Wiggytop

Far too many eucalpyt leaves. Stoned out of his fucking mind that fella. 

I prefer to call him “that twat”. 

3rd highest in the league for through balls as well. Will only improve with Maupay’s movement in front of him as well.

You just have to look at the MotM stats on this forum, since Lampard has taken over he is now nearing 200 votes, in half a seasons worth of games. That is a serious turn around in form for a player pretty much every one of us would have seen sold had any sort of reasonable offer come in. The new management have to get some serious brownie points for what getting the best out of Iwobi.

Thanks to our very own @Wiggytop?

That’s not how I see it, previously he half heartedly tackled, ran like a crab sideways across the pitch, didn’t make good passes, to me he’s now the opposite which is all good.

That’s not how I see it, previously he half heartedly tackled, ran like a crab sideways across the pitch, didn’t make good passes, to me he’s now the opposite which is all good.

I almost voted for him. You have to be mentally tough to step into a game like that after sitting on the bench for months and keep a clean sheet. He deserves his vote. 

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, the reality is that it would take something catastrophic for him to start now. A solid if somewhat slow player doesn't really fit anymore. Good luck to him. 

And so can you, ( I know, and  I know you can take it 😎)

Sorry I thought you were up for a mock argument!

Love this, he looks so calm when on the ball and always looking quickly for who's available for a pass.  Almost all of his passes are forward passes as well.
Great work for the goal as well, starts things off in the middle with the ball out to Mykolenko, and settles initially in to a defensive position to cover Myk but then spots the space to run into to receive the ball again where he can drive forward and pick out Maupay.  Really good awareness.

Went looking for my comments in this thread but apparently i left the really bad stuff in the matchday posts. He's had many a critic on here and I was towards the front of the queue. While this is a great place to share our thoughts and grievances it's also very important we admit to our mistakes. I would like to formally apologize to Alex. Many have been watching Everton for decades so I'm sure others jump to mind but in my 15 years I have never seen anyone have a turnaround like his. He was absolute trash no way around it and now he is our most important player. Full credit to him (with a decent assist from the coaching staff) on persistence and unlocking his potential. 

Agreed, I’ve made my vote, but wouldn’t argue with anyone else choice either.

I love it when you see more than 2-3 nominees for motm it shows the team are playing well together, long may it last. 

Just said the same in the Coady thread, the picture looks like a big brother looking after his younger kid brother 👍

I thought he was brilliant yesterday, read the game well, tackled, good passes, cool under pressure, where was all the headless chicken stuff we were promised we would get again.

He certainly offers something different to Dom up front, I don’t think Dom would have tried that shot, I’d like to see if we’re able to get them together as a pairing. I like his post match interview also, seems to get us, and knows if he does the bis, he will be loved by the fans.

I wasn’t overly impressed with him in a back 3/5 in the first couple of games, however in the past two the pairing with Tarks is looking good, they seem to have a good understanding between them, there was one bit of action yesterday , Coady took a hit off one of the West Ham players ( Antonio I think), Tarks came in and gave him a subtle kick when winning the ball back, it was like a big brother looking after his younger kid, “you pick on him and you’ll have me to deal with” stuff. That’s something I’ve not seen here for ages and was needed, we’ve been too passive.

Really please that he is off the mark. That well taken goal will give him great confidence.
I am sure if we had him in the squad from the off this season we would have chalked up a couple more wins.
If he pays in the manner during his time with us, he will have been money well spend in these days of +£50m strikers.

It was probably only decent thing he did all game, and he wanted everyone to know about it. But I think he bit off more than he could chew with our little Highland Terrier. 

And then Gordon and Patterson had a Barney when Gordon eventually closed down a cross. Was good to see Patterson give it back to him and tell him to work harder.

We spent about £80m on Keane, Mina and Godfrey. 
These two costing hardly anything and putting the others to shame with their simple no nonsense defending and occasional smashing an opponent. Love them both. 
Hope we make Coady’s stay permanent very soon. 

What a finish that was. Well deserved for all the effort he puts in as well - work hard and good things will come. He epitomises that and I'm really happy for him.

Always thought DCL would be better in a front 2 where they can’t just bracket him so much, particularly with a striker like Maupay who can play a pass. No idea how that would look as far a formation though. Can’t see us going to a back 3. Maybe in a specific spot where we are chasing a game or something.