Match Thread Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion - Preview, Match Report & MotM Poll

[Eggs]

…..can’t remember us getting behind opposition full backs for an age. We continually hit diagonal crosses into the box, we rarely pull a ball back in the top third.

No threat.

 

[blueblood]

Sack him tonight, get a new manager in pronto. The FA cup means we've got nearly 2 weeks before our next game. New manager needs most of that to set some standards in training and try to get this useless shower of players in some sort of organised system. We waited too long to sack Benitez and frittered away points. Got half the season to go, with big games against Southampton and West Ham next up. Need to act now.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Friday night in a write off game live on ITV...

Needs to be a 90 minute board protest with 9.5k everton fans behind that goal. Needs to be loud and clear on national tv.

 

[bluebob789!]

we shouldn’t of changed what worked

Totally right - ridiculous switch left us wide open. Benched Godfrey who fought at city. 5 at the back can quickly turn offensive if your full back push on and you can play 2 upfront (maybe full backs not good enough though!)

 

[Fansince1988]

Looking through the PL League managers i don’t really see anyone who could sort this lot out and that is very worrying.

 

[HarpersLob86]

It's progressive though, its dire tedious stuff, its not like we were under Martinez where we were conceding silly goals from overplaying and attacking too much (Well tonights goals were daft of course) we set up defensively and play negatively and still get humped.

I'm fuming at the fact that after watching the first 45 minutes we were sent out to do more of the same.

Papa Shango? Christ!

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

Getting embarrassed by them on the pitch and in the stands.

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

Thoroughly disappointed. You cant excuse shipping 4 against these if you can keep City at bay. Rotten mentality. It's the hope that kills you

 

[HarpersLob86]

…..can’t remember us getting behind opposition full backs for an age. We continually hit diagonal crosses into the box, we rarely pull a ball back in the top third.

No threat.

and that's not just under Lampard

 

[brooklyn blue]

What was Lampard's plan today?Press then slow everything down,pass back then lump forward..

 

[Yorkie89]

I don’t know how you could even stay in your job after watching that! I would be disgusted if it was me I would just walk without saying a word there’s definitely not a man of the match to be chosen from that from our side anyway

 

[mahermi1]

Nope. I actually agree. Brighton aren't Man City but they play ball. We should've swollowed our pride and played the same system. Gotta be 5 at the back from now on

We made Brighton look like City tonight, Guardiola must be scratching his head when he sees this result .

 

[Mikey O]

Our pressing looked like a bunch of youngsters.

Needed to have played five at the back and play on the counter; we didn't and we looked so poor against them.

I'm out of ideas; confidence looks shot. We play at a steady seven miles an hour whilst everyone else speeds past us at forty. The game has moved on and we have been left behind with a dinosaur of a manager.

 

[glory_daze]

In the last 12 months, Wolves have won twice at Goodison, Aston Villa have won twice here and now Brighton have also. When you are awful at home the writing is on the wall.

 

[Leylo]

We've got the worst left back in the league he's crap