Match Thread Barnsley vs. Everton - Wednesday 26th August - Capital One Cup Second Round - 19:45 KO

[ijjysmith]

Lets have it right; that was a freak result.
They were no way near as good as us; we were electric at times. Hugely excited.

Get Stones head back in the game and were onto a good un.

I'm half with you jinks.

We were great form second half onwards, but attacking is only half the game. We let them score so easy. Against a better team we'd have lost.

But for a league 1 outfit I was pretty impressed with them.

 

[daz4matty]

Great entertainment last night really enjoyed that.
Please roberto buy a bloody keeper the 2 we have are not up to league 1 standard.
Well in kev and gerry lookin good

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

What a game.

All credit to Barnsley. Their performance was outstanding, even if it was helped by some disastrous defending on our part.

Barkley and Deulofeu changed the game. Before half time, only Mirallas and maybe Besic/Pennington seemed up for it.

 

[bilyaletdinov_]

Anyone know when the highlights will be on EvertonTV?

 

[welshtoffee]

Just got back as stayed over in Barnsley last night as it was my 2 young sons 1st ever away match and the stopover was an extra treat. Great night all round, Barnsley fans in Wetherspoons and around town were very nice and spoke very highly of the Blues, spoke for ages with a steward who was very funny and great with my kids and amazed how many blues supporters there were. Result was perfect (in the end) and the hotel was nice apart from a lumpy bed. Perfect night really ...here's to another away match planned.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Watching the highlights to double check, that first goal, Stones jumps over the ball on it's way to the net?

It look suspicious.

 

[Nymzee]

Watching the highlights to double check, that first goal, Stones jumps over the ball on it's way to the net?

It look suspicious.

Didn't want to risk an injury from a block in case Stamford Bridge come knocking again.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Didn't want to risk an injury from a block in case Stamford Bridge come knocking again.

I've watched it several times, it's not like he's guessing the path of the shot to Block before the shot, the shot has been struck along the deck and he jumps over it.

Strange to me that.

 

[Yorkie]

Anyone know when the highlights will be on EvertonTV?

Just watched them now. Not on the app weirdly though but redirected to the site

 

[Furey1878]

Watching the highlights to double check, that first goal, Stones jumps over the ball on it's way to the net?

It look suspicious.

The only logic I can apply is that he might have thought it was going wide and him getting a touch on it might deflect it in.

Clutching at straws, here.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Have they announced a date for the Reading match yet?

It's not on the fixture list of the OS yet

Tuesday 22nd Sept according to the Beeb, but it's not up on Reading's site either so it might not have been confirmed yet

 

[meagher94]

I've watched it several times, it's not like he's guessing the path of the shot to Block before the shot, the shot has been struck along the deck and he jumps over it.

Strange to me that.

Just a complete lack of concentration is all. Does look embarrassing when you see it though. Howard esque.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Tuesday 22nd Sept according to the Beeb, but it's not up on Reading's site either so it might not have been confirmed yet

Tried booking it off work and I can't

Oh well, I'll always have Oakwell

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I thought Pennington did alright actually

Enough to get another chance anyway

 

[Tree13]

Tree.
I think a player of the quality of Mirallas should have a much bigger impact on the game. I would expect Mirallas to have an impact on that game similar to Deulofeu and he wasn't even close.
With the ability he has he should have been running hard at the Barnsley defence and they would have struggled , just as they did in the second half.
But, goal apart , I didn't think he had much of an influence on our game.

A reasonable opinion. But consider this: in the first half Mirallas was on one side and McGeady was on the other - McGeady is no threat at all so Barnsley could concentrate more on defending Mirallas. When Deulofeu came on they HAD to start defending his side of the field too, but couldn't leave Mirallas in the same way they could leave McGeady - ergo Deulofeu had more space and time to operate in the second half than Mirallas did in the first, and Mirallas found space to score from in the second half which wasn't there in the first.

I think that having them both on the pitch creates more space for each of them - they benefit each other.