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9 minutes ago, Finn balor said:

Is that picking up results? Look at Leicester that’s what I want 

When we buy as well as Leicester have done we can start expecting that. Painful as it is for Evertonians to accept, they have better players than us as well as a better manager

Get in! 9 nil?? 

25 minutes ago, Sibdane said:

Really happy with this lineup. 

Why? Last time Schneiderlin and Sigurdsson were starting games in midfield we lost 4 on the bounce. 

Blames the players when things go wrong, makes it all about him when things go right... And some of you lot want Mourinho! 

9 hours ago, Bailey said:

As frustrating as he was again on Sunday he was still the only one fashioning chances. 

But not finishing them, which is what everyone is complaining about isn't it? 

I was fuming at his performance on Sunday. The way he falls over at every touch from a CB is either disgraceful play acting or evidence that he just cannot handle the physical side of the game every CF has to endure. To be fair to him, he did win a blatant foul off Sanchez, which Atkinson probably didn't give coz of how many times he'd been on the floor beforehand. But then why wasn't he booked for playacting? 

I agree with Shukes. If a player on another side behaved the way he did Evertonians would want them lynching. Keep him on the wing where he gets much less of the close attention he clearly can't handle, and where imo he's more of a threat anyway. 

6 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

Those U23s are getting older and older...

Technically the U21s... 

2 hours ago, Finn balor said:

I think iwobi centrally is the future. Granted not so good out wide 

I'd still rather see us play 4-3-3 long term. And that means no 'number 10'. So Iwobi either has to learn to play deeper or suck it up and play wide in a front 3, which he looked like he was sulking about on Sunday. 

1 hour ago, markjazzbassist said:

just a thought if we really are truly moving on from gylfi, you have to think Brands is going to try and offload him this winter or upcoming summer.  He's 30 and still has a lot of playing left in him.  I'd imagine we could get back 20m or so and at least not be stuck with the massive wages.  otherwise it becomes another run down former asset that is counting down till contract end date.  thoughts?

As far as January is concerned, no way. We will need bodies the rest of this season, even though Id expect us to sign some cover in midfield now, even with Gbamin due back. 

As for next summer... Yeah I'd sell. The great things he does are great but he's a luxury player imo, and we can't carry one of those if we want to get out of the rut we're in. 

21 minutes ago, Bill said:

Come on lads your being a bit melodramatic, we've seen many men trip players to stop  breakaways even some of our own. The ref gave a yellow card which i thought it deserved, then after seeing the injury decided to to go one better and give him a red.!!  Piss poor refereeing in my mind and I'm not surprised it was overturned.

I'm pretty sure VAR gave the red, on the grounds that any foul that leads to an injury is now considered reckless. Or is that bullshit? 

But if VAR got that wrong and had it overturned, what about the Alli handball? Coz I still don't know in what universe that isn't a penalty on replay. Or the Richarlison trip? Can a panel now give Sanchez a retrospective red on the grounds that the standing referee and the video panel have been demonstrated to be utterly fucking incompetent on three separate occasions? 

2 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

If he keeps playing balls like the one for Walcott in the second half against Spurs you’ll be right. That was sexy. 

It's exciting to see he has that kind of vision in his game. Maybe he's just needed a bit of confidence to start showing it. 

2 hours ago, TallPaul1878 said:

I can't see Tom coming in to replace Gomes. Honestly I think he would be better suited to spending a season abroad, like Lookman, but hopefully not leaving.

If it were me I would be dropping Gylfi into centre mid alongside Delph/Schneids and playing Iwobi as the number 10 if we are gonna stick with 4-2-3-1. At least Gylfi will have a forward pass in him and is a hard worker 

I really don't see Sigurdsson playing a deeper role. I mean we might have to try it, but even then we'd need Davies as backup. I see him playing a lot of football for us the rest of this season. 

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

Just with you wanting creativity in there I was suggesting Gordon.

Didn't we release Charsley in the summer but then gave him another year and have been letting him play with the U23s so he can showcase himself or something?

I dunno the ins and outs of it but yeah he was released and re-signed. One things for sure if we get another injury in midfield before Xmas one of the kids will get a chance. 

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

Got to be Gordon, surely?

Though Gordon played as more of a forward? 

As an aside, I'm guessing one of the U23s will have to step up as cover as we're really short in midfield now. Beni seems most likely, but is he too similar to Delph/Schneiderlin? Anyone else with a bit more creativity who is ready for some game time from the bench? Evans, Charsley? 

He's going to have a huge amount of responsibility on his shoulders linking with the forward line if Silva goes with Schneiderlin and Delph, which seems likely. He deserves a run of games and I'll be fuming if Silva drops him to revert to the Delph-Schneiderlin-Sigurdsson abomination. 

I'm even more angry about VAR now after the explanations. How is a ball hitting a player's hand above his head not a clear and obvious error yet Keane making innocuous contact with an opponent's foot last week was? And Where's the Richarlison trip? Sanchez knew he'd caught him, his reaction was 100% guilty, yet that's not even being discussed? The system is a fucking shambles, only the PL could make the miserable state of officiating in this sport worse by introducing technology. 

Went for Mina in the end but it was a toss up between him an Davies. Tom is starting to look like the player people have been saying he could become since he was a kid, ran the midfield today. But Mina was instrumental in making Spurs look utterly toothless in attack, and the fact he played the first of the two passes that led to the goal just edged it for me. 

12 minutes ago, Cisk said:

Still not sure...im 60-40 against players at the mo. Patience is waining though.

I feel sorry for him given some of the performances some players are putting in. On the other hand, a fire needs lighting under the lot of em. I doubt he's the man to do that. 

No idea where to start with that. The Gomes injury... I just wish him a full recovery coz that looked horrendous. 

VAR... The PL is in the verge on making the world's greatest football league the biggest laughing stock. How clear does the Alli handball have to be? Why wasn't there even a free kick for the Sanchez foul on Richarlison? Why is Atkinson as a top flight referee unable to see that himself? 

In terms of how we played... I'm glad we showed enough fight to keep going and get the draw, Spurs were utter shite and didn't deserve the win. I thought Davies and Delph played really well in midfield, as did Mina and Holgate at the back. But fuck me we've got problems up front. Iwobi was woeful all game, Richarlison has to stop the rolling around shit it is embarrassing. I just don't see where goals are coming from. With injuries exposing how threadbare the squad is I'm expecting a long hard winter. 

Deserve that. Wonderful cross from Digne. Did DCL butt Tosun's head onto the ball?? 

Fucking hell. Puts stuff into perspective. But how fucking unlucky are we at the moment. Poor, poor Gomes absolutely gutted for him. 

So what exactly is the point of VAR? Three games running we've been screwed over by it. 

You know, Silva will take the flak and probably lose his job. But what can he do about individual players being as fucking shite as that? Is Iwobi playing like a prick coz he's sulking at not playing central? Too many overpaid wankers at this club. 

What the fuck is Richarlison doing? I don't care what anyone says he isn't a CF coz he just cannot take the physical stuff. That was pathetic. 

1 minute ago, Aidan said:

We're scared to pass a ball forward in the final third. Get to 442 and get the ball forward into the strikers feet these lot are low on confidence and will be unsettled with it. 

There's no fear of passing the ball forward. The movement from the front three has just been poor