Match Thread Man Utd v Everton 4th April 2017

[canuckblue]

Mirallas' history tells you there was a good chance of him getting sent off. It's too easy to wind him up (see: Wham last year, Swansea the year before). Not seriously bothered by the sub, sorry.

Me neither. Given the way the game was heating up, I might have been tempted to take Mirallas off given his tendency to do something idiotic in these kids of games. Even before that sub, though, I felt we were hanging on for dear life. They had by far the better scoring chances (two crossbars plus an Ibrahimovic header just over) plus a good goal disallowed. The mistake was the DCL sub, agreed, but I don't think anyone else would have made a decisive difference in the outcome. The equalizer was as inevitable as Lawro not predicting the RS to lose.

 

[Gladystweet]

Can't wait for the summer. Can't handle much more of this.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Not really, Lukaku wants to be top scorer in the league, This seems to be his main goal. Kane is out for a while and RL looks desperate to try to grab a couple whilst his main competitor is injured. Cant really blame him ....but if he is trying his best for Everton (as he states) he needs to look up occasionally.....

I would agree but he has done this for a few seasons.

If he feels he can go it alone he will and that is a costly trait.

 

[arch stanton]

Can't beat a good snide

loved that drop ball thing where he took it on when they expected a boot back to them. Up ya pipe jose

 

[samsonthedog1]

Gutted with that. But with West Brom getting beat its not that bad. This time last year that would have been a 4-0 defeat, now we are complaining about a draw. It's a much worse result for them. Progress is slow, but its forward progress Imo.

 

[cadex]

Was Calvert-Lewin wearing slippers? He couldn't stay on his bloody feet! In general, possession too easily turned over. Players lacking belief/conviction to put the game beyond doubt when they had the chance. Need to spend big in the summer, at least on 2 or 3 quality signings with a winning mentality.

 

[seer]

Credit to the lads, they looked exhausted after 60. Harsh on Williams too, don't think there was any intention there at all.

But Koeman .... Da hell Was that all about?

 

[ianefc]

It hurts, it hurts so bad.

So so gutted.

 

[big bobs beard]

Supporting Everton is a lot like that moment when you leap from one high level to another, and you think, I'm going to make it! I'm actually going to do it!!

And then you smash into the wall; break some teeth and plummet into the ground where you lay and cry and wonder why you were so stupid enough to jump...

Then you get up and try it again every week, sometimes even twice, and once a month or so you make it and think wow that was good. So good that even at nearly 50 you keep doing it

 

[ChesterBlue]

What a poor way to drop points. Plus we have a free-scoring Leicester next game who will probably hammer us

 

[USABlue]

Bottlers.

 

[Fansince1988]

Needed to hold the ball up front, so he brings on some skinny kid that could get knocked off the ball by a 12 year old.

And a Belgium international that isn't much better at it either, Top striker nowhere near yet.

 

[chrismpw]

Hang on... I thought the directives this year were that a pen doesn't get a red.

 

[Bob Latchford]

The game I watched had phil Neville on commentary and he was a disgrace. Our former captain championing a united win and willing them on win the game with 8 minutes to go. Hateful finish to the game but much better than the Derby

 

[Verbal Kint]

Absolutely not good enough. United extremely average and we had numerous chances to hit them on the break, poor decision making from everybody. Rom looked out on his feet. Felt we needed pace of Lookman or dare u say it Deulefeo.

Really dissapointed in that.