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

[allen]

I think Martinez is going to break some bones at half time. Mostly upper torso, for those coming out for the second half.

 

[GreenTeddy]

WUM or blind ... Pick one

Yes he should have scored but so should have Lukaku and Naismith. He's getting some good deliveries into the box but everyone is on their heels. Lukaku has been awful yet I see no bashing, as has Naismith and Cleverly. Stones, don't get me started.. and Mirallas has done nothing apart from blast shots over the bar.

 

[Albertini78]

Naismith and McGeady off Barkley and Deulofeu on for the start of the second half surely??

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Don't understand the stick Cleverley is getting tonight. He had an okay half.

Our defending, namely Stones and Oviedo have been awful. That's why we are 2-0 down.

Not Cleverley's fault. Get a grip.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

No movement up front, final ball has been piss poor.

 

[Jags..class]

Don't mind if we try and lose but something is wrong, the whole team is affected by stones tonight.

 

[Aar_the_Toffees]

If we don't win this, I'm not even sure who to fume at. Definetely Martinez. Stones can screw off and officially join the rent boy club. The board is a joke regardless of the outcome.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's hilarious. Big talk from Lukaku at the weekend about how he'd physically boss the City defenders, yet here he is in the back pocket of an old fashioned grock of a centre back.

 

[Kankurette]

I mean Stones jumping over the ball.

 

[Harryhhhh]

We miss Osman

 

[maccavennie]

.....vaulting myself here. Not happened.

He's been disappointing hasn't he mate. I was looking forward to him being in the middle and adding some much needed drive and urgency and he's been invisible

 

[RANMAN]

Feel sorry for those Evertonians who have got off their arse and gone the game. Hope the Brown Shoes can motivate the players for the second half

 

[Tubey]

I refuse to believe that Stones did it on purpose.

He didn't - he just made an assumption the shot was going high. But making an assumption like that is shocking defending; you react to the ball, not before anything happens.

He got sat down against Watford for their goal doing the same thing.

 

[Prevenger17]

I thought Besic has been decent. Oviedo looks off the pace, and Lukaku is really showing off that famous first touch.

 

[orchard]

Think Besic has been good, been pretty much the only player spreading the play

Played well imo, couple of mistakes, but working hard, creating a lot of space and some good balls