Match Thread Everton v Fulham (Sat 29th 15:00)

[T LEAFE]

I've got us down as winning 8-1 on Tuesday, can you confirm?

It will be yet another clean sheet
1-0

 

[RomanReigns]

Dcl goes off we score 3 interesting .....

 

[navidson]

Crap first half - Good second half

Not really sure what happened at half time

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Ryder cup it is

I seem to have got my timing wrong

 

[Wat Tyler]

Second half was excellent

 

[BigDuncFunk]

lol

Weird comments.

Go on, who would you play as opposed to all those garbage players, and what garbage players put in garbage performances today?

Kenny played well. Keane was good. Davies was good. Gana was good. DCL didn't have his best game but did the job and won the pen. He did what he's good at which is put Fulham on the back foot when we played it in behind. Tosun came on and got his goal. Gyfli scored two great goals and overall had one of his best games despite the penalty mess.

Go spout your nonsensical crap elsewhere, please.

The manager has his faults, certainly. 'Looking clueless' isn't one of them, and neither is persisting with garbage players, especially when those players are all we have available.

Bernard is being eased in, and rightly so. He's about 5ft 4 and is based on pace and trickery. He also happens to play in the same role that our best attacking player does, so that's why he's a sub. He came on and showed his quality.

Mina and Gomes aren't fit. That's why they haven't been involved.

So no, a settled side is what's important. We finally went unchanged today and put in probably our best display in that second half, and certainly got our best result.

Bernard being eased in - yet looks better than all our midfield options out there playing 90 minutes.

Davies shouldn't be playing and isnt captain material full stop. Siggurdsson is capable of dropping deeper next to Gana and have Bernard or Lookman play behind the forward.

DCL is garbage and does nothing yet plays week after week. Tosun isnt much better but Richarlison should be given a run out in a front 3 like Brazil and play with pace.

Your absolutely kidding yourself if you think Silva hasnt been underwhelming.

9 point out of a possible 21 with our fixture list is shocking.

 

[BlueToff]

First half was awful

Sessegnon scores and it’s Huddersfield all over again

What was that pen?

How on earth did we get so many corners?

Similar to what he did in the world cup... he used to slam them in for Swansea, not sure why he's changed - Everton, that.

And we got penalties because we actually played well.

 

[Eggs]

Dcl goes off we score 3 interesting .....

..probably too simplistic, although some will pick up on it. In reality, I think the missed penalty gave us the jolt that was needed.

 

[Carl O'Ancelotti]

How is Siggurdson staying on?!

So that he could score 2 classy goals.

 

[PITA]

Never a pen

Something you would never hear on RAWK.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Did you watch the game? We were very average until we missed the pen and it kicked us up the arse.

If you'd said 45 minutes I'd not argue at all. But 70 minutes I can't agree with. We scored 2 goals and missed a pen before the 70th minute. Our second half was exactly what was needed.

 

[ToffeeTim]

That second half performance was brilliant overall. Can't complain. One mistake when we got caught high upfield and Pickford had to come out. A few sloppy passes from Davies and Gana as well.

Gylfi's pen was poor - although an inch lower and it's in - but he responded, as they all did. They didn't let their heads go down which is what they usually do!

First half we looked cagey. Started well but quickly became predictable and Fulham played well. They're a good footballing side. I hate how a chunk of our fans (always the same ones) on here act like we're the only team who are playing. We got lucky when Sessegnon hit the bar and made sure to make that luck count.

Poor first half. Very good second half and game was over once we got the 2nd.

I thought we'd win but not by 3, so I'm more than happy. Work in progress as ever but to good to get 3 goals, good to finally keep them out at the other end.

 

[BlueToff]

Bernard being eased in - yet looks better than all our midfield options out there playing 90 minutes.

Davies shouldn't be playing and isnt captain material full stop. Siggurdsson is capable of dropping deeper next to Gana and have Bernard or Lookman play behind the forward.

DCL is garbage and does nothing yet plays week after week. Tosun isnt much better but Richarlison should be given a run out in a front 3 like Brazil and play with pace.

Your absolutely kidding yourself if you think Silva hasnt been underwhelming.

9 point out of a possible 21 with our fixture list is shocking.

He has played 5 competitive games since March. He is excellent when he has space to run into, down the wing - especially on the left - as we saw. He wouldn't have had that space earlier in the game. Richarlison played well.

Davies should be playing. Gylfi isn't capable of dropping deeper - the only time he has done it this season, we lost 3-1 to West Ham. He is wasted in that position.

Richarlison played as a striker for Watford from January onwards and didn't score one goal. He played there for Brazil against El Salvador with Coutinho and Neymar in support. He enjoys having the space he finds out wide. But yes, it's an option to have. It wasn't an option that was ultimately required today.

I'm not saying it hasn't been underwhelming, I just know that it's still a work in process.

So, please stop acting like a massive melt. Go and enjoy your Saturday. We've won convincingly in the end, and put in a good performance overall in the second half.

 

[Stutheblue]

Needed that. Iffy first half. Better once we scored.

 

[Joey66]

Wow.

So don't go out my way for the second half then?

The first half was crap .....