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The rollercoaster ride of being an Evertonian, eh?



What I've learned from today:


The Good:
  • Beckford's looking pretty sharp. That was an excellent swivel shot, and the kind of ambition we've not seen enough of from our front men recently.
  • Rodder's is back! Sure, he had a poor game, but he's back, and that's good.
  • Cahill's got his 6th in 12 PL appearances, which may not mean much when we've just lost, but at least we've got one player who can find the net. Heaven help us if he gets injured.


The Bad:
  • Wrong tactics; no width, using Saha as an ineffective target man and not being fired up until the last 10 minutes.
  • Terrible refereeing (they should have had a red, instead we get a goal disallowed, no clear oppurtunity to score, and have to carry on playing 11 men)
  • Howard's worrying me now. He should not have been beaten for the first.
  • Our mentality is embarrassing. We act like we're a league 2 team, and sit off the big teams until we go a goal or two down and are forced to play. Sadly, unlike at home when we played United the last two times, and Chelsea before, this time we left too much to do.

The Ugly:
  • Deja vu: Not clinical, individual errors and no steel. Even a draw would have seen us go 9th, but instead we're sitting in 13th, below the RS we mock so frequently. That's an embarrassment, imo, to be below the RS after the kind of results and performances they've shown.
 
The rollercoaster ride of being an Evertonian, eh?



What I've learned from today:


The Good:
  • Beckford's looking pretty sharp. That was an excellent swivel shot, and the kind of ambition we've not seen enough of from our front men recently.
  • Rodder's is back! Sure, he had a poor game, but he's back, and that's good.
  • Cahill's got his 6th in 12 PL appearances, which may not mean much when we've just lost, but at least we've got one player who can find the net. Heaven help us if he gets injured.


The Bad:
  • Wrong tactics; no width, using Saha as an ineffective target man and not being fired up until the last 10 minutes.
  • Terrible refereeing (they should have had a red, instead we get a goal disallowed, no clear oppurtunity to score, and have to carry on playing 11 men)
  • Howard's worrying me now. He should not have been beaten for the first.
  • Our mentality is embarrassing. We act like we're a league 2 team, and sit off the big teams until we go a goal or two down and are forced to play. Sadly, unlike at home when we played United the last two times, and Chelsea before, this time we left too much to do.

The Ugly:
  • Deja vu: Not clinical, individual errors and no steel. Even a draw would have seen us go 9th, but instead we're sitting in 13th, below the RS we mock so frequently. That's an embarrassment, imo, to be below the RS after the kind of results and performances they've shown.

Tbf they played like a top 4 club against Chelsea.
 
I think Moyes panicked with those substitutions today. It took us about 15 minutes to recover from the utter confusion it caused.

It should have been, imo, Yak and Beckford on; Arteta and Saha off. Keep Seamus and Neville in their positions, that was ok.

We ended up with a dog's breakfast.
 
Seems like a typical Moyes subbing but really we just ain't good enough that is it in a nutshell and will be nowhere near a Euro place in May on the kind of performances we have been showing in the last few games.
 
Seems like a typical Moyes subbing but really we just ain't good enough that is it in a nutshell and will be nowhere near a Euro place in May on the kind of performances we have been showing in the last few games.

The two mistakes for the goals were awful. Arteta ambling across to Sagna not giving a toss for the first; getting caught standing like statues for the second. I dont think Arsenal were that much today, tbh.

We were mounting attacks before the two subs and what we needed to do was keep plugging away with 20+ minutes to go. Instead Moyes went for the nuclear option. Yes, we were 2-0 down, but you aren't going to change that by throwing all caution to the wind. I know we all call for Moyes to be bold, but those subs today and the changes required to fit them in were moronic.
 
I think they contained Baines and that nullifies a lot of our attacking dimension...and we haven't got a player at the minute who can thread a pass through the middle.
 
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Dave, that would take us back to the old points we have duscussed on here re' intiak team selection, tactics, subbing and strategy!!

It'll always be a talking point with Moyes. I'd like to know how he came to that decision today, though. I cant believe he thought at HT it'd be a good idea to chase the game in that fashion. He's reacted like some I Zingari League manager and gone a bit ale house.
 
There is something not right watching us, cant put finger on it, our best player this season so far 4 me wants out which aint good
 
I think Moyes panicked with those substitutions today. It took us about 15 minutes to recover from the utter confusion it caused.

It should have been, imo, Yak and Beckford on; Arteta and Saha off. Keep Seamus and Neville in their positions, that was ok.

We ended up with a dog's breakfast.

I agree with that. It was a mess for 10 mins or so...

BUT....

You cant have it both ways. We moan when Moyes is to negative and were still not happy today when he go's for it....
 
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