Match Thread Everton v Watford - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[mahermi1]

Who is the most s..t Everton player? Davies, Godfrey, Keane, Coleman,Digne or is it IWOBI? Being up one goal and bringing in Iwobi.... ! I think Benitez hasnt watched Everton before!

Can't believe you missed Rondon out of that like of crap.

 

[MKEvertonian]

Wtf was that embrace between Iwobi and King at full time?

I want to punch iwobis shitty little face again and again until he’s bleeding on the floor

 

[TheBigIguana]

Everytime Davies plays our midfield gets bypassed so easily.

He's got no positional sense but unlike Doucoure doesn't have the pace to cover it up. And Allan has no real positional sense either. So yes every time you play those two gaps are gonna happen.

 

[Steve Wigan]

More than DCL and Doucoure, I think we missed Mina,who at least has presence in the defence and is a good 'blocker'. Interesting to see what reaction there is from Benitez to this result.....January will be a vital window for Everton. I expect some changes for our next game....its a matter of pride for Benitez if not for some of the players. Todays problems started as soon as Iwobi came on....the weakness in the defence was made a lot worse from that moment. Ah well...we move on....fresh start next game.

 

[Kantareller]

Mick McCarthy is available

 

[lungo]

RONDON has to goooooo!!

It wasnt Rondons fault. Have you watched Godfrey, Davies, Keane and Coleman play?

 

[Jacob]

Our defenders dont know what the hell theyre doing. Ambling around with noone taking control, gormlessly gawping at each other in the box when opposing players are waltzing through them. Theyve got no self respect and theyre an embarrassment the way they capitulated. Gutless.

 

[Saint Domingo]

We were 2-1 up twenty minutes ago. FFS.

Then Iwobi decided he wouldn’t mark a man from a throw in (twice) and Davies thought it was funny to absolutely balloon a ball out of play with a bicycle kick for no reason.

 

[Bob Latchford]

Ancelotti was given a heads up that there would be no transfer kitty last summer. Have a niggly worrying sense that he had ran the rule over the 23’s and below and that they are, frankly, awful.
Real or not, he wasn’t up for a mid table season at best ahead. FSW has come in and is, it would appear, making the same judgement on the wider club playing resources (in persisting with Rondon in particular). There is a rancid stink of complacency and ‘meh’ about the wider club younger sides. It’s been done to death on here but Unsworth and all of Kenrights sycophants need to be shown the door. Today. Rip it up and start again.

Wouldn’t have mattered had he had £500m to spend. Real Madrid or this joke of a club. No brainer

 

[tommytowne]

Won't score again until the return fixture

His way of repaying us for the way Carlo treated him. Good luck to the guy.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Toxic in the stadium, team booed off, captain arguing with fans and humiliated by a very poor Watford team.

This is why so many of us don’t want the FSW in the dugout. There was never going to be any other outcome.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I don't mean having 70% of the ball. You can control games without having the ball. That's about shape, being organised.

As soon as we had the lead for 5 mins he should have got Rondon off and gone to three in midfield and tightened it up. He didn't and then we completely fold.

We might have had a bit of control with 3 in midfield, it's about limiting space and then having numbers in certain areas.

I know you love your analytical and tactical way of looking at things but from playing footy from a 5-year-old and just generally knowing the game, it's really simple sometimes. Ranieri changed to a back three and they outnumbered us. Benitez didn't respond.

I think there have been times this season where we have done the controlling the game without the ball stuff though. If that is what you're looking for we were doing that for periods of the season. Today was way worse for sure but I think it is hard to be that livid with Benitez on the whole on that standard.

 

[allen]

I only support the Shoalway now.

 

[Mark barnett]

How can any premier league being leading 2-1 at home in the 78 min and still lose the game 5-2 the level of incompetence throughout this team is incredible

 

[miami]

I dont know how many times I've written this, but this result should be an earthquake of a wake up call for those running the club that 90% of these players aren't good enough for the premier league. The recruitment over the last 5 years has been probably the biggest waste of money in premier league history.

This club will face the relegation battle they deserve this season after the mismanagement of recruitment that has occurred under the watch of walsh/brands/moshiri. A total shambles of a club.