Match Thread Everton v West Ham United (Sunday 16th Sept 4.00)

[Blues Harp]

Should never have played Schneiderlin after his awful loss. No way would his head be in it. Impossible. Let the man grieve and be there for his family. Bernard made an instant impact when he came on which is good to see. Need them to come out now and play like it is a cup final. Non stop effort from start to finish and West Ham will struggle and we will get chances. Go for it blues. No excuses.

Think you are right about Morgan....not sure any of us here would have been able to play after such a family bereavement - perhaps Marco should have made the decision for him....we have to come out fighting 2nd half

 

[USABlue]

These refs are trash as usual...standard of English refs is abysmal

 

[big nev lookalike]

Woeful first half. Defensively naive,dreadful passing and distribution. No passion from the team and lacking confidence in front of goal. Having said that a great goal at the end. Got to be better in the next 45 minutes

 

[Nacaw]

Cmon lads, we believe

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Clever game management from West Ham this. Every opportunity to ensure a slow start

 

[RalphDring]

Not for there fir

Defensively not so much ??

I have my blue tinted specs on still!

 

[TrixyStevens]

Show some spirit Everton, these really are a bad side and we shouldn’t be losing at home.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Not a great start to the second half.

 

[Muggins]

Impressive going forward.

Looks suspect defensively...

Always worries me when people say that about defenders. You’re not wrong though.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Digne's header then.

Jeez.

Reckon he could end up a left winger in this league...

 

[USABlue]

Footballers are humans, not machines. I’ve had to deal with a similar situation as a manager and you have to trust the player. Could easily have had an absolute stormer in his honour, but very hard to predict how you’re gonna feel until you are out there.

Yup, think you have to leave it up to the player. Different people grieve/ handle things like this differently. Brett Farve had a massive game after losing his father. Would've been bad player management if he didn't let Morgan play

 

[polish]

Why is Calvert Lewin still on the pitch ffs?????

 

[daza_1973]

Doing exactly what Huddersfield did second half

 

[Tin-Tin]

We are so weak in the challenge

 

[kenada_blue]

So when we sold Barkley, then we should have identified a forward bursting player to play along Gana or Schneiderlin. And just as you say, Gana's only role should be to regain possession. His passing accuracy beyond 10 yards is horrendous. And I can't keep count of how many shots he has taken from 20 yards in the past year that miss the mark by 30 yards.

Its poor management when 3 or 4 managers can't figure out that Gana and Schnides don't work and DCL on wing doesn't work as well. That too at home.

We bought Siggurdson

Think it's been looked at by bringing Gomes and Bernard in. They're just not fit