Match Thread AFC Bournemouth v Everton Saturday 28th November 3pm

[LAToffee]

Apart from teams we play

But apart from them though?

 

[deipnosophist]

Proper fume here like. My lass has got out of the way. She doesn't understand. I can take a defeat if we've played well and not got the rub of the green or whatever. But this result is ridiculous. If Martinez isn't ripping into them right now then we'll always be a soft touch. Bournmouth for christ sake. At 2-2 It was pure fume then for barkley to score and throw it away a minute later. Just unacceptable. Lost alot of ground on any top 4 aspirations today.

Mate, do yourself a favour and rid yourself of that unrealistic expectation. We are a top 10 side, not a top 4.

 

[kithnou]

Was saying that to my son. As in, still can't win consecutive games. Shouldve happened today but thats us all over!

The joy of "going on a winning run". Too much to ask for?
Mid table until we can learn that art...

 

[Aar_the_Toffees]

I think Roberto has to look at this point as a lesson, a very painful one nonetheless. We were a side settling into our playing style and starting to realize that we were the better team, but we switched off. We'll be better from this.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

I can't take how bad we are at defending, you can always score against us, we don't do clean sheets anymore.

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Knobhead away fans cost us there, btw.

Not their fault that we let in 3 goals in 10 minutes against Bournemouth.

 

[Stutheblue]

But apart from them though?

I meant teams coming up. Because we're always capable of something like this.

 

[Stutheblue]

The joy of "going on a winning run". Too much to ask for?
Mid table until we can learn that art...

Exactly this

 

[DanEFC92]

Not their fault that we let in 3 goals in 10 minutes against Bournemouth.

I know.

Gave the ref an excuse to add more time on at the death, though.

 

[Dan Tanner]

Fans not to blame for that, they witnessed an absolutely turgid second half after paying and travelling a very long way. Gutless defending cost us that game. Can't even imagine how the travelling lads feel.

It was a [Poor language removed] second half and you are right the defence was gutless, but no matter how turgid or bollocks it was there's no excuse to get on the pitch. Those fans are partly to blame for the extra time added on, ergo the goal is partly there fault. When was the last time you seen fans on the pitch at a premier league game, you don't!
If you go the aways you'll know which bells ran on cos they believe there legends in their own lifetime. And I'll guarantee you the fans around them would have been screaming for them to get off, but there so beaked up they haven't got a clue what's going on.

 

[deipnosophist]

We're still 7th lads

 

[Azzurri]

That's for all the nobheads on the pitch....well done lads

our fans just lost us 2 points

These nob ran on the pitch and more added time...sigh...

Get a grip.

They're celebrating what they thought was a last minute winner after travelling the length of the country and spending a lot of money.

Our defending cost us the points, nothing else.

 

[MikeH72]

Tremendous mental strength from Bournemouth to score a third in the circumstances.

Yep, they'll stay up without a doubt in my opinion. There's no way the likes of Newcastle or Villa would have the mental strength to produce a result like that from 2-0 down and 3-2 down in the 95th minute

 

[TomDixie]

I know.

Gave the ref an excuse to add more time on at the death, though.

For me there is no excuse. The ref just invented time up at the end.

 

[yakublue]

I think its a lot to do with the defenders. Galloway could not cope and has dropped off considerably over the weeks. We are not closing down wide players and letting them have time. That's where most of Bournemouths chances came from.

I agree that Galloway isn't up to it, but also think we don't know how to defend a lead sensibly. We repeatedly gave the ball away cheaply in our own half and were playing crazy, speculativr through balls when we should have focused on keeping the ball.

For me, the responsibility for instilling discipline in the team sits with the manager, and I think a lack of discipline is what cost us today.