Everton v Chelsea. 30th August at 17.30.

[Space Cowboy]

remember i was working a late and checked the internet for the full time score on my lunch break. never did watch the highlights.

That match was a complete mullering/capitulation where this one seemed to ebb and flow. There were moments where I thought that the fight back was on but conceding 6 is indefensible.

 

[Del]

armchairs the lot of them

Did they let in 6 goals when you were sat in Goodison mate or was that only from my arm chair

 

[Duncanmac]

for the third game running Naismith work rate put him to shame.

Go back to supporting Preston if you think this guy is good enough for Everton.
Think Mourinho was proved right today

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

I'd honestly start Alcaraz and Stones against West Brom. Distin and Jags don't deserve their place in the team.

Hopefully we'll sign a CB before the deadline though. It's a priority now.

 

[RUNCORNBLUE]

Coleman should be captain for me, gave as good as he got to Costa, Jags is a shithouse shouldn't be captain and should be on the bench for Stones

Jags should be in the face of the ref at times like that , hes never a natural leader.
Barry and Mirrallas both were in the faces of the ref today - and I liked it!

 

[Petit]

They were too good for us basically. Barry and McCarthy couldn´t handle Fabregas and the centre halves were rinsed by Costa. With Barkley out we lacked somebody that could really take the match by the scruff of the neck in the middle. Lukaku offered little up front. Chelsea will walk the league.

 

[stevietoffee]

Delighted with Tim there. Great showing of how close they are

thats why we will learn and get better from this. real closeness in the squad

 

[Matthew mcdonnell]

Delighted with Tim there. Great showing of how close they are

yeah, tim or seamus captain for me, players that hate losing and care about each other

 

[Joey66]

Got beat by a better side and didnt help arselfs at all we are not good enough defending as a team.
Thing that worries me is the number of players looking unfit or off the pace if were not careful the season will be away from us by the time we get going.
Said before the game chelsea will be right up there and they look good , always looked like they could up there game.

I agree they had pace in exuberance in midfield - our midfield looked disjointed and static trying to help central defenders out!

 

[toffeejack]

jesus christ, just unhid del's posts.

utter waffle all over the shop

 

[Petit]

Coleman should be captain for me, gave as good as he got to Costa, Jags is a shithouse shouldn't be captain and should be on the bench for Stones

Out of order. He´s been class for 7 seasons with Everton.

 

[Jacob]

One of the basic defects at present seems to be our inability to close the opposition down, particularly on their approach outside the box. Defensively its very loose and players need to be picking up the opposition more, tracking back more and keeping tighter on them. We cant get away with this when weve got players off form like Jags and others whose engines aren't what they were like Distin and Barry. I hate to criticise as they've been so good in the past and its not normally my style but RM needs to address the issue as the good sides will take advantage like today.

 

[marty mcfly]

Lukaku was the least of our problems today.

You clearly have something against the lad

Lukaku played well. In fact his holdup play this season has been much better and he was also really unlucky hitting the crossbar.

Plus he takes so many defenders out of the game it gives Naismith so much space.

 

[mglennon]

Losing 6-3 is hard to take as but feel positive in a way. We conceded soft goals whilst at the other end our attack looked great...and I think the plus is that when we sort out our defensive errors things will be great. Good players don't turn bad overnight and think most of the blame should probably lie at our preseason imo. I am not really worried after this defeat...things like this sometimes happens but I will take that any day before a 2-0 defeat where the team struggled and played bad as whole. Imo the players are only now reaching the level we should have expected from them after pre-season.

The defense got punished badly for mistakes BUT that happens to some of the best sides when they have to chase a game being 2-0 down at times. I do think we will solve our defensive problems very soon. Had that goal gone in at 5-3 down to make it 5-4 it might even have ended differently...we will never know...but point is...when was the last time when we were 5-3 down and I still thought we have a chance to get back into the game...I can't remember...and that is why I am positive. A friend of mine phoned me when the score was 5-3...he is a ManU supporter and said its an unbelievable game and mentioned that he thinks Everton can be a real threat. I feel the same...why...because for the first time we literally can score against almost anyone imo...and fixing the defensive issues will happen.

Think about it for a second...this was a 6-3 defeat...it could have been a 5-5 game...a 6-6 game or even 6-4 whatever...NOT a 6-3 defeat where we could have lost 7-1 or worse and where we were lucky to score a goal. To me that's a great difference...and take away soft goals (which can be fixed) the result could have been totally different...once again we will never know BUT point is...we are a different team...and capable to go head to head with the best teams. That's the first sign to me of a team on the rise that will be capable to win trophies and compete with the best.

Yes the defense was terrible...but once again that's not the norm for Everton and rather the exception...and rest assured we will sort that. I for one are lookign forward to the season...only 3 games has been played...we are 1 point worse off than last season at this time...35 games to go...and we look a lot stronger overall in the attack already. We have an excellent defense that messed up badly the last few games BUT they will sort themselves out...and when that happens we will be one of the most dangerous teams in the league...once again feared by most...and that day s closer than most of us might think.

Exactly what I was thinking, I was more annoyed with last week, where we didnt play that great. Today general play good. Terrible without ball. But nothing Bobby and Dunc cant sort out.

No crisis here

 

[Duncanmac]

Lukaku anonymous again.