Match Thread Everton v Chelsea, 23/12/17

[BlueToff]

Schneiderlin has been superb

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Gueye motm rn. Siggy has struggled horribly with the ball. Davies started well then tailed off. Schneiderlin started poorly but really picked up his game as it went on. Apart from his error late, Dom did his job.

You can tell that Sam didn’t prioritize this fixture with his CB pairing, but Keane/Jags have been solid.

 

[strummer]

Not for the purists but they are giving everything they've got out there which wasn't always the case with the previous 2 managers. We can win this

 

[Kantareller]

No clear chances for Chelsea, that's good.

DCL awesome target player, but really he should have passed in that golden opportunity. Frustrating.

 

[cronullasharks]

Do we actually bring sandro or niasse on for the 2nd half now ? Davies has been an utter liability so at least it gives DCL a bit of support.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Shows how much of a miss Rooney is imo

 

[Norwegian Cow]

The suggestion that either of them need to go off

check ur glasses mate.

 

[trueblue10]

Even in our past games he has shown the same weakness, always trying to beat the man.

In options , i mean we havent got CF who cam make runs and take defenders with him, this would create gaps for Davies to exploit.

At the moment he has no choice to try and beat the man, because no-one is taking that man away.................. i think

 

[longers]

That Adidas advert then was horrendous

 

[Zatara]

Went for glory there...cant blame him, he did very well to win the ball in the first place.

Good sign...greediness. Which a lot have been complaining he lacked lol

Davies I don't think has been 'poor'...hes up against top players.

Id get banigime on for him at 60mins though...more solid defensively.

 

[streeky]

The gap between the front and midfield is too far, need players to get up in support

If midfield push up the gap between the back four and our holding players will let pedro and hazard have a field day.

 

[cromofo]

Kante poor man's Gueye

 

[the golden visionary]

We're only 7 days away from getting a left back. Hopefully

 

[toffeejack]

what a chance, before that i'd have said we should swap DCL for pace in niasse/sandro. Their two centre backs are just two big and strong for him because he's also being outnumbered, but they're also inexperienced, so a bit of harrying from someone like niasse would be much more suitable.

We've done alright though, only 3 or 4 of this team would ideally be in my best everton XI right now, but they haven't created anything clear cut bar those clearances from jags. Snides has been much much better.

 

[Cels]

Big Sam will be fuming that we can't even get the basics of passing to a teammate right. Looking forward to seeing some changes during the second half.