Everton vs Chelsea

[Mhsc 903]

5 minutes ago, Thor said:

Sancho should have been off after 30 minutes, and Disasi is useless. Get Veiga on and let Gusto play his natural position. He was super limited on the left. 

Neto and Noni should have been running at these fools all game. 

 

Sanchez once again proves people wrong on here. Saved us points. 

Noni was useless to be fair, one of the worst and most ineffective sub appearances I've seen in a while

For me probably the most interesting thing would have been to see Felix but who knows how effective he would have been either.

Tough opposition in tough conditions. It is what it is. Last year we would have lost a game like this 3-0.

[King Kante 1,500]

That game is exactly why I call Disasi, Disaster. Some idiots will go, 'oh, I thought he was OK. Jackson much worse'.

However, they fail to realise his:

a) inability to run off the ball

b) move the ball forward

c) read the game so the other defenders and GK don't have to bail him out everytime the ball gets moved forward owing to his brain dead fucking positioing/not allowing his man inside.

I mean, let's look for a common denominator of playing sh*t and that fecking idiot in the side. 

Tbh, I am not even angry at him individually. As he is simply a shit player who clearly looks like he knows he is not at the same level as his team mates and opponents - even when they are decking Noah, dispossessing him numerous times. Yet, he still plays multiple games for us. Fucking joke. 

Edited 5 hours ago by King Kante

[Vesper 29,008]

1 minute ago, Johnnyeye said:

Jackson is really frustrating to watch, is simply not good enough to lead a title charge, these are the type of games a top striker would have bailed us out. Sigh

yes, it is a quandry

I still want to know what happened with (granted I slated him hard for a long spell) Samu

I mean, IF we rated him that much, we should have pulled the trigger (and I was wrong on CuCu, so I am far from infallible)

he does look like he could be a beast now

[Mhsc 903]

Depressing but true. Spurs fans would absolutely love to lose today.

[Pizy 18,415]

The kind of match where we really miss having that alternative #9 to Jackson. A Giroud type.

Also a match where not having any threat whatsoever from our fullbacks in attack makes us easier to defend against. They were able to double up on our wingers on both sides. Having a Reece James or Cucu overlapping makes a huge difference against deep blocks and parked buses. 

Thankfully, I never for even a second let myself think about the title or even a title race so I don’t care about losing ground to Liverpool. We aren’t ready for that yet. But ffs, it would’ve been nice to give ourselves a huge cushion to City and the others behind us.

[Laylabelle 9,381]

Just now, Pizy said:

The kind of match where we really miss having that alternative #9 to Jackson. A Giroud type.

Also a match where not having any threat whatsoever from our fullbacks in attack makes us easier to defend against. They were able to double up on our wingers on both sides. Having a Reece James or Cucu overlapping makes a huge difference against deep blocks and parked buses. 

Thankfully, I never for even a second let myself think about the title or even a title race so I don’t care about losing ground to Liverpool. We aren’t ready for that yet. But ffs, it would’ve been nice to give ourselves a huge cushion to City and the others behind us.

That's how I see it. We haven't got the squad to go all the way. It's nice to be up there and all but they've also got a game in hand and whatever else. Top 4 we need to make ours however and if can finish 2nd bonus..if not 3rd will do.

[Vesper 29,008]

21 minutes ago, Thor said:

Sancho should have been off after 30 minutes, and Disasi is useless. Get Veiga on and let Gusto play his natural position. He was super limited on the left. 

Neto and Noni should have been running at these fools all game. 

 

Sanchez once again proves people wrong on here. Saved us points. 

yes, Neto can play on the LW as well, despite being left foot, he would have destroyed Young's 39 year old legs

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

23 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

The ironic thing is that Everton rolls over and show their arse to Liverpool in the same kind of fixture.

Here though, they came with a game plan and executed it well enough

 

 

20 minutes ago, Nero said:

Yeah, they'll lose against Liverpool 0:4 oder 1:6. But against Chelsea, they play like a different team 

Bullshit. Liverpool have one win at Goodison last 7 or just two last 12. 

[Pizy 18,415]

I know people are having a go at Sancho and he was indeed poor first half. But I thought he grew into the game second half and was solid until it came to that final ball.

What bewilders me is how Neto was by far our most dangerous player all first half and then we came out of halftime and he barely got a touch.

Really just a very subpar, ineffective attacking game all around. We have to be able to break down teams when they set up like this or else every small club will do this to us and we’ll struggle.

