Match Thread Everton v Sheffield United - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[NorthernBlue]

I`ve not seen the CA interview but I guess it will say.....

We were not good today

we are in the fight but it will be harder

Koff mate, dig the players out!!!!!!!

The serial offenders need digging out. If they here next season then it’s another write off

 

[JelavicBrate2]

The problem is quite simplistic is that there's no pressure on our players, from either the manager or anyone else at the club, they know they can eff up without any consequences. Ever since Moshiri came in, we've largely got downhill, even in Koemann's first season we put in some of the worst performances I've ever seen as a Blue.

We spent huge amounts of money in 2017 and somehow ended up needing Allardyce to save us and then we bring in Marco Silva, because he won a few games at Watford, sack him and replace him with Ancelotti who hasn't done any better than Allardyce, who was hated by our supporters.

I know some people will say this is crazy, but after tonight's performance it makes sense, it's almost as if our players are happy with us being rubbish. How many times have we messed up winnable games, that would of got us somewhere. Lost to Reading in 2011, lost to the RS in 2012, Wigan in 2014, lost to an average Palace and Southampton that prevented us from finishing in the top 4. Lost 2 Semi Finals to an average Man City and Man United side.

We've continually bottled derby games against some of the worst Liverpool sides in living memory, couldn't even beat their kids, when Klopp wanted to be out the cup, it's an absolute joke. Couldn't even beat them in 2018, when they didn't even care about the game, failed to create a proper chance in 2019 at GP against them. Carragher said this a few years ago, that he was amazed that our players wanted to befriend him in the tunnel and I still remember when Gerrard elbowed Barry and the only player to stand up to him as Distin. I think a lot of our players see us as Liverpool's little brothers and there's no desire to really change that.

 

[Papa Shango]

Digne. 0 votes. About right

When was the last time he put in a good cross or corner? After that performance I wouldn’t be arsed if he left this summer

I dunno about that, he is obviously a good player just going through a bad patch.

If only we had a young promising left back in our ranks who is chomping at the bit to get some game time.

What do you mean we have 2 of them?

My biggest bugbear with Ancelotti is he has backed himself into a corner with the crap in our team by not expanding his options by giving some game time to other players in and around the squad. I'm not saying play them week in week out but 5-10 mins here and there would be a start.

 

[BlueStevie35]

My first game of the season weds after being successful in the ballot
And I’ve just promised the mrs a date night I am not ruining a perfectly good
Evening watching any of these reprehensible players ,I feel physically sick after that ,horrendous style of play passing it back to Keane all night who lofts it forward aimlessly,no width whatsoever, a manager who just has no clue it seems how to change it up ,and for the 11th home game on the trot the game was up after 10 mins
In going a goal down and the turgidness of our performance ,I’m lost and numb thank god I don’t have to bother even checking the next two results as mid table waits to greet us when open arms

This is not just aimed at you but anyone else using this needs to seriously grow up when there’s far more serious stuff going on in the world right now than a silly football game

 

[Bob Elstone]

Can’t wait for the Carlo ‘we’re still in the fight’

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Hands down second best all over the pitch.
We can all moan about formations & tactics but if this shower loose every battle in every department this is what happens.
Most embarrasing display this season.

Season lost long time ago, the matches against Fulham Burnley and Newcastle for me... Laid out what was not right with this squad of players, just not enough of them want success.

 

[Runub]

Voted Pickford because he at least did one decent thing today.

Me too....and he looks like he actually cares

 

[ForeverEverton]

Most of them spineless mercenaries would no doubt prefer a midweek break than playing in Europe. Really angers me how I / we get so emotionally involved in a team who couldn’t give two flying ****’s about us

100% this. They will never know the fume, I bet they couldnt care less no matter what they say.

 

[Bob Latchford]

Carlo:

We played very bad

We were not in the game

He’s embarrassed

really bad performance

Great opportunity and we lost. A lot of cheek puffing.

he and the players need to take responsibility

he hopes the fans will wake us up.

a team of two faces - good away and bad at home.

 

[Azza]

Can players be fired?

If not, just keep fining them two weeks' wages until they start trying, or leave. Useless, useless douchebags.

I said this last season with Soggy.

In any other profession if you don't perform you go through disciplinary actions and then you're ultimately fired.

It's not a football specific thing, but all professional sports. It's very weird.

 

[Big_nev]

Got sent this and it's like a perfect summary of the season as a whole.

 

[Bob Latchford]

Ps. Lescott is a prick - hate him being ‘the Everton pundit’

 

[Papa Shango]

This is not just aimed at you but anyone else using this needs to seriously grow up when there’s far more serious stuff going on in the world right now than a silly football game

It's all relative. Let people let off steam, it's only what people would be doing in pubs etc if they were able to do so at this time.

 

[deipnosophist]

I appreciate people feeling a little let down...so am I...I had that game as a 2-0 loss. But some of the remedial suggestions are 'frying pan/fire stuff imo. It's pointless changing the Blue Chrimbo panto from The Mikado to The Wizard of Oz. Both are too complicated for mine. Will Ferrel did a movie once called 'Elf'...perhaps we could adapt that into a panto...that might work as the costuming is quite simple.

 

[Papa Shango]

Ps. Lescott is a prick - hate him being ‘the Everton pundit’

Wouldn't mind a player like him right now though.