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

[john jako]

Thought Richi was brilliant. Can only play DCL when you play long balls. Coleman was good in possession but he got caught out defensively a lot today and that’s why I’ve gone for richi for MOTM.

 

[banno]

City look as suspect at set pieces as much as us but I also believe we give them a game. Yes City are light years ahead of us but we harrassed and played some decent footy which doesn't equate to City playing bad as some pundits want you to believe. We gave them a scare. If City don't have more than 70 percent possession then the expert pundits say they played bad. That is an insult to Everton today

 

[blue1948]

Davies then

Davies was already on.

 

[God Benfrey]

Frustrating game that, schneiderlin and coleman played well, mina does my head in and for once we actually created a lot of good chances albeit against a very weak city side.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Got 100% respect for Moyes, but his record against too four wasn't great. Can't make that comparison after a loss to man city where we looked in it for long periods.

He has a great record against Man City though!

 

[MACCA75]

We are so mediocre. A complete nothing season that could go much worse with a couple of injuries

 

[orly]

Currently the worst poster on the site

Not even improved by "borrowing" from other places. Amazing he is now claiming the credit lol

Grim game that in the end. Could have been 5 or 6.

 

[Frang]

Where's @matty1878...

Oh yeah waiting for Silva autograph in the car park lol

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

What's the consensus of Pickford on here? Does anybody rate him highly?

He blows hot and cold mate, his biggest problem is he doesn't command the penalty box.

 

[Steve Wigan]

Always vulnerable on the break. Typical that the pingball around the 6 yard box falls for City. If that was at the other end we would never have scored.

However I am a firm believer that a team makes its own luck.

Some more hope from today's performance, but we need to put a run of good wins together quickly and get away from the bottom.

Unfortunately the next few games are going to include matches against the rest of the top 5.

I'm not worried about facing the rest of the top five, I think we have enough to give them all a game and will get our share of points. We had eight shots on target today.I think we're in our 'slump' but its about to pick up. Its easy to be caught on the break by a team as good as City,most weeks it won't happen. Some bad luck and a couple of good saves from the City keeper stopped us scoring four. Everton are 'in transition' still, and there are some signs of improvement.

 

[banno]

Phew . It was the keepers side. Not easy but he should have saved it!

Like I say opinions. Mine is it was a great free kick. We can't blame keepers for every goal conceded.

 

[Milkman]

Thought Schneiderlin and Delph played really well, as did Coleman. Pretty decent performance on the whole.

 

[Jonte]

Alex Iwobi looks a little unsure of himself.

 

[dannyboy]

We played well today, better than Norwich when they beat City a couple of weeks ago. Didn´t defend the 18 yard box, actually gave them a proper game of football. Much work to be done but definitely better.

 

[Sy-]

Davies was already on.

No he wasn't

If you're going to ignore a point and try and be a smartass, get it right