Diagnosis on Poor Start

[billycopper]

Neville was fantastic against Preston in pre-season. He did the simple thing and created a barrier. I think Heitinga goes walk about and that Fellaini struggles to cover the ground. Maybe the answer is Pip holding while Fella and Cahill mix it ahead of him, taking turns to get forward to support the striker?

 

[ToxtethBlue]

Its funny everybody gets on Neville's back for being [Poor language removed], then he gets injured, we go to [Poor language removed] and everybody prays that he comes back. Same thing happened last year.

The same Neville who was involved in our worst display of the season against Blackburn.

The same Neville who was piss poor and made more individual errors than any other player towards the end of the season. Give me a break, we've gone through spells playing like this with Neville in the side.

 

[ToxtethBlue]

Neville was fantastic against Preston in pre-season. He did the simple thing and created a barrier. I think Heitinga goes walk about and that Fellaini struggles to cover the ground. Maybe the answer is Pip holding while Fella and Cahill mix it ahead of him, taking turns to get forward to support the striker?

Wouldn't solve any of our problems, that has been tried and tested. We'd have a very uncreative midfield with two one paced wingers who wouldn't get on the ball anywhere near as much as they would with Arteta or Osman in the side

Neville is a decent holding midfielder, there's no question about it, but he shouldn't play alongside Fellaini or Cahill, it's one dimensional.

 

[jamesc]

We're talking about Neville to help us out which imo is a position Coleman should be playing... Osman shouldn't be starting and Yak and Beckford should be starting together.. but it's moyes so we know this isn't going to happen. Expect the same formation/tactics next game boys

 

[andym78]

Give him the oppurtunity to play central mid in a narrow 4-1-3-2. The three in the mid there being Billy/Nuts/Tets. Felli in the DM. Cahill on the bench.

We dont actually have any wingers at the moment so a more narrow midfield makes sense even pushing billy into the hole and playing 4-1-2-1-2. The full backs provide the width so it would work pretty well with baines and coleman.

Moyes likes having a right footed and a left footed CB pairing so when hes fit distins always going to play. Thats why when Lescott left he did a very un-moyes thing and spent 5mil on a 31 year old.

 

[Matt Damon]

We dont actually have any wingers at the moment so a more narrow midfield makes sense even pushing billy into the hole and playing 4-1-2-1-2. The full backs provide the width so it would work pretty well with baines and coleman.

Moyes likes having a right footed and a left footed CB pairing so when hes fit distins always going to play. Thats why when Lescott left he did a very un-moyes thing and spent 5mil on a 31 year old.

Distin wasn't first choice but the figures quoted for other defenders available were extortionate

 

[Ara]

We've played well, just can't score, well except for Saturday, when we were crap. Other then that we played the teams off the park.

 

[Brownie]

Distin wasn't first choice but the figures quoted for other defenders available were extortionate

Lucas Neill?

 

[Matt Damon]

Lucas Neill?

10 million for that one at West Ham. The English one.

As if.

 

[Brownie]

10 million for that one at West Ham. The English one.

As if.

Lucas Neill is better than Distin.

 

[Matt Damon]

Lucas Neill is better than Distin.

He's not the one from West Ham I'm on about.

 

[Brownie]

He's not the one from West Ham I'm on about.

I know, I'm saying why didn't we just sign Lucas Neill on a free instead of Distin.

 

[ChicagoToffee]

The self-bleaching going on is astounding, even for Evertonians.

 

[billycopper]

Wouldn't solve any of our problems, that has been tried and tested. We'd have a very uncreative midfield with two one paced wingers who wouldn't get on the ball anywhere near as much as they would with Arteta or Osman in the side

Neville is a decent holding midfielder, there's no question about it, but he shouldn't play alongside Fellaini or Cahill, it's one dimensional.

I'd like to see 4-4-2 with wingers and a Scholes/Gerrard/Lampard-type attacking midfielder, but Moyes would never go for it. However, he might give the wide men more freedom, if he can tighten up the middle.

 

[fozzy]

ive just gone for after 10 games played! go up or down a few games and see what you all think!

i think we always have had a shaky point in the 1st half (from 1 to 16 games played) of the season under moyes! imo

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2009-2010/table/2009-10-31

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2008-2009/table/2008-10-29

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2007-2008/table/2007-10-22

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2006-2007/table/2006-10-30

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2005-2006/table/2005-10-31

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2004-2005/table/2004-10-31 (our best)

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2003-2004/table/2003-10-26

http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league/2002-2003/table/2002-10-28