Burnley (Away) 16th December

[StatesideToffee14]

23 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

This is atrocious songwriting. Rhyming "way" with "away"???

We must do better, as a collective.

Don't blame me. Peter Drury mentioned on the stateside broadcast that that's what the away supporters sing this time of year. 

[Gwlad]

Peter Drury is a twonk.

[RuffRob]

another confident 'get the job done' performance. all very professional. the lads that came in knew what was needed and slotted in well. 

The pressure has been taken away from the next couple of games. 

 

[Hafnia]

Special mention to that twat Hinchcliffe, hope you trip over your chin you sour prick. 

[Boston Toffee]

That was a fun watch. Went to Everton supporters bar in Boston to watch. Thoroughly enjoyed. Kudos to Keane (big goal and strong overall) and Godfrey (saved a goal, also strong). Never thought we would be playing this well.. makes for a great weekend.

[Hafnia]

1 minute ago, Boston Toffee said:

That was a fun watch. Went to Everton supporters bar in Boston to watch. Thoroughly enjoyed. Kudos to Keane (big goal and strong overall) and Godfrey (saved a goal, also strong). Never thought we would be playing this well.. makes for a great weekend.

I’d like to see Boston.  I have strong Irish roots and would love to see the place…, I don’t drink anymore so won’t get the full Irish bar feel 

[Boston Toffee]

6 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

I’d like to see Boston.  I have strong Irish roots and would love to see the place…, I don’t drink anymore so won’t get the full Irish bar feel 

If you ever go, hit me up. I can give you suggestions on non drinking things to do.

[Hafnia]

Just now, Boston Toffee said:

If you ever go, hit me up. I can give you suggestions on non drinking things to do.

Big fan of Ray Donovan ! Pity they canned it. 

[Romey 1878]

6 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

Big fan of Ray Donovan ! Pity they canned it. 

Have you watched the movie they did to finish it?

[Hafnia]

7 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said:

Have you watched the movie they did to finish it?

Yeah.  The end was a proper kick in the balls… John voight plays a great role.   Awful human but you find yourself rooting for him 

[Romey 1878]

3 hours ago, Hafnia said:

Yeah.  The end was a proper kick in the balls… John voight plays a great role.   Awful human but you find yourself rooting for him 

I’ve not watched it yet. I keep meaning to but just haven’t got round to it.

I was gutted when they canned the series because I love it. 

[Wiggytop]

31 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

I’d like to see Boston.  I have strong Irish roots and would love to see the place…, I don’t drink anymore so won’t get the full Irish bar feel 

I’d go to Ireland personally

[Btay]

Great result & given that we had 3 changes to our backline (understandably a bit shaky at times) we performed well.

Thought Keane was excellent along with Godfrey who's effort in the first half is as good as scoring a goal. Onana was solid in the middle, he has everything in his game already for such a young age.

Dyche though, set it up perfectly for the players he had. The misconception around him technically would have had everyone thinking flat back 4 with godfrey as a LB but he tweaked it and made the system suit the players coming in.

[Harv]

3 hours ago, Harv said:

Burnley are looking threatening, we will do well to hang on to this.

Take no notice of me, it’s beer curry and sweet dreams.

Good night.

[Hafnia]

2 hours ago, Wiggytop said:

I’d go to Ireland personally

Been numerous times! 

[Cornish Steve]

4 hours ago, badaids said:

Really? I thought he looked weak today.

He showed his inexperience at times, as such a young player, but his confidence and instincts were also evident. 

[Cornish Steve]

3 hours ago, Hafnia said:

I’d like to see Boston.  I have strong Irish roots and would love to see the place…, I don’t drink anymore so won’t get the full Irish bar feel 

Boston was the first place I lived in the US, and I still remember vividly landing at Logan airport. The smell of mulch remains nostalgic.

[Goodison Glory]

4 hours ago, dunlopp9987 said:

We'll workshop it

"thanks for the idea, no idea is a bad idea but we need more ideas"

[Goodison Glory]

The players have complete belief that we can get something from every game. Awesome to see and everyone associated with the club deserves credit for getting us to this point.

reminds of the year we got 4th, I remember going into games thinking we won't lose. Score first and it's game over. 

