Match Thread Everton vs Chelsea - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[MrGrumpy]

Everton 0-1 Ref

 

[PhilRegan]

The happy clappers will be buzzing with that , proper Moyes top 4 defeat that.

 

[Chegsy]

Iwobi and Tarkowski very good. Effort was there. We need to score goals though and the lack of creativity and goal scorer is a worry. Need to get a striker through the door asap.

 

[Drico]

We lost - and that's all that matters, to be honest. There are no moral victories in this game - especially as that loss was preventable with the purchase of a forward that we've known all summer that we needed and, whisper it, the signing of a few players with a few brain cells to rub together between them.

 

[Everton_Gary]

Wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be….Gray lost the ball too many times in good positions. Very frustrating.

 

[Sporting Billy]

How long is Rondon suspended for? Think he would have made a difference today, as poor as he is

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Moved the ball far better, defended (lots of) set pieces well, lots of effort and endeavour up front but quality was lacking. Alli abysmal.

Iwobi MOM for me.

 

[Bob Latchford]

Holgate has been immense in his performance

He has, I’m having to take back what I said earlier. If he can be that disciplined and consistent then we have a much better player.

 

[twoblue]

Played 90 mins against a very good side, without a centre forward.
We were in the game.
Not a bad performance. Dcl or Richarlson were a big miss today

 

[Obes]

Not all doom and gloom. One stupid individual error has cost us yet again. In dire need of a striker, as if we didn’t know already, just as a focal point. The midfield will be overhauled which will mean less of Doucoure killing us, at least.

 

[Blue83]

Unlucky to lose the penalty, decent defensively, considering Chelsea are one of the top 3 we didn't do too badly

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Thoughts to Godfrey and that fan taken ill.

Felt very pre-season with all those subs. My worry is we couldn't take any fight to them in the second half, but thought we had some decent moments first half.

Draw would have been fair.

 

[dan7787]

I'm happy overall, thought we looked good, but clearly missing DCL. Chelsea lucky in the end.

 

[Curtis]

Some positives. Gordon, tarky and Patterson all did very well.

Iwobi? He was our best player

 

[jerseytoffee]

Thought we were alright, they didn’t look threatening at all just needed a ref to give them everything.

Desperate to get someone to score goals though