Match Thread Everton vs Bournemouth 3pm Saturday 4th Feb

LinekersLegs · February 6, 2017

maccavennie said:
yep, there's a few phases in the game where we have lovely spells like this LL

The style of football, and not using the youth players, were my major concerns with Koeman so made up to see passages of play like that one.

maccavennie · February 6, 2017

LinekersLegs said:
The style of football, and not using the youth players, were my major concerns with Koeman so made up to see passages of play like that one.

100% agree LL and felt the same during that really poor run. We still have long passages of play where we still look utterly clueless ( Stoke away in ongoing parts ) but since utd at home I've felt a lot more confident in our set up, performances and team selections bar the RS 2nd half performance.

ChicagoToffee · February 6, 2017

leelead said:
Watching the 3 bournemouth goals back they where so poor.

1st Funes Mori was too busy keeping himself in line he was 3 yards away from King (Mori's fault)
2nd Lookman was caught out then, coleman (why he was there) was wrong side of king, where was the centre half defending the front post?
3rd well that was out of play evidently

We are still very poor in defence. Jags possible recall? put him with williams maybe, or if we are playing 2 CBs give Holgate and Williams a go?

I don't agree that Ebepton have been very poor in defense:

Only three clubs (Chelsea, Spurs and Utd) have conceded less (27) this season. Same time last season (24 matches) - 34 goals conceded. If Jags was at a level to be close to playing, he would be - he's still the nominal captain. There have been some bad goals conceded of late (I'm not counting the Bournemouth game - up 3-0 at the half - the first two were collective team shut downs sitting on a sizeable lead. Not a good excuse, but I get it) and Robles saved Ebepton's skin at Stoke.

On the whole, I'm not worried about a leaky defense. Getting Gueye back in the fold and pairing him with Schiederlin puts a lot of steel and spine in the MF. More concerned about offense - need more variety than relying on Lukaku.

rochdaleblue · February 6, 2017

No such things as bad goals, but I really enjoyed the first goal. Great anticipation and interception by scherderlin, quick incisive pass to McCarthy, lively exchange of passes with Rom and a great finish.