Everton v Stoke City. 28th Dec at 1500.

[jaycee]

I honestly don't think Kone was that bad, Stones was awful, Cleverley going off didn't help, poor selection on the bench

 

[USABlue]

No, Stones got the ball and Clattenburg waved play on, waited ten seconds and then changed his mind.

Yes mate I thought it was a pen, it was a stupid lunge by Stones who was piss poor all game. No one to replace him though to give him a breather

Ah I'll side on fuming at clattenberg for now until I see the replay! Thought coleman should've gotten a pen in the 1st

 

[bluelife]

Jesus.....the more you think of it....Stoke just scored 4 at Goodison! That's absolutely ridiculous!!

 

[RomanReigns]

that defence needs sorting out asap

we have a brilliant striker, we have plenty of options in midfield, we need a solid keeper and an experienced central defender.

 

[sanctioned]

How is our defense so bad?
This is ridiculous, we just can't handle balls into the box. We need jags back and martinez gone or find a way to sort this out.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

I'm gutted for Lukaku, he does not deserve to be on the losing side today, immense he was all game, the defence and Howard should hang their heads in shame.

18 goals let in from 10 home games.

 

[Chegsy]

Shouldn't have lost. Same old story really. Seemed like every attack from Stoke ended in a goal. We have to work our bollocks off in the final third to get a sniff yet our defence is just opened up at will.

 

[Ducans elbow]

score 3 at home and still get beat not many teams can do that

 

[LAToffee]

Martinez: show that you recognize you need help by reshuffling your staff or get shown the door. This is beyond pathetic. You cannot come back from behind at home and then not manage the game for 20 minutes.

 

[Tubey]

we go 3-2 up
20 minutes left in an open game against a dangerous team
and we leave barry to sit in midfield pretty much on his own surrounded by attack minded players, with besic and gibson on the bench
speechless

I don't know how anyone can defend Martinez on this.

Absolutely spot on. I'd have managed that game better from 3-2. Genuinely. Not even being egotistical there - I think most people could have done it better.

 

[chrissyjack]

Why don't Stoke go back to being ...., well. Stoke

 

[Blue Cheese]

I think young Stones believes his own hype a bit too much. Sometimes just defend lad. Just awful defensive unit all round, now we have lost McCarthy and Cleverly again.

Questionable from the manager today to say the least. I love high scoring games unfortunately with this defence we are generally the ones conceding the most as it stands. Utterly bizarre season.

 

[USABlue]

Indeed. I think Mahrez has more to do with their top position than Vardy.

Still, Barkley six and Kone 5. These are not bad figures. It's the defence (and defending attitude of everyone) that kind of sucks.

Agreed. Was just pointing out its not as simple as saying Rom has the same goals as Vardy so we should be level in the table

 

[Gotagotmug]

This is looking more and more like a defining season and sadly, beginning to look like for the wrong reasons. Big fan of Bobby's style of attacking football, but without defensive reinforcements AND some serious tightening up at the back, we're sadly doomed to being this inconsistent madness.

Coleman is looking back to his best and Rom is destined for big things. This Spurs clash is an absolute must win now if we're going to expect anything from the season.

This isn't to deflect from our defensive woes, but believe we just got Clattenburg'd as well. Soft pen considering Coleman got shoved earlier in the game

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Jesus.....the more you think of it....Stoke just scored 4 at Goodison! That's absolutely ridiculous!!

Not with our defence and keeper it isn't, Messi would have trouble making up for Howard's keeping.