Phil Neville Superstar
Player Valuation: £35m
Arteta couldn't seem to keep up with the tempo of the game for the last 15/20 mins, was caught out of possession a few times.
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Lao
Player Valuation: £35m
Agree there, shockingly complacent from Cahill.
TX Bill
Player Valuation: £80m
Watched taped delay today and just now getting around to commenting so here goes:
1) Hopefully Moyes learned today NOT to pull Heitinga (or Fellaini/Neville) when trying to get the win. I admire that he went for it but disagree with how he went about it. I'd have pulled off Cahill for Saha or Beckford. But pulling the DM wasn't the way to go.
2) ...and speaking of Beckford. Am I really reading on here that people want to get rid of him? Geez. I feel bad for any player who comes here and is expected to light it up out of the gate because if they don't, the "support" is gonna give it to him with both barrels. That goes for anyone. What is it about Evertonians and impatience with players producing? (Fellaini, Yak after his injury, Saha now, etc, etc....) Can anyone give me a good answer to that question?
3) Now, for my main issue which really hasn't been addressed to this point. What the heck was Howard doing setting up the wall and then covering the part of the goal BEHIND THE WALL? That isn't how it's done. Wall covers one part, you cover the other. If they bang it in over the wall, fair play to them. But this is another Howard mistake that has cost us and I'm going to say something I never thought I'd be saying. Time to give Mucha a shot right now. I don't think he's going to do worse right now and might actually do better. This has been Howard's worst year so far and he just isn't instilling confidence right now.
4) As someone said earlier, I'd be concerned if we weren't creating chances. We did but only a few went in. That's the way it goes. Hands up from those who thought we were just gonna go down there and steamroller them. I'm not surprised by the result in the least.
1) Hopefully Moyes learned today NOT to pull Heitinga (or Fellaini/Neville) when trying to get the win. I admire that he went for it but disagree with how he went about it. I'd have pulled off Cahill for Saha or Beckford. But pulling the DM wasn't the way to go.
2) ...and speaking of Beckford. Am I really reading on here that people want to get rid of him? Geez. I feel bad for any player who comes here and is expected to light it up out of the gate because if they don't, the "support" is gonna give it to him with both barrels. That goes for anyone. What is it about Evertonians and impatience with players producing? (Fellaini, Yak after his injury, Saha now, etc, etc....) Can anyone give me a good answer to that question?
3) Now, for my main issue which really hasn't been addressed to this point. What the heck was Howard doing setting up the wall and then covering the part of the goal BEHIND THE WALL? That isn't how it's done. Wall covers one part, you cover the other. If they bang it in over the wall, fair play to them. But this is another Howard mistake that has cost us and I'm going to say something I never thought I'd be saying. Time to give Mucha a shot right now. I don't think he's going to do worse right now and might actually do better. This has been Howard's worst year so far and he just isn't instilling confidence right now.
4) As someone said earlier, I'd be concerned if we weren't creating chances. We did but only a few went in. That's the way it goes. Hands up from those who thought we were just gonna go down there and steamroller them. I'm not surprised by the result in the least.
Lao
Player Valuation: £35m
Unfortunately I agree here. Tim has cost us points recently, Mucha has looked solid in the couple of games he's had, maybe it is time to give him a run.
DionDublin
Player Valuation: £1.5m
TX Bill
Player Valuation: £80m
Well I'd agree in that I don't think he's better than Howard but Howard's current form doesn't tell me that we'd be giving much up to give it a try.
Totally agree. Sometime soon those chances we had are going to go in and we're gonna beat some team 6-0!
(or 6-2)
kenada_blue
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I dont want rid of him....but he's not good enough and doesnt suit the style of play.
Simples. He was free so Im not arsed.
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Kay20
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Sorry bud - don't agree with you on this one. Mucha needs more playing time before he's randomly inserted, and although Howard was beat, i didn't think it was a brain fart or a major error. That ball was quick, and well hit. In the same game only 30 minutes later Howard made two very decent saves - including tipping a screamer over the crossbar. I'd say his skills stood up to the test just a little bit later in the same game. This game was not his fault - we didn't convert our many chances. Was it his best game ever? No. But his skills stood up to the test fine for me.
EDIT: Oh, and I don't see any lack of confidence in him from the other players. Lots of passes back still and no bad body language. That to me says tons.
Arteta's Girl
Player Valuation: £950k
He was asking to come off for a good few minutes before Moyes took him off.
Notice once again how MotD made it look like an even game? If anything they made it look like Blackpool had the more chances! Maybe if they didn't analyse the games to death afterwards they'd be able to show more - I want to watch football, not Hansen and Shearer telling us what we've already seen
. That's why I like watching games on Football First. How I regret changing to BT Vision 
It's_Just_Not_Cricket
Player Valuation: £8m
DionDublin
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Notice once again how MotD made it look like an even game? If anything they made it look like Blackpool had the more chances! Maybe if they didn't analyse the games to death afterwards they'd be able to show more - I want to watch football, not Hansen and Shearer telling us what we've already seen
Spot on.
MOTD coverage hardly showed our dominance down the right in the 1st half.
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