Match Thread Everton v WBA, KO 15:00 Sat 20/1/18

[ricer10]

Stole a point at home v WBA
That about sums it up !

Tragic break for McCarthy ..... gutted for him

 

[cromofo]

Depressing.

 

[navidson]

sam has signed, what, 2 players ?? TWO PLAYERS!

and fans expect him to have us playing like barca!

get real lids.

That cost a total of £50m

Burnley's entire team didn't cost that - but they seem manage to play in a structured, effective way

Why do managers of Everton struggle to even get the very, very basics right?

Two defensive midfielders is garbage, and even more so when they offer zero protection in front of our CBs - That goal should not have happened today, it's basically showed that playing with that formation is completely pointless

 

[ADT]

Theo Walcott- "Goodison for the first time, it was a great atmosphere.

Results haven’t been good but I feel like in the second half there was a big improvement, we got men higher up the field with more bodies forward.

It was hard work at the end. We want more, I want more, the team does."

dont think theo has been to many games

 

[zebedee]

Not happening

The top 8 out of sight almost. Oh well top ten finish if we are lucky k'in great. In fat sam we trust. NOT!!

 

[Ibby]

A point is a point.

 

[Furey1878]

If we beat Leicester and Arsenal we could easily finish 7th.

Fair play to your positivity

 

[Toast]

..if I was born in Glasgow i’d be a Scotch Egg.

And you could play for Ireland.

 

[Frang]

That cost a total of £50m

Burnley's entire team didn't cost that - but they seem manage to play in a structured, effective way

Why do managers of Everton struggle to even get the very, very basics right?

Two defensive midfielders is garbage, and even more so when they offer zero protection in front of our CBs - That goal should not have happened today, it's basically showed that playing with that formation is completely pointless

we should of been buying 10m players then to suit your agenda ??

the bloke cant win.

he is currently sorting out a complete mess left by another manager.

its going to take a lot longer to sort this out as we are witnessing.

our owner wanted silva.... SILVA!!! we would be doomed in the bottom 3 going by his current performances!

 

[toffeejack]

Theo Walcott- "Goodison for the first time, it was a great atmosphere.

Results haven’t been good but I feel like in the second half there was a big improvement, we got men higher up the field with more bodies forward.

It was hard work at the end. We want more, I want more, the team does."

dont think theo has been to many games

improvement in the second half, yeah, but it couldn't have got any worse than the first half tbh. It was hardly too much better, i mean WBA finished much stronger and were much more likely to grab the winner, which was really really disappointing.

 

[Stutheblue]

How is this even possible?

Two or three points from the last five or six games.....a horrendous run of results between the end of August and November.


And yet we are still sat in the top half of the table.....

How bad are the teams below us....

I know mate. We haven't won since beating Swansea. Three draws and 3 defeats later and we're still 9th!
As you say, some poor teams below us for sure (thankfully!!).

 

[crockyblue79]

2 games against woeful west brom in 3 weeks have yielded just 2 points, not acceptable that and with Leicester and Arsenal up next can't see anything from those games.

 

[deipnosophist]

Just woke up and am made up to see we got a point (because I genuinely think we are awful at this football malarkey).
12 more points needed.

 

[navidson]

we should of been buying 10m players then to suit your agenda ??

the bloke cant win.

he is currently sorting out a complete mess left by another manager.

its going to take a lot longer to sort this out as we are witnessing.

our owner wanted SILVA.... SILVA!!! we would be doomed in the bottom 3 going by his current performances!

I haven't got an agenda - but spending £50m on players and not buying a left back is a very curious state of affairs

Playing Morgan Schneiderlin instead of Gana is odd

Playing 2 DMs at home is odd

So, the bloke can win - Just do the things that the vast majority of fans can see would improve the team

 

[BlueToff]

we should of been buying 10m players then to suit your agenda ??

the bloke cant win.

he is currently sorting out a complete mess left by another manager.

its going to take a lot longer to sort this out as we are witnessing.

our owner wanted silva.... SILVA!!! we would be doomed in the bottom 3 going by his current performances!

Sam has a lot to answer for in recent weeks.

he isn't blameless. He's playing the same system that hasn't worked for four managers over the past four years.

He's brought in a striker from Turkey yet offered him no support. He had two CBs on the bench for no reason, when one of those places should be taken by Lookman or another striker.