Match Thread Everton v Fulham - Match Report & MotM Poll

[Tim's tourettes]

Sat in the car trying to get out of Stanley Park. Lack of energy and urgency I thought from the off, which surprised me.

 

[Toffeelover]

The team was poorly set up from the start, no need to squeeze Keane into that game tonight. As for the penalties, well Dyche should be dropping Onana off at Walton Jail for a few days !!!

This.

 

[BlueStevie35]

The disgrace at the end aside, let's be clear - we weren't good tonight. Usually we're functional, "solid", but create plenty of chances. Didn't create much tonight imo.

There was only one side looking likely to score second half and they weren’t in white

 

[svenboss]

Gana....I just looked at my lad and he looked at me back. Knew it was curtains

Same

 

[Walter Ego]

For me that’s the infuriating side of Dyche. He seems to be a stubborn fecker. The first half performance was enough to change the system. Taking Harrison and DCL off was wrong imo. There was no service for DCL and Harrison was one of the better performances. Should’ve put Godfrey at LB and go 442. Gueye taking pen. Fair play for stepping up but was there nobody else.
Fulham were really poor. We’ve gifted them the semi final there. Really disappointing and tbh as good as Dyche has done with team spirit etc there will always be this inability to see the changes needed that will always hang over him.

 

[Brendan Janus]

Everton 2-1, then hopefully we get Boro or Port Vale in the 2 legged semi final games

Dreamer !!

 

[toffeemeister77]

Gutted.

 

[svenboss]

I’m just glad we aren’t in the bottom 3. Thought Dyche had it completely wrong, we were too negative for a cup competition

 

[Toffeepot]

Clueless.

You have zero evidence to support that. Nothing.
Explain how west ham can play a lot more than 3 extra games with very little changes and we can't manage a few cup matches. You revel in our underachievement
It's your happy zone

 

[vagablonde - kopite]

In 95 I was a kid, but As a kid I always thought in my lifetime I would see us win the league - But I accepted a long time ago that wouldn’t happen.

But am now slowly beginning to accept the painful reality is: I won’t ever see us win any trophy again.

I know you won't, its the under 30s I feel sorry for, they have seen the RS win more cups on penalities than they have seen us have semi final appearances, FACT.

 

[sdk]

Sad to see a bad penno ruin Everton's chance to get twatted by Middlesbrough.

[theatrically emphasized sigh]

 

[Chegsy]

Closing in on 30 years without silverware and you can see why on nights like this.

 

[Syrup]

Look at it from an objective perspective lads: we were the worse team in that match. End of. Fulham had an opportunity to make it 2-1 in I think the 94th or 95th min but some lucky block stopped it. On top of that, we couldn’t string any passes together so unlike Fulham who seemed to atleast get the basics right whilst our lads were clowning around trying to do fancy turns and flicks whilst failing the bread and butter of footy.

On top of that, our players in that starting XI were not our best. We were missing so many core players, including arguably THE core player with doucs. So let’s not get down because of a penalty shootout and forget our current league form which is absolutely mental, although we’ll go through a tough couple of games vs spurs and city which we’ll most likely lose due to injuries, when everyone is back fit and firing we are gonna be unstoppable mark my words. There will be other cups, and we still have the FA cup as well, chin up lads.

On a side note, don’t fume at Onana, Keane is for me the real culprit as scoring that OG completely changed the complexion of the side and the tactics as well as the Atmosphere at Goodison. That said, we still didn’t deserve to win the game imho. I’d bet good money the rs win the whole thing and we’re not better than them so let’s not get carried away in la la land and what aboutery if Jimmy G took the pen over Onana.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Big part of it is mentality: if Liverpool go to pens we all know it’s theirs.

If we go to pens, we all know it’s a loss.

 

[Ring master]

Dreamer !!

Well it could have been reality, if you know what wouldntn have happen, good to see you happy though