Btay

Ffs huge chance that at the end of the half.

Of all games for us to fall to shit defensively it’s against a United side who haven’t even turned up.

Dyche - just go for it here. Godfrey & Doucs off. Patto/Coleman & DCL/Dobbin on.

Hahah that’s going to be another pen

Godfrey off for Patto at halftime. Stinker of a game from him 

Horrible challenge.

Another penalty. Get fucked

Has to hit the target there Onana

We actually look the better team here.

Daft from Tarks there. Soft pen though, I’m fine with them given if they are consistent.

Nearly an instant reply. We at least look somewhat up for this.

United 0 - Everton 1

Beto

10 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

It's an unchanged team.

Lets hope Godfrey all of a sudden can defend and Beto can score with his shoulder again!

Well I just hope we get something here.

On another note, I’ve absolutely Everton’d myself. Strapped the boots on for my old team & done my ankle in the warm up

On 07/03/2024 at 18:55, Romey 1878 said:

• Manchester United have won all three of their Premier League games against Everton since the start of last season. They most recently won four league meetings in a row against the Toffees from November 2006 to December 2007.

• Everton have won just one of their past 30 Premier League games at Old Trafford (D8 L21), a 1-0 victory under Roberto Martinez against a United side managed by former Toffees boss David Moyes.

• Manchester United's 40 Premier League wins against Everton is the joint-most one side has against another in the competition's history, with the Red Devils also winning 40 times against Aston Villa.

• Manchester United have lost 11 of their 27 Premier League games this season (W14 D2), only losing more in 2013-14 and 2021-22 (both 12). The Red Devils have lost both of their past two league games, but have not lost three in a row within a single season since December 2015 under Louis van Gaal.

• Everton are winless in 10 Premier League games (D5 L5), the longest ongoing run of any side currently in the division. Only from August-October 1994 (12) have the Toffees ever had a longer winless run in the competition.

• Everton have the 10th-highest xG in the Premier League this season (41.6), but the third-lowest goal total (29), giving them the biggest difference between expected goals and goals scored (12.6).

This is our issue & why I still remain quite pro Dyche (not saying I don’t have a few minor concerns) but it’s on the players to start sticking these chances away.

We can absolutely get at United here but we will need to be more aggressive in winning the ball back.

Beto last game out was a mixed bag, decent chance on goal & missed penalty - kind of the pattern with our forwards this year. He did however do the seemly impossible & score a goal, for that he starts again.

McNeil / Harrison - are most likely going to start by default but they need to seriously get their shit together. The other option is Dobbin who would be thrown in the deep end but I don’t think we could do much worse on recent form of the other 2.

                         Pickford

Coleman*   Tarks      Branthwaite    Myko 

              Garner           Onana 

Harrison            Doucs                    McNeil 

                            Beto

* Coleman or Patto - just play a natural RB who isn’t Ashley Young.

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

If it's anything like the Chelsea trialist we had (was it this season or last season?) then he'll be signing for Rochdale shortly .

Forever the optimist mate

On trial from Arsenal, scored against Spurs for our U21’s. Apparently he is well thought of.

18 goals & 4 assists for Arsenal U18’s.

22 hours ago, Palfy said:

Looking at our remaining games this season I think our season could rest on whether we beat Forest at home, with the real chance that we could both be deducted 6 points a piece before the season ends, that in my view would put Luton in the clear and leave us and Forest to battle it out for 17th spot, and one of us will then survive on possibly the lowest points scored to remain in the league. 
And if we can achieve that with a total 12 points deduction for the season, and a paper thin squad, that would be a huge accolade to all involved in the team, and imo it should go down as our miracle season with all that’s been happening in the background just to make things that little bit harder. 

It’s in our hands though & we have shown this season already we are capable of stringing wins together.

Agree wholeheartedly with the second point.

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

You can’t keep a good man down.

PSG will probably get him after Mbappe goes. Like for like replacement

On 27/02/2024 at 06:28, Romey 1878 said:

Hat-trick against non-league Maidstone.

Levels .

Hat-trick again in the championship

More & more disappointed with him after each appearance. I said we would get more out of him than we would from Iwobi/Gray but that was wrong. Great work ethic but loses the ball so much. 

I feel there’s a few issues around the pitch that are contributing to these performances.

For starters, the long ball from Pickford & Tarks - as a CM you just start to expect it to be pumped over your head so you look for the second balls.

