pete0 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 On another night we win this by two clear goals. Happens to often to blame luck, we need to work harder to become ruthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badaids Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Another match we should have won. Great entertainment and performance, but why do I feel so gutted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideliner Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Martinez the players on the pitch tried their best but the squad were not used to the full 1 sub chasing a win really? pete0 and Elston Gunnn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rusty747 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Another game where the performance was better than the result. Fed up with hard luck stories. No killer instinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Robbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee_in_LA Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 If we had beaten Bournemouth last week, then I wouldn't be so gutted about this draw but that's 4 points dropped from us really. Kone was gassed and bringing on Mirallas or even Lennon was the way to go. The few times Baines had the ball pushing forward he found some pinpoint passes, as shown at the end. But Martinez did him a disservice by having a gassed Kone paired up next to him. Barry had some poor moments at the end of the game, wouldn't have even minded seeing Gibson come on for him to provide more attacking options. Happy for Lukaku, he got his deserved goal but fuck me we could and should be 6th on the table right now... Elston Gunnn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQuince Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Kone didn't have the life in his battery to hit Lukaku for the final goal there. His legs couldn't keep up for the past half hour. He worked his ass off. He was knackered though and should've been subbed. What's with Roberto's failure to utilize our subs? I realize we were pressing them hard and we were looking dangerous, but there were subs that could have made us more dangerous with fresh legs. Furious. What a good game though. Exhilarating stuff. We can actually say that we were unlucky today. We were extremely unlucky. Sad thing is that our lack of luck will cover up the glaring mistake Roberto made by not utilizing our bench. I'm not trying to bash Roberto. I've got no vendetta against him. I believe in his tactics. I just can't wrap my head around how even I can notice problems on the pitch and tactical solutions, yet for some reason he resists things clear to all of us. Elston Gunnn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogsy Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Geri was very frustrating tonight, some absolutely terrible passing and corners, and then he plays 'that' ball for the goal! He is going to give me a heart attack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideliner Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Why is Everton a mid table team ? Because we play like a mid table team. We need a proper creative number 10 if we want to see change we were too 1 dimensional tonight MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Robbed. absolutely. world class save and hit the woodwork 3 times. Howard kept us in it despite having next to nothing to do. Brilliant atmosphere too, credit to the fans. A large part of that comes from us playing very exciting football where we were millimetres away from being 4-1 at the end. Hard to take but we gave it a reeeeeally good go. Pardew channeled his inner Moyes tonight, we battered them but they defended really well and got seriously lucky MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoblue Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just came in to say one thing. Make a f&cking sub Roberto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 The post, bar..twice and some good saves stopped us winning this one. Was the best 1-1 draw I have watched for a while. Disappointed but not angry with this one. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 mid table team my arse. think theres a lot of frustration in some of the posts which is understandable but we attacked and attacked and attacked. Reminded me of Robertos first season: so exciting but so unlucky. we play like that each week, we'll be top 4 MikeO and Btay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 mid table team my arse. think theres a lot of frustration in some of the posts which is understandable but we attacked and attacked and attacked. Reminded me of Robertos first season: so exciting but so unlucky. we play like that each week, we'll be top 4 100% agree. Enjoyed that other than the result. Think we are a joy to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideliner Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Entertainment gives you no goals - neither does possession i would rather win ugly than draw beautifully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just to digress. Watched it on Sky, they are absolute crap. On five occasions they were showing repeats of earlier plays while the game was going on. They nearly missed the Palace goal, they returned to live play just as the ball arrived in the box from the corner. I gave my MOM to Barry but it could easily have gone to Howard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 So frustrating. Just couldnt get through. But how many times have we said that? And that's what will stop us being top 4 and see us fighting around the 5th-7th positions...that lack of attacking 'killer instinct'. Too many dummies, shimmies, extra touches, pauses, all in and around their box. On the plus side...Lukaku, Barkley and Geri will keep learning and getting better in and around the opposition box. Geri was frustrating. Many of his final balls and passes were useless. Also frustrating to concede a carbon copy goal that we've seen so often. And...and...for the first time, I am actually frustrated with Martinez and his lack of subs. When your attacking players have run out of ideas and/or energy, bring another one on to see if he