Bournemouth (Home) 7th October

[Goodison Glory]

Happy days! Lots of good performances in there. Good to Go into the break with some positivity ahead of the derby and with a fit squad. 

[Btay]

Good performance & that result has been coming at home. Enjoy it fellas

[badaids]

Just a shame that we couldn’t manage that in the Luton game, we’d have been flying. Same again in the next one fellas.

[Shukes]

What a result.

Some excellent performances today. 
All it takes sometimes is a goal to go in. 
McNeil seems to be getting up to speed. 
Harrison looked very good. 
Garner and Onana were excellent. 
DCL just made me so happy today. Worked that forward line so well. 
 

He has t been mentioned so much today, but Branthwaite is going to be an absolute leader out there. Brilliant player. 

[Matt Tiger]

Very very good win. We’ve deserved more this year but I haven’t seen us really dominate a match like we did today. Could very easily have had more. Onana motm for me, but nearly everyone played very well. 
 

Harrison needs to be permanent. He’s a real player.

[Matt]

32 minutes ago, Goodison Glory said:

I'd love to see Onana get a goal. Think his all round play has deserved one. He's tracked back and stuck a foot in, he's broken forward and he's had somE good chances on goal. 

He's certainly stepped up today. 

[RuffRob]

Finally got the result a lot of our performances have deserved. This was not a flash in the pan performance.  The Fulham, Wolves or Luton game could have quite easily have been an early goal from being 3-0 wins. At the end of this games, almost disappointed it was not more than 3.

We ARE a significantly better team under Dyche that we where under Lampard or Benitez.

We are still a long way off from where a Everton team/squas should be, but we are better that we have been in the recent past. 

 

[Bailey]

Really good performance and a well deserved win. We cut apart one of the worst defensive teams in the league in the way a half decent team should. 

I thought the back four were really solid when it mattered. Tarkd and Branthwaite are building a solid partnership. We got a bit leaky at the end but the game had been won by then. Pickford saved what he needed to. Positionally Mykolenko is the weakness but I think his output going forward has now surpassed Young who seems to struggle passing the half way line and there is a massive drop off the later the game gets. Get a fresh winger against him and he will get beaten. 

The midfield were in complete control of this game from when I started watching. Bournemouth have had problems like this all season but I didnt realise just how bad it was. The reason they are so far down the defensive charts is because there is a chasm between their initial press and the rest of the team. We fully exploited it and credit goes to Onana and Garner for doing that. Garner's finish showed the composure he played with.

I think Doucoure was excellent in that transitioning role and I thought his decision making and most of his execution was as good as it has been for a while. 

Harrison gave glimpses of what he will bring to this side. That finish was sublime and he has far more quality than the alternatives. There is so much to come from him and I cant wait to see it. 

McNeil was my MOTM. He was a big part of so many of our chances, particularly second half. He was different class. He even cleared one off the line. He clearly has his limitations as a footballer (i.e slow and one footed) but his footballing brain is probably one of the smartest in the side. Its impressive for a young lad.

Dom completely bullied their defence. Their midfield didnt create a shield to help their CBs so Dom was given so much space to attack. I thought he snatched at a lot last week but he was far more composed here and things just didnt quite work out.

The subs didnt do a lot. Beto showed his work rate again but also his rawness. He probably needs to settle himself a bit more. Not everything needs to be 100mph.

Overall an excellent performance and a well deserved 3 points. Things will be a lot tougher from here though.

[Goodison Glory]

McNeill cleared one of the line....with his RIGHT no less

[Zoo 2.0]

Bournemouth were abysmal, but we took advantage which was good to see. Jack Harrison was brilliant.

[Shukes]

So nice to be happy on a Saturday afternoon. This is a strange feeling.

[StatesideToffee14]

How Toffee supporters feel after not only winning a PL match at home but also scoring multiple goals:

 

In all seriousness though, this was a great result to get, especially with the first match after the international break being the Merseyside derby at Anfield. 

[Matt]

This just fits the script of Everton Football Club, we really are like a bad sitcom sometimes. 

[patto]

1 hour ago, badaids said:

Genuine question. 
 

Do we think he meant it? I can’t decide.

Of course he did don’t underestimate him he’s a very decent player and finisher. 

[Matt]

released 10pm GMT tonight 

 

[Romey 1878]

2 hours ago, Goodison Glory said:

McNeill cleared one of the line....with his RIGHT no less

He also made two passes with his right foot during the game!

I actually laughed out loud when he did the first one and everyone around me at the game was looking at me because they had no idea what I'd found funny .