Secondly, our wingers are forever coming inside.  This is making the centre of the pitch to busy & difficult to play forward.

Thirdly, Doucoure as the second striker/AM - can’t fault his work rate one bit but so much play breaks down when played in to his feet.

Garner needs to step up & hasn’t been at his best of late but we look a much better football team when he is on the ball in centre mid. Especially when he finds the pocket of space & we can break the line. I’d keep him in CM, get an actual RB who can offer something on the ball.

Eventually I would like to see some in second striker who can find space, receive the ball and use it effectively. This isn’t me bagging out Doucoure as he is vital to us but he has his strengths & weaknesses.

16 hours ago, StevO said:

I’d do that, but drop McNeil and give Harrison a go on the left. 

Shame Danjuma has been injured for this spell because we would be ideal right now 

9 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

I kinda wish we'd just been shit and lost today. I know what to do with that - just get angry and vent on here about it. But today we played the best we have in a while, had enough chances to win it and somehow contrived to lose it 3-1. So I just feel sad and don't really know what to do with that or how to combat it.

 

Pickford - Other than picking the ball out of his net I don't remember him having much to do?

Godfrey - He really limits us. For once he wasn't constantly drifting central but he just is not a good defender. And then he's awful attacking-wise.

Tarkowski - Loved the Hollywood ball but he did it a bit too often.

Branthwaite - A couple of mistakes but on the whole solid.

Mykolenko - It's a wonder he didn't get torn to shreds today because McNeil was absolutely nowhere. It's testament to him that he held up well.

Harrison - Today he got into some great positions to put the ball into the box but the majority of the time it was a poor delivery. He constantly disappointed me.

Onana - I thought he had a decent game today tbh but, honestly, the only thing that I vividly remember is that fucking shot that she skied.

Garner - Fuck me, he was bad. Like Dunc said in another thread, the third goal summed him up today. Puts a poor corner in that hit the first man and got a reprieve from the ref and got to take it again. Then he proceeded to do the exact same thing and hit the first man. Ball comes back to him from that and he goes and sets West Ham racing at our goal! He did put a delightful ball in to Beto for our goal though, but that was probably the only positive thing he did all game.

McNeil - Like I said in his thread, it was a lazy a disinterested performance from him. I think it took him 15 minutes to touch the ball for the first time and what did he do with it? Smashed it backwards to no one to give West Ham a corner. It just carried on from there really.

Doucoure - The best he's looked since his return from injury. Still very much working his way back to fitness though.

Beto - He still refuses to jump for headers but I thought he used his body well today and had a really good game. I was actually surprised, and a bit disappointed, to see him come off tbh. He didn't look tired and he was still causing West Ham problems. The penalty was horrendous like, no doubt about that.

 

Results went our way today to limit the damage, but it's annoyed me that we should have won that and took ourselves clear.

I don't often disagree with your player summaries however i thought Garner was the best of the midfield and Douc's was pretty bad today. However, when watching on TV its impossible to grasp the whole picture.

After mellowing out a bit I feel the lack of depth in the wing position is really hampering us at the moment.

Godfrey, honest type & you can see the effort but as you've mentioned he just kills our attacks and any attempt at passing football.

3 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

Harrison or McNeil don't shit the bed, we're 2-0 up and likely take all 3 points. At that point in the game we were looking anything but negative. 

Not to mention Doucs getting cleared off the line. I've lost count of how many chances like that he has had this year and barely makes contact with the ball.

1 minute ago, Newty82 said:

Fuckin hell.

Didn't expect that.

I said after the last game that these lads need to a confidence boost from somewhere. They've got to take the responsibility on for that themselves too.

Alongside that, Dyche needs to be more ambitious with our play at home. We look so much better when we move quickly and go at it.

If we want to win, bring on the likes of Dobin and Chimitti when we're drawing. Don't wait until we're losing.

I know we have a paper thin squad, but the likes of Dobin will never make an impact without actual minutes...and I only mean in place of players who game after game aren't doing the business.

I don't think we need Godfrey at home especially. Constantly beating in the air when it matters & just offers nothing on the ball.

Really poor from McNeil & Harrison today. All in all we created to be up 3-0 & see the game out but this team just does not know how to win games or get in to solid winning positions. Bitterly disappointed.

Just now, plaidharper said:

Fuck off Garner

Been our best player today.

Shambolic that.

Now he subs McNeil.