Sir McGiven

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

http://www.skysports.com/share/11495141 

Good call there. Europa League is way too overloaded with 48 teams.

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

 

Referred tweet is deleted, here is a link for those who wants to see: https://streamja.com/1m9p

Wow, and we've made a comeback. 2-0 to 2-3

1 hour ago, MikeO said:

Jeez, I was in a 5.6 quake in Greece in 2005 (along with many smaller aftershocks) and it was quite an experience, scared many people enough to leave this island. Older locals who were still haunted by the devastating one they had in  1953 were terrified. I was in our apartment and it felt like a juggernaut was coming though the building; 7.0 is seriously more destructive though.

It happened in 1999, the center of the earthquake was my hometown where I used to live and also affected 3 other cities including Istanbul. It was officially declared as 7.4 but many believe it was way worse than what's declared. Those were the darkest days of my life, everywhere was covered in dust, people were shouting to get help, others were shouting to hear something from their beloved ones under the wreckage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_İzmit_earthquake

Also experienced one in Guatemala, 6.9 it was. Earthquakes are scary I can say. Not possible to stay calm no matter how much you were getting ready for the day. It is freaking, while the ground shaking, you hear freakin' strange voices.

9 hours ago, Matt said:

Have their been any tremors lately? I remember seeing a documentary a couple of years ago seeing the city preparing for a massive earthquake following a trend of quakes travelling the fault line towards Istanbul.

The only thing that ever put me off going was the heat to be honest.

Well, we are still expecting a strong earthquake but the today's science can only give a time range. Some seismologists are more pessimist as they are expecting it to happen in the following 5 years with a hit over 7.0 Richter scale. Some are more optimist, they don't think it will be over 7.0 and they expect it in the following 20 years. Long story short, nobody knows a shit It can happen tomorrow or 20 years later.

Only one thing is certain, that fault line is tense for years and it will break at some point and it is a huge fault line with a strong background. According to the "unbiased" projections of the expected earthquake (with mediocre parameters), it will be a huge downfall for the nation. Millions of people expected to die right after the hit (Istanbul's population is over 20 million at the moment) and more in the following days as projections tell us for a couple days it won't possible to leave or get into the city. Not even mentioning huge weigh on the already sunken economy..

Well, it is a good city to travel for a couple days or a week but as I was a resident, I've had enough of it and moved to a smaller city. The weather is good nowadays and possibly following 2 months will be like that. Not so cold, not so hot and not raining much. As the economy is going downhill as well, if you are considering to see Istanbul, it is your chance.

1 GBP is 8,24 TL as of today. So it is gonna be cheap.

On 03/09/2018 at 20:26, MikeO said:

I assume you mean "part of the studio audience", being part of the furniture would be a bit daft; if so are you paying travelling expenses? I don't come cheap ya know.

If they do, I'll post my round ticket from Istanbul to Heathrow to them then  I have my own opinion on the team and no shy of verbalizing it  

Zouma, can't wait to see him pair with Mina or Keane.

13 minutes ago, yamar said:

It doesn't matter what they do. They will do that in every away game and I bet they still go down. Just shows how poor a side we were

True that mate, I didn't mean to justify the draw. It should have been a win for our side. I just can't handle Huddersfield-like dirty sides.

Not to defend Cenk as I am Turkish but while I was checking this season's highlights again, I realized something...

First of all, as everyone realized it already, his off the ball performance is perfect. Making correct runs and creating gaps, swapping the role with the wingers to confuse defenders etc. etc. What I realize is, besides this off the ball role of Cenk, he is not the first or even second option to pass. All the crosses go high to the far post, all the through passes goes to wingers or back to Siggy. It is not he is not running, he is running and shows himself for the pass. It is not like nobody likes him in the team, looks like it is vice versa. Which leaves one and only option, Silva doesn't want them to pass the ball to him unless there is no other option. It must be a tactical thing but weird. Checking the highlights again and again, many runs of him going to waste and he is reacting to it.

It is ok as far as someone else scores but when the game is locked, it happened twice this season, you need another plan to score. Think about today, Richarlison is suspended and beside the fact that he scored, DCL was pretty poor on the left side. Walcott is injured and left the pitch. Why don't you pass the ball to him? I am not sure how can I do but I'll cut the parts that I've mention from the highlight if I can for today's game. Lookman twice denied to pass him the ball and has lost the possession afterward.

I mean, @markjazzbassist is right, it is like Martinez era. Silva needs to find a way to deal with it. Honeymoon is over Mr. Silva, wake up.

That Huddersfield side did nothing but lying on the ground whole game.

Just now, Matt said:

Niasse and Baines on for Digne and who?

Siggy is out as well.

Lookman looks energetic but so selfish...

Davies and his superb passing ability...

1 minute ago, barryj said:

Only way they’d score 

And it is the only way Everton conceding goals so far in this season.

Set-piece horror strikes back.

The goal that Alisson Becker conceded hahaha Red curse haunting the goalkeepers.

Good to see this, proves the team spirit upfront. As soon as Richarlison adapts himself to their friendship, it will be a deadly striker force.

1 hour ago, Matt said:

I think DCL will and should start on the left,  play a bit like Richarlison and come in more than be an outright winger. 

hopefully i can get a stream in the hospital  

check r/soccerstreams on reddit 10 min. before the kick off mate and get well soon

There are serious rumors about Niasse is wanting out to join Galatasaray, so maybe the performance is about it.

Guys, is this match going to be live on TV in the UK?

The only thing he is missing is pace, it is unlikely it can be improved but on the other areas for a striker, he offers a perfect work-rate. I still think he will eventually will be judged on goal scoring but I am confident he will bang enough until the end of the season.

Everton 3 - 0 Huddersfield

Tosun

He's just losing the plot

I hope the lad is ok and gets well soon. It is totally unlucky for him to deal with this accident in a match where he was playing his best since he signed. 

I just don't understand something.

We were down to 10-men for a long time, somehow scored one in that situation and after Smith's dismissal, we scored another. The team was struggling, which is understandable as it was 10 vs 11, but why the hell first substitute came on at 81st min. and why it was a striker? The midfield, especially Davies were terrible and Bournemouth was dominating the whole midfield since the beginning.

I mean it could have been a double substitution, call Cenk and Davies off, replace them with fresh legs.

I'll go for Keane. He was good today, did his job as best as he can and also covered the mistakes from Coleman and Holgate... It wasn't an easy game for him.

Smith is off. A late retribution.