London toffee here, was at the match.
It was like watching the U-18 team get schooled by the senior team. Tottenham were fitter, better drilled and much more athletic all around. They attacked the space and defended high up the pitch. It really gives me serious concerns that Everton's ability to be more than the sum of our parts is lost under the new regime. We always had weak links in the past, but the collective made up for this through good tactics, discipline and fitness. We also don't have any partnerships between players in the current side. In the past you always knew that certain combinations of players in the centre or left side would find space and make an option, in this current side the players dwell on the ball or pass back because they don't know where their team mates are or if their full back is making a run into space (clue: they aren't).
We have a dangerous mix of too young players ( holgate, kenny, dcl) and over the hill players (Jags, Williams, Rooney) who canni be relied on to execute a game plan for 90mins consistently.
Today really highlighted for me the lack of a plan or central idea for our club.
What is Everton in 2017? Not sure that I know anymore, am this makes me sad.
