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

[GrandOldTeam]

Delph or Sigurdsson on for Gomes. He's had one today.

Do *something* to try and limit the freedom Mane is getting.

COYB

 

[Hellerad]

On replay. Pickford has his eyes on VVD the whole time. Good concentration.

 

[UltraVires]

That felt like a long half to watch.

Hopefully we can pump some sleeping gas into that portacabin in the car park as they just look to energetic for us to handle at times

 

[Tel001]

Allan has been shocking too.

But gomes not getting back and giving them the ball everytime it comes near him and being caught out of position isn’t helping Alan at all

 

[BlueStevie35]

Spineless performance so far. All like badly off the pace. Midfield being badly over run. Gomes doesn’t even know what’s he supposed to do with a ball at his feet. James Rodríguez the only midfield player trying to make things happen. Mina & Keane doing well to block. Rest should hang their heads, it’s a derby FFS not a Sunday stroll. Unacceptable, sort it out.

Shut up ffs, it’s a bad half but we’ve still got at them. If it were spineless we wouldn’t be even doing that

 

[Tubey]

For all the Sigurdsson shouts, sorry but no. Never want to see him in a derby again.

I'd prefer Delph or Davies. More defensively sound too.

 

[Jim Hopper]

We should be man marking Mane out the game ffs, everyone knows he's the RS best player and look how much space has has for the first goal.

Problem is mate we don’t hVe the legs done his side to double up on him. Rodríguez won’t keep tracking back.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Right Carlo. Earn your money. Win this and the team will start to believe. Need to kill the inferiority complex

 

[carolinablue232]

Giving them far far too much respect. Gomes has been appalling and needs hooked

Yeah...it’s time for Gylf but I imagine Carlo will hold off on any more subs until we get to around 60-65 given we’ve had to use one for injury already.

1-1 is a great spot for us given what it could be.

 

[dannyboy]

And people are wetting themselves saying how bad we are and we have no midfield.

We're playing the best side in the world rn. Funnily enough we're not in complete control all the time. Carlo will sort it.

I get your point about how good they are but our midfield has been badly caught out today. Maybe the intention was to take them on man for man in that department but we are nowhere good enough.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

We should be man marking Mane out the game ffs, everyone knows he's the RS best player and look how much space has has for the first goal.

Hard to do of course but always amazes me how we seem to give him free roam.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

If it wasn't for Carlo I'd be bashing the tactics.

Our formation has left Roberton the freedom to fly as James can't defend.

Our midfield has not neutralised the predictable pressing tactics.

Think James has actually done some good defensive work tbf

 

[billybeeru]

Midfield needs to be much better. Gomes will probably be given 5-10 minutes to see if he can prove his worth. Otherwise it’s Gylfi, Delph, or Bernard.

 

[matty1878]

We need to be better a lot better carlo has some decisions here

 

[TheNinja]

We're usually terrible straight after half time so I hope we're switched on after the break.