Match Thread Everton 0-3 Brighton - Sat 17 Aug 2024 - Kick Off: 15:00

[james2805]

Get the new boys on ffs and see if they can create. Had enough of this zero goal threat

 

[carolinablue232]

I mean i said that tongue in cheek more about how criminal Keane's inclusion was.

But Keane hasn't been half bad

#1 thing that has to happen is get Doucoure off. He's not needed in midfield and now that we actually have some attacking mids he really doesn't have a place in this squad

He’s not even playing near the midfield. There’s nothing he’s offering defensively and everything he’s killing off with offsides and sloppy play.

 

[obn00b]

It’s very obvious what needs to happen at HT regarding substitutions

Wait until the 75th minute in classic Dyche style?

 

[johnjoeefc]

The issue is again the quality. Wasted crosses when on top and then they score. It's as simple as that

 

[matty1878]

Sock drawer

mate?

 

[ForeverEverton]

I’d be delighted with a draw, amazed at a win, and unsurprised by a defeat.

Nothing has changed.

We will start the season slowly, losing more home games just like last season where "We`ve had our chances".... Some will say "Dyche can`t stick the ball in the net"...

It`s rinse and repeat levels of that Dyche serves up game after game and season after season.

With this guy in charge this is our level, never anything more, last season is the blueprint for seasons to come, crap start followed by periods of inability to win games and hopefully coming good at the end of the season.

I don`t think we will beat last seasons points won tally of 48....

 

[Bakayoko Stracqualursi]

Doucoure certainly has a lot of space to be the focal point of everything falling apart through him. Imagine we had a player who has strong dribbling quality to run through that space with some awareness of the game around him erm...

 

[God Benfrey]

Amazing - Tim,

Decent- Harrison, dcl, gueye

Meh- tark McNeil pickford

Bad- keane myko

Get off the pitch- young doucoure

Nah not having that Keane has been playing like pirlo, made about 5 ridiculous diagonal pings that have started most of our attacks

 

[Vintage]

Iroegbunam is class. Thankfully Minteh is gone off. Doucoure needs to go off how many times more has he to be offside. McNeil not doing much

 

[Frenk]

Amazing - Tim,

Decent- Harrison, dcl, gueye

Meh- tark McNeil pickford

Bad- keane myko

Get off the pitch- young doucoure

I’m no Keane fan but he hasn’t been bad.

 

[II McColl II]

On Dyche this, you setup a gameplan to get the ball out wide and cross, can't have 4 wide options that then can't cross the ball.

Feels like half time of every game this summer has been the same thing "we've signed better creative players, play them"

Outside of that Iroegbunam is a rolls royce, reminds me a lot of Dembele from Tottenham, looks like we've got a serious player on our hands.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Ireogbunam is a massive improvement on Onana

He looks the business. By far our best player.

 

[lieneverton]

1 foul in 45 minutes is, while not the most important thing, not a good indicator.

Dyche played a predictable lineup and the performance has been therefore predictable. Some huff and puff, and no quality. So easy to play against. Who'd have thought?

And we'll waste another 20-25 mins doing the exact same before finally bringing on NDiaye and Lindstrom.

 

[windymiller]

Myko looks a yard off it doesn't he.

He had a couple of injuries in the last few months and played the Euros, so not really a surprise. Which does beg the question, why did we not buy a fullback but instead buy another centre back, to ignore that new centre back and play Michael Keane?

 

[atrottel]

Dyche should be keeping Young, Harrison, McNeil and Mykolenko behind after practice and make them stay there every day until they can hit five consecutive crosses into the penalty area.

Positive side: Tim. what a steal.
Slightly less positive side: Keane has played OK so far, Tarkowski has been more dubious

Second half, bring on the midfield and forward newbies, for God's sake take Doucoure off.