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

[peteblue]

Got away is right. No mention of our injured players I see.

Take off the red/yellow specs.

.....and put these blue ones on.........

 

[Jxg]

What happened to Mirallas? Didnt see it..

Think Suarez stamp, but perhaps less intentional

 

[Jxg]

.....and put these blue ones on.........

My God... Everything is beautiful...

 

[TX Bill]

What happened to Mirallas? Didnt see it..

Behrami came in with a leg breaker of a challenge while Mirallas' foot was planted.

Could have been ugly. Mirallas continued but came off later.

 

[marty mcfly]

I think our midfield is the source of most of our problems.

Mccarthy is hugely overrated and does not control games.

Barry getting out of the middle improved those two immensely.

Mi rallas was poor, again. Cleverly was decent - I think he was very good. Barkley was hit and miss.

Our two defensive midfielders do not give enough cover to the centre halves - it is easy to score against us with few chances - the fault of the first goal was Mccarthy.

And we have no width.

And Lukaku was dire, permanently offside. His touch is dire.

The also offer nothing when we have the ball either. Barry might have looked good in pre-season when the games weren't played at the same pace and against weak teams but today showed he's finished at this level. Time to book him a flight to the MLS.

 

[TX Bill]

By the way. Totally different game if referee applies laws of the game properly and sends Deeney off for two footed challenge on Galloway.

 

[toffeejack]

Not a devine right I agree, but we should still be beating teams like yours at home......

i never understand this divine right rubbish. what does it even mean? when a team is vastly superior to another, they expect to beat them. The same in every single match in sporting history.

 

[Mayz]

The only evidence I can see is that we got an away point at a supposedly decent side, despite our three best players being injured/suspended/unused substitutes.

Who is this numb nut!!! Why are you not in your own forum? Why join another that really does want nor need you

 

[maccavennie]

Well that was a bit crap. Concern I have is as soon as we scored each time they came out to attack us and we looked absolutely ripe to concede another.

Slow pit of the blocks again, in fact I can't remember the last time we put in a real good first half performance as it always seems to be "we need to make 3 changes at ht".

Cleverley done well I thought and earned his wage.
Barkley was hit and miss but we'll done for his persistence and a beautiful goal
Well done Kone' for a brilliant finish
Lukaku was nowhere near fit enough

Jags and Stones were poor
Barry and McCarthy were bloody awful imo offering nothing going forward and nothing back the other way.

Unless there's a huge upturn in performances coming up I still feel Martinez may be on borrowed time. Hopefully he gets a couple if new additions in this week to freshen things up.

 

[TX Bill]

The also offer nothing when we have the ball either. Barry might have looked good in pre-season when the games weren't played at the same pace and against weak teams but today showed he's finished at this level. Time to book him a flight to the MLS.

Honestly, he'd be too slow in MLS as well.

Seriously.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Agree. Everyone wants to let Stones off the hook because he's the golden one and blame Howard. When you dive in and give a player a shot at goal and he has a whole net to shoot at its highly unlikely the keeper (whoever it is) is going to save it. It is what it is, Stones went diving in, got beat and was the reason for the goal. Still young, still learning. Don't blame Howard for Stones mistake.

Look where the ball actually went in the net. It's just left of the centre and isn't particularly hit hard. A keeper on his line can pick that up regardless of whatever Stones does. Howard is on his 6 yard line covering the same side of the goal that Stones is covering though. Stones messed up but Howard is a joke keeper and watching him in the prem is like watching some sort of spoof comedy.

 

[wfc]

Right, that's me off - all the best for the season ( by that I hope you finish 90 points above a relegated Liverpool) and I'll be back for the return leg x

 

[Pat's Van]

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.

hey remember that day when you nearly won the cup?

 

[Big_nev]

Saying on Sky we had 400 more passes than Watford today yet fewer attempts on goal.

Martinez has to get over his obsession of control or he's going to be out of a job.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Behrami came in with a leg breaker of a challenge while Mirallas' foot was planted.

Could have been ugly. Mirallas continued but came off later.

Ok. Thank god it isnt bad then