Match Thread Burnley v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

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blue to the bone said:
We could have drawn the arsenal and Newcastle games very easily as well which wouldn't have helped.
No point now talking about what ifs. We have 10 games to stay up. No excuses if we don't
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I'm not making excuses.

But we should have turned some of those defeats into draws and if the team had anything about them then they would have. But they didn't, which is why we're in this mess.
 

davek said:
Watford are not 'probable' winners against Leeds. They're like all teams down where we are: appalling.

...and even if they did beat Leeds that'd make in your scenario Leeds just 3 points ahead of us and us with 2 games in hand....and they'd still have to play Palace away, Chelsea, City and Arsenal.

In short: a draw tonight is acceptable.
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A draw tonight is not great but certainly better than the alternative! It's a must-not lose, not a must-win as such, though that does mean extra pressure on the home games.

Avoid defeat at all costs v Burnley and Watford. Stop them making ground on us.
 
Drico said:
I'm really looking forward to this. How many matches have we played since the 1995 FA Cup Final where you knew the future of the club basically depended on the outcome? Off the top of my head, Coventry in 1998, Manchester United in 2005, Villarreal in 2005, Chelsea in 2009, Reading in 2010, Liverpool at Wembley in 2012, Wigan in 2013, and United at Wembley in 2016. All bar the first two were in Cup competitions. So, basically, this is one of the three biggest league matches we have played in nearly 25 years.

Make no mistake, defeat tonight means we are very likely to be relegated. Burnley are, demonstrably, one of the worst sides in the league. We only play one other side of their level between now and the end of the season: Watford. This is a bellwether match. It will tell a tale. A win tonight, though, and we are warm favourites to stay up. Moreover, we drag Leeds and Newcastle back into our orbit. Huge stakes.

After years of mediocrity and drifting along on the road to nowhere, at least tonight will get the blood pumping and the adrenaline flowing. I'm all set: a lovely vintage 1998 bottle of Chateau Domestos is already on ice ready for the evening.
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I think that’s the problem, we know how big this game is and we know this team. I’m past the days when I let this game ruin my day/weekend but understand why people are anxious and not looking forward to it. We very rarely step up. We have seen it before in big away games this season at Norwich, Brentford and to a lesser extent Newcastle. Big chances to put points on the board and we couldn’t even muster a draw. Said it before, these teams around us rub their hands when they see we are their next home game.
 
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davek said:
Watford are not 'probable' winners against Leeds. They're like all teams down where we are: appalling.

...and even if they did beat Leeds that'd make in your scenario Leeds just 3 points ahead of us and us with 2 games in hand....and they'd still have to play Palace away, Chelsea, City and Arsenal.

In short: a draw tonight is acceptable.
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I’d say a draw is a good result considering our away form, injuries and suspensions.
 
As far as I'm concerned, a draw is a decent result tonight, I'd fancy us to survive, by the skin of our teeth, if we get a point tonight. If we can manage a win tonight, morale soars and I think we will go on a little run which will take us comfortably out of the relegation battle. If we lose tonight, it's a different story, I think a defeat tonight will drain the last bits of confidence from the team and, I would fully expect us to go down.

Whichever way it goes, unless there is a massive shake up behind the scenes and unless the manager and DOF are left alone to remodel the football side of the club, without interference from the Iranian lunatic, then we will go down next season even if we survive this season.
 

This feels like the most important match in decades to me. Lose this and we're down, imo. COYfeckinB's!!!!!!!! Beat these thugs!!!!
 
BlueToff said:
A draw tonight is not great but certainly better than the alternative! It's a must-not lose, not a must-win as such, though that does mean extra pressure on the home games.

Avoid defeat at all costs v Burnley and Watford. Stop them making ground on us.
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This is what I’m focussing on now, even draws are good as they don’t move closer to us and will run out of games.
 
Chegsy said:
I think that’s the problem, we know how big this game is and we know this team. I’m past the days when I let this game ruin my day/weekend but understand why people are anxious and not looking forward to it. We very rarely step up. We have seen it before in big away games this season at Norwich, Brentford and to a lesser extent Newcastle. Big chances to put points on the board and we couldn’t even muster a draw. Said it before, these teams around us rub their hands when they see we are their next home game.
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Agree mate. I always think does it seem like just an Everton thing because im so close to it.

Nervous about tonight cant lie. And even though im older now i will be down in the dumps big time after the whistle if we lose.

Cmon. You hardly give us fck all to be happy about Everton. Give us a result.
 

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