Match Thread Everton V Southampton 3pm Monday 2nd January

[streeky]

lennon absolutely off it today. replace at half time i hope

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

I'd get Barry on and move Davies up a bit.

Have you been watching this past month?

 

[Ivo]

What's our game plan? We don't seem to have one at all.

 

[bluestevon]

Get Lennon off for holgate and push Coleman further up

 

[hktoffee]

We need to bring on barry for Gueye I think. Gana looks a bit knackered and his passing hasn't been good enough today

Our midfield will lose mobility. Slow as snail.

 

[ClausThomsen]

0-0 and but we've still got Barry, Valencia or Clev to come on. 3pts in the bag.

 

[bazzer25]

We need to bring on barry for Gueye I think. Gana looks a bit knackered and his passing hasn't been good enough today

Gana has been good, the only harasser we have, take him off we lose for sure.

 

[deipnosophist]

I know Coleman works hard for the team and is a leader but my lord he is Dreadful at crossing, just dreadful

He is the best RB in the PL but just needs to work on his delivery. He's still young though so plenty of time to develop this

 

[RFUS]

We need to bring on barry for Gueye I think. Gana looks a bit knackered and his passing hasn't been good enough today

I'd rather squeeze every last minute out of him before he goes to the AFCON.

 

[EvertonRhys]

Got a bit of the Leicester game about it this. Would love to see us be proactive and make a creative change (instead of waiting to go behind), but looking at the bench there isn't exactly much there, apart from swapping Lennon for Valencia. Mediocre for mediocre really!

 

[witchdoc187]

What's our game plan? We don't seem to have one at all.

Try not to let them score if possible and lump it high to lukaku in the hope he can somehow score.

 

[swisso]

They got into the game because they figured pressing us would cause us to go long and Lukaku wouldn't keep it to relieve the pressure. Last 15 minutes it has worked

Pretty much! We're going long more under Koeman, to a front man who doesn't like/want/can't keep the ball as demanded of him in this style.

Southampton are just exploiting that, pressing us, happy for us to punt it long, getting back into solid defensive rows and happy to see our woeful crosses being sent in.

 

[hktoffee]

0-0 and but we've still got Barry, Valencia or Clev to come on. 3pts in the bag.

Valencia...maybe when we are going for a goal.

Barry unless we hold onto a lead.

Clev no we will be down to 10 men.

 

[nsno-chris]

It's hard to create chances when you have 3 players up top who don't possess the ability to run into space and pull people out of position

 

[Prevenger17]

Get Lennon off for holgate and push Coleman further up

Aye, Lennon has been poor. Coleman has been getting forward into good positions, his final ball just hasn't been there