[Romey 1878]

I enjoyed that a lot.

It wasn't even too dissimilar to our other home games this season (apart from the Arsenal game). We were on top and the better side, creating chances... this time we put those chances away and got what we deserved. And it's today that is why I, and many others, have been willing to look past the results so far this season because we just needed to take our chances. It's not like we were playing shite and getting beat, that would have been a concern.

We're going to go through stages of the season where we don't get positive results (every team does) but you can't just get rid of the manager every time it happens. It's crazy and just not sustainable. I say that as someone that doesn't particularly like Dyche and definitely did not want him to be our manager.

Do I think he's the man to take us back to the European places? No, but I think he can stabilise us and give us the foundation to push on in the future.

[Palfy]

6 hours ago, Hafnia said:

Breaking news….. playing with wide players wide and Garner in midfield gives us balance.   That happened against Villa too, wonder why he changed it? 

It wasn’t hard to see the difference between the Villa and Luton game. 

[Matt]

Not sure if anyone else could hear it, but there were so many times I could hear Dyche yelling "PRESS!", to keep them going. 

[Romey 1878]

11 minutes ago, Matt said:

Not sure if anyone else could hear it, but there were so many times I could hear Dyche yelling "PRESS!", to keep them going. 

We were so aggressive out of possession today. It was probably my favourite thing about our performance.

[Palfy]

8 hours ago, Shukes said:

My day will be made up when Palfy votes Gana for MotM!

Its gonna happen!

I voted him man of the warm up. 

[Shukes]

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

I voted him man of the warm up. 

Voted or Assassinated? 

[StatesideToffee14]

 

[StatesideToffee14]

 

[Cornish Steve]

A dominant win, and still some people here just love to moan. Come on! The players did well. The manager adopted the right strategy. Give credit where it's due and put aside the biases.

[Btay]

6 hours ago, Romey 1878 said:

We were so aggressive out of possession today. It was probably my favourite thing about our performance.

It’s what I want to see from an Everton team - especially at home. Hopefully more to come

[Palfy]

4 hours ago, Cornish Steve said:

A dominant win, and still some people here just love to moan. Come on! The players did well. The manager adopted the right strategy. Give credit where it's due and put aside the biases.

I haven’t seen anyone moan about this win, for me personally I’m over the moon with it for 3 reasons, firstly because of the manner of the win, secondly because of what this win should do to improve our season, and thirdly because Dyche has been forced through criticism of his tactics to play Garner in central midfield, although Gana not playing was fortuitous and not Dyche’s decision it  still proved a midfield of Doucoure, Garner, and Onana is a better set up the team. So all in all what a fantastic day just a shame things weren’t learnt against the Villa game and we might not have lost against Luton. 

[Matt]

6 hours ago, StatesideToffee14 said:

 

 

6 hours ago, StatesideToffee14 said:

 

Restricted to the US only, unless people have a VPN

 

[Hafnia]

2 hours ago, Palfy said:

I haven’t seen anyone moan about this win, for me personally I’m over the moon with it for 3 reasons, firstly because of the manner of the win, secondly because of what this win should do to improve our season, and thirdly because Dyche has been forced through criticism of his tactics to play Garner in central midfield, although Gana not playing was fortuitous and not Dyche’s decision it  still proved a midfield of Doucoure, Garner, and Onana is a better set up the team. So all in all what a fantastic day just a shame things weren’t learnt against the Villa game and we might not have lost against Luton. 

Dyche prickly response to the question about garner said everything about him.   Deep down he knew that garner should be playing in the middle and he will have known he ballsed up.  
 

The problem with certain managers is that they get in their own way, get too clever for their own good. 

[Goodison Glory]

2 hours ago, Palfy said:

I haven’t seen anyone moan about this win, for me personally I’m over the moon with it for 3 reasons, firstly because of the manner of the win, secondly because of what this win should do to improve our season, and thirdly because Dyche has been forced through criticism of his tactics to play Garner in central midfield, although Gana not playing was fortuitous and not Dyche’s decision it  still proved a midfield of Doucoure, Garner, and Onana is a better set up the team. So all in all what a fantastic day just a shame things weren’t learnt against the Villa game and we might not have lost against Luton. 

those 3 also played in center mid in an abysmal showing 2nd half against Luton. So they aren't a shoe in to perform in any circumstances. 

If you want to criticise the manager for anything between the Villa and Luton game it should be Harrison not playing. Mind you, it's easy to see why dyche wouldn't have picked him.

In hindsight, you can see he has been a catalyst.