can add something else. To have only brought Baines on is criminal for me. Feels like a defeat. Feels very frustrating just now. But at the same time, we played some excellent football. Created many chances, were unlucky to hot the framework 3 times. We did a lot right tonight. It just didn't happen. chicagoblue and efc1111 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQuince Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Entertainment gives you no goals - neither does possession i would rather win ugly than draw beautifully In our play, we did everything to win this that we could. Hitting the post once and crossbar twice on clear goals is simply unlucky. Add to that a few excellent saves. This is just one of those games where the ball didn't bounce our way. We played them off the park and the score line should reflect that. It's not as if we outplayed them and had no clear chances or that we were wasteful with our final ball. We were clinical. We were just horribly, horribly unlucky. Btay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Kone excellent on the first half, a passenger in the second! We had absolutely no outlet on that left hand side all through the second half! This is becoming a regular occurrence crying out for Mirallas on the left. Everything had to go through Deulofeu because there was no option on the left! Sideliner, Elston Gunnn and Matt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideliner Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 We can make all sorts of excuses and give all sorts of compliments but the fact of the matter is that this is a game we should have won - enough possession and chances to take all 3 points - just like the Bournemouth game could have and should have won games places you firmly mid table in my books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 It's the draws. Familiar story we draw far too many! I put the draw firmly on Martinez for not making the vital attacking changes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Absolutely gutted. We hammered them but the luck was definitely with Palace tonight. Sigh. Edit - is Roberto allergic to subs?! Edited December 7, 2015 by Romey 1878 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQuince Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 For all of you who hope to glean something prophetic about how tonight proves that we aren't a top side because we don't have killer instinct, can't break teams down, etc., please forget it. This match proved nothing about us not being good enough, not having the right desire, etc. All it proved is that sports can often be a story of strange bounces. The result wasn't fair. The score line is deceptive. And the gods were not with Everton tonight. Romey 1878 and MikeO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elston Gunnn Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'm surprised Roberto didn't bring on Osman for Kone in the 91st minute. Maybe Osman would've hit the late winner. Don't think I possess sufficient footy expletives to express my disdain for Roberto's refusal to use his "deep squad." chicagoblue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'm surprised Roberto didn't bring on Osman for Kone in the 91st minute. Maybe Osman would've hit the late winner. Don't think I possess sufficient footy expletives to express my disdain for Roberto's refusal to use his "deep squad." There will be players sitting there thinking WTF is going on here. Naismith, Mirallas & Lennon. They must be pissed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicagoblue Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just to digress. Watched it on Sky, they are absolute crap. On five occasions they were showing repeats of earlier plays while the game was going on. They nearly missed the Palace goal, they returned to live play just as the ball arrived in the box from the corner. I gave my MOM to Barry but it could easily have gone to Howard. Barry was beat by Dann for their goal and nearly conceded a penalty early in the second half. Also let them in on a break when he mis controlled a simple ball from a throw in. Don't think he was anywhere near MOM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyblue23 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) The most frustrating thing is that I'm not even mad RM made no subs. I'm more mad at his refusal to ever change the basic structure of the squad. Our two sitters were not necessary tonight, and as great as TC was, we could have benefited from playing both Lukaku and Kone up front with Mirallas on the left and Geri on the right and Barkley slotted in behind. We're a month from the window and unless Mirallas gets a run of starts, he's gone and we lose one of our 5 most creative players. After the Bournemouth draw, this feels like a serious, serious loss, especially because we attacked so goddamn well all game. Also, if RM doesn't start putting in work on set pieces... holy hell. Edited December 7, 2015 by nyblue23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC11 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Palace were always dangerous on the counter! It was a touch and go game. Bolasie really is some player. How he hasn't been snapped up I'll never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Just in case anyone missed it. It's worth repeating, especially given the source Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Lovely touch Rom. Great stuff. Seriously, it's wonderful that Rom is proving his critics wrong. He's really putting in the effort. 50 in 100 is a major achievement. Edited December 7, 2015 by Cornish Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith B Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just in case anyone missed it. It's worth repeating, especially given the source Seriously, it's wonderful that Rom is proving his critics wrong. He's really putting in the effort. 50 in 100 is a major achievement. Rom has been so good this season, I almost think we have underappreciated his efforts. He's a hell of a player and I'm delighted he's ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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