Match Thread Everton v Leicester City - Preview, Report and MotM Poll

[BlueToff]

Richarlison needs to stay on his feet instead of looking for a foul. It is becoming more and more common for him to go down, not get the foul and put us under pressure. His trying to gain us an advantage is backfiring badly.

Agree.

I would go back to the drum I keep beating though that when he does this centrally it's a lot better for us. Centre-backs are generally slower than full-backs, and he has the better of them most times. On the wing, deeper, it's costing us possession.

 

[Loz]

After watching LCFC set up today? Are you kidding?

What was wrong with their setup?

 

[Walter Ego]

Evans hasn't been first choice for Leicester mate.

He's played about 10 games.

Yep he’s always injured lol

 

[Abraders]

But he scored three goals in those four games (one from a set-piece anyway).

He then scored six goals playing in a central role, and offered more of a threat?

Look, I'm not saying you're wrong that moving him around would disjoint him, but we did have a threat on the left. We had Bernard and Digne linking up.

Richarlison doesn't link up with Digne at all. Because all he wants to do is dart inside. So start him closer to goal. Start him where he can have an impact. At least at home, in a game where we're going to control the ball. Have him darting around Evans and Maguire.

Instead we had DCL taking 75 touches whenever he got the ball and then Tosun falling over.

I'm not saying anyone is wrong either, but for me when Richy plays upfront he has managed a few decent goals - but it's obvious he's not a striker and were playing to strengths he doesn't possess.

He's actually LESS of a threat up front in my eyes over 90 mins compared to those 4 games spoken of earlier in the season before he got moved - where I felt like he was a constant thorn in the opposition's side for 90 mins.

This is my best way of explaining it, I'm usually pretty poor at explaining what I'm trying to say haha.

 

[marnie]

I don't think so mate. He has got January and summer windows to help his cause.

He and them are mentally fragile.Not a recipe for moving forward mate.

 

[DanEFC92]

Sick of them. Losers.

 

[maccavennie]

Not using it as an excuse. I'm just saying we clearly have players who need a rest heading into the FA Cup game... which means our squad will have to be stretched.

Gomes can't play. He looks shot. Richarlison looks knackered. Walcott does. Calvert-Lewin can't hit a barn door with a banjo most of the time...

I agree mate, some players need resting some need dropping.

 

[Jamiednm]

Good to see Everton starting the tear as thy mean to go on

At least we only need to muster 11 points between now and May. That must be achievable.

 

[BlueToff]

The biggest scare was that low ball Bernard played in but nobody looked interested

Aye, you had nothing to worry about today.

Think we controlled the first half without doing much but as soon as you scored it was game over for us. And that's where I'll blame Silva, because he didn't show anything to get us back in the game.

That Bernard cross, if we had a Vardy, would be 1-1 all day long. We don't. And to have our DoF say we aren't looking is annoying - even if we are looking!

 

[BlueToff]

I'm not saying anyone is wrong either, but for me when Richy plays upfront he has managed a few decent goals - but it's obvious he's not a striker and were playing to strengths he doesn't possess.

He's actually LESS of a threat up front in my eyes over 90 mins compared to those 4 games spoken of earlier in the season before he got moved - where I felt like he was a constant thorn in the opposition's side for 90 mins.

This is my best way of explaining it, I'm usually pretty poor at explaining what I'm trying to say haha.

But do you not think - even though I agree he isn't a natural no.9 - that he makes us better as a team in that position than DCL and Tosun?

The answer is evidently yes. So for now he has to play that role, at least in home games where we have more of the ball.

 

[Kal El]

Just watched Siva talking, I haven’t got a clue what he was saying
I’ve got a headache now!!

 

[Abraders]

Honestly I think his style is to allow the complete freedom of the players in the attacking third and Leicester played it perfectly to their strength. When you play a lazze faire style in the attacking 3rd the play goes to the path of least resistance which was the outside which was given to us purposely by Leicester because they knew when the crosses did come in they would always have the size advantage to deal with it.

Agreed that Marco needs to work on breaking down teams like that by attempting something like an overload on one side and playing our way through the heart of their defense.

I think Marcos appeal as a manager going forward is that he lets his players be the creative ones in attack and solve it as they please but he needs to recognize when to take the reigns back like in this game and dictate how we go forward

Decent assessment mate and you're probably not far wrong, but we've been forced out wide in almost every game where we are expected to win (if that makes sense) - which makes me think it's more of his tactic than we think.

If it is the case, then it's painfully easy for opposition to force us into doing that and is probably welcomed - knowing we haven't got a barn door to aim for in the box

 

[suey_11]

Regardless of manager why for the last 10 seasons and more do we seem to be always second to the ball and slow to react, does my head in, some of our players seem surprised when the round bouncy thing goes anywhere near them.
Oh and why do our forward players make runs to the exact same position a defender is standing in.

 

[ForeverEverton]

This window we need a striker, right winger, a good CAM, a central midfielder (Nothing below Gomes and Gueye), right back, 2 centre backs. The only players from this whole squad I would keep is Pickford, Digne, Richarlison, Gomes and Gueye. Sell the other 20-odd and recruit better with ambition, energy and ability!

 

[E_Xander_10]

Yeah, I'm not sure how he is to blame for the setup today. Is it playing Walcott? DCL? Gomes, who was awful. He sat Coleman, that made a difference.

When you're team has the ball 60% of the time, you give up almost zero chances whatsoever, I'm not sure how that's Silva's fault.

I’m saying we should look at the individual players more and be critical of them and expect more of them then you point out the players that had a horrible game trying to prove me wrong?

Then you give team stats of exactly what we want out of games that is more specific to the general team set up but don’t highlight individual short comings like 1 shot on target