2018/19 Bernard

[dannyboy]

I hate it when we make songs for players.

There´s only one Bernard...

 

[heatmeiser]

Absolutely Mahermi, full backs both played well...cant believe the adulation Digne (who was very good) is receiving whilst Kenny is being slated for having a good game...not sure what he did wrong today tbh...

Steve -- Not sure what you mean by the 'general consensus'...the reality is that Coleman has been dire this season and Kenny played at least as well as he has done.



Totally mystified here...




He was being booted, held back and yet fought for everything despite being tiny...hes a pint sized warrior.



Precisely...

Digne and Bernard really want to win...Richarlison has the same character...warriors.

Ah don't worry, the likes of Baines and Jagielka will show them what it means to be an Everton player soon enough!

 

[gonetomorrow]

Oh Bernard......Wo-oh
Oh Bernard.......Wo-oo-oh
He's so incredibly small
The defence can't see him at all
(Repeat)

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Personally think we should operate him from his favoured position on the left over anywhere else, at least to start with. I'd sooner that happen and push Richarlison up front.

 

[stamullenblue]

Looked very exciting last week. This lad could be the signing off the season given game time. Would put Richarlison in middle of him and Walcott and give Cenk a break ..

 

[Everton_Gary]

Speed kills, a front three of him, Richarlison and Walcott could cause a lot of teams problems. Might actually score a lot as well.

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

Really looking forward to seeing him and Richarlison bossing things at the Emirates later today.

 

[D410]

I reckon we would get more out of this fella if he played a floating role behind the front 3 - he is slight for a winger in one of the most physical leagues in the world.

 

[LABlue2]

Just wanted to get this on the front page to make sure no one forgets to call his 20 min cameo useless

After all, every other player including Tosun has gotten the same treatment

 

[Saint Domingo]

Needs to play against Fulham instead of Siggurdson. Only player in the team apart from Richarlison who can actually beat a man with guile. Thought he did well with the time he had against Arsenal. In at 10 from the start against Fulham and send mr anonymous to the bench.

 

[Nyhus]

Broken record and all, but Bernard is not a nr 10. He is a winger. This myth people made about him coming to take over the nr 10 spot is just that, a myth. The only people signing high profile players just to play them out of position are playing FM.

 

[Paulie]

Probably be better RW and Walcott up front.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Broken record and all, but Bernard is not a nr 10. He is a winger. This myth people made about him coming to take over the nr 10 spot is just that, a myth. The only people signing high profile players just to play them out of position are playing FM.

It was a "myth" started based on the words of Marco Silva so wind it in, son.

 

[BlueToff]

Needs to play against Fulham instead of Siggurdson. Only player in the team apart from Richarlison who can actually beat a man with guile. Thought he did well with the time he had against Arsenal. In at 10 from the start against Fulham and send mr anonymous to the bench.

You know, while I won't say Gylfli had his best game against Arsenal, he was not anonymous like some like to say.

In the first half he was actually very good, and laid on that golden chance for Walcott in among some really neat passages of play.

I looked at his stats and posted some on here, from Opta.

Distribution wise, these were his numbers:

Total attempted passes 36 - that's the third most behind Davies (37) and Digne (38).

His overall passing accuracy was 86.1%. That's the second most of the whole team, with Walcott's 94.4% (from 18 passes) the highest.

Gylfi made 28 passes in the opposition half, more than any other player. Davies made 27 though so that shows he was also trying to push us forward.

Of those 28 passes, 85.7% were accurate. Compare that to 70.4% from Davies (purely comparable as they attempted a similar number of passes in the opposition half).

Gylfi played 4 'key passes' (passes that led to a chance, basically). That was the highest on our team, and also the highest in the game.

Arsenal's highest in that regard was Ramsey, with 2 key passes. Now, Ramsey got 2 assists from both his key passes, whereas Gylfi got none. That again backs up the point that Gylfi creates chances, we just don't put them away (i.e. Walcott on Sunday, Walcott v Southampton).

Gyfli put in 8 crosses in total, including set pieces. Digne put in the most (10).

Gyfli put in 3 'good crosses', 2 of which were from open play, so that shows his 5 of his set pieces were poor, which needs to improve. Digne put in 7 open play crosses, but only one 'good cross' in total (from 10 attempted). I know that's hard to validate because it's opinion sort of, but these are what the stats say.

Defensively, Gyfli won possession back 6 times. That's the second highest in our team behind Gana and Walcott (both 8). Gylfi conceded possession 16 times, level with Richarlison. Digne and Davies led the way in that regard (26 and 20 respectively).

Sigurdsson had a total of 62 touches, the third highest on the team. Digne and Kenny had more, which probably shows our issue - everything was to our full-backs too deep too often.

Finally, the player tracking stats.

Gylfi covered 11.99km, more than any other player on the pitch. Davies was the closest to him on our team, covering 11.83, with Digne not far behind.

Believe it or not, Gylfi was actually clocked as having the highest average speed in our side, with 7.39 km/h.

He sprinted 11 times.

Richarlison was clocked as the quickest player on our team in terms of top speed, as he reached 33.51 km/h. Richarlison sprinted 25 times.

Gylfi's top speed was 32.09 km/h. That is the fourth highest on the team behind Richarlison, Keane and DCL. So, just bare in mind, that's quicker than Walcott, Digne, Bernard, Gueye and Davies.

Aubameyang notched Arsenal's top speed with 33.9 km/h.

So, back to the point. I reckon Gylfi was a 6/10 on Sunday, but could easily have had two assists and was among our top players in the majority of the departments where we want him to have an impact.

So these anonymous shouts? No, they don't add up, at least not in this instance.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Broken record and all, but Bernard is not a nr 10. He is a winger. This myth people made about him coming to take over the nr 10 spot is just that, a myth. The only people signing high profile players just to play them out of position are playing FM.

Silva has said he can play at 10 in press conferences.