Everton v Leicester City. 19th Dec at 1500.

[bretts angell]

Not wanting to offend anybody but this is a team with typical English players , runners , but nobody to play a decent desicive pass. We really need a creatice midfielder.

we've needed a creative midfielder for ages. he would help play the unpredictable passes that we don't pick out but he wouldn't help our shoddy defence.

 

[FOXINPEACE]

Will be honest mate, i was actually surprised that you weren't better today, thought you were quite poor overall, yeah i know we lost etc, but we shot ourselves in the foot on 3 occasions - well more actually, think you will get top 4 as you have a lot of fight about you, but don't think you can win it all.

No I agree we were poor today, especially in the first half. Picked it up a fair bit in the second half though. It's those sort of games that you look back on as the important ones imo. All the best for the rest of the season

 

[paulbefc]

All about the first pen, imo. We were looking very comfortable and were comfortably the better side, then Mori's been done by the Japanese lad and they get their first shot on target from the penalty spot.

Our centre of defence is in desperate need of Jagielka back, for his experience. Stones and Mori are decent players but I think both need to be talked through games still. I don't trust them as a pairing really.

 

[AJC5]

"deserve" means nothing. You make your own luck. Leicester is winning these games. We're not. We are a mid-table team. Fantastic.

Leicester will win them for a while but they are riding the crest of a wave and enjoying a lot of luck. They will eventually revert to their true position based on the ability in their squad which is negligible. Palace were a more dangerous team in my opinion. Again individual mistakes have cost us. First and third goals were literally gifted to Leicester. They did absolute nothing to deserve them. The second goal was good play but very poor/weak/naive goalkeeping as usual. The shape of our team seems wrong to me. We are too obsessed with getting the ball to Del all the time. We actually looked much better with Lennon on because he gives the ball away less and links up play better. Del is all or nothing. When the ball goes to him he either loses it or we score. Nothing in between. Kone has also been terrible since the sunderland game. No pace, continually slowing down our attacks by turning into trouble, never shooting. We're not a good enough team to leave someone like Mirallas on the bench. He was one of our best 2 or 3 players not so long ago. He provides a goal threat, scores free kicks and would take some attention away from Del. He has to play.

 

[riddick]

Barkley was very good today

Absolutely fantastic today. So massively impressed by everything with him today.

 

[marnie]

Leicester,Palace,Watford and West Ham above us in the Table at this stage of the Season................. Who'd of thought it.One of the most open Premier Leagues for many years and all we can do is [Poor language removed] it up.

 

[larrygobfiend]

It won't take a lot to turn this team into a great team. Just keep the faith.

 

[edge]

Leceister were sh!t today, you can kneejerk all over the place but boy they had RS type fortune to score 3 goals.

I blame Martinez for playing Kone, playing Howard when he knows he's a liability, and he makes his subs way too late, has been doing all season.

they had four first team player out today, were well organised , we didn't really create anything again, thats 3 home wins out of 9 , and its becoming evident we have been sussed out the way we play, you just need to work hard and don't commit forward in numbers , are manager needs to learn, today you have seen the difference a good manager can make.
Leicester played well to a plan and you dont get top of the league at this stage by being [Poor language removed], good luck to them.

 

[eurosrees]

There's never been a good team with a crap keeper, we won't be a good team until we no longer have a crap keeper.

 

[GwladysBlue]

It won't take a lot to turn this team into a great team. Just keep the faith.

Sacking Martinez would be w start.

 

[evertonarntwe]

Were we've to good of players to be were we are, not good enough this

 

[bluestevon]

No I agree we were poor today, especially in the first half. Picked it up a fair bit in the second half though. It's those sort of games that you look back on as the important ones imo. All the best for the rest of the season

Only other game i watched in full of you mate was against Villa, so guess the thing i can say is when you play crap your finding a way to win 3-2 lol, end of the day you could win the entire thing but think it will be down to Arsenal and City never managing to get any run going if you do so and you will need to keep 4-5 of your best players injury free and on form all season which will be really hard.

All the best for you as well mate, your a decent poster

 

[deipnosophist]

Vardy is like Lineker...his pace causes problems for any defence. I don't apportion blame to anyone today, Leicester is just a better team...and their manager is very impressive

 

[Titus Bramble]

Funny ol' game football. A daft penalty out of nothing for their first, and we get ourselves back into it. Start of the second half we were looking good and dangerous and then their second penalty on the break... Did Howard actually touch him? My stream wasn't good enough quality to see. And that third goal? A hoof upfield hits their player on the arm and bounces kindly for their forward, but when Barkley has a shot deflected it goes harmlessly over the bar, thems the breaks.

More points dropped, although it's the last 3 games that have done us in rather than today. Need to beat Newcastle now.

 

[deipnosophist]

Newcastle next...suspect that will be a difficult game