Match Thread Everton v Southampton - Preview, Match Report and MotM poll

[BlueToff]

@milto Doucoure played in a 2 with Allan. It's just in the second half we started keeping the ball more and passing our way through midfield, not looking for punts to the wings or DCL.

That in turn lets our team push up. It's how you should attack.

 

[Johnnytotal]

A faster pace on my Saturday walk up the boozer ?

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

More direct, more desire, far more like it. Important second half performance that.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Well that proved a lot of us wrong.
Fantastic to see us come back after 1-0 down.
Early days.
But we'll done FSW.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Can all you little bedwetters now have a word with yourselfs.

We won't get relegated, Manager isn't crap...

Yes some players might be. But negative vibes are shocking to listen to and read.

 

[Azza]

We're going to win the league!!!

 

[arbok]

I'm still concerned, still think we are lacking in more than just players/positions. That needs to change sharpish for us to keep picking up points.

But at the very least they have showed in the second half that we can do damage when we get forward in numbers and not be so far away from each other.

We're missing at least 3 or 4 players. If a few players get injured we won't have much of a bench.

Also what happened to Gbamin?

 

[Davidoff]

An actual reaction in the second half

 

[Bob Latchford]

Too soon?

 

[TheBigIguana]

I'm still concerned, still think we are lacking in more than just players/positions. That needs to change sharpish for us to keep picking up points.

But at the very least they have showed in the second half that we can do damage when we get forward in numbers and not be so far away from each other.

The positive view is we conceded next to nothing Keane brain fart aside and we did ourselves create some very presentable chances even if we aren't going to score three times every week. I don't think it is a great way to play but DCL and Richarlison as a front two are probably just good enough at attacking things for this to work ok.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

In Raffa We Trust!!!

 

[Mat70s]

This has been predicted all through the close season, we can all see the problems on the pitch, we all know the problems off it, not rocket science that we are going backwards faster than an italian tank.

How’s that tank? ?

 

[big nev lookalike]

Wow I wasn’t expecting that second half. Great turnaround and some well taken goals. I though Doucore was superb in that half and a blame of a goal. The manager must have said something at half time…

 

[ToffeeTim]

We are good when we get it forward fast. Stop faffing and our strikers will score

 

[milto]

@milto Doucoure played in a 2 with Allan. It's just in the second half we started keeping the ball more and passing our way through midfield, not looking for punts to the wings or DCL.

That in turn lets our team push up. It's how you should attack.

I didn’t imagine that tho did I? He was meant to be playing further up field based on the pre match news / interviews?