Match Thread Everton v Watford. 8th Aug at 15.00.

[Jxg]

Anyone got a link to Kone's goal? I missed it.

 

[DrEFC]

I think you got a good point against a weakened Watford side. If Abdi had been playing, it would have been a walk over for us. As it is, considering our injuries and suspensions I'm not too concerned about a draw away at a bottom half side.

Don't come on board to troll. Your team did well and used good gamesmanship. Take that as a pat on the head and head back to your own board.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

It's not rocket science we need to play 2 upfront against teams that come to defend. If Martinez can't see this then he isn't the man for the job.

Brutal but honest

We set-up as if we're the away team.

 

[Walken]

stones getting the mirrallas treatment already I see, blerts

 

[BlueToff]

And everybody here slagging Watford off for being c**p needs to realise there's no easy game in this league. They've got a strong squad and set up very well against us. Martinez simply hasn't learnt that against teams whose forwards press high and defence sit back, our 4-2-3-1 system doesn't work very well.

 

[moyeslovechild]

enjoy it, could be our only point for a while.

 

[marty mcfly]

Tbh I though he was better than Jags, couldn't see much wrong with his play

Apart from the goal I thought Stones played really well and frankly Jags was slow to get across and help.

 

[The Equaliser]

Stones was terribly naive for the second goal. He's still class, but his inexperience showed. Let's not start selling him off to Chelsea because of it.

I'd settle for another 1 or 2 of those in the next 2 games if it meant Chelsea didn't increase their offer for him.

 

[Heathcliff]

So who is there new striker that will bag the equaliser tomorrow then?

Oh sweet irony how you jest with my emotions. So it was (like a new signing) Kone that stepped up with the equaliser.
37 games to go draw 36 and win the other is the magical 40 points mark that usually means safety. Small steps everbody.

 

[dholliday]

meh

 

[BlueToff]

stones getting the mirrallas treatment already I see, blerts

He was excellent today. Made a mistake by diving in but for me half the blame lies at Howard for his non-existent positioning sense.

 

[banno]

Not a bad result against a decent Watford side.

Do one Kopite.....A 4-0 defeat for you tomorrow will be a better result than last season eh!

 

[Toffe3m4n]

3 weeks to fix whats clearly broken.

Complete lack of ideas yet again. We really really need to address the midfield issue - Barkley & Cleverly aren't going to address the need for more creativity and the Barry & McCarthy partnership has lost it's legs, as good as they were two seasons ago. We need more than one injection of pace & creativity in there, and did anyone else miss Aaron Lennon today?

Positives were Kone's impact & the Barkley goal (simply due to the quality of it, which he is more than capable of).

 

[marnie]

We do not look physically and mentally fit enough for a start to the season.I was watching the Leicester v Sunderland game at the same time and the fitness levels from both sides...... looked like they were leaps and bounds ahead of us.

 

[Huyton Layne]

And everybody here slagging Watford off for being c**p needs to realise there's no easy game in this league. They've got a strong squad and set up very well against us. Martinez simply hasn't learnt that against teams whose forwards press high and defence sit back, our 4-2-3-1 system doesn't work very well.

They had about 6 players starting that were new and a different manager than they got promoted with. They should have been pressured and punished but we were