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

[ToffeeTim]

How did they get 4g on the top balcony!!

 

[Coggy]

This is a particularly low moment , even by our standards !.
Frank is clearly not up to the job , despite the squad he has been given (and those he added to it).
We have no more time to waste. He should have gone , and been replaced during the World Cup break.
However that was a wasted opportunity.
His successor needs as much time as possible to try to turn around this shambles. It was one of the clubs worst results in memory tonight.
He seems as utterly delusional as Roberto Martinez in his latter times at the club.

 

[Kirkles]

That 4th goal was comedy gold to be fair

 

[Bez2k2k]

Was a must win in my opinion. Think Frank has to go now and take responsibility. It’s not good enough on any level or anywhere on the pitch. Bored of hearing ‘we have tk keep working’ ‘ we will give the fans what they want tk see if they stick with us etc’ boring

 

[God Benfrey]

Omfg I just watched the highlights, that has got to be the worst defending display ever Jesus Christ. All goals were so avoidable.

 

[klingklang]

Lampard was so naive tonight,should have stuck with 5 at the back but was probably worried about fans reaction to doing that at home. His position is untenable now, where do we go from here? Probably down unless we act now.

 

[blueblueday]

The bloke signed Tosun and Walcott for a combined £50m.

Which took us years to recover from financially.

Walcott got some important goals initially before it was clear he lacked passion and the necessary legs. Tosun was a punt sanctioned by the board which was a mistake. It really did not take us years to recover from these two transfers because we carried on spending big. It was the successive poorly mismanaged big money transfers from successive managers and the zero return from these investments that screwed us. FFP has put a stranglehold on any short-term future spending. This is a fundamental mistake from the board. Sam got us to 8th. you know. It wasn't pretty. He knew the fans did not like him. The fans thought we were better than him just as they did Benitez. You got what you wanted in the end. All hail Frank!

 

[Muggins]

Just looking at some of the players Brighton had in their squad tonight.

£4.5m Mitoma
£15m Estupiñán
£5.2m Caicedo

We are cursed mate. Everything we sign turns to dust.

 

[degsy]

1) Even after 40yrs I really miss the Cushions - it's not a proper debacle without a sky full of cushions.

2) sky or whoever had the crowd noise down low all game

 

[mumwasablue]

This is a particularly low moment , even by our standards !.
Frank is clearly not up to the job , despite the squad he has been given (and those he added to it).
We have no more time to waste. He should have gone , and been replaced during the World Cup break.
However that was a wasted opportunity.
His successor needs as much time as possible to try to turn around this shambles. It was one of the clubs worst results in memory tonight.
He seems as utterly delusional as Roberto Martinez in his latter times at the club.

Brighton are a good team,have been for a few years,seems strange Everton fans think its a total disaster. I will be at Elland Road tomorrow wondering which Leeds team will turn up.Our circumstances are down to lack of investment poor Ist team recruitment and an owner with no real money. Pretty much the same as the clubs fighting relegation.Football is all about the money now. It has lost its soul, but we still keep going hoping it will turn around. Be positive you have a ground being built , we have a couple of floodlights in a car park as ground improvements.

 

[DRINGOSTAR]

Where do we go from here ? Frank needs a massive word with himself ! Davies and McNeil couldn’t beat anyone in a race ! Formation was awful ! If a player passes it backwards they should get a massive fine ! Gana’s pass was just cos that’s what we do ! He had time to do anything ! But passes it backwards which is very cowardly and the Everton way! Patterson was getting rings run round him and was just left to it !

 

[Cels]

FFS! Even Specsavers were having a go at us

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[Dykovski200]

Just looking at some of the players Brighton had in their squad tonight.

£4.5m Mitoma
£15m Estupiñán
£5.2m Caicedo

We’d have turned our noses up at them if we were linked

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Walcott got some important goals initially before it was clear he lacked passion and the necessary legs. Tosun was a punt sanctioned by the board which was a mistake. It really did not take us years to recover from these two transfers because we carried on spending big. It was the successive poorly mismanaged big money transfers from successive managers and the zero return from these investments that screwed us. FFP has put a stranglehold on any short-term future spending. This is a fundamental mistake from the board. Sam got us to 8th. you know. It wasn't pretty. He knew the fans did not like him. The fans thought we were better than him just as they did Benitez. You got what you wanted in the end. All hail Frank!

Tosus was taking about £90k a week from us over a period of about 4 years. Quite literally hemorrhaging the club financially, despite offering nothing. Similarly with Walcott.

"Big Sam" took us from 13th to 8th. Hardly a groundbreaking stuff.

 

[McCall2Radzinski]

From my pov, there seems to be just too much panicking on here. Relative to other teams, who are immensely crap as well, we're not losing ground. If we lost 0-0-1, 1-2, 1-4 looks ugly, but we're still in the same position. There is a long, long way to go.

Even Alan Shearer is now bringing up the crowd. Even if it was exaggerated before. The comment from Foster, whichever Wolves player it was, it'll start to become a thing.