Match Thread Everton v Manchester City - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[BlueStevie35]

I'd also like to add that we are not fit enough. Players were struggling before half time.

We are a soft touch.

Probably had them training on the hotel grounds before the game

 

[BlueToff]

Results are equally as poor and against weaker sides.

Why is Silva getting preferential treatment? Koeman got Europe year 1 as well unlike Silva. Silva has no credit in the bank.

He's not getting preferential treatment.

We just aren't playing as badly as we did in that run under Koeman.

 

[msb]

Unpopular opinion, but I thought we played fine and but for two top saves from their keeper result would have been fairer.

I voted for Delph, but equally Seamus was good.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

City nearly doubled our pass ratio.

That's what City do. Pass pass pass pass pass pass pass score. Rinse and repeat.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

I don't think we played well. We didn't make the most of their obvious defensive problems and we're wide open ourselves.

That city team will concede loads, I'm sure of it.

There's no excuse for the mess we find ourselves in this year. The manager is out of his depth and certain players are underperforming by frightening amounts. He deserves to be replaced far more than the three who went before him.

It's hard to take this year. It was our chance but we've blown it. Brands has to take responsibility too and explain why he thought no centre half was delivered.

We've lost our soul. I see very little to be proud of in our club anymore. We're a byword for squander and underachievement. But no one seems to care.

They're not showing much sign of that, conceding on average 1 goal per game this season so far.

 

[BigBlueConk]

City had a bad day and still scored 3 against us.
Nothing much to add that hasn't already been said.

COYB!

 

[BlueToff]

City had a bad day and still scored 3 against us.
Nothing much to add that hasn't already been said.

COYB!

Thing is, they didn't have a bad day.

They were good. Not at their best, but in no means bad.

 

[Sarnia Kevin]

Before Sterling scored I was actually considering him for our MoM because of the number of chances he missed lollollol

 

[4737carlin]

Hopefully not the last time Arteta is on the sidelines for an Everton home match this season.

 

[maccavennie]

Before Sterling scored I was actually considering him for our MoM because of the number of chances he missed lollollol

Gundogans was horrific in the first half lol

 

[maccavennie]

Hopefully not the last time Arteta is on the sidelines for an Everton home match this season.

3rd round if the FA Cup probably mate

 

[Agent Blue]

But even in the dark days it was different. Feels like a team of generic journeymen in an Everton shell

You make a good point and a fair few of the teams in the PL will have had the same things said about their players by fans at some point. It's a symptom of the stupid amounts of cash washing around in the game.
Big money sucks the soul out of everything it touches.

 

[Jeff Jones]

Its not even in the corner. That's bad from Pickford.

Its not even in the corner. That's bad from Pickford.

 

[Blue Roo]

Watching and listening to Victor Anichibe’s initiation as a pitch-side Sky pundit made painful viewing for me, and brought to mind memories of W1a’s own ham-fisted Ryan Chelford on Match of the day.

His meanderings and occasional pointless outcomes was like watching someone drowning, and more than once I kept wishing he’d come to the point as his floundering was painful to watch. With no chance of the ‘prompt-card-only’ presenter intervening to save his blushes, it was left to the veteran Andy Hinchcliffe to bail him out; for some reason, Hinchcliffe sat on his hands, so on Victor irrelevantly droned, in his L23 tones......

But when the inevitable faux pas arrived, it did so in opening day Olympic style pomp ‘n’ ceremony:

With this being Cit-eh’s first outing since the Silva/Mandy incident, Sky raised the issue of continued racism in football and invited Victor’s thoughts on the matter.Correctly so, Victor was damning in his summary and grave in his delivery, especially when, he proffered, ‘the joke’ went beyond dressing room banter and strayed onto the world-wide stage of Social Media where the material would fall into the hands of the socially vulnerable, giving the green light to the uninitiated.

But wind back several minutes to when Victor was asked to comment on the issue of DCL ‘thieving’ Seamus Coleman’s goal. In arbitrary fashion, he could empathise with DCL’s claim following his recent goal-drought, but equally sympathise with Coleman’s indignance.....who he ‘jokingly’ described - to the throngs of viewers world-wide - as a typical angry I**shman. But at least it’s not said on Soshul Meedea where it can influence the vulnerable. So that’s okay then Vic.

Perhaps Sky should ensure their pundits are coached in the art of punditry and diversified before being let loose on the viewing world, as I blame them for Victor’s lacklustre performance.

'TYPICAL angry black man'.
Can you imagine.

English have always had a blindspot when it comes to the Irish.

Not one for the PC but its a bit much when giving a virtuous critique of others re racism.

 

[Staffordshire Wolf]

So we did what we had to and beat Watford having changed back to 343. Neither of us look like troubling the top 4/6. We’re away in Turkey on Thursday and have Man City away on Sunday.

From highlights it looked like you played ok and caused City some problems - what can we expect at their place, can you get at their defence?