Match Thread Everton 3-0 Chelsea 21st March 17:30

[windymiller]

That’s Brendan Rodgers level of post-match delusion.

He reminds me of a mid-level HR manager. He's a very strange little fella.

 

[evertony]

It was a perfect storm yesterday that resulted in the Hill Dickinson Stadium finally feeling like The Old Lady - the atmosphere pre-match with the team welcome and the South Stand 1878's flags, the brilliant vocal support for the whole 90 minutes and the continued buzz coming out of the ground and back into town.
From 1 to 11 (actually 1-42) they played the Everton way....full of commitment, physicality, determination to win every individual battle, no drop in energy and a desire to ensure there was no other result than a victory. Great to see us smell blood and go after it and not let up at 2-0 and 3-0.
The news in the week about Chelseas 'punishment' couldn't have been better timed. Neither could the Sh1te getting beat earlier in the day and the KO being 5.30pm when everyone had sunk a few pre-game with the absolute intention of have a few more celebratory ones post-game.
I'm not Moyes biggest fan but credit where it's due that was the way we want to see our team approach games....no inferiority complex, no fear of anyone and just go out and play to our strengths irrespective of the result because if we play with that intensity and desire week-in, week-out we'll win more than we lose.
Only one negative yesterday and that was the booing of Thierno Barry. The kid messed up big time and made a mess of how he dealt with it after the event, but at the end of the day he's one of our bigger investments and we need to protect that and mould him into what we want.
MOM has to be Beto but a big shout to for Mykelenko who was magnificent.

 

[Tipp blue]

This is a genuine quote from Rosenior about yesterday's game.

"We played 4-4-2, which I thought was actually very good. We controlled their possession and they didn’t expect it, they ended up kicking the ball back to us a lot of the time and then we gained control of the game."

Just a reminder, they lost 3-0.

Lets not criticize too much remember we had a manager who once said "the run isn't bad on paper if you add a few wins to it"

 

[Iana]

Lets not criticize too much remember we had a manager who once said "the run isn't bad on paper if you add a few wins to it"

“Phenomenal”.

 

[IV(AC)]

“beto he’s the worst striker in the f league”

Mashed at the end there

 

[Blue peter]

What a show.

An amazing show

 

[Rob17896]

No he wasn't rubbish , really good player

Exactly. Jags was a player good enough for trophies in a side that was not quite good enough. If I remember correctly we were missing both him and Arteta for the Chelsea cup final and it gave us little chance.

 

[Iana]

Exactly. Jags was a player good enough for trophies in a side that was not quite good enough. If I remember correctly we were missing both him and Arteta for the Chelsea cup final and it gave us little chance.

And Yakubu as well.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

That’s Brendan Rodgers level of post-match delusion.

Worse, Sean Dyche.

 

[Brisan123]

Like me when I was 15 before my ligament injury, I don't like to talk about it.

What like the lad running down to shake skilmans hand

 

[Brisan123]

"I never felt more like singing the blues"

 

[Brisan123]

Sorry I want to see our young players play mate.

We all do but only when they are good enough and better than the older players

 

[tommytowne]

One for the books..
Troy Deeney's Team of the week.
Pickford, Tarkowski Garner and Beto manager David Moyes.
Recognise for a good performance.

 

[witchdoc187]

That was brilliant

 

[PhilRegan]

Exactly. Jags was a player good enough for trophies in a side that was not quite good enough. If I remember correctly we were missing both him and Arteta for the Chelsea cup final and it gave us little chance.

Yes yakubu , arteta, jags. Writing was on the wall . Hibbert had a dreadful game as did osman and a few others