Everton v F.C. Porto, August 3rd, KO 16:00pm.

Tubey · August 3, 2014

Ring master said:

That 'keeper proper Robled that.

uknightbreed · August 3, 2014

shame its osmans testimonial and hes gave the worst performance on the pitch . the games just passing him by.
bring besic and mccarthy on for barkley and barry , put ossie behind Naismith.

MikeH72 · August 3, 2014

Tubey said:
Roberto Martinez disagrees. I'll take his view over yours on this tbh, especially when the guy is getting into positions to score goals.

I get the feeling that you're one of those people who don't like anyone who doesn't have an exotic foreign name.

When did I say I don't like Naismith? Please point that out to me

njligernj · August 3, 2014

That's it ... he's in my avatar ... no stopping him now.

toffeejack · August 3, 2014

based on the snorefest of this pre-season, i won't be tuning in for next season ha. i literally forgot osman was playing, he's suppose to be behind the striker?

howard playing was totally pointless.

Sona · August 3, 2014

beachy said:
we got to work out how to play against teams who press high

I've been surprised by how well they've been able to press us from the front. Surely they can't keep this up for 90 mins?!

You're right though; a Plan B or an outball from these positions is crucial.

ijjysmith · August 3, 2014

Random as

Highlights of Holland vs Australia at half time

CAHILLLLL

Pat's Van · August 3, 2014

FTY said:
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@Tubey ?

marty mcfly · August 3, 2014

Oviedo37 said:
It's so dead. The atmosphere should be better.

It's hard to cheer when they have 95% possession.

Sapie88 · August 3, 2014

heatmeiser said:
Everton on one screen, Skin Diamond on the other.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK

She's a beautiful creature.

banno · August 3, 2014

We are being taught a bit of a lesson in possession football and its what Martinez is trying to bring to Everton. At the moment we still lack the movement off the ball that Porto are doing so well and we are not being very patient when we do have the ball. Its still a project that is moving towards its goal but still has a little way to go. Porto are no mugs and we musn't get carried away with a pre-season fitness game.

Azzurri · August 3, 2014

Oh lovely finish that.

Game sounds cack though, glad I'm busy.

heatmeiser · August 3, 2014

Adversus said:
where is all this possession football we supposedly play. We need to get Ross on the ball as the rest are rubbish. Pienaar, osman and Barry are done. Far too slow.

Hibbert, McGeady, Alcharaz and Naismith just don't have the quality when faced with a team that press.

It's that simple.

Brilliant mate.

dholliday · August 3, 2014

Tubey said:
I get the feeling that you're one of those people who don't like anyone who doesn't have an exotic foreign name.

Eh? Where did that come from? Bit needlessly confrontational, tubes. And from a mod too...

mikeh72 said:
To play on your own up front effectively you need pace and strength. He doesn't have either. He works best playing off the front man, anyone who knows the first thing about football can tell you that

I'm with this view. Naismith in a free-roaming hole behind Rom. Rom with the freedom to switch with Naismith as they see fit, but chiefly Rom as the main man up top.

Ring master said:

Ta mate!

Azzurri said:
And I know LOADS about football, I even understand the False 9 lad.

Isn't that one of those obscure bingo games the lottery offers now?

tadpole · August 3, 2014

The goal was totally against the run of play. In the previous 20 minutes we'd hardly touched the ball, and the few occasions we got possession we couldn't string two passes together. McGeady looked like a fish out of water, surprised he didn't try swapping wings with Pienaar.