Match Thread Everton v Chelsea - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Glasshalffull]

They'll have spotted that he's susceptible to long shots.
2 gone in in the last couple of games.

He's also susceptible to short shots, weak shots, crosses, making a pig's ear of things with the ball at his feet, and sprinting out of goal in random directions (except for the times when he should be coming out). Apart from those minor issues, excellent!

 

[efcste97]

I'm not confident at all, 0-3 Chelsea.

 

[kenada_blue]

If we stand off and let them play through the lines which Leeds and even Fulham easily did, will be a massacre.

Need to engage and press. If not, game over.

 

[steven]

He's also susceptible to short shots, weak shots, crosses, making a pig's ear of things with the ball at his feet, and sprinting out of goal in random directions (except for the times when he should be coming out). Apart from those minor issues, excellent!

- the sprinting out of goal in random directions is spot on

tbf to Pickford one of the things he is good as is short reaction stops/saves - his problems usually comes when he has to start thinking...

 

[R.Reddington]

If we stand off and let them play through the lines which Leeds and even Fulham easily did, will be a massacre.

Need to engage and press. If not, game over.

i can see us sitting back here haha

 

[efcste97]

i can see us sitting back here haha

We'll get smashed just like the away game last season if we do

 

[jamieni]

We'll get smashed just like the away game last season if we do

We’ve got to go for it like last season. Our defence isn’t good enough to sit back. Got to get right into them.

 

[Big Sams Undies]

Loss by at least 2

 

[R.Reddington]

We'll get smashed just like the away game last season if we do

We didn’t press much vs Man U at home and got picked off. Could be similar.

 

[BigDuncTributeBand]

Don’t think anybody could be confident going into this one. Impossible to predict even vaguely what formation, game plan and personnel it’ll be today. As long as selection is so inconsistent, it’ll be tough.

Really hope we don’t see a back three again but who knows.

Noticed from the training videos that Thierry Small is featuring prominently...Carlo to spring a surprise at left back and throw him in? Seems to be something about Niels that he’s not sure about yet.

 

[Petit]

Big loss today, 0-3, if Sigurdsson and/or Davies starts more like 0-5.

 

[gianthogweed]

As bad as it is we need a fat Sam park the bus performance today if we try and match them they will kill us

 

[mrb85]

My Hesgoal connectivity has been bad recently -- any recommendations as to an alternative?

 

[Lob]

You could write up the post match before the game starts tbh. Everton start slow and invite pressure straight away. Poor incompetent passing leads to conceding a poorly defended goal. Then the heads go down and true to the Everton way there are no leaders, no urgency and comically trying to play out from the back with mostly backwards, sideways and misplaced passing which leads to more mistakes and conceding more goals. At some point in the second half we will have a 10 minute spell were we do a bit better just to give us hope but then that hope is quickly taken away as we bring on the holographic Icelander (unless he starts, outcome is the same) who will make no tackles whatsoever and miss any and all chances on goal. Then on Monday the rally calls will appear on social media from the usual suspects saying we must do better.

Just watch Strictly lads. Better than watching repeats.

 

[T LEAFE]

I'm not confident at all, 0-3 Chelsea.

That sounds confident