Match Thread Stoke City vs Everton 15:00 pm Saturday 17th March

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Had Everton 2-0 and a Tosun brace. Don't know what came over me but put 2 quid on at 150 - 1.

Ffs Everton.

Nice to get an away win though. See ya stoke.
 
Pickford could have done better for their goal but on the other hand you have to ask yourself why our centre backs are constantly dominated in the air, game after game after game. Both of those out there need replacing asap.

Baines and Coleman did absolutely fine.

Thought Rooney and Davies stunk the place out in the first half, Wayne slightly improved in the second. Gueye was calm and decent apart from a few shocking passes.

Bolasie was, again, rubbish but did put one good ball into the box at least. You do expect a lot more for 27m.

Walcott was quiet but set up a goal and at least, compared to Bolasie, has a sensible head on his shoulders and doesn't run the ball out of play when it's in his possession.

Tosun is a finisher tbf.
 
Everton was pretty bad whole game despite the win. Cenk was a savior with his double salvo but he wasn't at his best as well, still think that foul which turned into a conceded goal was pretty stupid but he made up his mistake, served well on the second half. He could have added an assist to his stats as Walcott wasted his sublime pass or a hat-trick if DCL and Walcott were thinking to pass the ball to him in the last minutes.

He is getting better each week, still needs to improve his first touch. His first touches weren't that bad while he was playing for us but EPL defenders are way better than Turkish defenders, bugging strikers more than them.

I liked Rooney's way of playing. I think he was the best player on the pitch for Everton today. Gana and Bolasie were terrible.

Spreading the side of the attacks to the whole pitch made the impact for Everton IMO. Please check the heat map for the first half (Stoke on the left and Everton on the right)

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And this one below is the heat map for FT;

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Well, it is an easy tactical dead end. If your team is forced or intentionally attacking one side, it easy to defend by the opponent but if you vary your attacking style, the opponent will know that they need to be careful.

DCL made some mistakes, however, he paced up the game after Bolasie IMO. That was the key.

In conclusion, a pretty bad game for Everton but a good away win to take home no matter what.

P.S. Excuse my typos or grammar mistakes if there are any.
 
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