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

[BigBlueConk]

Exactly the same as last season... well we knew it would be as pre-season was the same as well.

Careful mate, people on here have a go at you for being realistic.

 

[marnie]

Watching that........................... WE NEED MORE THAN 3 COMING IN.

 

[Tony1985]

I'm struggling to resist my fume. the sideways, create no chances football is hard to watch, I'll reserve fume till full time tho

 

[Saint Domingo]

Barry played well and has done for a while now. Don't be a ted.

The teamsheet wasn't bad, the problem is the tactics. Same old tippy tappy dross.

How can you be happy with three defensive mids at home? If Barry is so good why do we barely win a game when he's playing and have once again created absolutely nothing.

 

[DualityNSNO]

The brightside of that half is how confortable Galloway looks at leftback.

Looks like another gem of a young defender.

Both yes and no for me - yeah he looks more comfortable than before, but still does a lot of ball watching when he should be moving either to remove his marker from the zone we're going in or to go on the overlap.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Least our relegation rivals norwich are trailing

(Weeps)

 

[marty mcfly]

Bottom of the table by October.

Get in lads.

Will we even have a point out of the first 10 games?

 

[OKEvertonian]

Possibly the only positive of this half is I finally realized who Gomes reminds me of

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Exactly the same as last season... well we knew it would be as pre-season was the same as well.

But some told us we shouldn't fume about it during pre-season.........

Why are some people as thick as mince?

 

[bizzaro]

Just get Naismith on and in the box

Ffs

 

[Jags..class]

Absolute bollocks - the fans had no choice. If they applaud that then they'd be basically shelving their brain.

They should be supporting the players, not making them nervous as hell. Just like last season. Stones will want out

 

[Big Fat Sam]

What's all this playing the ball out of defence to Barry, who then takes a touch, looks up, then passes it straight back? Virtually every single time.

Get him off, the useless crab. Osman would make a difference against these. Give them 10 minutes to sort themselves out and if we're not level get Barry off for Osman.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Who to?

Galloway next to him, Lukaku in front of him - Barks just taps the ball twice, slows everything down, then loses it.

This happens SO often. I really want him to succeed, but his decision making is abysmal a lot of the times.

 

[riddick]

Its the first game of the season but, holy hell, does it feel like game 20 or so last season. Same boring 'tactics', no creativity, no movement, no pressing like a pack of dogs when they dont have the ball, 2 DM's who really dont offer all that much.

Its like he's saying 'screw you supporters, we're not changing a fn thing. deal with it'.

 

[yakublue]

On the bright side, Barkley looks sharp.