JoeQuince

How did Niasse miss that?!?

It’s strange that my reaction to this is no longer “Everton are above Vardy”, but “Why would Vardy want to leave Leicester to play under Sam fucking Allardyce?!?”

We’ve entered the fucking Twilight Zone. 

18 minutes ago, Shukes said:

Damn you MikeO!

15 minutes ago, MikeO said:

You're welcome.

Don’t worry, Shukes. Mike suffers from pedantism. We all knew what you meant 😎

Gylfi was at fault again

The fucker was offside

1 hour ago, markjazzbassist said:

Isn’t Thiago the better of the 2 Brothers?  Has rafina gotten any game time?

Not lately. But, he’s a very good player on the ball. He’s strong. His dribbling is wild. And he’s got a got shot on him.

I’m assuming he heads to Italy though. 

16 minutes ago, Matt said:

Martina moved in to cover the man, did the right thing in my opinion

You’re probably right. It’s still a shit tactic. Jags shouldn’t be getting sucked all the way up to the halfway line. Gylfi shouldn’t have the responsibility to run up and down the wing covering Aurier (because he’s physically incapable). And, Martina shouldn’t be so deep. 

The fuck was that? If Jags is man-marking Kane, then Martina can’t just be sitting in the box like that. What the hell is this tactic? 

I would absolutely shit my pants if this happened. 

On a positive note, so many will have expectations so low that Walcott can only end up being a relative success at Everton. 

Walcott has his drawbacks, but he’d likely be very useful for us and he’s a tidier finisher than he gets credit for. 

Done deal, according to Olympiakos.

Brilliant goal. This is why we need players like Lookman in there for the counter

Also, that’s Phil fucking Jagielka for you. Of course, he’s the one to rush his ass up there and make the assist. 

Horribly soft penalty. But, on balance, we deserve to be down. This is another dismal demonstration, though the players have individually done pretty well. 

He would definitely be a better option than Martina. 

Seems we’re back on our bullshit again

Well, that was coming. 

Just now, Bailey said:

I think his movement have been crap. He has been running into Bolasie's channels and then when the ball is in the box he hasn' even tried to get across the front man. He is working hard and trying to make something happen but he is simply moving around the pitch rather than being clever with his movement.

I wish I could upvote this twice. 

I don’t know if it’s Niasse’s positioning (sitting in the channel) or Martina/Bolassie forcing their own play into the same space. But, something needs to be done there at half. 

So much better from both the players and Allardyce today. It’s amazing what having two wingers and a bit of width can do. And, it’s great to see our players simply making the runs they should be making. 

2 hours ago, Quinn31 said:

13) Members who despite being on this forum alongside me for almost 8 years, I still have yet to truly attribute consistent opinions or traits to? Bill, Lownesda, Stev0, Shukes, Newty, c1982, London Blue. Seeing as no one has named me in any of their superlatives, I must be in that boat for all of you 

 

I’m in the same boat, myself. Though, with regards to Bill, I’m fairly certain he can always be expected to make a shout for Besic deserving more playing time. It’s a lot like Haf and automobile analogies. 

We deserved that one, too. 

I’m not sure what Schneiderlin actually does for Everton...

Looks like Sigurdsson will move inside and we will have two wingers!

(Should’ve Been Schneiderlin to go off. But, we know Sam would hate to lose a tall player)

That was garbage defending from Sigurdsson