Match Thread Leeds 1-0 Everton, Mon 18 Aug, 8.00pm

[Davideeyore]

Worst performance

 

[CielosGrises]

i’m off lads. for those of you who are throwing the towel in

sortyour selves out

Sure we will be fine.

But we could all see in preseason how we weren't ready.

 

[mahermi1]

Kavanagh is probably the worst ref in the league. He’s a coward.

One of them refs that I feel has always disliked us to put it mildly. Beto should have been swapped earlier, that team selection Garner at left back was poor, Garner at right back okay. We stank the gaff out in the first half, we looked like our team and tactics were read out to the team five minutes before kick off. Second half a fair bit better, but we looked like we did not want to know, Leeds won every battle, we're first to every loose ball and overall deserved it. Kavanagh was pathetic, and that "pen" should never have been given Tarkowskis arm was practically behind his back.
Hopefully some players return from injury and perhaps the recruitment team realise we need more players, PREFERABLY A RIGHT WINGER. Goodnight fellow blues, hoping one day Everton realise the season actually kicks off in August....

 

[Somerset Blue]

Wow that’s a very unbalanced team, Leeds probably deserved it for their first half showing, never a pen though!

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

Im a Beto fan, but he was absolutely awful today and all pre-season

How did he not get subbed and similar with Alcaraz who was on the pitch far too long.

 

[BluePeadar]

I think this season might be a worry.

As opposed to 18 of the last 22

 

[Verbal Kint]

All on Moyes this. Hope I’m wrong but feels like part of this team selection was trying to make a point about a lack of signings. Why Garner on the left and not McNeil? The whole set up was embarrassing. The entire game plan was about trying to hold Leeds off and not a moments thought to how we might score ourselves. Appalling. I get he’s frustrated about the lack of signings- we all are. But that was up there with some of the dirge that Dyche served up.

The set up was atrocious and to compound matters he didn't change it until half time.

 

[Kraken]

I’d be disappointed with Beto if I saw that in a Sunday league match. Complete headless chicken with not a single football ability.
Couldn’t head the ball, hold the ball, pass the ball, poor movement, just a calamity in everything he did.
Sell him off !

 

[JohnRoss23]

i’m off lads. for those of you who are throwing the towel in

sortyour selves out

Cheers, matty. See you Sunday

 

[bullybeef]

Poor performance
Poor decision for the pen
Poor result

Lots of work to do for the recruitment team and David Moyes.

 

[Blue Neon]

Never seen so many Everton players argueing with each other in one game. Moyes hands on head and fuming. Just can"t score goals Need a Hit Man striker. If we have to break the bank and overspend to get one, JUST DO IT !!!!

 

[PhoenixIreland]

Not positive enough, the usual with Moyes. We had the players to win this match.

 

[18efc78]

He was one of the better players today!

Multiple times there he was dragged out n looked like a dog chasing a ball

 

[zook]

Obviously missing important players but the tactical choices to combat this problem were poor.

There won’t be a team that causes them less problems than we did all season.

 

[Abraders]

What a terrible first half. Setup was totally wrong. Moyes made a total mess of the lineup. Second half was a bit better. Bad luck with the penalty kick. Leeds didn't look like scoring before that. Neither did we though. Beto is completely useless. The guy has no holdup play, no threat at all. And he was on the pitch for the entire match while we bought a new striker for quite a lot of money... Insane. Almost looked like Moyes wanted to make a statement to get more players in.

Agree but think it's harsh on beto. Could barely say he touched the ball 5 times, absolute nothing balls into him on the very rare occasions we went forward. Same thing with every striker we have, Barry was and will be the same if we continue to have absolutely nothing to give to them