Wiggytop

Always been a head less chicken, but today he gave a masterclass in being totally useless and a liability

Jags for me, rock solid and gave a true lead by example display. Pickford as solid as ever, and Tom ran his legs off.

Everton 2 Liverpool 1

Tosun

2 hours ago, hafnia said:

For the majority of the season gana gets  continuous shit cos he isn'ttt much more than an average footballer with a game set to seek and destroy and win the ball. 

Schneiderlein has one game where he elevates himself from "not giving a shit and being piss poor" to "being no worse than the rest of the shit"  and it's supposedly alright.

One player cost £8m and gives 100%.... the other player cost over £20m and wslked out of training amd laughed at us getting beat by atalanta.

I'm not saying he deserves a place over Gana by any shape or form, what I meant was that he was marginally better than he has been for most of this season, he played the ball forward more then sideways, and made a coup,e of tackles, which he has failed to do all season. He clearly is comfortable with himself playing  that way for Everton. I'm not and he can be moved on in the summer, he had an opportunity yesterday to show some desire and failed in that respect.

12 minutes ago, Bailey said:

I actually thought he did ok in the circumstances today. He was more or less a 1 man midfield until Davies came on I while he wasnt perfect he was given no chance by his manager.

I agree also, poor first half ( and everyone else ) better in 2nd half, a few decent tackles and moved the ball forward, but still too much jogging around aimlessly.

Everton 2 City 1

Tosun

48 minutes ago, MikeO said:

If he was standing on the edge of a cliff most fans would be behind him I reckon.

Form an orderly que gents 👍

7 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

And maybe that's why.

Possibly right, anyhow, let's get him fit and ready for the start of next season, while he's recovering he could send him a tape of how to win aerial challenges to Michael Keane

2 hours ago, Cornish Steve said:

Replace Klaassen with Schneiderlin and you’re probably about right. 

What ! Gana and Schniederlin on the pitch together, no thanks. I can handle Gana playing but no Schniederlin, he's been a ghosting passenger the season, doesn't deserve a place, I'd rather Benni who wants to play for us.

He's settling in very well, happy with what I've seen so far ( bar giving away the free kick that led to Stokes goal at the weekend)

9 minutes ago, Palfy said:

I do worry that he will convince Moshiri to keep him and extend his contact, or am I just having a don’t panic moment 

Please let it be a panic moment, cos I'm feeling the same 👎

Stoke 0  Everton 2 

Tosun

Aaaarrrggggghhhhhh FFS No!

17 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

Talking of season tickets I’ve renewed for next season now. 

Me too, fingers are crossed for BFS to go soon

wait until you get cramp in your hamstrings, I suffer from tight hamstrings which is from a back related injury years ago. I have to do stretches first thing each morning and at night which tend to keep it at bay,  plus daily magnesium etc etc. However my work involves getting into tight spaces or being in the same scrunched up position sometimes which can be the trigger.

I don't think yesterday's performance was down to any one player, we actually seemed to have a balanced team from the start.

Having Baines back is a real bonus, it seemed to allow the LCH to focus on his game and not worry about covering Cuco ( not going to put all blame on him, but he is clearly a wink link at LB) which in turn meant the RCH wasn't worrying about having to cover his partner, and Coleman brings balance to the right, Kenny did a good job, but needs more experience which is understandable.

Cenk gave us an outlet for the back, he both held up play and also brought both wingers and the midfield into the game.

Twp proper wingers gave us the width and pace in attack we've missed, and allowed the midfield to play as a unit.

Finally with all of the above the threat on our goal was reduced, apart from a couple of brain farts towards the end.

Same team Saturday and move on ASAP Sam, still don't want you here.

Leighton Baines, gave a very assured performance on his return, drove us forward well and solid in defence, more importantly he gave us back the balance the team has been missing, allowing the centre backs not to feel the need to cover, and the Lw to be more attacking minded.

Overall a good team performance which makes a change from recent weeks.

Everton 3 Brighton 1

Tosun

2 hours ago, chicagoblue said:

Win lose or draw, let's sack Sam.

 

Totally sick of his shit. End this disgrace and start afresh. 

Oh yes please

10 hours ago, duncanmckenzieismagic said:

I think this was the final nail in the coffin for him, it was proper toxic in there today
Even if we won the last 9 games, with a 10-0 thrashing of The Shite , it wouldn’t be enough to save him

 

I don't want him saving, just out of our club, now !

Tosun as he gave us some hope, and did well for the time he was on.

other than Pickford ( who maybe should have done better for both goals though) Coleman and Siggy we were awful once again

Allardyces master plan continues apace, destroys our confidence and what credibility we had, takes no blame for any failiures, and readies himself for the payoff so he can go on to West Brom for another payday.

