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

[davek]

Sub James now!

We cant afford to lose this lad before the derby. Look at these conditions.

 

[daza_1973]

Need to get a few here to keep 'Juiced Vardy City' off our tails

 

[BigBlueConk]

Big goal that.
Hopefully the lads will relax and play with more confidence now

 

[matty1878]

Yesssss boys

 

[JohnRoss23]

We are all asking oursleves the same question. Welcome to Everton mate

Tim Howard is what drew me to the club and why I started to follow Everton, wish we had a keeper like him!

 

[Croker]

Good Lord. There are many things I love about James, but I’m expanding the list to include his cheery childlike face after scoring a goal.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

A thing of beauty!

 

[Lob]

James is the best player in the premier league in my humble unbiased opinion.

 

[when i score we riot]

Remember when Tim Howard stayed beyond when he should of? He got blasted by a lot of Everton fans and he was a great keeper for us. The point is everyone makes mistakes. Pickford just keeps making them. By supporting him we are not making him a better player we are fooling oursleves. There is no fans in the ground we are not helping him. Dropping him now (like Rob should of done with Howard at the time) is what needs to happen now
Ps I am not arguing with you football is all about opinions and nice to have a decent debate

Yeah, i am definetly in the minority of opinions here but where i'm coming from it's more about defending what shambles we have at the back as to not lose it all. I have no idea if Lössl is better, but the action alone of dropping Pickers and trying out the reserve keeper is a risky one - you're definetly losing confidence already there and replacing him with an unknown quality keeper.

Now, i think what Pickford has done today is absolutely woeful. He deserves dropping. And what he's been up to lately is honestly far, far worse than the useless flapping Howard did for about a season and a half. My take would, however, be, that i would not drop him for our first team if he is not dropped by the national team first.

If Southgate plays Henderson over Pickford in one of the next three games, that gives us license to drop him. He hopefully has earned that dropping by Southgate today.

 

[MondayHater]

Top ball from Iwobi

I take it all back...

 

[andy4efc]

All of a sudden the game is being played in their third. Fantastic blues keep this up.. They're shaking massively at the back!!

 

[aglee]

Have been out today, got in the car to come home, stuck talksport on to catch the score just before half time, the first thing I hear is “Pickford howler” how bad was it?

You know those halftime crossbar challenges? About like that

 

[PhilM]

That's our twenty-third goal of the season and we're only just into October when the season started in September. I'm getting a semi-on!

 

[4737carlin]

Iwobi and Siggy with assist, Davies playing well, that should see a few well and truly pipped down

 

[Noble Savage]

James!! Is it wrong for a 68year old grandmother to be a little bit in love?

If it's alright for a happily married middle aged man , then yeah I'd say so .
Enjoy your dreams .