Match Thread Everton vs Ruzemberok, Thursday 27th July, 8.05pm

[Blues Harp]

That's a team of amateurs. Should be smashing them 3 or 4 nil regardless of how rusty we are and look good doing it.

not Soccer you know la is it ??

 

[witchdoc187]

Rooney is Barkley as an old man. Klassen is Naismith. Kevin Campbell loves the blues. Sandro looks sharp. Tom Davies is a sexweapon. Gueye is grueyte. Keane looks solid. Can't remember anything else.

 

[ricardobee]

Let's not forget, today's game was all about picking a new scapegoat for the season

 

[trebilcock66]

Attendance reported as 32000. How can it be sold out? I thought our capacity was much more than that?

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Tell him I'm a fan...

My lad is always playing it, he has my head cabbaged when he starts talking footy with me.

 

[Ivo]

Klassen and Sandro look to be great signings. Loads of potential in both of them. Keane will be an absolute rock in the back. Keep in mind this is not the finished product. Get Siggy, a proper striker and another CB in and let's see where we are at.

What do you see in Klassen? Just asking like.

 

[d4kyxx]

you want a serious debate? or you just going to spout negative bile as usual?

I'd like to know what you think was positive? We didn't concede an away goal?

I could see this coming a mile off. Lack of pre season games coming into this one and you just knew we would look unfit tonight. If we play the same way over there then we are in for a shock

 

[carolinablue232]

well, football doesn't work like that - at all.

We should definitely have scored more and I think Koeman got his team selection wrong because he started no players who can get in behind.

But, rustiness isn't something that can just be 'shook off'. Keeping up the intensity isn't easy when you've had three games.

We should have played better, no questions asked, but there's definitely mitigating factors.

I'm not saying it's the end of the world, but when our players make in a week what most of their players make in more than a year, I expect the gap to be wide enough in quality that rust doesn't turn in a performance like we've just seen. It was bad.

Bright spots: Liked what I saw from Klaassen and Gueye is still the best player the world has ever seen.

 

[Ihaters]

Still annoys me how much stick the commentators were giving Sandro for not cheating when he could of gone down for a challenge that was totally legit. Abysmal commentary.

 

[Yorkie]

Attendance reported as 32000. How can it be sold out? I thought our capacity was much more than that?

Big chunks of the ground closed for renovation

 

[diggerdestroyer]

1. Needed 90 mins.
2. Players need to get fit.
3. Martina is very poor and i mean very poor.
4. Dcl has done nothing in his everton career to warrent getting the minutes he gets.
5. Sandro looks good.

 

[witchdoc187]

Itv is ship itv4 is absolute dog ship

 

[billyblue80]

Sandro changed the game

 

[Yorkie]

Big chunks of the ground closed for renovation

I.e we sold as many as we're available.

 

[thorney33]

Just when you think the transfer bed wetting is bad, you read this thread.

The state of you lot.

Will be much better once we have Siggy and a target man in. Onwards and upwards.