Match Thread Everton v Man City. 23rd August at 16.00.

[sageyefc]

City's defence held it's line and snuffed out our chances, so I don't see why we shouldn't expect ours to do the same.

Because ours were up against some o the best attackers in the world

 

[The Equaliser]

Because ours were up against some o the best attackers in the world

Not an excuse for not being able to keep in shape for those 2 goals.

 

[Bobbys Shoe Polish]

Yeah totally agree. While City fully deserved it we didn't help ourselves by giving possession away too easily, yet keeping possession is supposed to be a cornerstone of the Martinez philosophy and something they spend a lot of time working on in training.

You can't blame Martinez for players who give the ball away cheaply!

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Thought we played alright against what is a very good team, Silva is the best player I've seen apart from Naismith... Obvz!

We miss Baines so much when he's injured.

 

[sageyefc]

Not an excuse for not being able to keep in shape for those 2 goals.

Course it is, there front players have some of the best movement in the game. Can't really blame our defensive unit for not knowing whether to stick or twist

 

[Rook]

Osman was a liability again today.

 

[blue4eva77]

I don't think Galloway was poor today, I think he was targeted as a weak point and exploited as such, he played bloody well while he could.

Nah...

He was terrible. He got a dry bumming time and time again. If he's played well, we rightfully acknowledge it. Vice versa if he's played like turd, he needs to know.

He got a roasting and didn't have a clue what was going on.

 

[The Equaliser]

Course it is, there front players have some of the best movement in the game. Can't really blame our defensive unit for not knowing whether to stick or twist

You seem unable to accept any constructive suggestions on how our defence might improve so there is no point in discussing this any further.

 

[mezzrow]

Osman was a liability again today.

Didn't complete a single pass, ffs.

 

[The Equaliser]

You can't blame Martinez for players who give the ball away cheaply!

Don't think I did. I'm saying that it's surprising because it's something they are supposed to work on a lot.

 

[Khalekan]

Yeah totally agree. While City fully deserved it we didn't help ourselves by giving possession away too easily, yet keeping possession is supposed to be a cornerstone of the Martinez philosophy and something they spend a lot of time working on in training.

We don't pass the ball well enough for Bob to set so much store by possession, Ed.

That midfield needs to be bypassed more often to get the best out of Lukaku.

I am not advocating hoofball, just a commonsense approach of mixing it up a bit and playing to our strengths and doing what worked so well at Saints last week.

 

[Huyton Layne]

As soon as we realised that we were getting battered down our left Martinez should have reacted to it.

Yup. Switching Cleverly and Kone back to the sides they played on against Southampton would have been the first move. Then if the right side gets overran make a change.

 

[Rook]

Didn't complete a single pass, ffs.

I could write a whole book about how little he contributed to the cause. He literally watched Man City score on us, TWICE!

 

[WA Toffee]

Nah...

He was terrible. He got a dry bumming time and time again. If he's played well, we rightfully acknowledge it. Vice versa if he's played like turd, he needs to know.

He got a roasting and didn't have a clue what was going on.

He wasn't terrible, he was just up against a very very good player that knew how to exploit his weakness and lack of support.
Just because someone played better than you, doesn't mean you played bad

 

[mezzrow]

I could write a whole book about how inept he was today.

Already been done.

Besides, a book can't spit out pieces of hot pie. Osman reviews should always be accompanied by several chunks of hot pie. (from "my Goodison experience") And liberal use of a word I can't use here.