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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. 

I doubt it would happen, but I'd like to see two up top when DCL is fit. The latter poaching in the box with Maupay doing all the gritty work.

That’s a goal DCL doesn’t score imo. They are two sides of a coin. One needs it to his feet. Crafty and technical with a good shot and an eye for a pass. The other is a leaper, very athletic and a fox in the box but not a player who is very good with the ball at his feet. We should look into the viability of fusing two human beings for footballing purposes. 

If anyone can't see that he's an improved player after playing with some of the best players at PSG then you're a fool.
He's a massively more composed and disciplined player now. What really stood out to me today was that he doesn't just go charging round the pitch chasing the ball anymore, he's better at just knowing where he needs to be on the pitch.
I worried that he might not have the legs to be the player we had, but it doesn't look he'll need to anyway because he's not the player we had, he's different (better).

Let's see how we feel after a full season. I'm made up he's turned a corner but we've had a few years of him being poor. Needs to show consistency over a longer period before we can judge his value. 

I couldn’t agree more……..but I definitely won’t miss that damn post! 

Who? 😳

Exactly, that is how much he gave a shit about who he was going to sign for. 

Me too, I thought it was shocking that he was so unfit when he arrived, match fit I can accept, unfit no, he was gassed after 30 mins of lumbering around.

I watched him jog around plenty enough to know he didn't give "everything he had".
He also should have also kept himself in shape over the summer before he signed as well.

For Everton to be more successful, we must start to become more ruthless when it comes to squad. A player giving their all ought to be a minimum requirement - but it's pointless when the player is simply not good enough. Rondon has to be the worst recruited player in a decade - and that's saying something.

I keep seeing people saying (not here, thankfully) Rondon would've finished the chance Maupay didn't and it makes me laugh.
Taking out that Rondon has missed sitters, there's not a chance in hell that opportunity even arises if Rondon is playing. Not only would he not have been involved in the build up but he then wouldn't have been able to carry on and be there to have the shot because he'd have been gasping for breath somewhere nowhere the goal.

Still love the bloke, we really miss his energy, he’s not the most refined player, but he’s a pain to play against.

It looks and feels like Franks plan is starting to come together, far more solid at the back and mobility in midfield, we threaten up front also, still plenty of work to do of course.
Im back to being able to look forward to games rather than dreading them, we need to accept any hiccups along the way, I’m sure we will be ok this season.

It looks and feels like Franks plan is starting to come together, far more solid at the back and mobility in midfield, we threaten up front also, still plenty of work to do of course.
Im back to being able to look forward to games rather than dreading them, we need to accept any hiccups along the way, I’m sure we will be ok this season.

A really good game from him again, improving all the time, what I’m really impressed is that he always seems to want to move the ball forward, such a refreshing change from sideways and backwards the team played last year.

It looks and feels like Franks plan is starting to come together, far more solid at the back and mobility in midfield, we threaten up front also, still plenty of work to do of course.
Im back to being able to look forward to games rather than dreading them, we need to accept any hiccups along the way, I’m sure we will be ok this season.

A really good game from him again, improving all the time, what I’m really impressed is that he always seems to want to move the ball forward, such a refreshing change from sideways and backwards the team played last year.