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

[deipnosophist]

Slightly better team than us but we held them out at the Hawthorns and hopefully we can keep them scoreless at Goodison.

I'd be made up with a 0-0 in this one

 

[toffee-L]

Slightly better team than us but we held them out at the Hawthorns and hopefully we can keep them scoreless at Goodison.

I'd be made up with a 0-0 in this one

 

[PhilEFC]

Then the Paddock.

The Paddock would wipe the floor with the rest of the ground. Even the kids that sit in there are solid.

 

[John mch]

Slightly better team than us but we held them out at the Hawthorns and hopefully we can keep them scoreless at Goodison.

I'd be made up with a 0-0 in this one

Is this what its come too, hoping for 0-0 draw at home to West Brom?

 

[blueblue]

For a minute I thought you was talking about the cup draw!

I think he may be, after all they have just lost their best player.

 

[crockyblue79]

No such thing as a toxic atmosphere at Goodison anymore. Every game at home now is just a no atmosphere. Players come out to a polite round of applause then it falls silent until/if we score there is a poor attempt to sing when we're winning but usually not for long. Even the night match derby at home last season was flat.

 

[Dario Terracotta]

There's more noise from the dugout than the crowd these days.

Big Sam having gastro problems?lol

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Toxic? Nah, just dead like most weeks. What would be the point in a toxic vibe about Goodison? It's not like our form has taken a nosedive, we're just as crap as we have been all season. All we have to play for is staying up now so we might as well just get behind the lads and make these last few mouths of the season as painless as possible.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

I expect we'll actually win this. West Brom are dreadful, they couldn't even turn us over at their place when we played some proper terrible stuff. With hopefully a few new recruits by then I'm optimistic that we can cobble together enough half decent showings at Goodison against the likes of these to finish the season in a positive fashion.

 

[deipnosophist]

No such thing as a toxic atmosphere at Goodison anymore. Every game at home now is just a no atmosphere. Players come out to a polite round of applause then it falls silent until/if we score there is a poor attempt to sing when we're winning but usually not for long. Even the night match derby at home last season was flat.

I think this is a reflection on the general air of weltschmerz, of resigned acceptance, apropos of just another season where we merely make up the numbers (or, in the case of the derby, a match we know we're not going to win). I suspect that if we're drawn into a real relegation dogfight, when winning (or not losing) becomes essential, the gravity of the situation will generate atmosphere.
For, (as any astrophysicist will tell you), in the absence of sufficient gravity, there will be no atmosphere.

 

[People75]

We have a striker against West Brom.

Imagine that

 

[ToffeeTim]

I'm coming over for this. I haven't seen us lose in about 25 games.

Let's not have the tosser Pardew be the one who ruins my record.

 

[Del-boy]

Massive game this. Dunno which manager I dislike more Sam or Pardew.

 

[4737carlin]

Home win

 

[Niapper]