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Gray finally finds Myko and we get a corner.

Hopefully Frank gets into em at half. Especially Gray. Could see him departing for Dele or Rondon if he keeps it up in the second half.

Gordon over cooked that cross for sure... but once again Gray has cheated inside and no one is out wide to recycle and it rolls out.

Why are all of our free kicks turnovers? Why?

Maybe DVB for Delph at some point?

He wants to drive inside and shoot because he wants a goal against his old side but everyone in the stadium knows it...

Need Iwobi on the ball more. Also every time we hoof it forward they are winning the header so really need to attack those second balls.

HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW

Indeed. And when someone goes to press, sometimes it is two making the same pressure. No one shouting 'I got the ball'. So disjointed. Like no one knows where to be.

indeed

Saw that as well. I would go same team as Man United but Gray for DCL and Richarlison up front? Also wonder if Delph is fit? So potentially DVB or Doucs for him? Will be interesting to see what Frank does now that he has options.

Scored a brace today.

Looks like John Ebbrell is stepping up from assistant coach for the rest of the season. Wonder if we will appoint someone in the summer or stick with John?

Best of luck to Rhino. If first team management is really his goal then this is a positive move for both parties. Hoping this is Thelwell's doing and the owner / board are wising up. We shall see.

Probably a good thing this deal never happened. Has not scored this season. His last goal of course was against us in March 2021. We do seem to buy players who score goals against us. Would explain some of our transfers for sure.

Who would have thought?

I take it back @Hafnia. Deflections, rebounds, loose balls, and mistakes will do me just fine.

Forgot to set an alarm. Missed the beginning of the game. Then couldn't comment because too busy dealing with the anxiety of this game. And now I am just straight up crying. Everton what you do to me and what you mean to me.

DCL certainly needs to work WAY harder but if we are just solely waiting on rebounds, loose balls, and mistakes it is going to be long end to the season. Basically my post was to agree with the views on DCL but point out that even if (but hopefully when) he works harder there are still major failings between all the attackers. Much easier to defend someone if you know they are going to shoot and not pass. The counter argument would be if the striker worked harder, then there might be more link up between the attackers but I still wonder about that... Hopefully everyone works harder but also works together.

I am very frustrated with DCL like many in this thread but I am still hoping DCL can recapture some form... We do not have goals in the side at the moment. Do think his levels are poor at the moment but even if he was running all over the pitch and putting in 110% effort, the service we are getting into the final third is also VERY poor. Would really like to see Gordon, Gray, Richarlison, and DCL trying to set each other up. At least trying to work together. All four of those are looking to shoot most of the time. Our defense and midfield have their own huge problems at the moment (which I won't go into now) but we can't expect them to provide all of the assists. I remember being angry during the Burnley game when Richarlison chipped that very short pass to DCL to head in that obviously did not work out. I remember thinking why didn't Richarlison just hit it? He is so close. Later though, I got to thinking "Wow did one of our players pass to another in the box?". This does not happen enough, basics of the game type of stuff. Blasting hard shots has been our tactic all season. I mean that works sometimes but a lot of the time it is going into either a sea of bodies or hitting the moon. You can see this in how few goals Richarlison, Gray, and Gordon have and why Townsend is still our top scorer with his last in October and is out for the season. Further reasons we need the attackers to work with each other... our fullbacks can't cross and Iwobi/Gomes are the only players that can play a slide rule pass. So we cannot depend on those things. Not saying Gordon or Gray need to become the most creative players overnight but what about getting to line and cutting it back or using their dribbling ability to draw pressure and then lay it off or just a simple square ball every once in a while? Not saying everyone should exist to just serve balls to DCL but it can't be 100% in the other direction either. Each week everyone is on how bad our defense is but so is our offense. The entire 11 needs to wake up.

Would be my pick for the lineup.

Burnley are one point behind us. I wonder if quite a few people would trade that point for their schedule. Really tough run in for us ahead.

indeed. or delph and move holgate there.

Fair enough. I still feel the same way. Feel free to delete the comment if it is too colorful. I will hold my tongue for the evening.