MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Are they all incapable of stringing together a coherent attack in any game as well?
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Are they all incapable of stringing together a coherent attack in any game as well?
I'm finding it difficult to think of a league game (other than WBA when they went down to 10) that we've bossed this season. Our style of play is awful, we've relied so heavily on set pieces and crosses into DCL.
Fair enough mate. My ovveriding memory of the last few seasons is a feeling of disappointment more weekends than not barring a spell in koeman’s first and a spell in Silva’s first season.
You’re right though, our home form has been shocking.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
There has to be a bit of perspective though. Every single Fulham fan would swap our league position for theirs and which means they’d take our performances too as it’s been them that have delivered results. We’ve played poorly at times this season but we didn’t fluke beating Spurs Palace WBA Brighton Fulham Chelsea Arsenal Leicester Sheffield United Wolves Leeds. It’s too convenient a narrative to say the times we’ve been poor is Everton’s true level and we’ve edged all these other games. The reality is when we’ve played well we’ve defended better and attacked better to allow us to come out on the right side of games. When we haven’t we’ve made errors and not scored which meant we’ve lost.
He needs to back his instincts to play the defensive set up and avoid attacking full backs and luxury players.
When we have a solid base we actually attack better usually too. The clamour from fans to play attacking line ups should be well and truly over now. We had 3 luxury players on the pitch last night and couldn't get the ball. I want to see direct football with a very defensive back 4. If we can't keep clean sheets then we will never achieve anything. That also means playing Mina and keane or at least never both of Godfrey and Holgate.
When we have a solid base we actually attack better usually too. The clamour from fans to play attacking line ups should be well and truly over now. We had 3 luxury players on the pitch last night and couldn't get the ball. I want to see direct football with a very defensive back 4. If we can't keep clean sheets then we will never achieve anything. That also means playing Mina and keane or at least never both of Godfrey and Holgate.
No same mate, I don't mean things have been great by any means. I just think sometimes people make out like Koeman and Walsh left us marooned at the bottom of the league and it's some sort of incredible achievement by Ancelotti and Brands for us to even be talking about a top 10 finish, when in actual fact we have very much been the 7th or 8th best team in the league over recent years and currently look like that's still about where we're going to end up. I said last night, our recent home performances are honestly every bit as bad as anything I've seen in 25 years of going. Taking until the 76th minute to have a (tame, long distance) shot on target against a side that hasn't won for 3 months is seriously grim.
Pabbers
Player Valuation: £60m
Pretty obvious watching that the players failed completely to do the basics that he requires.
Now that will be down to a few things, and yes some of that will be player selection.
It happens...and it certainly happens to us.
Once again a big reminder of how far we are off really pushing that top 4.
Now that will be down to a few things, and yes some of that will be player selection.
It happens...and it certainly happens to us.
Once again a big reminder of how far we are off really pushing that top 4.
neil999
Player Valuation: £80m
I don't know we haven't done that every game have we....
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Most games we do. We just wing it, it doesn’t actually look like we work on passing moves at all. We mainly defend deep and hope to scab a set piece goal or wait for the opposition to make mistakes like Spurs did.
I’ve never seen a side play so many sideways and backwards passes and still mess up passes under no pressure
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
True.. but he might have said:
"Keep it tight at the back and try play it out carefully. But stay deep and don't take any risks. When the chance comes lets move it forward. We are strong on set pieces so when those come we can take advantage of them. It's ok to concede possession as we will maintain our shape and ensure shots are kept to outside the box with minimal risk. We will get our chance during the match and must make sure we are clinical in front of goal"
What you get with that mindset is the unintended consequence of lethargic, devoid of purpose crab football.
Jesus mate when we had the four CB's we were grinding out results but the football was absolutely turgid. Digne is the best LB at the club and must play and the club must work towards implemented an identity and style of play.
We will never keep a clean sheet with Digne and Coleman at full back. Especially with a midfield who don't know how to cover.
You can't have attacking fullbacks, Gomes, Sigurdsson and James. No one is there to win the ball back and even track basic runs. I don't want to see a team like that ever again. It was pure arrogance and never going to work. I want to see us being solid and hard to beat. When we play expansive we can't attack or defend properly so we need the weird systems at Goodison to stop.
You sure about ?
To me they look a bunch of bottlers ?
I think that this game proved , once and for all , that you can't play Coleman , James , Gomes and Sigursson in the same team.
Coleman cant cover for James. James won't put a shift in ( which is ok if everyone else does ) and Gomes , Sigurdsson and James are all too static and have no pace.
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