Match Thread Everton v Watford, Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[TGW89]

Mina - 10 impotent Deulofeus out of 10
Gbamin - 8 humble pies out of 10
Pickford - 8 chernobyl-shaped heads out of 10

 

[Connor]

....but we defend very deep.

Don’t know about that one tbh

 

[captainvindaloo]

How did Kean look when he came on? I didn't get to see much of the second half

He showed a lot of strength for his age. Missed a couple of good chances, but put himself in good positions to get them. The goals will come.

 

[johnjoeefc]

Me and the missus are made up with the performance and result today.

 

[Zatara]

Toss up for motm

Keane
Mina
Gomes
Bernard

Ive gone for Mina...absolute monster.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Thought we looked disjointed today and outplayed through the middle of the park, if it were not for a combination of good defending and poor finishing we would have been beaten today.

Kean looked good when he came on, battled, worked and had 2 chances, the second one went just past the post and could have made things safe. I think Bernard looked great and Sigurdsson kept going all game. On the plus side we have our first win of the season and only 36 points to safety

 

[Benedict]

Pickford motm for me, Mina and Keane both did well but Pickford's saves kept us in it.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Pickford for me. Was excellent coming out when the defenders were split

 

[andy4efc]

Keane or Mina for me.

Absolute hoofball from Watford in that second half and they handled it brilliantly.

Should have scored 3/4 goals really, but glad we were making chances even when not playing that well.

 

[Eggs]

Don’t know about that one tbh

...perhaps I have it wrong, but it looks like we are defending deep to me. A good indicator is the amount of offsides, i don’t remember seeing many. It’s understandable to protect our lack of pace, but it’s more difficult to put teams under pressure for prolonged periods or spring from the back.

What we gain defensively, we lose from an attacking perspective. I might have this wrong, but if i’m right it’s something we have to accept until we get some pace in central defence.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Thought we looked disjointed today and outplayed through the middle of the park, if it were not for a combination of good defending and poor finishing we would have been beaten today.

Kean looked good when he came on, battled, worked and had 2 chances, the second one went just past the post and could have made things safe. I think Bernard looked great and Sigurdsson kept going all game. On the plus side we have our first win of the season and only 36 points to safety

Or.

If we had taken our chances we'd have been out of sight.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Did Digne get an assist for Bernard? I think he is the one that played him through

 

[devogue]

EVEEEEEEEEEEEERTON

 

[andy4efc]

Thought we looked disjointed today and outplayed through the middle of the park, if it were not for a combination of good defending and poor finishing we would have been beaten today.

Kean looked good when he came on, battled, worked and had 2 chances, the second one went just past the post and could have made things safe. I think Bernard looked great and Sigurdsson kept going all game. On the plus side we have our first win of the season and only 36 points to safety

His second chance was offside, nice to see him turn and shoot quick off the bat though.

Defensively we were excellent barring the key chance second half. Defended an awful lot of long balls and punts.We had enough chances to put them away.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Digne got the assist. Rad