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i'm a novice and still trying to learn the sport and the players but i am not sure if it was a conditioning thing or not but rom doesn't seem to have a good touch out there. he's big and intimidating and looks like he can score but seems like he needs to be set up to take full advantage. he can't seem to control the ball and create on his own. if that's the case, who is our best creator? was it ross?

baines naismith pienaar in that order. baines was being very creative and naismith is just a solid player that plays within his abilities. he can't make that spectacular pass but he makes the safe textbook play and doesn't look like you have to question his effort. i thought pienaar was very active and trying his hardest to create. mcgeady had that brilliant goal but felt he was hit or miss all day.

i think this should considerably alter our expectations for the season. from the little i know, i think we would be lucky to finish in the the 6-8 area. this not only hurts us this year but takes a year of development away from ross AND could be potentially career altering for him b/c nobody knows how he will bounce back both mentally and physically. from what i know about the team, it doesn't look like we are going to spend alot more money for a loan so imho, we should pay for a cheap loan on a very young player that could potentially develop and we could purchase down the road on the cheap.

i am a new everton fan...and soccer fan in general. i've watched world cup over the years and have watched a few mls games here and there over the past 20 years. (i am 40 years old). but i am a sports fan so even tho i don't know all the strategies and such...i can tell how a team functions, energy, etc. and it really was clear that rom wasn't ready to be out there and i think he only played b/c of ross' injury. and then our energy was basically zero in the 2nd half. if we played with any of the same effort in the first half, we probably win 3-1 or possibly even 4-1. a bit concerning was all the long passes we couldn't defend. our defenders looked so small. i fear that every single point will count this season so losing out 2 points now will mean we have to get a surprise win on the road somewhere this season to balance it out.

we played not to lose in the second half. very lethargic and tired. lukaku is not 100% ready...timing just a smidge off.

zero energy. our conditioning looks like shit.

terrible...

pienaar with a nice touch to naismith...

YAYSMITH!!!!!!!!!!!

that was a impressive comeback from leicester. their emotions are working in their favor. lukaku doesn't look 100% ready yet.

are you kidding me?

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

i'm new here but is the protocol to use the thread during the game and not the chat room?

hopefully not a sign of things to come.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/everton-win-race-christian-atsu-4023641#ixzz39oIpbw8e

horrendous? i just got that tatoo'd on my back so if i forget to bring the shirt, i can just take the one i have off

start by getting this http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/03/everton-fan-conjures-ingenious-way-to-get-ten-favourite-players-names-on-new-shirt-4819940/

yaysmith!