Match Thread Southampton v Everton (Sunday 25 October 14:00)

[USABlue]

 

[peteblue]

Why are we in green?

A question I asked earlier and still don’t know the answer to......

 

[BlueToff]

Allan isn't really plugging the gaps like I think people think he is.

The 4-3-3 doesn’t click without Richalrison

it hasn’t in any period of any game where he’s not played

 

[ricer10]

can Digne or Nikounkou play RB ? I’d move one there / support Hamez ... rescue Godfry

 

[MrGrumpy]

SIGH!...Getting overun in midfield, all looks panicked and the passing has been atrocious.

Same thing happened at Goodison last season.

 

[Evri]

Today we only missing Walcott in first 11 so we can say good old Everton

 

[DaChunk]

Pickford has been perfectly fine today. Though I do question why he wasn’t out sooner on their offside goal with the initial ball. Need to see a replay.

He hasn't, his positioning is awful.

 

[MockBu4]

Still a point here for us if we want it

a true WINNER team has the mentality to win the game even being 2 neal down.

BUT such team extremely rarely concedes sloppy goals which is for us is a quite common practice,
SOBERING game...

 

[Sharpies volley]

Hard for a striker to get into a game when the midfield are having a nightmare.

I agree mate but he's got help himself as well. He's got to be on the move more. Said the same thing when we played them last season. He's being given a lesson in center forward play by Ings.

 

[Carroll Speed]

No pressing at all. We look totally pedestrian. Carlo doesn’t rant and rave apparently. I'd be into them

 

[Carloblues]

More significantly, this is the fan mentality we all know and love.

First bump in the road and...grim.

Oh give over, we can praise them when playing well but can't call them out when they are shocking?

 

[Ring master]

Scraping the barrel, the only positive is surely we cannot get any worse?! Early goal second half and let’s see.

Dont worry mate, we are good at trying something different, when it does not look likely lol

 

[Sharpattack]

Looking at that team and the bench, I see no way back. It’s damage limitation time. Southampton look like scoring every time they go forward.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Call a spade a spade though we have been crap and frustrating to watch today, the build up play so plodding and predictable.

We were doing quite well until Sig hit the bar I thought.

But you’re right we can still get something here. Difficult but one early goal now and we are back in it.

Will never understand how people think Iwobi is better than Bernie though.

Maybe they both stink

 

[RomanReigns]

So 35th time lucky then