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Pblueman
Player Valuation: £25m
Laugh my arse off thats just feckin brilliant cheered me up after a really bad night .... many thx pal ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,still chuckling
Chris
a whole wheel of cheese?
Lacking creativity in midfield. Knew it was going to be difficult with no Cahill or Grav. First thing the woeful coverage on Channel5 says is "There is no Arteta", I honestly almost switched it straight off there and then. Me and my missus both groaned and braced ourselves.
Sort of expected that performance. Lot of nerves, no creativity, too many hoofs, Neville.
If we had Arteta, Grav or Pienaar or even Cahill in that squad last night it would have been an embaressing game for Kharkiv. Sadly though it showed up a few players last night.
Must say though, Leighton Baines, Yobo, Lescott and even Hibbo had a very good performance. Not under too much pressure, but the game they played was 'good' in comparison to everyone else on the pitch.
Yakubu was a bleeding joke. Like watching Beattie with Campbells knees.
I'm in work in Liverpool this morning. Spare a thought for me...
Sort of expected that performance. Lot of nerves, no creativity, too many hoofs, Neville.
If we had Arteta, Grav or Pienaar or even Cahill in that squad last night it would have been an embaressing game for Kharkiv. Sadly though it showed up a few players last night.
Must say though, Leighton Baines, Yobo, Lescott and even Hibbo had a very good performance. Not under too much pressure, but the game they played was 'good' in comparison to everyone else on the pitch.
Yakubu was a bleeding joke. Like watching Beattie with Campbells knees.
I'm in work in Liverpool this morning. Spare a thought for me...
Don't worry, they were crap too and didn't get the penalties to miss or the goals to be disallowed.
Great Dane
Player Valuation: £15m
First time back in front of a PC, so despite me having cooled down a bit from yesterday, I can't help feeling "we the [Poor language removed] was that all about?":angry:
Yesterdays game was the first full game that I have managed to see this season, and boy did the lads let us down. I even managed to bump into two other Evertonians who where visiting town and instantly hooked up with them (it might have been the home jersey we were wearing).
Wessels: 7
As good an understudy as we'll ever get IMO. He feels confident and I'm not scared when the opposition attacks as I were with Dickey in goal.
Hibbert: 5
How much more misery will he be allowed to out onto the pitch before Moyes dumps him. No surprise that their goal came from his side.
Baines: 7
Best left back I've seen at Goodison in years. Has pace and is equally good at defending or going forward. Just needs another left-footer in front of him to get our left side flowing.
Yobo: 7
Excellent. Calm and swift in the interception. But why was he order forward and not Lescott who has already scored more goals this season that Yobo in his EFC career.
Lescott: 8
Good partnership with Yobo, which will only get better. He is now our top scorer:blink:
Neville: 5
Experience, good organisor and motivator means nothing if you cannot put in a pass to a fellow blue jersey. With Neville on the pitch it sometimes looks as if we're playing with 3 CBs. Brought nothing to the game.
Carsley: 6
Only slightly better than Neville, but at least we know he can do better. Does'nt make the same amount of clumsy free kicks as Pip either. Would take him over Pip anyday.
Osman: 6
Tried and had a few good dribbles but was once again pushed to easy of the ball. Had trouble finding a fellow blue jersey which is disappointing from someone with his skill.
McFadden: 6
In the beginning of the game kept falling over and waiting for the ref to blow his whistle - whatever happend to "play until the ref blows his whistle. Good shot and he looks like scoring when he's close to goal.
Yakubu: 6
No service whatsoever, which is why he looked lazy. At least he turns and shoots when close to goal. Will need to do better if Vic is not going to take his place.
Johnson: 6
Boy does he need a goal! Works his socks off as usual, but I'm concerned at his lack of finishing. He did'nt have a shot on goal all night.
Subs
Anichebe: 9
Despite only being on the pitch for some 20 minutes he was great. I've earlier said that I did'nt think he was good enough, but this performance won me over. Did everything that Yakubu was suppose to do.
Jagielka: 8
Even lesser time on the pitch than Vic and did more than Nev and Cars did all evening. Has a lot more pace to his passing and skill than either of his competitors. Must start against Villa.
