Some really good defensive work,undone by a massive mistake. Shame we missed those 2 late chances. I thought Keane was MOM with Mina,Godfrey and James just behind.
Match Thread Everton v Leicester City - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll
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I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
I got James in the lead by one vote so far @UpaToffees .. keep fighting.
Spot on mate. Although social media straight after a match is never going to be the place for cool heads!
If we were offered to be where we are now at the beginning of the season, think the vast majority of us would have taken it.
Knowing we have our first choice midfield to return soon should give us a boost too.
wandyr79
Player Valuation: £25m
I thought it was an extremely poor performance in the second half and we should have lost. First half was pretty even with a bit of class being the difference.
2nd half we did not get out of the blocks, the amount of space they were given to thread balls down the inside channels time and time again was scandalous. The only positive was that we got a bit lucky and stayed in the game and could have easily won it at the end with 3 great chances.
Doucoure back next game which should help and I would maybe drop Richarlison, he looks massively off it.
Also, Davies had a very good first half, like the rest of the team dropped off massively in the 2nd but a few times was there in good defensive positions.
2nd half we did not get out of the blocks, the amount of space they were given to thread balls down the inside channels time and time again was scandalous. The only positive was that we got a bit lucky and stayed in the game and could have easily won it at the end with 3 great chances.
Doucoure back next game which should help and I would maybe drop Richarlison, he looks massively off it.
Also, Davies had a very good first half, like the rest of the team dropped off massively in the 2nd but a few times was there in good defensive positions.
hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
I would say currently we should finish at worst 11th which would be an improvement over last season. European qualification would be a good achievement with this squad.
Noisy noise annoys
Player Valuation: £60m
Sitting back for 70 mins and allowing them to come on, is quite annoying though
It wasn't the result that bothered me. Taking 4 points in the league off this Leicester side is okay.
It was the nature of the performance. Apart from a few moments we were backs to the wall and holding on for almost the whole game.
Yeah we had two centre mids out, but change something, change the system, the mentality or something.
Apologies, was just so frustrating to watch because I feel even with what we had available we could have put in a better effort.
It was the nature of the performance. Apart from a few moments we were backs to the wall and holding on for almost the whole game.
Yeah we had two centre mids out, but change something, change the system, the mentality or something.
Apologies, was just so frustrating to watch because I feel even with what we had available we could have put in a better effort.
CahillsCornerFlag
Player Valuation: £70m
On reflection we were fairly fortunate to get a point. We weren’t in the game at all after half time until they equalised, which was weird because we carried threat as soon as we tried to. Think Carlo set us up too negatively and took too long to make any changes too.
I’ll be very disappointed if we set up with the 4 centre backs against Newcastle. It’s very much appropriate in difficult games like last night but I want to see Coleman and Digne back at full back with a far more positive approach overall.
I’ll be very disappointed if we set up with the 4 centre backs against Newcastle. It’s very much appropriate in difficult games like last night but I want to see Coleman and Digne back at full back with a far more positive approach overall.
Chrismac
Player Valuation: £15m
I still think we dont believe in ourselves enough. Last night was another massive chance to make a statement, we've had a few of them this year and fell short each time.
Looking at the players available last night, the only place on the pitch they are stronger than us is their GK and two CMs - ndidi and tielemans.. in front of that they played a 3 of Barnes, Maddison and Albrighton, i wouldnt swap that for Richy, James and Iwobi.. likewise up top id have Dom over Perez everyday. Back 4 again id take ours (playing Digne at LB mind).
But we dont believe enough to let our team attack and get our attacking players in a high enough position to influence games.
This year there are too many teams in an around our level going for europe and I feel the pragmatic approach will fall short, and its doing our best players a disservice, especially Richy.
Looking at the players available last night, the only place on the pitch they are stronger than us is their GK and two CMs - ndidi and tielemans.. in front of that they played a 3 of Barnes, Maddison and Albrighton, i wouldnt swap that for Richy, James and Iwobi.. likewise up top id have Dom over Perez everyday. Back 4 again id take ours (playing Digne at LB mind).
But we dont believe enough to let our team attack and get our attacking players in a high enough position to influence games.
This year there are too many teams in an around our level going for europe and I feel the pragmatic approach will fall short, and its doing our best players a disservice, especially Richy.
hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
With Davies and Gomes in central midfield if we'd gone toe to toe with them last night we would have lost by 2 or 3 at least.
Noisy noise annoys
Player Valuation: £60m
Chrismac
Player Valuation: £15m
I get the pessimism cos we've seen it before with the limited options of CM pairing.. but we should always go Digne at LB behind Richy when both are fit as thats worked consistently for us, wobes into the right gets us up the pitch and it means we have shape going forward even if playing a counter attacking system.
Sometimes we need to defend from the front rather than allowing teams to camp in our half.
Tactically we played a sensible game last night. Why on earth would we play an open game without our best two players in midfield?
We denied them clear chances and that's how you win football matches. Unfortunately the goalkeeper cost us but I felt we were in control for long periods against a decent side. They will be top 6 this season and we have the chance to do the same.
We denied them clear chances and that's how you win football matches. Unfortunately the goalkeeper cost us but I felt we were in control for long periods against a decent side. They will be top 6 this season and we have the chance to do the same.
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