EVERTON V LEICESTER CITY: FA CUP 3RD ROUND (SAT 7 JANUARY 2017 3PM)

[Adam-GOTTV]

I've heard your voice, you'd be first on the list.

Connor building a wall around Goodison to keep the Wools out.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Connor building a wall around Goodison to keep the Wools out.

Drain the Park End

 

[when i score we riot]

So i didn't see this one and at this point I'm glad i couldn't. This is one proper Bobbyesque effort then, and I'm painfully aware of the fact that it doesn't really matter who the manager is here. The team messed up again, and I'm keen to ask if this is a question of something that has to "be coached out of them" - that kind of stuff i don't believe in.

This is a matter of coaching something into the team, they seem to be working sort of well together but we need these lads to be able to bleed for each other. Make a proper effort. Realise everyone has a role to play. That kind of feeling isn't gonna come along when a large percentage of the squad has no role, or an absolutely useless role, or doesn't even know what their role is.

Counting the starting 11 and the regular fringe lads, i can count the properly settled footballers at Everton FC on one hand. That is a problem.

 

[BernieWright13]

Hope our new manager Mr Koeman hurries up and makes an impact soon

 

[peteblue]

I thought for spells we looked good but once we got close to goal we fell apart. Young Tom did well but nothing special, he may have a look of his uncle but needs to use his urgency and stop passing sideways, in fact they all should. It seemed like every 50/50 ball on the park went to Leicester and our lack of goal threat and shots was frankly embarrassing. I thought Valencia did ok while on the pitch and I wouldn't have taken him off tbh. Ross seems more happy doing little flicks and posing rather putting through a killer pass or frightening the defence......if Vardy had been on the pitch it could have been a lot worse......

 

[Groucho]

Well if that wasn't the most Everton thing in the world then I don't know what is.

After such a seemingly positive week, starting with the drubbing of the South Coast Biffs and ending with Usmanov seemingly joining the Walton Globetrotters, then crashing out at home to another set of droogs in the third round of the cup should surely be expected? Yet for some reason it still stings.

Everton. Robles, Coleman, Holgate, Williams, RFM, Baines, Barkley, Davies, Barry, Lukaku, Valencia

Leicester. Schmeichel, Simpson , Huth, Morgan, Chilwell, Albrighton, Mendy, N'didi, Drinkwater, Gray, Ulloa

Leicester seemed happy to sit back and let us have the ball, then looked to use either Demarai Gray on the break or Ulloa to hold it up before building. Whilst we seemingly were happy to pass and probe and probably should have scored with Lukaku missing two decent chances in the first half.

Gray then set of on a sprint that took him spinning past Funes-Mori, Robles had to make a decent save to keep it out. In truth Mori's afternoon was only going to get worse, as if he thought Gray was quick......

HT came and Deulofeu was brought on for the first time in about a year and Seamus Coleman retreating to his natural position at right back.

All of a sudden we looked more threatening, as Geri appeared to want to take his chance. Everton took the lead when Deulofeu raced past Ben Chilwell and supplied Lukaku with an easy tap-in for the opener. Although just three minutes later, the scores were level when Gray rinsed Coleman before crossing. Musa (Subbed for Ulloa) was allowed two bites at the cherry before equalising.

His second goal tbf was a cracker, although the less said about our "defending" the better. We then brought Kone on for some reason and took Barkley off and with that Leicester were through to the fourth round.

Another early cup exit Blues, and our only hope of anything decent relies on the top 6 winning both cups and us staying in 7th. Hopefully this rum mentality will be eradicated over the coming months/years. I am sure good times are around the corner as god knows we deserve some, hopefully with some clear backroom direction it can get rid of most of the cowards we see every week. Then maybe, just maybe we can start to look for a little more than scraping into the Europa on a technicality.

Up the Blues!

Match report threadmarked mate

 

[evertony]

I get that point.

Im just not sure the keepers we want are available mid season, should have been done in the summer.

We need Morgs, we need 2 wing/forwards and probably a freaking striker, Valencia did alright today, but he lacks any sort of real quality, Ross was poor IMO, but if we surround him with better players...............

Giuseppe Hart. AVAIALBLE NOW.

 

[Goat]

We NEED to implement a No Wools rule for Cup Games. Some of the shouts today, Jesus Christ.

It was wool central by me today.

Honestly it made me wanna puke.

 

[Goat]

Giuseppe Hart. AVAIALBLE NOW.

Thought it was a season long loan?

 

[Connor]

It was wool central by me today.

Honestly it made me wanna puke.

Half-Time:

"Sack him, sack him now. Get Unsworth in charge for Sunday."

Cup games should be season ticket holders only.

 

[Goat]

Half-Time:

"Sack him, sack him now. Get Unsworth in charge for Sunday."

Cup games should be season ticket holders only.

Agreed.

 

[evertony]

I've heard your voice, you'd be first on the list.

There were two fellas next to us in the Paddock today who only needed the buttons sewn all over them to complete the Pearly King and Queen set up. Proper West'Amm cockerney geezers who continually shouted "Cah'mon Enna my San...well in Enna mah San". If they hadn't been totally the opposite in appearance I'd have wagered a monkey that it was Enners brother. All very bizarre.

 

[evertony]

Thought it was a season long loan?

Money talks Goat, even if his employers have shed loads of it.

 

[Connor]

There were two fellas next to us in the Paddock today who only needed the buttons sewn all over them to complete the Pearly King and Queen set up. Proper West'Amm cockerney geezers who continually shouted "Cah'mon Enna my San...well in Enna mah San". If they hadn't been totally the opposite in appearance I'd have wagered a monkey that it was Enners brother. All very bizarre.

Cup Games can quite literally be hell if the wrong people buy up the seats near you.

Always ends up in murder by us and all.

 

[Tony stanley]

You can spin that anyway you like, but in my opinion that was an absolute disgrace for EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB.