Swansea asked for treble his market value.

Nope, he just carried out numb nuts' orders.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Disagree on that.

Saw a lot of him at Nottingham Forest - the very epitome of a luxury player.

I wish we had players who had the luxury of creating chances

 

[PDAWG]

All the chat about them being tired as well goes out the window as he's hardly rotated

 

[Tubey]

I'd have him in there before Sigurdsson, for sure.

I'd have Lossl in the number 10 role before Sigurdsson at the moment. At least it'd be funny.

 

[BlueStevie35]

I;d like to see them play in the first team. Dowell could have done something here, for one. The club have just thrown cash at it and not allowed these kids the chance to stake a place.

We’d all have liked to see U23 lads play, fact is though they are being hugely underdeveloped to the point that when we send them out on loan, they struggle. Dowell should have come back from Forest in the summer ready to be staking a claim for the first team, instead he went to Derby, struggled for 6 months and is now at Wigan

 

[nsno-chris]

Therefore Walsh is equally responsible. He could easily have walked away as soon as Swansea asked for treble his market value.

instead he outbid himself when nobody else wanted him

SW: £28m
Swansea: No
SW: £30m
Swansea: No
SW £35m
SW: No wait, £40m
SW: wait, wait....£45m

horrible cretin blew our big chance

 

[EFCINLONDON]

The bench is bizarre.

 

[Efcjake]

+ Our Academy.

Academy Failure?

Just heard this on BT Sport from Jake Humphrey and Joe Cole; "2 players in 5 years from the academy have got in this team. That's dreadful from a club in this city. It stinks of short term planning" Two things then, is this correct? And given the success of the academy in winning their...

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Has the academy had similar levels of staff turnover as the first team has had these past 5 years?

Just wondering if that has been a factor.

We had Martinez come in and want them all to play similar to his 4-5-1 in the first team. Then Koeman and Walsh came in and didn't Walsh start trying to get involved in the academy as well? We all know Koeman wasn't arsed about the academy. When Brands came in I believe he mentioned in one of his interviews that the academy now also fell under his management as well.

Unsworth appears to have been given free reign to do as he likes with the U23s since Martinez got the boot.

 

[nsno-chris]

I'd have him in there before Sigurdsson, for sure.

I’d have you in before Sigurdson