Match Thread Everton v Tottenham Hotspur - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[overkill]

Good first half, great pressing at times but lacking ideas and cutting edge in the final third as we have all season. Only look like doing anything from set pieces and Spurs will probably end up doing us on the counter attack second half.

Hopefully not as Dyche isn't as naive as lampard.
If it comes to a point we're it's late on and were not looking like we'll win, he'll make sure we don't loose.

 

[gianthogweed]

These are there to be beaten if we had a striker on the pitch

 

[zebedee]

If we can keep that top 3 relatively quiet may nick one. Not a bad match all in all but spurs have been poor to be fair

 

[sdk]

We'd be down by two but for great last-second saves by Keane and McNeil.

 

[JohnM]

Well, we definitely outplayed them in the 1st half, now getting a result would be huge. I hope Dyche decides to throw Simms up there

Outplayed them? Haha, what?!

 

[mahermi1]

Kept them quiet, just missing that centre forward.

If only we had a 70s-looking striker on the bench…

We sold Rondon mate.

 

[Mickey]

These have got so much more threat and a few times they’ve just about got in. Be massively surprised if we sneak this.

We'll have to survive a few scares if we're to get anything.

 

[peteblue]

A team with son and kane is anything but toothless. Hope we can keep a clean sheet but they have the quality to score in a instant.

We now appear to have a defence again and Englands goalie mind….

 

[mahermi1]

Outplayed them? Haha, what?!

Well we held our own.

 

[Mozza1987]

Why? Because they are not beating us. Could it be us restricting chances and battling that makes them look poor? Should we stand off them in 2nd half to make them look better

What you chatting about? I'm saying we are playing really well and they have been poor because of it. Was mainly from Sky going on that Spurs had been good.

 

[allen]

We sold Rondon mate.

1970s, not in his 70s!

 

[GoldenToffee]

Can we somehow eek out 2-3 really good chances? I say 2-3 cos we sure as hell won't score if we only create one decent chance in the second half.

 

[mahermi1]

1970s, not in his 70s!

Ahh, sorry misread that..

 

[JohnM]

Well we held our own.

That's a tad different to outplaying them.

 

[peteblue]

If we can keep that top 3 relatively quiet may nick one. Not a bad match all in all but spurs have been poor to be fair

They have not been poor, we have been half decent…..