Everton 1-2 Lyon Report and MotM Poll

[Bilko]

Well to be a wee bit controversial I thought they were unlucky tonight. Worked hard to get level . The winner was unfortunate as GP was starting to bring the team home. Not even sure your man intended that goal.
Nobody played too badly imo , look at the age of that team, they did ok.
Blues need patience in these times. There's a team coming .

Tin hat on !.

 

[Igrok]

No more "i have the sneaky feeling that we gonna nick this one..."
We are sinking fast...

 

[Khalekan]

I went for Kev.

More for old time sake than owt else.

 

[Abraders]

Went for Gylfi cos he put in a set piece or two that was decent and hopefully that is signs to come.

 

[Francis]

No excuse again, it's time to go Ron, too many loss this season, I don't want you to find excuse after every match.

 

[Furey1878]

Vlasic was great in the first half but faded in the 2nd, perhaps due to being moved from the right to the middle.

Davies was great in the first half but sadly was forced into an awkward role after Schneiderlin was forced off.

Mirallas looked decent, I understood bringing on Sandro for him but was perplexed he wasn’t played alongside DCL and instead a straight swap for Kev out wide.

Lookman showed what we’ve missed all season and justified why many of the fans have crying out for him to at least get a go off the bench.

And lastly Pickford, kept the score down. Feel sorry for the lad but top class from him tonight.

And there’s your positives folks.

 

[degsy]

...when your team put in a shift at home against a side in 2nd gear and still get beat it means you have big problems. Nothing to say that hasn’t already been said lots this season.

This.
It's the initial selection all the time, Lookman comes on at HT for Klassens, we look better. Our goal was scored by a player who should've been sent off - supplied by a player who was on the bench

Until the handbags got everybody wound up we still lacked true effort.

Every time the Initial selection.

 

[Gareth Gibson]

I took my missus, who is Czech, to the match last night.

She isn't keen on football. For some reason she thinks it attracts louts and yobs, so I spent the preceding week or so trying to convince her that all Evertonians were gentlemanly, tolerant and generally urbane & civilised.

Unfortunately, we were sat quite close to the incident involving the pugnacious "gentleman" who had his child with him.

Suffice to say, she isn't keen to go back!

 

[Yarrgh]

Williams for man of the match. But for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Eggs]

..Pickford was the obvious one which is sad in a game we had to win. I went for Williams, which is even sadder but I thought he played the whole game as though it mattered.

Pointless analysing something that we have analysed to death but the first half was symptomatic. No partnerships, no players selected who compliment each other, DCL in splendid isolation, nobody getting alongside and beyond him, no full backs linking with wide players, I can’t remember when we last got around the back off opposition full backs.

His team selections really are like moving deckchairs on the Titanic. I’ve said the players purchased are ‘samey’ but we really do lack power and athleticism. The teams we play against have big, strong athletic types who make the pitch look small. I think English teams top their groups in European competitions except for us. We have 1 point.

It truly is about survival from here.

 

[Eggs]

I took my missus, who is Czech, to the match last night.

She isn't keen on football. For some reason she thinks it attracts louts and yobs, so I spent the preceding week or so trying to convince her that all Evertonians were gentlemanly, tolerant and generally urbane & civilised.

Unfortunately, we were sat quite close to the incident involving the pugnacious "gentleman" who had his child with him.

Suffice to say, she isn't keen to go back!

...didn’t know what you were talking about but just saw that incident on main Sky news headlines. That’s all we need, surely it doesn’t get any lower than this.

 

[McMagic]

Must give a mention to our piss-weak youth policy, in the hope that we sell Keane and Holgate this coming transfer window.
I wonder if City will have them?

 

[BlueLee]

The good things to come out of that last night are it has to be the end for Koeman and Schneiderlin got injured and might be missing for a few games!

 

[BlueToff]

A few thoughts on last nights game.

Apart from the decision to start Martina (even though Baines has been poor and needs a rest), I actually thought the team selection was a positive one.

The decision not to have Rooney at all maybe was a hindrance, but that aside I was happy with the team. The issue is there was no plan, style or system and a stupid mistake (that's what it came down to) from Holgate cost us early on. Then we just couldn't get on the ball or out of our own half with any threat.

Finally, when we kicked it up a gear, we looked a threat at least, and Kev and Davies both showed some glimpses of form.

Second-half, I was happy that he brought Lookman on. It was an attacking change. But I think both he and Vlasic flattered to deceive, and Lyon ultimately looked in control until Williams actually did the best thing he has all season in sparking the crowd into life. Make no mistake, he knew what he was doing there. Right or wrong, that helped us, and we got the goal. Gylfi's free-kick was great and it was a great header.

How we didn't score again moments later is bad luck, really, and the players simply aren't good enough going forward. Then a stupid mistake from Sandro (who unfortunately has to be bombed down to the U23s now, he needs to get some form back with the pressure off) and Martina and suddenly we're back to square one.

No idea of how to play, though. It was just hit and hope football, and that comes from the manager.

Ultimately, he should have gone two weeks ago in the international break with time to get a replacement in, but as always the board can't make a decision when required. Now it'd all just seem too little too late.

I don't think he's lost the dressing room, but he's lost the fans and the failure (which I personally think Steve Walsh should take the hit on) to get a striker in has thrown the only 'plan' Koeman seemed to have as a way of playing out of the window.

Another note, I think last night also showed just how far away Lookman, DCL and to an extent Vlasic and Holgate still are. They're young but for me they all made far too many rash decisions - though we were chasing the game at the time I appreciate that.

Hit and hope footy with a few kids running around was all it was. Onto Sunday.

 

[BlueToff]

I must be the only one that thought Lookman didn't do much.

Trust me, I want him in the team more often, but I thought he showed just as many flaws as anyone else has.