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This is pathetic

This. Not the easiest ball to tap in, fizzed and awkward height.

Getting carved open now.

High press is looking effective. Beto offside luckily

I look at that Chelsea line up and think this is a real chance to get at them. How on earth Young is getting a start again is beyond me. Beto needs a big game here but he would benefit so much more from Gomes playing instead of Doucs (who admittedly is due a goal…)

Yeah hopefully it’s nothing serious.

Looks like Dom is injured again.

Chelsea 1 - Everton 2 Tarks

I rate Pickford but I would be shocked if a team was to pay £70 million for a keeper, especially a premier league team with this new found focus on FFP. I agree Virginia looks to have potential but throwing him in to a bottom half team would be a massive risk. Alex Meret of Napoli is somewhat rated & his contract expires this year. Ideally I would keep Pickford but this is the business model thrown upon us now. I would sell Onana or Pickford, in that order before Branthwaite though.

Exactly right mate. We all have differing opinions on how this club can improve but the thing everyone can be unified on is we want our Everton to be the best club it can be. All in together now

Apologies I thought it was 10. Disgusting & completely irrational.

Well I’m guttered to see us lose points but that’s more to do with our recent poor run than the actual points. Another 4/6 points picked up in that run and we wouldn’t be stressed right now about relegation. Earlier I said based off the 6 points deduction over 3 years that this deduction should be 2 given that 2/3 years have been accounted for. However, when reading the reports and looking at the process - it’s an absolute farce. Asking for 5 points originally. They have wanted a total of 15 points off us this year, disgusting & absolutely out of proportion. We do have to accept that we made our bed with the 2 charges this year given the dispensation given last season however, this second should never have eventuated due to double jeopardy & the actual structure of the charges. I would have little issue with this is teams from 1st-20th are dealt with the same merit, however they clearly are not. This is a time to rally together though, it’s been a tough couple of seasons at the foot of the table but staying up after all this is a massive fuck you to the PL. One that they undoubtedly deserve.

I see it too mate don't worry. However, I also see the moments where he is the only player out there who looks like he wants to get on the ball & dictate the game for us. We need much more of the latter from him.

Now we just need Young out of the team and we start to try and play some football.

I am adamant we only got the penalty against Newcastle because Ashley Young carried on about it & made a scene. It’s an absolute shambles the VAR process, you’ll only get a decision like that if you milk it - which is everything that’s wrong with football.

I want Beto to succeed, the idea of us having strong, pacey center forward is very much how I see Everton. In moments, he looks rapid but then in showings like Burnley he looks like a center back thrown uptop. That moment he was in behind and clear should be his absolute bread & butter, the initial run in behind was great but what followed was piss poor. Is it confidence / lack of game time? Or is it, as I'm starting to feel - someone who just is not at this level?

Doucoure definitely cares mate. I'm not a fan of him as a footballer technically speaking but I won't fault his hear or effort. Onana is a tough one, he has moments or glimpses where he can run the midfield on his own but then puts in a tedious job back on a counter. I'll give him benefit of the doubt but I definitely want to see more from him, as we know he can do it but it will only increase his price when he undoubtedly leaves.

His urgency to get back and throw a tackle in was great. I hope Onana was watching it.

Said it in the match day thread about the crowd. If there’s one thing our lot appreciate is someone working their guts off & it will never go unnoticed.

I can really see us getting something from that game. We have an interesting 4 games in quick succession coming up. Chelsea, Forest, Liverpool & Brentford. Imperative that we take points from Forest & Brentford. Chelsea have a cup tie as mentioned above whilst Liverpool have a UCL away day, trip to Fulham & then play us at Goodison in the space of a week. (Whilst also playing West Ham 2 days after us) There is an opportunity to pick up points from places we didn’t expect to get points here.

Well it’s a win but we made that so much harder than it needed to be. Winless run ended so hopefully that leads to more consistent points.

The crowd responding to McNeils 1 man press just shows how much we value honest effort

Fuck we needed that as well

2 massive chances there. Great ball from Gomes

Fucking shoot me