Everton 2-1 Wigan. Boxing Day @ 15.00.

[Joey66]

Gibson & TH the hammer are far too deep & shot shy - no creativity not one effort on goal plenty of possesion no tempo Osman too wide - forwards feeding on scraps too much hoof ball - barkley or Naithsmith need to replace the german as he & Gibson are just too similar spoiling the midfield build up!

 

[Baines' left foot]

Naismith or Heitinga will come on before Barkley, possibly Oviedo too (who I quite like tbh).

 

[Brennan]

Game is crying out for creativity, that Barkley could do a jo...ahh what's even the point.

This is a similiar team to that which played against West Ham and played some really good football at times, bringing on Barkley isn't going to make our whole attacking lineup change their game.

Poor performance from most people so far, a 19 year old is not WD40.

But having said that:

Hitz off, push Osman inside, bring Barkley on at RM

Is a good shout.

 

[Joey66]

Barkley should come on for Hitz and Oz should drop in next to Gibbo with Barkley wide.

I agree but will DM have the balls to do it!

 

[Rook]

if we weren't so **** offensively we would be 3-0 up by now

Wigan defend as a team pretty well when the score is tied. It only goes all wrong for then after they go down 1-0. If it wasn't for Walcott's dive then they would have clean sheeted Arse.

 

[davek]

Wigan looking value so far. They are very comfortable on the ball and will sneak a goal if we are not careful. They are not allowing our players anytime on the ball and this has stopped our passing game. Osman is marked out of the game and they are doing a good job of shackling pienaar but credit to pienaar he is trying to get things going. Neville looks off the pace as does Hitz

This 100%

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

This is a similiar team to that which played against West Ham and played some really good football at times, bringing on Barkley isn't going to make our whole attacking lineup change their game.

Poor performance from most people so far, a 19 year old is not WD40.

But they aren't playing good football today, at any times. If there's a problem (no creativity), you fix it. Barkley couldn't do any worse than Hitz/Osman based on that first half.

 

[Netromelo]

Fellaini would have made a massive difference in this game.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Coleman isn't fully fit mate.

I know, I just can't help mentioning his name considering he "can't defend" and costs us when Mr reliability passes the ball straight to an opposition player and play breaks down every time it gets to our right hand side.
Makes me laugh tears of agony when people think Neville can't play mid but somehow is less gash at en. He isn't.

 

[when i score we riot]

Chelsea and west brom are up. We're losing out points big time if we don't get 3 today. But we're defo in it, like!

 

[Pomp]

Not saying Anichebe has done anything wrong but it's a real shame Vellios will not get 45 mins in a match like this. Really disappointing. I hope Vellios gets at least 25 mins if it's still 0-0 at the 65 min mark.

 

[banno]

Its up to us to up the tempo and critically find space

 

[bignev23]

Have some faith. We were the better team. Recon we`ll get at least 1or2 good chances in second half just have to take them. Come on you blues!!

 

[hktoffee]

Fellaini would have made a massive difference in this game.

Still angry with his stupid action (headbutt).

 

[Brennan]

But they aren't playing good football today, at any times. If there's a problem (no creativity), you fix it. Barkley couldn't do any worse than Hitz/Osman based on that first half.

I'd never take Osman off at the mo.

You're right Barkley would probably do well, i suppose my response was to the constant calls for Barkley from fans when the biggest problem is that the 11 players on the pitch aren't playing well enough. Barkley isn't a game changer yet, none of us have seen enough to claim so.