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

PhilEFC · January 3, 2016

Yeah I agree. They are very good side, and they played us off the pitch first half. Everyone of their players are good on the ball. Second half we matched them and looked more dangerous though which was great.

DualityNSNO · January 3, 2016

Did it look like we've worked a bit on set pieces or was that just me? I mean our corners looked actually not random kicks in the box this time, at least towards the end of the game...

Whistlin' Dixie · January 3, 2016

DualityNSNO said:
Did it look like we've worked a bit on set pieces or was that just me? I mean our corners looked actually not random kicks in the box this time, at least towards the end of the game...

When Deulofeu took a few corners?

DualityNSNO · January 3, 2016

Whistlin' Dixie said:
When Deulofeu took a few corners?

Yeah the last 2 or 3 or so. Had flick ons and movement and all that jazz, really unusual for us!

meagher94 · January 3, 2016

davek said:
"Must win" what does that mean?

Why must we win them? The LC games, yeah, for sure. I dont think I view any of the others are that pressing, tbh. 'Want to win games', yes. But 'must'...I dont get the overwhelming urgency or significance.

Because the more we fail to win the more the manager and players are feeling the pressure, which we suffer from.

As you probably know I'm a fan of Martinez. But 1 win in 7 and the run of games isn't getting easier. You may not think winning is a pressing issue but it is. We need to win games.

oldblue · January 3, 2016

davek said:
"Must win" what does that mean?

Why must we win them? The LC games, yeah, for sure. I dont think I view any of the others are that pressing, tbh. 'Want to win games', yes. But 'must'...I dont get the overwhelming urgency or significance.

If anything I think we need to view the rest of this season as an opportunity to take the pressure off, let them get to know each other's games and work as a unit, then who knows next season.
Few players out there for Spurs today that could have been shipped out by them a season ago and now looking like real team players.
Do understand why people are fed up being patient but it's not like we are watching terrible football and being patient which is something plenty of us did before seeing a winning team

Whistlin' Dixie · January 3, 2016

DualityNSNO said:
Yeah the last 2 or 3 or so. Had flick ons and movement and all that jazz, really unusual for us!

Aye. Although there was one late on I was getting a tad agitated about because I thought Deulofeu was waiting for Baines to trot over to take it.

He didn't, and it was a very good corner.

lancs blue · January 3, 2016

Good to see Besic make an apperance. He certainly toughened midfield up in the second half. Howard stuck to his line as usual which made it hard for defence to clear their lines. Kone another selection worry - offered little. Cleverley on the left was more of an outlet. Some good running by Barkeley but final pass selection weak at times.

streeky · January 3, 2016

Thought we struggled with the balance of bringing them on to us and actually imposing our selves in the game first half. Second half you could see the players enjoyed it more ,because we had more of the ball. Think the key to being more pragmatic could be keep the fullbacks at home more, and let the other attacking threats deal with it.

Jamiednm · January 3, 2016

Didn't see the game, but thought Koné and Howard weren't at the races. Just felt that reading about other people's opinions on the game, if we had scored more goals we probably would've won it.

Donald Twain · January 3, 2016

Jamiednm said:
Didn't see the game, but thought Koné and Howard weren't at the races. Just felt that reading about other people's opinions on the game, if we had scored more goals we probably would've won it.

True this!

AdamEFC · January 3, 2016

Their players looked a lot fitter than ours, ran non stop throughout the game. Their players are always there for the pass and making forward runs, which is something our midfield really need to do more.

chicoazul · January 3, 2016

The Mighty Quint said:
I'm sick to death of watching Barkley play back and sideways, cowards way out every time.

Did you watch the game from the Lower Gwladys mate?

Woolly Blue · January 3, 2016

bluebrotha77 said:
Oooooowwww besic you sexi lil bosnian war criminal unlucky lad

Use a bit of common sense when posting stuff mate.
We have Blues from all over the world on here.

LAToffee · January 3, 2016

meagher94 said:
Because the more we fail to win the more the manager and players are feeling the pressure, which we suffer from.

As you probably know I'm a fan of Martinez. But 1 win in 7 and the run of games isn't getting easier. You may not think winning is a pressing issue but it is. We need to win games.

I agree. Martinez fan but we've thrown away far too many leads this season (I don't put today's game in that category. They well deserved the equalizer based on first half performance). No way we keep our best young players if we finish 11th. Don't think a league cup changes that (but maybe it does).