[Cornish Steve]

1 hour ago, Goodison Glory said:

The players have complete belief that we can get something from every game. Awesome to see and everyone associated with the club deserves credit for getting us to this point.

reminds of the year we got 4th, I remember going into games thinking we won't lose. Score first and it's game over. 

The remaining games this month will be a real test. 

[Matt]

11 hours ago, Hafnia said:

I’d like to see Boston.  I have strong Irish roots and would love to see the place…, I don’t drink anymore so won’t get the full Irish bar feel 

... you know its in America, right?

 

 

[Matt]

7 hours ago, Goodison Glory said:

The players have complete belief that we can get something from every game. Awesome to see and everyone associated with the club deserves credit for getting us to this point.

reminds of the year we got 4th, I remember going into games thinking we won't lose. Score first and it's game over. 

You mean that season where we'd barely survived the season before? It'd crossed my mind

 

[Matt]

 

 

[Hafnia]

26 minutes ago, Matt said:

... you know its in America, right?

 

 

Yep…. 1994 World Cup - one of my school mates got taken by Jason mcateer to Boston after the World Cup cos the atmosphere there was that good. 

[Romey 1878]

• Only Tottenham (18) have won more Premier League points away from home than Everton this season (16). The Toffees’ 16 points is already more than they won on the road in the whole of last season (15).

• Excluding penalties, Everton have scored more goals from set piece situations than any other side in the Premier League this season (10), with both of their goals today coming from a corner and a free-kick.

• Burnley have lost eight of their nine Premier League home games this season (W1) – it’s already as many defeats as they suffered at Turf Moor in their last top-flight campaign in 2021-22 (W5 D6 L8).

• Everton keeper Jordan Pickford has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League this season (6), with only Newcastle (7) keeping more than the Toffees overall (6).

• All eight of Everton’s Premier League wins this season have been while having less than 50% possession – more than any other team this season.

[Romey 1878]

Once again, I'm really proud of the team and their efforts yesterday. They should be proud of themselves as well because as Dyche said after the game they hadn't known that was going to be the system or personnel until the day before, leaving them with no time to actually prepare. And apart from a little bit of unease to begin with and the odd moment throughout the game you never would have known it. That's some going when it's not a system we play very often and when we have played it we've not looked very good at it. It's testament to Dyche and how well drilled he has everyone that they just got on with it and looked solid. Two of the defenders that came in were our best defenders in my opinion - Godfrey and Keane were superb. Couldn't fault them at all and their contributions throughout were massive for us - obviously Keane will get more of the plaudits because he was solid and grabbed the goal that made things less edgy but that clearance at the end of the first half from Godfrey was as good as scoring. It was top draw.

First half I thought we were the more dangerous side in creating opportunities despite, once again, not seeing a lot of the ball. We were happy to let them have it and pressed extremely well, which took time and space away from them so that they couldn't find any tempo or pick their passes as they pleased. It also made sure that Trafford had to go long more often than he'd have wanted to, which then allowed our physical players to win the ball back. We probably could have scored even more than two goals we managed but we took enough of our chances that our efforts deserved.

Second half we didn't press as much and dropped a bit deeper, making ourselves more solid and compact and basically just said to Burnley "alright, we've got the advantage, now try and break us down". They couldn't and, other than a couple of chances, we did well to barely give them a sniff.

It's not a game where I'd say we were brilliant but what we were was professional, and that's not something you could level at us very often over the past few years and I'll take it all day, every day. 

[Boston Toffee]

Feels awesome waking up Sunday morning knowing yesterday was 3 more points in the bank. I'm trying to change my thinking. I've been so accustomed last few seasons to negativity with Everton.  Even up 2 late in 2nd half my warped Everton mind thought we may very well blow this lead. But they didn't. That's pre-Dyche Everton.  What a joy to watch lately.

[Hafnia]

Getting greedy now…. 10 points back and we would be close to Europe 

[Matt]

 

 

[Cornish Steve]

Comments from Garth Crooks on the BBC site:

"Everton go from strength to strength and look like a very dangerous team whoever they play. I don't think I've seen an Everton team look so dangerous on set-pieces. James Tarkowski, Michael Keane, AmadouOnana and Abdoulaye Doucoure, all six foot-plus, attacking the six-yard box like their lives depended on it. The superb header scored by Onana was typical of the barrage of artillery the Burnley defence was under when it came to set-plays."