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

[bluestevon]

Make no mistake, City will walk this league.

they keep that workrate up mate then i agree, outclassed us tbh and without trying to slag any of our players off we got showed what we already know, howard will let soft goals in, martinez is obsessed with two dm's and barry especially cant be subbed ever, and he trusts naismith more than he does del or mirralas, even though everything he does is anti the way martinez wants it, oh and somehow were short at lb...

and we need a creative player badly

 

[Visitor22]

Close game settled by one team having invested properly over the last few seasons. You only get so far by scrimping along and today proved that

More protests please

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Certain players can be blamed for the goals but at the end of the day we were undeniably second best for the entire 90 there, and thats no slight on us. City really fancy the title this season, and I reckon they'll win it.

 

[My Friend George]

Pleased with our performance. We are a lot more zippy this season and move forward with a sense of purpose. We marginally lost against the best team in the league - who battered Chelsea not so long ago. Heads up. We will win most games if we play like this - especially with a range of options from the bench + new signings.

 

[blue4eva77]

We've allowed them to play for 90 minutes. Like training game. We've stood off them and watched them pass and move for the entirety of the game. We've been very poor. I would like to see the stats for the passing because we've been well and truly embarrassed here.

They've had so much time on the ball, they've walked around at time and they've not got out of 2nd gear. A class apart here and there is absolutely no positives to take from this. Navas and more so Silva tore us to shreds because we've stood off and let them play.

Even off the ball City have been excellent and shown us that closing down with pace and numbers is the way to go.

That is a totally and utterly professional performance by City. Our off the ball tactics have handed them 3 points on a silver platter. Off the ball we are a shambles.

1 shot on target the entire game, no one direct, no wingers again, no over laps... nothing.

 

[Professor Toffee]

...Barry, Cleverley and Coleman played well but Stones was imperious.

Stonus Augustus

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Got beat by the better side. David Silva was fantastic. Reckon we'll look so much healthier once we have an attacking threat from the left hand side. It's such a big part of our game.

 

[hktoffee]

Where is Oviedo?

Kone should never start when we have Mirallas. Kone why ffs?

When we were chasing the game, Martinez played Naismith who is so slow, on the left wing. Nais is a great guy but I don't care about his Scotland chance.

Browning at LB..ar please no more.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

If Martinez would have moved Barry to left back there would still have been fume on here, probably along the lines of "FFS, why is he moving Barry to left back when we have a defender in Browning on the bench"

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

I don't care if it's Baines, Marcelo, an eight year old or Sergio Ramos who was thrown in a left back. It was a poor performance and whoever it was, they're going to get the criticism they deserve.

Haha don't be so mean to the eight year olds

Tough guy

 

[The Mighty Quint]

[Poor language removed] him and hes great game , how the [Poor language removed] we are losing , hes old , hes slow hes making faul all the time , he had bad games awful games and hes still playing 90 after 90

Mate, I want Besic to play but he'll never get a go with Barry in the side, I don't want Barry in the side, but he was good today.

I'm not going to blame today on him just for the sake of it.

 

[jonnyg]

Subbing kone out was a mistake today

 

[matty1878]

I doubt you go the games.

Lol ok mate I'm just in the car on the way back

 

[Real_madras]

Just beaten by a better side. No complaints, missing Baines big time, Galloway and Browsing look good though.

 

[Blue Cheese]

Played pretty well there, lost against a very good Man City side. However Naismith for kone has to be the most pointless substitution ever.