Match Thread Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace. Sun Oct 5th. 2pm

[navidson]

First start for a teenage Dibling so that's a bit harsh

And Barry only has 150 minutes in a new league but he does not look good, I agree

We spent 'Hit the ground running' money on a lad that looks like he should be playing for the U21s

Not his fault - all on the recruitment team

 

[dannyboy]

He does. Everyone wants him to do well but he's shown zilch so far. Confidence is through the floor.

Exactly. Nothing about his game says he's on the verge of something right now.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Far too many switching off today, Garner should have had an assist and has probably been our best player again, thankfully we have the best keeper in the league

Does an Alcarez change things? Maybe bringing Coleman or Patterson on to get an actual RB in there? I dunno but we can’t panic while it’s still only 1

 

[Rita_Poon]

We had to lose at BMD sooner or later, turns out it's looking sooner.

 

[Mr PEN86]

I know we probably all want changes at half time but let's give it 5-10mins. Can't be any worse than we are playing

 

[Igrok]

Broken and dysfunctional in so many areas…

 

[RAFUH]

Well...that was not entertaining

 

[Bob Latchford]

Toothless rubbish.

Teams are doubling up on Grealish so either get another player or two around him or use N’diaye (who needs to step up a bit generally) or Dibling.

Both our full backs are not good enough. Jake, to be fair, is there because there’s apparently no one else, Myko is just pure dog turd.

Get on the front foot and have a go ffs…

 

[davek]

Let’s be brutally honest, it’s a very deserved score line. We are so one dimensional and slow in the build up, it’s easy to defend against. Not sure what the answer is but something needs to change to get something out the game.

No complaints here.

They deserve that.

Just a pity we couldn't have got in at 0-0 as I believe Palace will dramatically slow down with about 20 minutes to go.

 

[Bebeto]

There’s zero point in persisting with it. Just put NDiaye or Alacaraz up there until we buy someone. But then our recruitment gurus have brought us Beto and Barry so maybe there’s no hope.

We have managed to be even more awful with the recruitment...barry is another new level...beto I can understand, we had no money and they were the only takers on our 25 years payment terms.

 

[brownmola]

Get McNeil on for Dibling, start getting crosses in. Or at least have McNeil on set piece deliveries.

 

[Bluewater]

Quite frankly, Moyes is the problem with the way he sets up this team. We are too easy to pass through, because we've only got two in the middle, and we have zero real movement when we have it at the back trying to go forward. Just staying on the touchline and not coming inside to get the ball is easy to defend against.

 

[windymiller]

This is relegation football pure and simple...I dont see 3 worst team in the league this year. That first half has been shocking and very concerning.

Nah, it's bad but there's loads of bad teams in the league this season. We'll end up in roughly the same position we've been in for the past few years. It's dreadful to watch again, though.

 

[larbert toffee]

I said respond. That doesn't necessarily mean score

I think our midfielders have joined the crowd in having no confidence in our strikers, didn't take long for the booing to start at BMD

 

[HalfTimeSayers]