Cardiff v Everton. 31st Aug @ 15.00.

[milkshock]

kone and gerard will inject some life into this - get them on ASAP Bobby.

fellaini knows he's off should not even have been selected today.

baines has played well as has barkeley

 

[Nickpop]

So not enough people in the box for crosses, Is that it?

Considering we use Baines & Pienaar for about 70% of our attacking play, its a big things no?

How about shooting from range? how about drop Osman who has been a liability all season? how about beating teams who we should be beating?

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Work in progress ffs.

Appreciate that totally. But it being a work in progress doesn't mean we're playing well. Hopefully we WILL eventually play well using Martinez's philosophy, but we're not right now.

That's not to say I don't think patience is needed. But there's no point in saying we're currently playing well.

 

[Nealroy]

3 times we were in crossing positions and had either 1 or 0 people in the box?

Nothing to do with the system or style. Everything to do with out of form strikers and slow central midfielders?

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Ref's taking the piss here, we should be 2-0 up here.

We should be getting stuck into that corrupt **** at HT.

Doubt it.

Some teams players would have been all in his face shouting at him so he knew next time he made a decision like that he'd get an earful.

Other than a few desperate pleas we just get on with it.

Whether you agree with that tactic or not its how it is. Ref knew he could not give that and there would be no come back, that has to play into their decision making.

Don't wanna see us screaming at the ref but if everyone else does and its costing us we might just have to play the game.

 

[SchoolOfScience]

WE HAVE HAD 3-4 GOOD CHANCES ON GOAL YOU ****ING HEAD CASE

I count Jelly's effort as 1, the rest have been set piece chances.

If you can name others then be my guest

 

[IRO1977]

Am I watching something different ffs

Lads on here saying we have been poor and Martinez needs to **** off

We have battered these for 45mins but once again we are failing to convert chances, Something Martinez has zero control over

Honestly some of our fans need to go and play on the m62 you ****ing whoppers

Well said Del. We played well, dominated, got refused an absolute stonewall penalty, got denied a goal by the best save i've seen in quite a while, and all the while having no decisions at all go our way by that blurt of a ref. Are some of our fans expecting Brazil 1970?

 

[ijjysmith]

Last 15 we really came into ourselves.

Cardiff were better early on but coming off just beating City that's no surprise, plus the speculation on our guys.

We could do with being more direct and just having a sodding pot at goal but we really improved as that half went on.

 

[MartSlinger]

Ha Ha Ha...and you and a few other "Evertonians" want that to happen.

Get behind your football club and its manager you shower of Quislings.

If we played bad in these three games id understand peoples negative POV, but we havent, we've dominated teams for 90mins. Gang of deathquegs constantly looking for something to beat Martinez with.
No one remember years of David Moyes poor starts?!

 

[Steve Wigan]

I don't understand how some people are saying we are dominating and just missing that goal and others are saying we are woeful.

Thats probably why you call yourself Titus Bramble

 

[hktoffee]

Ha Ha Ha...and you and a few other "Evertonians" want that to happen.

Get behind your football club and its manager you shower of Quislings.

Trying to be mind reader again? No you are wrong of course I want 3 points today. I love Everton.

 

[Chang Elephant]

Big ****ing rant about the ref at 5pm tonight please Roberto

 

[Del]

Considering we use Baines & Pienaar for about 70% of our attacking play, its a big things no?

How about shooting from range? how about drop Osman who has been a liability all season? how about beating teams who we should be beating?

I know mate its that easy

Wonder why Martinez hasn't thought of that himself

MARTINEZ OUT

 

[KevMirallas]

I count Jelly's effort as 1, the rest have been set piece chances.

If you can name others then be my guest

Barkley shot blocked.

 

[caught]

Bellamy intentionally elbows Baines in the face: ref misses it

Medel clearly brings Baines down in the box: ref bottles it

Fairly clear handball by some sh*te Cardiff defender attempting to block a shot on target: missed by ref


We've been pretty good. A little brighter in the last 20 minutes. Mirallas isn't looking at all effective, though, and jelavic is looking as crap as ever.