Match Thread Fulham v Everton (Sunday 22 Nov 12:00)

[WA Toffee]

3 good points away from home. Fulham had a lot of possession and pressure after their second, but we didnt really let them trouble us. DCL is the top scorer in the league. James and Richarlson still to get back to full fitness. A lot more to be positive than negative about.
And Iwobi played great too.

 

[bilyaletdinov_]

Calvert-Lewin was excellent, Iwobi and Digne really good in the first half especially as were Richarlison and James. Good away win - London is Blue!

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

The problem I have is with how we came out in the second half with the mentality that the game was over and we just sat back. This is where a leader on the pitch comes into play, someone to hand out bollockings, sadly we don't have any leaders.

 

[RomanReigns]

Chelsea had more international players than us and 1 day less rest and absolutely dominated Newcastle away from home and kept a clean sheet

Don’t use international break as an excuse

The second half was down to negative football

 

[Old Blue 2]

We need to buy players to improve our bench....painful watching Sigurdsson and Davies

Defensively, I thought Davies put in a shift when he came on. One great block on the edge of the area...

 

[john jako]

Its the same for most clubs of course, but there's a reason why we looked poor in that 2nd half.

We have a good week of training coming up, so I'm sure we will prepare properly for the next game.

I hope so mate. Got a league title to win here.

 

[billyblue80]

It doesn't matter who you play if you switch off at halftime and try to just contain for the entire second period you are in trouble. I don't know if that was mentality or tactics for sure but I definitely lean toward mentality and that needs stamping out right now. We could have battered them 5 or 6 to 1 if we kept the intensity up and instead we clawed over the line.

We seemed to drop off in intensity and pressing and dropped right back we should have been dictating after that first half. I don't know if it was mentality, fitness or tactical but it was very Everton and I could see it being 3-3 or 4-3 luckily we dug it out. We have to be better though for 90 mins especially on the ball and defensively.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

We need to buy players to improve our bench....painful watching Sigurdsson and Davies

Thought Davies was ok actually. Sigurdsson might aswell have stayed on the bench

 

[DanB90]

Chelsea had more international players than us and 1 day less rest and absolutely dominated Newcastle away from home and kept a clean sheet

Don’t use international break as an excuse

The second half was down to negative football

I’m pretty sure Carlo never told them to get bullied by Fulham.
we ended up camped on our 6 yard box, because every time we passed forwards, we gave it straight away.

And we aren’t Chelsea.

 

[larbert toffee]

Dom had a good game as he explained having to mix it up in the contrasting halves, I've given him support in the past when he was getting stick so today it was Iwobi, this lad gets so much stick but I think we saw the best of him today particularly in the first half where he ran them ragged and put in some great crosses.

 

[ForeverEverton]

We need to buy players to improve our bench....painful watching Sigurdsson and Davies

I think we played 3 at the back today as we didn`t have a RB and didn`t want to play Godfrey RB again, once Coleman gets back Im hoping we will revert to a back 4 again....

 

[JohnTheBlue]

No more of this 20/30m on five players every summer

Go out and buy 2 top top quality players, CB and a DM

 

[marsh]

A few more pointless goals in the 2nd half would have been nice but some fans don't like extra goals

 

[Encoder]

Some seriously wet bedsheets in here. Four points off top spot.

Leeds' energy next week is worrying me though as we seemingly have the least fit team in the league. Just have to hope with their manic style they will leave holes for Richarlison and James to exploit.

 

[Preki]

Don't like Keown but he was spot on when asked if we are a top 4 side.
'No'.
So frustrating that we have no Strikers or any pace on the bench (sorry Cenk).