[Mário César 996]

We already knew that cucurella red card would hurt us a lot

[Blue Armour 4,309]

5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

 

Bullshit. Liverpool have one win at Goodison last 7 or just two last 12. 

Hmm, fair. Liverpool dominates the recent H2H overall,  but yeah at Goodison they haven't done much recently. Interesting 

[Superblue 6,372]

33 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Robbie Earle putting a positive spin, saying that a hard fought away draw by a young Chelsea side is still a good point to take.

I agree with him. Came tantalizingly close to breaking the deadlock though. That's the frustrating part.

Couldn't agree more with this.

It's easy to get silly and emotional and think it's 2 points dropped but we're not even half way through the season yet. If we're in a title race we'll know with about 8 games left. Until then it's about building blocks in this squad and I think today and on a larger scale the last couple of weeks have been extremely positive.

We've found ourselves 2 goals down away at our biggest rivals and just played two teams who we've struggled against in recent seasons and come out with 7 points. 

Starting to see some characters in the squad and a bit of steel. Given the weather conditions today, it played perfectly into Everton's hands and we stood up. Our attack was poor today all round - whether you can make the weather an excuse or not, they've by and large been superb between them almost all season and helped us simply outscore most teams. On an off day, it was good to see Sanchez, the defence and the midfield step up and ensure we didn't lose. 

The media over here will spin it as 2 points dropped to charge up the Liverpool love in, but I personally think it's a hard earned point and a building block to how we want this squad overall to be which is pleasing on the eye, but also strong defensively and in character. This squad for me is still very much trending in the right direction.

[Laylabelle 9,381]

4 minutes ago, Superblue said:

Couldn't agree more with this.

It's easy to get silly and emotional and think it's 2 points dropped but we're not even half way through the season yet. If we're in a title race we'll know with about 8 games left. Until then it's about building blocks in this squad and I think today and on a larger scale the last couple of weeks have been extremely positive.

We've found ourselves 2 goals down away at our biggest rivals and just played two teams who we've struggled against in recent seasons and come out with 7 points. 

Starting to see some characters in the squad and a bit of steel. Given the weather conditions today, it played perfectly into Everton's hands and we stood up. Our attack was poor today all round - whether you can make the weather an excuse or not, they've by and large been superb between them almost all season and helped us simply outscore most teams. On an off day, it was good to see Sanchez, the defence and the midfield step up and ensure we didn't lose. 

The media over here will spin it as 2 points dropped to charge up the Liverpool love in, but I personally think it's a hard earned point and a building block to how we want this squad overall to be which is pleasing on the eye, but also strong defensively and in character. This squad for me is still very much trending in the right direction.

Considering where we were this time last year and all...2nd for Christmas is quite nice!

[Mário César 996]

it is not the end of the world but I take this point at one of the most hard stadiums to play

come on Chelsea

[NikkiCFC 8,048]

Great game by Sanchez and Tosin. 

Edited 4 hours ago by NikkiCFC

[Blue Armour 4,309]

3 hours ago, Superblue said:

Couldn't agree more with this.

It's easy to get silly and emotional and think it's 2 points dropped but we're not even half way through the season yet. If we're in a title race we'll know with about 8 games left. Until then it's about building blocks in this squad and I think today and on a larger scale the last couple of weeks have been extremely positive.

We've found ourselves 2 goals down away at our biggest rivals and just played two teams who we've struggled against in recent seasons and come out with 7 points. 

Starting to see some characters in the squad and a bit of steel. Given the weather conditions today, it played perfectly into Everton's hands and we stood up. Our attack was poor today all round - whether you can make the weather an excuse or not, they've by and large been superb between them almost all season and helped us simply outscore most teams. On an off day, it was good to see Sanchez, the defence and the midfield step up and ensure we didn't lose. 

The media over here will spin it as 2 points dropped to charge up the Liverpool love in, but I personally think it's a hard earned point and a building block to how we want this squad overall to be which is pleasing on the eye, but also strong defensively and in character. This squad for me is still very much trending in the right direction.

True, this is the first time we've failed to score since opening day.

And the other positive aspect is that we earned a clean sheet on the one occasion it really mattered.i.e. when we failed to score the other end of the pitch. 

[robsblubot 3,528]

Was reading that we had close to 70% possession and only 5 shots on goal.

if that’s the case then the collective did not produce enough to win the match. That goes into strategy, team setup, player characteristics, and quality (roster).

Teams will start playing with a lower d line against us, so this is hardly the last time we will struggle to find space.