Match Thread Everton v Spurs. 3rd Jan at 1600.

[Dithering Dougie]

Sad thing is you could easily see him benched again even after that little cameo performance.

Surely he's just played his way in for Wednesday especially with McCarthy out.

 

[RFUS]

Sky Sports... all Spurs coverage post game. You'd think they were the home team.

And the away team.

 

[TheNinja]

Enjoyed that second half.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Not much between teams in this league. Every week we bemoan how good the opposition keeper is. Chance of any outside push for top 4 went today though which will be problematic in keeping our best players.

Clearly Howard and Kone are the weak links. IF we could sort these 2 positions out in the coming weeks I would be intrigued to see what we could do if this team can be kept together.

Huh?

 

[bluestevon]

Besic barry and Mccarthy with Barkley and Deloufeu out wide either side should be the team we play when fully fit.

Although we all know El Clowno will stick to Kone and Cleverly in the side.

Barkley wide left and you call him el clowno, LOL Barkley played there last season and he was utterly terrible, great post other than that - honestly

 

[witchdoc187]

That was an excellent game of football. I can't think of anything to moan about. Enjoyed it. Goodison is an exciting place these days

 

[Huyton Layne]

Is that 1 win in 7 or 8 now,nowhere near good enough.
Game of 2 halves but we need to start winning

The plus side for me is that the better half was the second. We finished on a high. Rather than bumming a team for 45 then losing and deflating the crowd and team for the next game.

 

[quasi modo]

Dross 1st half, better 2nd half after the substitutions.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Cheer up Butters. Take this result in isolation and it's a good one. For once, we stood up to copious amounts of pressure, I'd take confidence from that result if I were a player.

Doubt they'll take any confidence from conceding yet another pathetic goal in front of their home fans, to be honest with you. It's incredibly sad times for us lot.

 

[banno]

How can we become great again when our fans think that being average is terrific

When/if our new owners can help fast track buying decent players. In other words ...money on par with the rest of the league

 

[Pacman]

Please not Barkley out wide, have you forgotten last season?

Not so much out wide as we have no wide player out on the left anyway. More behind Rom but not fully central where Baines is left massively exposed.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Huh?

Lukaku interview. Said top 4 was possible still if we could start winning starting today. He wants CL football.

 

[BernieWright13]

Another brilliant 45 minute performance from the entertainers raining the goals in at home for 1 point from the last 3 home games.

Massive credit to Martinez as well for rectifying his own botched line up to help conserve the 1-1 point at home.

Nil Satis.

You're right of course, but at least he DID rectify his own lash up. Been precious little of that ff knows how long

 

[TheNinja]

Doubt they'll take any confidence from conceding yet another pathetic goal in front of their home fans, to be honest with you. It's incredibly sad times for us lot.

I'm sure Spurs will be just as upset with the goal they conceded...

 

[Kiwi]

Alright. Well I disagree with you , that's all. Martinez is taking is backwards incredibly quickly. Most other managers would be performing much better with this group of players.

Was the result a bad one mate?
Spurs were pretty good and have been all season, we matched them, withstood their pressure and looked much more defensively solid than we have all season. Not far off nicking it at the end either.