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

[Shibbywiggles]

My Everton sense is tingling after a dominant early start. All set up nicely for a Cole Palmer sucker punch before the half.

If we get a goal soon we could absolutely batter them today and make them look silly but if they get one first we could crumble when they get confident and come at us properly
Feels on a knife edge this one

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Hinchcliffe being nice about us.

That's bad, right?

Hard to know, I don’t think it’s ever happened before

 

[Mozza1987]

Playing well but sometimes we just need to play the ball quicker

 

[TrixyStevens]

We don’t know how to punish teams. Lack of pace and ability.

 

[when i score we riot]

Aye lets not forget winning this is obligatory if we are to allow ourselves any hope of euro footy

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

If we get a goal soon we could absolutely batter them today and make them look silly but if they get one first we could crumble when they get confident and come at us properly
Feels on a knife edge this one

Yeah, that’s a fair summary. Our record at HD would lean towards one of those scenarios over the other, but I live in hope that today’s the day we turn it around.

 

[ValBlue]

My Everton sense is tingling after a dominant early start. All set up nicely for a Cole Palmer sucker punch before the half.

People may not like it but it’s very on brand for us. We always have really good starts but lack of clinical finishing, a bad first touch, decision making etc etc lets us down. I only get so annoyed because it’s clear what we could be if we actually had a good striker up top or playmakers at full back that can offer numbers on the break.

That being said, if we DO score first, feels like we could put them to the sword. Playing very positively.

 

[dixienormous]

Really dislikeable group of players this at Chelsea. Almost to a man.

Was just gonna say this. Proper cry arses...

 

[Del-boy]

Just missing that last bit of quality up top. If we had it, we’d probably be 5th.

 

[preposterousvelios]

Taken our foot off the gas last 5, Chelsea look awful though at least

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

I’m so very sick of Gana. Great tackle and immediately gives it away with a crap pass.

If his passing was half decent, his tackling stats would probably be ordinary.

 

[when i score we riot]

We don’t know how to punish teams. Lack of pace and ability.

We create a lot of half-chance stuff and half-good balls that nobody gets on the end of. This is nothing new for the Everton of the 2020's but surely we are due one...!

 

[Groucho]

If we get a goal soon we could absolutely batter them today and make them look silly but if they get one first we could crumble when they get confident and come at us properly
Feels on a knife edge this one

Compared to the past five years, to go toe to toe with these is deffo an improvement.

 

[PercyPlant]

It’s really obvious, but if ever a game screamed out for a us needing a modern day Baines, Lukaku and Coleman it’s this.

We’d already be clear. We didn’t half waste them

 

[tonka1878]

What are we thinking, Penalty or Own Goal?? It's just a question of when it comes. 96th Minute own goal is my guess but mostly because I am confident of Pickford facing Penalties!!