2018/19 Bernard

[d4kyxx]

Looks woefully unfit which is a worry but also looked a decent player

Personally I’d play him with Sig and Richarlison and then Walcott as a striker instead of Tosun

 

[Bob Latchford]

Looked decent, one of the few bright sparks in our team, the others being Digne and Kenny.

I thought Kenny was, bar a few crosses, pretty poor

 

[Blue Roo]

Kenny? Really? Kenny? To kind of quote a popular TV show...in football terms its time we KILLED KENNY.

Seriously mate, you don't have a clue what was going on out there if your having a go at Kenny.
Him and Digne had impossible tasks to achieve.
His nature is to get forward. That's the type of player he is. He's picked as wing back not a right back.
Silva left him completely exposed when he replace Scneiderlin with Bernard and leaving Kenny with an outclassed Holgate for back-up.
Considering this he did pretty well.
He was shown up when he was up against fresh legs in the last quarter, but the guy was a beast and Kenny had done some serious miles by then.
It certainly didn't help that his inside man, Gana kept pissing the ball away constantly sending him back from where he came.
He would of done better than an out of form Coleman and there's no one else in a country mile of FF that you could say wouldn't have struggled in that position today.
Or to put it another way -
Kenny and Walcott provided decent attacking width and had Ricarlison been on the other wing rather than the absent DCL I'm sure we would have seen a couple more goals from the lads.
Given the circumstances and his age, I'd say he exceeded realistic expectations.

 

[BillBrasky]

Appears to be a soft stereotypical diving/embellishing South American player. Unlike Richarlison who seems to be tough as nails and will play through contact.

Not sure you can be that kind of player and succeed here. We don’t get the Sky Six calls.

 

[BlueToff]

Looks woefully unfit which is a worry but also looked a decent player

Personally I’d play him with Sig and Richarlison and then Walcott as a striker instead of Tosun

He hasn't played since March

And no, he didn't look that unfit anyway

 

[Blue Roo]

Bernard's not a PL winger. He'll get outpaced and outmuscled. But in the half spaces and through the middle he'll ok.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Thought he did okay, hopefully match fitness through game time will see him improve

 

[MACCA75]

Seems like a Pienaar type player, which is a good thing.

 

[buededw1]

Bernard's not a PL winger. He'll get outpaced and outmuscled. But in the half spaces and through the middle he'll ok.

Strange comment considering he won every battle against one of the tallest winger's in the league

 

[ToffeeTim]

Seems like a Pienaar type player, which is a good thing.

I thought he looked a little lightweight and a little rusty. But there were a few little shades of pienaar. And that's brilliant because we miss him so much. I think he's suited left sided and richarlison should move into the middle.

 

[sageyefc]

Not afraid to get stuck in and clattered either, gonna win us a tonne of free kicks

 

[bring the ghost on]

Appears to be a soft stereotypical diving/embellishing South American player. Unlike Richarlison who seems to be tough as nails and will play through contact.

Legit question - have you watched an Everton game this season?

Richarlison rolls about on the floor for most of the game, he's the Everton version of Neymar.

 

[Efctrueblue]

Kenny? Really? Kenny? To kind of quote a popular TV show...in football terms its time we KILLED KENNY.

The same Kenny that runs as fast as he can in reverse rather than engaging the player thats running at him!!! Drives me mad

 

[Lob]

Looked a class above when he came on today and will just get better and better. I would like to see him start next week and put him on the left and put Richarlison up front.

 

[Blue Roo]

Strange comment considering he won every battle against one of the tallest winger's in the league

Agree. With the ball, dictating the pace he wants to play at, he did ok. So he can play no.8 who taking on wingers with the ball
5-10m acceleration, dynamic movement, no issues.
But 1v1 in space, at pace, in attack but especially in defense, he'll get found out.
I fear we will see a lot more of him getting beaten as when he got the yellow
I hope I'm wrong and its a matter of fitness.
But he's shorter than Messi and Silva. So he'll have to be an absolute freak to keep up with some of the PL wingers.
I really want to see what he's like at 10 in the current formation, or 8 in a back 3, mid 3, and 2 wing backs.
And would like a straight answer in the pressers as to where his fitness is at.