Yesterdays game was the first full game that I have managed to see this season, and boy did the lads let us down. I even managed to bump into two other Evertonians who where visiting town and instantly hooked up with them (it might have been the home jersey we were wearing).
Wessels: 7
As good an understudy as we'll ever get IMO. He feels confident and I'm not scared when the opposition attacks as I were with Dickey in goal.
Hibbert: 5
How much more misery will he be allowed to out onto the pitch before Moyes dumps him. No surprise that their goal came from his side.
Baines: 7
Best left back I've seen at Goodison in years. Has pace and is equally good at defending or going forward. Just needs another left-footer in front of him to get our left side flowing.
Yobo: 7
Excellent. Calm and swift in the interception. But why was he order forward and not Lescott who has already scored more goals this season that Yobo in his EFC career.
Lescott: 8
Good partnership with Yobo, which will only get better. He is now our top scorer:blink:
Neville: 5
Experience, good organisor and motivator means nothing if you cannot put in a pass to a fellow blue jersey. With Neville on the pitch it sometimes looks as if we're playing with 3 CBs. Brought nothing to the game.
Carsley: 6
Only slightly better than Neville, but at least we know he can do better. Does'nt make the same amount of clumsy free kicks as Pip either. Would take him over Pip anyday.
Osman: 6
Tried and had a few good dribbles but was once again pushed to easy of the ball. Had trouble finding a fellow blue jersey which is disappointing from someone with his skill.
McFadden: 6
In the beginning of the game kept falling over and waiting for the ref to blow his whistle - whatever happend to "play until the ref blows his whistle. Good shot and he looks like scoring when he's close to goal.
Yakubu: 6
No service whatsoever, which is why he looked lazy. At least he turns and shoots when close to goal. Will need to do better if Vic is not going to take his place.
Johnson: 6
Boy does he need a goal! Works his socks off as usual, but I'm concerned at his lack of finishing. He did'nt have a shot on goal all night.
Subs
Anichebe: 9
Despite only being on the pitch for some 20 minutes he was great. I've earlier said that I did'nt think he was good enough, but this performance won me over. Did everything that Yakubu was suppose to do.
Jagielka: 8
Even lesser time on the pitch than Vic and did more than Nev and Cars did all evening. Has a lot more pace to his passing and skill than either of his competitors. Must start against Villa.
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Did you notice how Kharkiv kept the ball on the deck most of the time, f***ing hell, someone should sit moyes down and say here make your players do this instead of standing on the sidelines bellowing at your players to chase shadows. We are a [Poor language removed] laughing stock. Sunday had better be an improvement, and AJ and Yak will be ok if he (DM) starts to use them like strikers rather than a f***ing battering ram. :angry:
Great Dane
Player Valuation: £15m
Yep, they did the simple stuff easy. With the exception of Yobo, Lescott and Yakubu, we're quite a small team which makes it even more baffling as to why we hoof the ball upfield.
Although I'm surprisingly confident about the return leg against Kharkiv, we would have been murdered by a decent European team.
#1 rule in Europe: don't give the ball away
What we do (and Blackburn, who play a similar style) is what works in the Premier League against a lot of clubs. Pass it around a couple of times at the back and, if no easy pass is on in midfield, hoof it long into a "channel". Then play "pressing" until we get the ball back again.
Unfortunately a lot of European teams are quite comfortable with passing and patient in the build-up.
#1 rule in Europe: don't give the ball away
What we do (and Blackburn, who play a similar style) is what works in the Premier League against a lot of clubs. Pass it around a couple of times at the back and, if no easy pass is on in midfield, hoof it long into a "channel". Then play "pressing" until we get the ball back again.
Unfortunately a lot of European teams are quite comfortable with passing and patient in the build-up.
How can you rate Yakubu the same as McFadden and Osman?
Yakubu was abysmal. Spent half the game on his arse and the rest of it lumbering about. At least Faddy got stuck in, ran and assisted the goal.
Osman was fairly decent as well.
Vote for your MOTM lads.
Suspect Lescott will win this, I personally voted for Baines though.
Suspect Lescott will win this, I personally voted for Baines though.
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