Match Thread Everton V Southampton 3pm Monday 2nd January

[Everton17]

Great game today! Tom was fantastic!
But what's with Rom not celebrating any of the goals?

 

[bicycleheader]

yusss

well in.

dreadful first half I thought, and I thought both teams looked like they were a bit dead on their feet. Eventually we stepped it up and took our chances. Well done to Joel for a solid showing stopping their few dangerous moments.

 

[mill]

10 points from 15 over a tricky fixture list is a decent return.

 

[Eggs]

....chuffed for @Michaelcoyb, bit grim at times but you won't remember that.

 

[maccavennie]

....Valencia for me. The game was grim and only changed when he came on, scored and then brought down for the penalty.

Gave exactly the same reason myself a page back eggs. Got in and around Lukaku and made himself a nuisance.

 

[Blue 1]

Encouraging to see Barkley and Davies play well together.

 

[Brennan]

We're 7th, six points behind a team who've brought in £250m of players in the past two seasons, and we had a shocker of a transfer window.

The world isn't imploding.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Really odd that we only seem to turn up in the second halves of matches.

But good result nonetheless.

In all reality we only actually turned up for the last 25 minutes today.

 

[Deulofeumygod]

At least this place will be slightly less toxic until transfer fumes rage again.

Much needed and deserved result.

 

[TheBigIguana]

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.

Having a second striker up there fixed this problem in the second half and we blew them away. Would have liked to see how it would have worked with Calvert-Lewin not getting hurt

 

[efcjames]

Enner <3

 

[Nymzee]

Wonder how many Saints fans are still preaching backwards step re: Koeman.

 

[Eggs]

...the Lennon substitution changed the game. I keep saying he flatters because he's busy but he offers very little in the top third of the pitch. He almost goes out to mark the opposing full back rather than the other way around.

Well done Valencia, he looked lively for 30mins at Hull and you could see he was wanting to score a goal. He's not the answer but he offers more than Lennon going forward.

 

[dannyboy]

Turgid until the last 20 minutes then really rather good. Superb Tom Davies, well played Ross and Rom too.

Turgid's a bit strong isn't it. If you've seen much of Southampton this year that's the way a lot of their games go.

They make it difficult for the opposition and generally do a good job of keeping teams out. I thought it was a good display overall.

 

[Stutheblue]

Good 3 points this. Late goals, but we'd take that all day. A couple of signngs now please to make it a very good week.