Everton vs Bolton - Match Report

[bourneblue]

Howard 6- Didn't have much to do. One key save from Davies
Neville 7- He best match in a while. Got forward well. Nice stepovers!
Jagielka 5- Still looking very rusty and error-prone.
Distin 6- Reasonable performance.
Baines 8- If he had a right foot, he would have bagged a brace today.
Anichebe 5- Should have scored before getting injured.
Heitinga 6- Played it simple.
Arteta 7- Flashes of what he's capable of.
Cahill 5- Little impact. Seemed frustrated with himself.
Pienaar 7- Lively and creative. Took his goal coolly.
Yakubu 7- His best game since his return. Much more mobile.

Bily 5- Very quiet half.
Osman 6- Excellent build up play for Pienaar's goal.
Saha 5- Little involvement.

We weren't too bad today. Bolton sat deep but we always looked like we had it within us to nick a goal, even if we weren't creating too many opportunities. We were sloppy defensively though and it was something of a surprise to escape with a clean sheet. Jags seems to be taking longer than Arteta to pick up the pace after his injury layoff and was guilty of a number of needless mistakes. The fact that Distin looked like the reliable half of the partnership tells it's own story.

Pienaar and Arteta pulled the strings in midfield, whilst the Yak was in unusually athletic mood infront of them, making darts in behind the Bolton fullbacks. Both Baines and Neville were excellent in offering themselves as an option on the overlap. Heitinga looks like he wants to break forward and score his first goal for the club, rather than sitting as a shield infront of the back four. The biggest criticism of the day is that we didn't close down as well as Bolton. We gave them too much space on the edge of our box.

Overall, it was a day for plusses though. We just need to tighten up at the back ahead of the run in. It was good to see Villa and Brum dropping points.

Osman 6
yakubu 7
neville 7

Osman 8
neville 6
yakubu 5
osman along with arteta where our best 2 players today by a country mile.

 

[Matt Damon]

Osman 6
yakubu 7
neville 7

Osman 8
neville 6
yakubu 5
osman along with arteta where our best 2 players today by a country mile.

Can't believe you missed off Heitinga.

He started passing the ball about as Arteta was getting man marked and suddenly the who back line of Bolton opened up

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Are you aiming to make a casual pass at your mate's wife?

I think you should.

More likely be my wife's mate if it happens.

 

[Hayee]

Howard frustrated me slightly again not shouting for the ball on numerous occasions

 

[Rook]

Very businesslike victory. Can't evaluate anybodies performance because Notlob came in for a 0-0 tie put 11 back and really weren't to bothered to play football with us. So much for Croyle opening it up. It wasn't even route 1 football because that would have actually required a striker around center line. I don't care if we beat them all the time I want this team in the Championship, hate them more than NUFC now.

I'm just glad no one broke their legs today.

Howard 7 - needed 1 good save and got it.
Baines 6
Jags 4 - not playing well, I guess its understandable.....who am I kidding SELL, SELL, SELL!!!!!!!!!
Distin 7 - Good job keeping Davies quiet.
Neville 7 - Crosses were better today.
Ancichebe 5 - not his fault he's just not a RW
Billy 4 - I hope hes just tired from non-stop footie. Luckily Russia is out of the WC. Needs vacation badly. Also not a RW either.
Arteta 7 - not great passing, still needs to shoot more. Took his chance when he had it tough.

Wish Arteta would shoot more; wish Billy wasn't so selfish.

Pinnear 7 - worked his socks off
Johnny H 6 - kind of shaky in defense at times but passing was good.
Yak 6 - would be higher if he'd quit pretending he's Baines and going wide left. As with the red card good things happen when he's IN THE MIDDLE.
Saha 7 - the King is back
Cahill N/A - didn't get a good cross the whole time he was on the pitch. So I cant really eval.
Osman 7 - sweet move.

 

[Hayee]

Very businesslike victory. Can't evaluate anybodies performance because Notlob came in for a 0-0 tie put 11 back and really weren't to bothered to play football with us. So much for Croyle opening it up. It wasn't even route 1 football because that would have actually required a striker around center line. I don't care if we beat them all the time I want this team in the Championship, hate them more than NUFC now.

I'm just glad no one broke their legs today.

Howard 7 - needed 1 good save and got it.
Baines 6
Jags 4 - not playing well, I guess its understandable.....who am I kidding SELL, SELL, SELL!!!!!!!!!
Distin 7 - Good job keeping Davies quiet.
Neville 7 - Crosses were better today.
Ancichebe 5 - not his fault he's just not a RW
Billy 4 - I hope hes just tired from non-stop footie. Luckily Russia is out of the WC. Needs vacation badly. Also not a RW either.
Arteta 7 - not great passing, still needs to shoot more. Took his chance when he had it tough.

Wish Arteta would shoot more; wish Billy wasn't so selfish.

Pinnear 7 - worked his socks off
Johnny H 6 - kind of shaky in defense at times but passing was good.
Yak 6 - would be higher if he'd quit pretending he's Baines and going wide left. As with the red card good things happen when he's IN THE MIDDLE.
Saha 7 - the King is back
Cahill N/A - didn't get a good cross the whole time he was on the pitch. So I cant really eval.
Osman 7 - sweet move.

on drugs lid?

 

[ricardobee]

Nice match report James. :blink:

you need bigger patches mate