Match Thread Everton 1-2 Bournemouth. Tues Feb 10th. 7.30 pm

[Bez2k2k]

The more I think of this game the more it does my head in.

1-0 up at half time.

Then we allow a player to cross and then we get an offside goal against us, another red card for a player at home.

I love Moyes and I appreciate what he has done but maybe holding onto that lead and going 5 at the back would have been the best option. It’s so frustrating.

Barry has to keep his nerve. It seems like he’s scored a few and now reverted back to type. Even the intelligence to dummy the ball for his second chance and it’s a tap in at the back, a few teams have done that to us this season.

Don’t even know what the answer is at home at the moment. Next up United, need everyone at it.

 

[Kendal]

Easy attack and don’t play long ball, nobody to keep it up front!!

 

[davids]

Easy attack and don’t play long ball, nobody to keep it up front!!

Glacially slow build up play makes the attacking part difficult.

 

[little elfin]

 

[Lineker]

Unfortunately the manager doesn’t and won’t.
Tarkowski and Branthwaite are his preferred two, with Keane a very close third. Don’t think he rates Jake at centre half.

I like JOB as a player, but am not sure of him as a pure CB. He is more a poor man's Stones. Of our 4 center halves, Tarks and Keane are the two i rate for going up and winning a ball in the air. Branwaite and JOB have strengths, but I don't think that is it.

I assume moyes doesn't want to pull both of those players for that as one reason.

The other being that he wants a senior experienced player in the center of the park both there and in the midfield. That's why we will continue to see Tarks and IGG for the foreseeable.

He's not wrong either, much as I want to see some of our younger players on the field more.

 

[Curtis]

Im honestly curious how a random Brazilian perceived Moyes's style of football? It would have to be alien to them

 

[Toffeepot]

So we collapsed and handed 10k new international fans to Bournemouth
Luvly jubbly

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Still can't believe he brought Michael Keane on, in the 93rd minute, when chasing a game at home.

We have a full squad with only Grealish out.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Still can't believe he brought Michael Keane on, in the 93rd minute, when chasing a game at home.

We have a full squad with only Grealish out.

It is hilarious, even Moyes knows he's one of, if not our best, finisher

 

[Moomin]

Still can't believe he brought Michael Keane on, in the 93rd minute, when chasing a game at home.

We have a full squad with only Grealish out.

What you on about? It was a great tactical decision that only the great minds can understand.

Can't you see the emperor's new clothes?

@Kevsleftpeg can see it.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

It is hilarious, even Moyes knows he's one of, if not our best, finisher

Understood it when we had nobody else, but we had a full squad. Dibling, Rohl, Alcaraz sat there as attacking options.

And 93rd minute as well.

 

[Jeff Jones]

We finish 12th, n’diaye does a legger, we replace him with McNeill, buy no one and start next season with O'brien and myko.....watch this space

You'd think Seamus would have a word in Moyes' ear about the fullback situation.

 

[Bez2k2k]

Now there’s a market.

Now don’t get me wrong, for every Rayan type of player, looks big, strong, hard and premier league ready, there’s two or three Brazilians who have simply been too lightweight for our game, Bernard for us for example, Jo another.

But there’s Bournmouth plucking him out of nowhere. Throwing him straight in and he’s already got two goals, a dribble and finish and a bullet header and an assist. He looks a world beater and I know it’s early days but to me he has everything you would want.

Now wouldn’t you think a club like Everton, with its Brazilian history and a top premier league team could have pipped a bournmouth to him. Imagine him on the right with N’Diaye back over on the left.

Now also, almost a million people tuning in to watch him. I wonder how many bournmouth shirts have been sold with his name proudly on the back. Even 50k shirts from them 900k viewers probably sells about 5mill worth of stuff. Mad really.

 

[Brisan123]

That AFC BOURNEMOUTH result was on the players and our squad depth but remember Fulham had a load of chances against us and lost the game.

There is not much between the teams in this league so you have to slot your chances.

I think everyone knows that ……except Thierno Barry

 

[Brisan123]

I presume you mean Braiden Graham? Hopefully his time will come. There is no guarantee that he will make that step up though.
"A young free scoring talent with loads of goals" was exactly what we thought we were signing in Thierno Barry.
For every young Wayne Rooney there are dozens of young Martin Murrays unfortunately.

Ah Martin Murray
The next George best
He found the pub and the bookies far too early