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Match Thread Everton 0-0 Brentford, Saturday 23rd November, 3pm

Your Everton MOTM vs Brenford


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Great result, another clean sheet and another point to add to the tally.

Unlike probably most of you on here, I wouldn’t know anything about impotence, but I wouldn’t slate someone for not being able to get it up. So I’m not going to slate Everton for being a flop in the goalscoring domain.
 
Tactics aren’t the peoblem, it’s the players.
Ridiculous. The players aren't world beaters by any means, but the tactics (or lack there of) are the main cause.
There is no plan going forward except get it wide and put in a cross or hoof it from Pickford. Both "tactics" are incredibly low percentage for getting a goal. There is a reason no other team in this league or the two leagues below it play this way. It's an antiquated approach the the world figured out a decade and a half ago.
 

…I said at half-time I didn’t think 10 men would make a difference and that was pretty much right, except it probably nullified their threat a bit.

As there has been for such a long time, we lack quality so we can’t exploit openings. Not sure what more Dyche could have done, it’s just like moving the chairs on the Titanic with the group of players he’s got at his disposal.

No idea of MoM, so I’ll go for Pickford for his crucial first half save and at least helping our cause with his part in the sending off. Without him, I fear we’d have lost that game.

January window is massive, we need to find somebody who can acquire quality. The return to fitness of Broja and Chermiti is also massive.
 
Stick either of them in a team with a coach whose comprehension of attacking football goes beyond an under 11s level and see what happens.

Who managed then last season? Hopefully not them because both had horror seasons.

I like NDiaye but Mykolenko behind him does him no favours and even when more central and in a team with Doucoure, Gana and co.

There's just not the ability in the final third to score the goals go keep us away from misery.

We have to spend big in January.
 

Woukd disagree personally, why? Because the two before haven’t. One of those won the CL.

Problem is we lack talent scoring goals.
We've not had an out-n-out goal scorer since Lukaku left, and it has never ever been addressed. Criminal.

Then we appointed one of the most negative, out-dated, most inept managers the Prem has ever seen - a guy who has never in his life coached attacking football and woudn't know how to do it, to play one of the most inept strikers in the Prem week in week out, no exceptions, no changes. (I'm no fan of Beto, but the lad scored 22 in 65 at Udinese, a better coach and a fair amount of game time, I'd think he'd get more than DCL's 6-7 goals a year).
 
I am no football coach but it’s not hard to see from the games so far this season that we don’t do well breaking down a tough defense when we have possession. So duh! Dyche pushes the rigid forward line into positions they don’t normally play and puts an extra center forward on. Result - we just clogged up the box and played completely into Brentford‘s hands. The square passing followed by a weak cross was hard to watch over and over. McNeil was trying to hard to come in on his left foot and score a worldie.
I would have been tempted to put Keane on for Branthwaite in the second half and Mangala on for Doucoure at half time. If Beto comes on then DCL must go off. How many times were they trying to be in the same space?
Gana had a good half and N’Diaye never stopped. Against ten you need fresh legs though.
That is a terrible result, right up there with Bournmouth
Dyche has to go - he has lost whatever parts of the plot he might have ever had. Everyone can see it ….
 
This squad is absolutely appalling, lacks any form of skill and vision. Wouldn't be too bad if we had quality up front to bag the half chances. You watch that game either laughing or shaking your head in disbelief. A squad of millionaire talentless misfits !!!
 
And even though Gana works his arse off and wins plenty of balls back, we need someone stood 1 yard from him as soon as he gets the ball to just take it off him.. his distribution is saturday morning level at times
Age is showing for sure. He was strong most of the first half but totally fell off the second. Just unrealistic to expect solid 90's or close to it at this point.
 

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