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

[banno]

Mirallas or Besic for Kone now. Where has Barkley been? Not showing us he can play further back. Cleverly doesn't stay home enough for this line up. He needs to be on the left helping Baines.

Barkley and Lukaku are being snuffed out with tight marking. Wish we could do that.

 

[lungo]

Haha I actually think we've done okay. Apart from the goal, which was taken fantastically we've defended really well and limited them to long range efforts.

As a team they look head and shoulders above us (which is another topic altogether), we're doing well to hang in there.

We've done ok only because we had a lot of luck . They hit the woodworks twice and had 2 or 3 very good opportunities to score. We had on shot on goal and nothing else. Football is a funny game but winning today will be very very difficult . We dont have a middfield and there is no movement in front of the defense. Kone is of the pace and Funes Mori has a nightmare game.

 

[Joey66]

Sort of game we need to get a bit of luck out of and be clinical ourselves

TBH Doug that goal conceded may wake us up!

 

[maccavennie]

Sort of game we need to get a bit of luck out of and be clinical ourselves

I will take that DD and I reckon you may be right. Let's hope the lads come out firing and disciplined and get us the 3 points.

 

[steken1]

MOYES IN MARTINEZ OUT

In the bin you

 

[jerseytoffee]

Looks like he's tried to set up us defensively, but unsure how to do it exactly.

If we're not all out attack it doesn't look like we can keep hold of the ball for more than five seconds and it just bounces off of them all.

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

A good keeper saves that.

Nah mate.

Not Howard's biggest fan but I don't think there was much else he could have done there.

Others were at fault.

 

[flibbyflob]

Lucky to not be out of this.

Spurs have been great to be fair.

 

[Jags..class]

Hopefully the fans at goodsion will get behind the players in the second half

 

[Chegsy]

Impressed with Spurs but we are giving them far too much respect.

 

[Dithering Dougie]

TBH Doug that goal conceded may wake us up!

The sound of the up right getting smashed should have done that Joe!

 

[Abraders]

Mirallas or Besic for Kone now. Where has Barkley been? Not showing us he can play further back. Cleverly doesn't stay home enough for this line up. He needs to be on the left helping Baines.

Hasn't shown us he can play further back very much, can only think of a couple performances where he's bossed it like we expect him to from deep.

Baines needs serious help and Kone is useless at that, Barry can't cover everything

 

[longers]

if we let in an early goal in second half I really do fear for the score line

 

[Norwegian Cow]

the solution: get besic in, put cleverly on the left for kone.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

If we win ugly I'll take it. Great teams win ugly games