Match Thread Everton 1-1 Sunderland 12:15 Saturday 10th January 2026 (FA Cup Third Round)

[Drico]

No subs

I'm a Moyes skeptic but, to be fair, he'd nearly have to play himself if he's looking to make some changes...

 

[W84 Dum Freeze]

Theyre the tactics though.

That's a poor excuse

 

[Sona]

Poor first half display.

Too passive out of possession; when we’ve actually applied pressure, Sunderland haven’t coped which is even more damning from a tactical standpoint.

Abysmal first 10 mins but then we had a good spell before going behind (the head injury stoppage curtailed our momentum there).

But from that point, Sunderland have played us off the park.

More aggression needed in the second half; get the defensive line up the field and apply more pressure on the ball.

Not much else we can do given lack of options on the bench!

 

[Sheedy's right knee.]

That’s the difference today mate, Sunderland have got a load of players out but they can still put an 11 out that is way better than us.

But they are playing with smiles on their faces and look better coached. You can see the fear on our players faces. There doesn’t look like they have the stomach or confidence to fight for it.

 

[Smurph]

Do what you want with the tactics today. The team is crap and Dibling has been poor. If you want to delude yourself and pin it all on the manager then crack on. Fact is that we could have Ancelotti in the dugout today and it'd still be the same result.

Yeah, we don’t have the quality available to us to beat Sunderland today.

Put the youngsters on and hope for a fairytale. Ha ha ha, I know.

 

[bullybeef]

Why is it always us that's stupid enough to pay £40m for the likes of Tyler Dibling?

He’ll get sold for £2m next year or released on a free when his contract ends.

 

[windymiller]

Lucky set piece or a moment of magic.

Back to where we have been for the past few seasons.

We look crap from set pieces too.

 

[Bwana]

Now watch us coming level and conceding a stupid penalty.

 

[Blue Neon]

Can't wait going searching for more £70 and £75 Resale tickets. Great value for money watching this team!

 

[Rita_Poon]

A first half of a season that threatened such promise is being allowed to slip through our fingers again.

If patterson can be risked today, why not 20 minutes in some previous games? This stubbornness is a problem. If Aznou is fit for the bench, lets see 20 minutes today.

 

[kiss the crest]

The only change Moyes will do as he is predictable is bring Barry on for Rohl and go 442

 

[OzarkBlue]

We've just been pacing ourselves. Well bust the master plan out in the second half!!

 

[Rita_Poon]

sunderland KO

we're off.

 

[JLW]

Moyes was guilty of this in his 1st spell .
He's forgotten how to sort it for the 2nd half

It’s almost like we go out there with the mindset of “see how the game pans out” then we react from there.

We don’t impose ourselves on anyone! We’re at home to Sunderland in the FA cup ffs.

 

[mahermi1]

It's definitely a drag going to the game this season. The next stadium buzz wore off quickly and the football on display is dire

It is lately, we are definitely missing Dewsbury Hall, he did seem to make us tick.