Match Thread Everton v Fulham - Match Report & MotM Poll

[Charles Plastusz]

Thought our tactics were pathetic at times, launched it far too much, flat out refused to play any joined up stuff. Possibly some bad decisions in possession due to fatigue, a lot of them looked knackered after putting in some massive shifts recently. Shunting one of the best young centre halves around to left back to shoehorn the Tinman in to the side was a mistake for me though

 

[Rita_Poon]

Sigh.

 

[blue to the bone]

If onana just hit it hard and saved then so be it . But to do that is just ridiculous

 

[Telford-Feb-85]

Proud of how they played. Fantastic effort.

 

[Nightman]

What did Silva do?

He went to the Everton players before his own.

 

[Cels]

This competition was always going to be a bonus, what really matters is our progression in the League.

 

[Toffeepot]

As I said...we cant afford 3 more games in this competition.

We are still unbeaten in the last 5 games.

Let's hope they have enough energy fro Spurs.

Yea you did say that, and it was utter tripe talk then too
Seriously daft way to support any team

 

[ForeverEverton]

We'll win a trophy again in the next few years (you can vault me on that) but for now I'm looking at the silver linings:

No injuries, no chance of being cheated by one of the Sly6 in the semi's, full focus on moving on up and keeping the pressure on the PL for their corruption & incompetence.

UTFT!

Not a chance, we are still miles away from winning a cup, this season Fulham and Middlesborough are coming closer than us. Look at the absolute crap sides that have won trophies since our last trophy....

League Cup
Swansea
Birmingham
Blackburn
Leicester x 2
Villa
Middlesborough

FA Cup
Portsmouth
Wigan
Leicester

Even Moyes has won a European competition!

 

[Simon Buttle]

Gave MOTM to Jimmy G purely on the basis of that outside of the foot pass he made to McNeil in the first half. If that was Trent or Saka we would be hearing about it for the next 3 days.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Not that it matters to us but is the semi a 2 leg affair

It has always been......

 

[UltraVires]

People who say aren't bothered that we are out because of the league should think again, two likely defeats against Spurs and City will be 3 losses on the bounce and our fragile confidence will be rock bottom again.

Get a grip. It won’t be rock bottom at all if we play like we have been and get beat. This type of attitude is exactly why you’ve heard countless opposition players say that Goodison can be a force for good or for bad for our team.

We are united at the minute as a club and we are behind our team because they are playing for us despite the obvious shortcomings as a squad.

 

[Johnniepk]

Onana consoling Gana after his miss. Cheek!!

 

[vagablonde - kopite]

Onana pen a disgrace! Chance to win and you do that. Just hit the thing!

Moise Keane attitude in my opinion,plays for himself not the team.

 

[Wat Tyler]

In 95 I was a kid, but As a kid I always thought in my lifetime I would see us win the league - But I accepted a long time ago that wouldn’t happen.

But am now slowly beginning to accept the painful reality is: I won’t ever see us win any trophy again.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

Thought our tactics were pathetic at times, launched it far too much, flat out refused to play any joined up stuff. Possibly some bad decisions in possession due to fatigue, a lot of them looked knackered after putting in some massive shifts recently. Shunting one of the best young centre halves around to left back to shoehorn the Tinman in to the side was a mistake for me though

We've done really well lately. I'm no Dyche fan, but he is doing a good job.

However, 2 things are clear for us to develop further.

1) Keane should never play for us again - he is a total liability.

2) We NEED to work on patterns of play. It just isn't enough leathering the ball forward or into the channels. It is so limited. Beto is not a back to goal striker - we should be playing him in behind.