Match Thread Everton 1-1 West Ham United 29th September 20:00

[Marcus Kendall]

I thought Garner was our best player tonight.

Agreed he's on great form hence why using him as a utility player is a waste.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Oh behave ffs, 2 wins and 2 draws, you’d think we’d lost all 4 the way you’re acting

Rohl comes back we play Garner ar RB, JOB needs a breather, Branthwaite comes back we play Keane up front he cannot be worse than Beto and Barry.

 

[hallamblue]

We need to ditch the target man up front not only cause neither of them are good enough, but we need to be more fluent and interchangeable. Put Ndyie through the middle and play Dibling out left but the players need to move it around and be more adaptable.

They should definitely try N'diaye up front, Dibling on the right and Grealish on the left against Palace but Moyes will never do that. Back to the 4-6-0!

 

[McCallsVolley]

Oh and no pace.

 

[PercyPlant]

You understand that he is currently our manager, right? It's not some other David Moyes.

Of course I do, that’s why I’m treating his previous term as a different period. It’s been crap for years and, as said, this result won’t matter in a year as we will be crap then too. It’s like you taking time out to be bothered about the Bournemouth result this time last year (you may do now I’ve mentioned it) but it doesn’t matter. Were the other guys of football. We will be for the rest of our lives. Get used to it.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Is it safe to admit that I dont think Grealish has been particularly stellar since the international break?

Curse of the Player of the Month?

 

[GoldenToffee]

On the positive, we might have lost this game if we didn't surrender the league cup...

Hm I think rotating your players in an important cup game, losing it but and leaving them fit to scrape a home draw against the worst team in the division is generally considered good news.

 

[Marcus Kendall]

If we're not going to play either Coleman or Patterson from the bench when JOB is struggling as bad as he did tonight then we might as well put some other players on the bench. Maybe another couple of goalkeepers!

As much as Patterson has struggled at least he gets up the pitch and gives us width which then gives N'Diaye more space to play in.

 

[the golden visionary]

At least it’ll be entertainment!

I'm a bit gutted I got the hospitality tickets fir that game, at least it'll be good to watch a genuinely good side from a comfortable seat

 

[PeterGet]

To put this into perspective, we had 4 points after 6 games last season

 

[witchdoc187]

Not too good with the sarcasm then? There's plenty on here who have convinced themselves we're in the mix for Europe, go and take a look at the Wolves match thread, for example, but I'm not one of them. I predicted 12th before the season started and I've seen nothing to change my mind on that. Consequently, I would've liked to have had a cup run because we were always just going to be bobbing along in the league. Obviously I'd love us to win a cup even if it is unlikely but Palace showed it certainly isn't impossible but limping out early is always a huge disappointment. And if the idea was to protect players so that we'd get a performance tonight then it was a bad idea.

Not making excuses but wolves made 9 changes. Every club does. They use it as a chance to give players a run out. Not saying I agree with it but that's just how it is. Today was disappointing. Id take top 10 this season and an improvement next season. A total rebuild will take time

 

[BlueStevie35]

Hm I think rotating your players in an important cup game, losing it but and leaving them fit to scrape a home draw against the worst team in the division is generally considered good news.

West Ham aren’t the worst though, Wolves are

 

[blueblue]

I thought we were overloaded in midfield and they built their attacks from there.

I felt Dibling looked good when he came on.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Oh behave ffs, 2 wins and 2 draws, you’d think we’d lost all 4 the way you’re acting

Its one decent win. One passable league cup win and two bitterly disappointing draws. The exact same results you'd expect at Goodison on the worst of seasons. All possible momentum and positivity gone like it was never there.

 

[Sharpies volley]

Agreed he's on great form hence why using him as a utility player is a waste.

The lad ran himself daft. MOM easily for me.