Match Thread Everton v West Ham. 5th March at 1500.

[summerisle]

....since 1995

1974, next.

 

[D410]

Claw back the trust of tha fans who may now have swayed.

He has shown enough to warrant until the end of the season - proved by the first 75 minutes today he is capable of being a very astute manager.

He's lobbed an awful lot more pressure on himself now though.

He had it in the palm of his hand to take fantastic win today against all the odds with the support of a vibrant goodison park today.

He blew it big time for next week. It,s about the tiny details as much as the big picture ultimately he is flawed at this level.

Hope he walks away from the club with his head held high.

 

[larrygobfiend]

Lennon coming off was suicide. He offered us a much needed outlet and did his bit in defence.

I'm in a foul mood this evening.

 

[banno]

We need Black defenders...white men can't jump

 

[PhilEFC]

Bet the west ham and r's fsn base are laughing at us

Don't worry about them mate. It shows how bad the league is West Ham are where they are. Awful side.

 

[deipnosophist]

1974, next.

yes, the Commonwealth games in Christchurch...happy memories. My Dad bought our first colour telly to watch them. As kids, it was SO exciting.

 

[dave abrahams]

....since 1995

Since 1948, I was put under a psychiatrist when I was eight and a half because of Everton.

 

[Toffeelover]

I have one mate..... Everton!

I was thinking of certain adjectives but that would have upset the mods!

 

[zandvoort blue]

I'm done with Bobby. Naisse for Lennon, you Spanish plantpot. Maybe for Ross (who was shagged by that point) or Rom (who looked like his head had dropped) but for LENNON, our best player up to that point. Even a straight swap for an attacking player at that point probably didn't make sense to try and close that game out. We were cruising until that point, even with 10 men... Sick to death of his stupid decisions. Rom needs to have a word with himself for the soft penno and Mirallas too for tackling like that when on a yellow already. Fuming here.

 

[Chang Elephant]

Lennon coming off was suicide. He offered us a much needed outlet and did his bit in defence.

Yep, that was the out ball (and pressing) gone

 

[AJC5]

Too much of a 'cool' thing to blame Martinez for me. Lennon was shaterred and as put 'running on empty'... Can't argue with any of the subs really.

Yeah Lukaku should have scored but everybody was absolute knackered come 80 minutes, no thanks to Mirallas.

Should not have brought Niasse on even if Lennon was shattered. Basically the worst player he could have brought on for Lennon given the options on the bench. Niasse looks absolutely shocking so far. I can't remember a player making a less impressive start to his career. Slightly worrying considering he's our record signing.

 

[AJC5]

It is about game management, not a beauty parade of big smiles and white teeth. We were two up with 15 mins to go and he went for an absurd attacking substitution that we didn't need, because presumably it reflects 'his philosophy'. It destroyed our shape and didn't nothing to aid a defence that has been largely iffy for most of the season. I had already found the Besic for Stones change at half-time baffling enough because it was obvious that West Ham were going to use their man advantage to put on another big forward. So we took height out of our defence.

The Besic sub worked perfectly though. We actually increased our lead, should have scored at least two other goals and looked extremely comfortable with Besic on the pitch.

 

[streeky]

Apparently Lukaku was MoM. Not in my book. He missed a penalty and was slow too often. Lennon was the danger so why sub him? Was it past his bedtime or summat?

That's Laughable.

 

[DanEFC92]

LOL at the West Ham fans' complete lack of self-awareness.

Chanting about unemployment and benefits. Deary me.

 

[streeky]

That Q&A with our opponents fans has sapped our collective GOT energy causing us to loose focus in the last 10 mins. Stick to out and out beasting of the Texans and no more Fraternisation. I am holding you and legs 100% responsible for this result.