Match Thread Southampton v Everton. 15th Aug at 12.45.

[Walken]

Some excellent counter attacking football. A very professional and tidy performance.

I'm buzzing mate.

how was ross?

 

[HuddersfieldToffee]

Martinez in

 

[degsy]

Lets face it lids, the bookies weren't bricking it on the vast amounts of cash pouring in for 0-3 to the blues er greens er...Us.

 

[deipnosophist]

Hi lads...just home from watching the mighty All Blacks despatch Australia and post match bevying, which now finds me well bevvied.
What a result at St Mary's!!!!!....about to watch the mighty Blues replay now

 

[HuddersfieldToffee]

how was ross?

Patchy, at his better moments, sublime, at his worse, a little meek. Great goal though.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I love it when we play without any width at all

No wingers, which is even worse without Baines or Oviedo. Don't understand the line-up. There will be a clog in the middle.

ah the no winger system, I've been hoping he would change his one winger system, and he has

cleverly, barry or macarthy will never get dropped so we play an appalling system to squeeze them in, this manager will be leading a relegation fight in the coming months

I will reserve my judgment until after we've lost.

I am quietly confident we will stink the place out today.
3-0 Southampton

Hope Im wrong like

Probably lose by 5.

Martinez has learnt absolutely nothing, he won't be manager next season that is for sure.

All he needs to do is buddy up the flanks, fullbacks bombing on with proper Wingers working with them, the rest will take care of itself, width exposes teams, getting the ball out wide pulls the opposition apart to create space in the middle.

It's how we have played our best football under Moyes's last 3 seasons and Martinez's first.

Martinez is never going to go back to that, and for me that means he'll not be here for much longer.

Should be sacked for that lineup after all that happened last season

In for a straight paddlin' by Soton today.

I don't think I've seen a single sane person ask for two strikers to be played or to be the only team in the world that thinks a move back to 4-4-2 would be sound thinking, what I have seen is plenty to ask for him to pick a team based on balance, he hasn't, and also to stop shoehorning in as many favourites as possible, he has more so than ever

That team is beyond woeful.

We will play utter rubbish and somehow manage to snatch a point, and it will be more depressing than if we gave a good account of ourselves and lost.

3 centre backs, 4 centre mids, 2 centre forwards and a fullback, nope can't see a problem with that.

If we play like we know we are capable, we'll lose this.

No width what so ever.

Just LOL at Martinez

Kone on the wing. What a clown.

Speechless here.

Seriously though playing players out of position is getting really old.

Barry is gash.

Passing is terrible here.

Do one Barry

I want to publicly flog Barry. Get him off the pitch!!!

Barry is so so crap.

Yeah it's the same system, but with even more square pegs in round holes than usual.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

how was ross?

Boss mate

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Thank you Everton. Should have had a celebration these past few days with my wedding anniversary and birthday, but my dad was diagnosed with cancer on thursday. Haven't had much solice recently so the result and performance will give my family a lift.

 

[Blue Cheese]

About to crack my third Caesar of the day, and it's just shy of 10 in the morning over here.

Why are you eating dog food mate?

Great game, well in lads.

 

[BiggyRat]

Aaahh ROm going in the crowd to see if the woman was OK!!

Wheres the Personal Injury Protection Insurance money Bill?

 

[canuckblue]

Hi lads...just home from watching the mighty All Blacks despatch Australia and post match bevying, which now finds me well bevvied.
What a result at St Mary's!!!!!....about to watch the mighty Blues replay now

Sounds like you're having a perfect weekend for a Kiwi....

 

[Stanley Parker]

What a changed performance from substantially the same team.

I don't know if it was science or circumstance that determined today's game - either way it was an overwhelming success.

 

[Donald Twain]

Chin em lad!

 

[canuckblue]

Thank you Everton. Should have had a celebration these past few days with my wedding anniversary and birthday, but my dad was diagnosed with cancer on thursday. Haven't had much solice recently so the result and performance will give my family a lift.

Sorry to hear that, mate. Fingers crossed for everyone in your family.

 

[LocalNative]

This game made this revolting hangover [Poor language removed] for a while. I even felt like drinking one of the half drunk cans of carlsberg lying about. UPA TOFFEES