Match Thread Brentford 1-1 Everton. Wednesday Feb 26th. 7.30pm

[larrygobfiend]

He wished an ACL on Doucoure a couple of games back so don’t take him seriously.

Yep, I’m getting troll vibes to be honest. What a weird existence.

 

[Toffeelover]

That vis 4 points lost in last 2 games, one because of bad referee decisions and two because of not taking our chances.

Can we ever win ?? But 2 points better than none.

 

[Bazlar]

4 wins 3 draws in the last 7 ain't too bad

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

I know he's been playing well recently but that's some serious dedication to the club.

Lucky Beto is all I can say

Nothing to do with my dedication to the club, it’s “give your motm thread” I gave mine and the reasons, O’Brien is winning the vote but in my opinion that’s because of his goal not because he was the best player on the pitch.

 

[sdk]

I know he's been playing well recently but that's some serious dedication to the club.

Lucky Beto is all I can say

I gave my mom to Beto and she complained that he wasn’t living up to his potential.

 

[allen]

4 wins 3 draws in the last 7 ain't too bad

That's 81 points per season pace. I think we should all be delighted!

 

[Ring master]

A high percentage of attacking players, not just strikers bury at least 1.... his head went after the 1st and he never got it back.

To me. His head never went, as he would have gone hiding otherwise. At least he was getting/making the chances. which we have not had till Moyes came in really. His final chance is a brilliant save for me, and to me their keeper was MOTM

 

[Pabbers]

We are quite enjoyable to watch again, which is nice.

 

[blue in oxford]

Good point me thinks with the injuries we had to cope with.
Moyes manager of the month surely

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

He really needs to ease up on the reckless shoot on sight efforts though.

Honestly we need more of this. Other teams score from outside the box on a not uncommon basis. It seems we never do.

But i hear your point, he shouldn't do it too much. But if he sees an opening and has time to get power, I don't mind the strike from distance unless there are clear better options.

I think if he hadn't taken that one a minute before, instead of passing to Harrison out wide he'd have taken that shot a minute later, which would have been a better angle and the right call

 

[maccavennie]

To me. His head never went, as he would have gone hiding otherwise. At least he was getting/making the chances. which we have not had till Moyes came in really. His final chance is a brilliant save for me, and to me their keeper was MOTM

He barely had a sniff 2nd half and if you watch that passage of play for that last chance he's so alert. He does a little flick around the defender to Alacaraz and he's then on his toes immediately. Great ball by Alcaraz so he can really stride out, rides 1 tackle, sets himself and it's a good save. I said this morning I felt he telegraphed where it was going a little bit, but on another day the keeper goes low and it lifts above him.

I thought it was excellent forward play though considering he'd done a lot of huffing and puffing 2nd half without really being involved in much.

 

[Miked1e]

Good point me thinks with the injuries we had to cope with.
Moyes manager of the month surely

I hope not.... invariably doesn't end well when the manager gets this award.

 

[matty1878]

always postive we’d score

 

[wandyr79]

One thing I noticed with the game was the players being much more fluid in their positioning. Made me a bit nervous (probably Dyche-based infection hangover), but also liked the trust that players could move about a bit more, rather than rigidly staying in their netball-like positions. That saying, not sure about that Mykolenko and O'Brien switch early in the second half though!

That full back switch was a bit strange but I had the feeling that it was just how they ended up after a corner and the ball took a long time to go out of play long enough for them to switch back. You could see Tarkowski shouting at O'Brien to sprint back into the right back position as that was where the ball had gone out.

 

[DualityNSNO]

That full back switch was a bit strange but I had the feeling that it was just how they ended up after a corner and the ball took a long time to go out of play long enough for them to switch back. You could see Tarkowski shouting at O'Brien to sprint back into the right back position as that was where the ball had gone out.

They persisted for a bit though, it was a solid few minutes of play when they did it.