Match Thread Everton v Bournemouth. 23 Sep at 1500

[Groucho]

Glad DCL starts

 

[Death]

Between Martinez and Koeman. I'm sick of watching our team being picked by what seems like people who don't know about football. Years of it.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Koeman wants to use the bottom dwellers of the league to prove his 'philosophy works.' I like the 433, but the two wide men are very... dare I say- underwhelming,

 

[Joey66]

Bench looks strong....

Bench looks better in parts than 5 midfielders?

 

[navidson]

Does he actually have a plan in his head and the players aren't following orders?

Honestly cannot see what the bigger picture is with his team selections

 

[streeky]

we need the real Iceland to start turning up.45m for someone who drifts through games is unacceptable. Get lookman or Vlasic on if he is asleep again.

 

[devogue]

Will we ever see Sig played in his right position? Certainly not this week.

ffs

 

[GwladysBlue]

When it was all going pear shape with Bobby brown shoes a section of the fans sang You don,t know what your doing. I think the time is near for RK with this team selection. Take a point now if offered.

As if you'd take a point to Bournemouth at home. FFS.

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

Koeman knows how to pick a strong bench!

 

[Tez]

"Klaassen, Sigurdsson and Rooney all playing FFS!"

Yeah. That one game against Spurs they've started in together is enough to know it doesn't work.

"Two defensive midfielders at home to Bournmouth FFS!"

Yeah. What he should do is play just one and throw Holgate under the bus who will be playing alongside Martina and Williams against Defoe and King.

"No pace and too narrow FFS!"

Yeah. What he should do is play those fast players we don't have and play counter attacking football against a team that will probably play deep and compact and try and counter attack us. Not play the better ball players to break them down.

 

[ClausThomsen]

RonKo's formation finally clicks with the players.
Oumar comes on and scores twice.
Holgate MOM with an outstanding Centre Def performance.
Future football historians look back on today as the dawn of Everton's golden age.

2-3 to Bournemouth

 

[devogue]

As if you'd take a point to Bournemouth at home. FFS.

not happy with lineup but some people need to screw their heads on.

 

[Smig1878]

To who no width kick an run!

Don't be daft we'll have Rooney and Sig wide, Calvert-Lewin through the middle and anyway who's the Linford Christie in their back four? Sorry mate no it's not over the top football it's playing the pass to the space moving it quickly today, don't have to beat them in a foot race to the ball when you can move them around and engineer space

 

[peteblue]

Holgate is a liability....

 

[blue to the bone]

It's Koemans style and philosophy. He ain't goin to change now. It worked fairly well last season. We had Lukaku then though.
But I'm still confident we will be fine