Burnley 1 Everton 2 Walcott

Go now please Sam, its mine and my sons first year as a season ticket holders, we would like to renew and continue to support this great club, but while your here, it's In question.

You have a reputation for making teams difficult to beat, clearly that ability has passed, so be honest with yourself, that is if you have the ability to do so, and not continue to be delusional, and do the decent thing for everyone who loves this club.

10 hours ago, Bailey said:

I have just watched a replay of the goal back again, albeit only from the point that Kiko is running at us with the ball.

I cant remember exactly what happened before that, but I do know that one of the Watford players went for the ball against Rooney and Martina, beat them both to it and had lifted the ball to Kiko. Rooney is out of the game but Martina is able to get back into it and does well to help his defence. From hereon though it shows the frailties in the confidence of our defenders and how either indecisive they are, or just how they dont read the game that well. Its always difficult on the counter attack because you have to make really quick decisions, especially at that level, but the good and confident players make the right ones, ours... well, erm... dont.

When Kiko has the ball we are 4 v 5 (we have the 5), albeit Kenny is caught ahead of the ball. Martina gets back in the fold and he is the closest man to Kiko, whilst tracking the run of Okaka. Keane is marking space and should be screaming at Martina to follow the ball, allowing him to track Okaka. Kiko cuts in, Martina stops to tackle him, Keane also stops and Okaka is open and the ball is played easily to him. Gana is more or less in the perfect position at this point as he is tracking back. As the ball gets played into Okaka, Keane has dropped to the near post, 6 yards out marking thin air, Martina is the closest to Okaka but not close enough to block the cross or tackle (due to the indecision with Kiko) and Gana has sprinted across the box into no mans land, right past Kiko who has continued into the box, which is just where Deeney happens to get the ball. Williams is in a good position with Deeney to start with but its almost like he is expecting either someone else to be there, or for the ball to go past Deeney because he hesitates. Deeney gets the ball out of his feet and smashes it past the diving Williams and then Keane who is on Pickfords toes. Gana has also over run the play and he also cant get back in time to stop the shot.

Thats my interpretation of the goal, it might not be the same for others but in anyones view you can see that the communication and decisiveness were dreadful. If Martina follows Kiko, as he started to, or even pushed him inside to Gana and then Keane went straight into Okaka as he got the ball, there wouldnt have been a problem. As a defender you know when you should know when you are pushing someone into a space occupied by a teammate. Thats why you spend so long doing drills on the training pitch. Keane just gets himself caught in no mans land, not close enough to anything to make a difference, other than a bad cross that Williams had covered. Gana too had done so well to make the ground up only to get mesmerised by the ball instead of remaining disciplined. In one simple and small decision, that is the difference between him and Barry/McCarthy. In the end Okaka had two to chose from because of that overreaction.

Whilst I am here, in hindsight I also have to question the bench and subs. Schneiderlin is a clear like for like for Gana, I get that, no problems there. Bolasie is there for a winger like for like, again I get that. Why dont we have a Klaasen or possibly a Vlasic to replace one of Rooney/Davies? Why do we have two strikers on the bench when we only play 1 up front? We all know Rooney isnt a 90 minute player, and that is also a tag you can give to Davies, so why dont we have a replacement for them on the bench? I can hear some of you say, "you can use Sigurdsson centrally" and I agree, but they why take both him and Rooney off at the same time? Them two and Davies dictate how much of the ball we have. When Rooney flags, chuck Siggy back and bring on a winger, don't sub them both off, for two players who aren't going to control the game in any way. Instead of trying to build pressure in the last few minutes what Sam has done is take off 66% of our quality and brought on a guy to chase lost causes and another who is a lost cause. Even if Vlasic was on the bench, he too can help control a game and would give us a better chance that Bolasie, giving you a chance to go 2 up top if you wanted. Its almost like the subs weren't really thought about or maybe he had such little faith in his tactics that he wanted completely different players on the bench to change things completely if it didn't work? In a similar theme to the goal above, the bench lacked clear thought and decisiveness. It wasn't a bench of someone who expected plan A to work, or maybe even a plan B. It was appeared more of a "use in case of emergencies" bench.

Haven't seen any of the game yet, will do later today,  but I did listen to the game, and from what you've put it sounds right.

Your final paragraph is also right IMO, and comes from BFS ( big fat Sam) from being a negative and unadventurous manager, just seems to want to sneak a draw or occasionally a result.

Bleak times ahead until he goes.