Everton v Spurs (9th Sept 3.00 KO)

[BigBlueConk]

Right lads. Time to reflect.
AWFUL defending has put a game in which we are going to struggle to score, almost completely out of reach against superior opposition.

We are at Goodison.

Should we grind out another 45 mins of defending badly and keeping our fingers crossed or

Do we put on the likes of Klasic, Kev and Lookman and risk getting spanked by a bigger margin?

The only players I wouldnt take off are Keane and Idris. The rest......

 

[dublinbluenose]

Well that was simply awful. That's as bad a us under Mike Walker. Martina is being killed, whether that's this system we are playing or he just isn't up to it - or both - I'm not sure. Sandro shown zero again.

1 to 11 should hang their heads in Shame. Spurs not even in 3rd gear.

 

[Telford-Feb-85]

right back, a forward for sandro to play off and we might get somewhere

 

[beachy]

Three number 10s.

But not ok, Ron.

 

[faddy the blue]

Not getting a striker is not an excuse. Its poor tactics and management. He played a failed 3 5 2 system in the start of the season and now has realised his tactics blew up. Experimenting time is the pre season. Now he is using a 4 2 3 1 but decides not to have wingers. And in his presse conferences he will give excuses about not having a target man. Can't see us scoring a goal tbh. We have no balance what so ever.

 

[helpimonfire]

we may just be warming up. Great second half coming up ha ha ha

 

[II McColl II]

Martina, awful
Williams, awful
Klaassen, still in holland
Rooney, no legs for a forward
Sandro, still in spain

add on Pickford struggling, baines struggling, sig not able to get in the game out wide, having no right side of the pitch, midfield being anonymous its a miracle we are only 2 behind.

and some thought all we needed was a striker

 

[cromofo]

Get some pace on

feck it, get Vlašić on

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Take Rooney out of this side insert DCL and you see a much better team. I'm sorry but he is a black hole get him out of here lololololololol

 

[cromofo]

Baines can't cross to save his life

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Our performance is like asbestos related cancer.

 

[Pettifogger]

Honestly we started okay, looked lively and then Kane got a fluke goal and we bent over.

Klaassen is still totally useless, I'm sure everyone will keep saying he needs time.

Gylfi on the left is a waste of an amazing central attacking midfielder and Sandro looks more like a winger who can cut in, then a striker - Get DCL on.

Pickford
Martina-Keane-Williams-Baines
Davies-Gueye
Sandro-Gylfi-Vlasic
DCL

Get a lot more pace with that lineup.

Bizarre to target Klaassen first.

 

[Kenshin]

Team is too full of manlets to whip 1 million crosses in. If we don't have a target man we don't have a target man. Just play differently ffs

This is what I have been saying for weeks.

We have a team that is set up to support a cf and by not signing one we are still playing that system with no-one to take advantage of it. So crossing it to no-one, no-one to really hold play up and no idea how to play through space to the support strikers we do have

 

[mceverton]

This is not progress, it's like watching a Walter Smith team

 

[Fansince1988]

The thing is there's no doubt the players Koeman has brought in are quality players, but we are massively lacking pace against the likes of these you need the likes of Barkley (I know he's not fit) and Mirrallas playing. Also if Niasse is fit why not have him on the bench as he does have pace and he could cause trouble later on, I'm getting abit feed up with Koeman being so stubborn, he upsets to many players it's as if is managing military style and the modern players aren't going to go along with that, it has to be a bit of give and take.