Match Thread Everton 2-4 Brentford. Sun Jan 4th. 3pm

[blue in oxford]

Pitiful
No urgency in midfield love Grealish but cross earlier please
We really need a RB so JoB can go to CB Tarq and Keane done well but need more pace in the middle of defence
Hope by end of season will be Jake and Jarrad

 

[Gilbert..]

Their substitute left back would be our first choice left back.

 

[msb]

Very poor day today, no excuses, just poor everywhere.

 

[HappyJack]

A few things:

Dont make smart ass team changes when there isnt the need.

No team can play walking football. There needs to be a basic level of urgency.

A professional shouldnt take three touches (stop the ball [look to where you are passing it to], control the ball, pass the ball [ball gets intercepted]).

Take responsibilty, not like Tarky did passing it ten yards to our player who had a player on either side of him who then get the ball.

Players shouldnt be told who are running the show (Brentfords number 8 and 24), those two needed their ankles rattled together early on.

Lastly, no professional team should believe their own good publicity after a fine result. Doing so shows their attitude stinks to high heaven.

Exactamundo

 

[frank_da_tank]

Think we miss kdh massivley

Home more than away aswell it seems

 

[Gilbert..]

A few things:

Dont make smart ass team changes when there isnt the need.

No team can play walking football. There needs to be a basic level of urgency.

A professional shouldnt take three touches (stop the ball [look to where you are passing it to], control the ball, pass the ball [ball gets intercepted]).

Take responsibilty, not like Tarky did passing it ten yards to our player who had a player on either side of him who then get the ball.

Players shouldnt be told who are running the show (Brentfords number 8 and 24), those two needed their ankles rattled together early on.

Lastly, no professional team should believe their own good publicity after a fine result. Doing so shows their attitude stinks to high heaven.

Last paragraph is spot on mate and i posted twice in the build up to this game its something id like to see stamped out within this club. It dines out on one result and although its clearly not on purpose we seem content to put our feet up after getting a good result thinking that will do for a week or two. Happens far to often.

 

[Lineker]

More like bashed you over the head than touched today really.

The touching comes after

 

[JammyP]

Good to see Beto using energy and some positive moves.

Worrying that Grealish is not looking as good as his first few games. Perhaps needs the A- team around him

 

[PhilM]

Good to see Beto using energy and some positive moves.

Worrying that Grealish is not looking as good as his first few games. Perhaps needs the A- team around him

Who is he meant to pass to? You know it's not going anywhere with Mykolenko, Iroegbunam isn't stellar on the ball and our forward line...

Only Garner is a trustworthy output that will make a difference.

 

[Bluebonic]

Looking at the game today a few things became evident…
1) Grealish without KDH is extremely lessened as a player, he needs somebody else who has similar levels of footballing intelligence.

2) opponents have seen now that without any attempt at going forward from Mykolenko, they just have to two-up to negate most of his output.

3) similar with Dibling, he needs an overlapping fb, without it he can't get past the two defenders who mark him.

4) 442 still works, despite all the stats nerds saying it is prehistoric and that everyone has sussed it out.

5) McNeil is kack, nice assist aside, he just strolls about the place and make me shout bad words!

6) if we dont buy a RB in this window I genuinely think it will damage my mental wellbeing.

 

[Swartzy]

As bad as we were, and we were painfuly bad.

Brentford were very good, they looked a real team out there.

 

[Ivo]

As my rage slowly subsides, how was there only 4mins of stoppage time at the end of that game. Hickey spent about 3mins alone fondling his socks FFS

They were time wasting from the very first minute. Ref couldn't get a grip on it, and actually added to it at times.

 

[Iana]

They were time wasting from the very first minute. Ref couldn't get a grip on it, and actually added to it at times.

How Hickey escaped a booking for the second half sock shuffling is beyond me.

Then again, Anthony Taylor was the ref…

 

[when i score we riot]

Ref was awful.
Our defence was awful.
Too many individual faults from our key players.

Moyes did well with subs. Armstrong looks like he can pass really well at least.

Gave motm to Grealish but he was far too messy in possession to warrant it.

Mcneil at the 10 spot is an awful idea.

 

[Jacko93]

That was a tough watch today. We just didnt match them anywhere on the pitch.

Had a nightmare getting there as well, and had it not be for a certain Evertonian, me and my Dad would have missed out on it all.

Trains cancelled all over the show so went to another line, couldn't get on that train as it was packed. A fellow blue piped up, yous going the game? Jump in my van, I'll drive there. No questions asked, would take nothing in return, just pure kindness. Good people deserve good things and I hope he and his family get them.

Cheers lad, appreciate it.