Match Thread EVERTON V SOUTHAMPTON Match thread, Report and MotM Poll

[Hickson9]

He played Bernard, our first choice striker and Lookman - a player the club did all they could to keep. He wasn't exactly playing no marks mate.

And he also threw in Dowell.

Individually you can make arguments for each player but not all of them at the same time. Quite simply he made too many changes.

Pickford, Digne, Gana, Richarlison, Sigurdsson and Walcott will all come back in to the starting XI on Saturday.

 

[Jacob]

We missed the energy and workrate of Sigurdsson and Gueye

And then some class creativity...and Ive seen some over the years being an oul arse. I just hate us lookin like disinterested nomarks. It hurts.

 

[BlueToff]

We lost because we rested our best players.
End of.

Nope

We lost because we failed to do the basics - defend and put away our chances

 

[Stan Lee Park]

Nope

We lost because we failed to do the basics - defend and put away our chances

Agreed. And that's because we didn't play our best team.

 

[DanEFC92]

Fewmin

 

[BlueToff]

Agreed. And that's because we didn't play our best team.

Our best team fail to do the basics as well

In the instance they scored the goal, we had:

- Our first choice CM (at the moment) - Davies, not doing his job
- Our first choice FB (at the moment) - Kenny, not doing his job
- Our first choice CB pairing (at the moment), not doing their jobs

Schneiderlin was the only 'new player' in the line up in that instance who was also responsible for them scoring.

Now, I get the point about too many changes. I agree, Gana, Gylfi, Pickford could all have played.

But Tosun is our first choice striker anyway, so what was wrong with him coming in. Everyone - and I mean everyone - was calling for Bernard to start. Lookman needed the minutes and was our best player in the first half by most accounts.

So where was the harm in that?

We have tried to build a deep squad but if the players aren't playing then we might as well just have 11 and be done with it. This was a good chance to get those players minutes and unfortunately they didn't produce the goods. It's not about disrespecting any competition. Not every change is detrimental.

It just shows what a lot of work we still have to do and also goes to show why suggestions like 'play Bernard through the middle instead of Gylfi' are utter tripe at this stage as well.

 

[BlueToff]

Fewmin

ah, back to Ped screaming at the camera, sound

 

[Parker]

I think there is only 2 maybe 3 teams in the premier league with a worse set of strikers. We had 2 on the pitch at the same time and it seemed like we were playing with none.

I think they're all rubbish but DCL frustrates me the least.

 

[BlueToff]

If the players who were picked do the basics right, we win.

That applies to most games.

They didn't tonight. And, sods law, when we did start clicking, our supposed saviours from the bench both missed their penalties.

 

[Stan Lee Park]

If the players who were picked do the basics right, we win.

That applies to most games.

They didn't tonight. And, sods law, when we did start clicking, our supposed saviours from the bench both missed their penalties.

We wouldn't have needed to take any penalties if Walcott had stayed on the bench.

 

[Stan Lee Park]

Our best team fail to do the basics as well

In the instance they scored the goal, we had:

- Our first choice CM (at the moment) - Davies, not doing his job
- Our first choice FB (at the moment) - Kenny, not doing his job
- Our first choice CB pairing (at the moment), not doing their jobs

Schneiderlin was the only 'new player' in the line up in that instance who was also responsible for them scoring.

Now, I get the point about too many changes. I agree, Gana, Gylfi, Pickford could all have played.

But Tosun is our first choice striker anyway, so what was wrong with him coming in. Everyone - and I mean everyone - was calling for Bernard to start. Lookman needed the minutes and was our best player in the first half by most accounts.

So where was the harm in that?

We have tried to build a deep squad but if the players aren't playing then we might as well just have 11 and be done with it. This was a good chance to get those players minutes and unfortunately they didn't produce the goods. It's not about disrespecting any competition. Not every change is detrimental.

It just shows what a lot of work we still have to do and also goes to show why suggestions like 'play Bernard through the middle instead of Gylfi' are utter tripe at this stage as well.

Think you missed three more players off that list.

 

[smileychap]

And then some class creativity...and Ive seen some over the years being an oul arse. I just hate us lookin like disinterested nomarks. It hurts.

Yup. No character in this side, yet.

 

[BlueToff]

Think you missed three more players off that list.

But Bernard needed a start. So did Lookman. The wingers should be relatively interchangeable.

Tosun over DCL - are you really arguing with that considering DCL was poor against Fulham and Tosun came on and played well?

 

[Billefc]

I think there is only 2 maybe 3 teams in the premier league with a worse set of strikers. We had 2 on the pitch at the same time and it seemed like we were playing with none.

I think they're all rubbish but DCL frustrates me the least.

Really?? Who are they? I seriously would swap our strikers in a heartbeat with every club in the league and probably every club as low as league 1, and I am serious

 

[CRIMHEAD]

This just in. We STINK when Gana doesn't play. Siggy is also one of the few guys with any passing range or ability to score from distance. But it's a HUGE drop off from Gana to anyone else in the DM position.