Match Thread Everton v Wolves - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Groucho]

...it’s not good, D. It is a concern.

Indeed

 

[upthetoffees]

No black cat option so went with Andre.

Although an honorable mention is due to Çenk. Thought he showed decent hold up play and passing.

 

[Stan Lee Park]

No black cat option so went with Andre.

Although an honorable mention is due to Çenk. Thought he showed decent hold up play and passing.

To be fair, the cat held the game up longer than Tosun

 

[onlyme]

Davies, the only 1 who tried to drive us forward. OK Gomes scored but he too often takes the easy sideways option.

 

[Mugwump]

Not going to gloat. Great performance by us. You look like a group of individuals who dont know their roles and dont play as a team tbh. I think i said it earlier, i wouldnt swap our midfield for any of yours. If thats how you play regularly i can see why you have doubts about Silva Thought we were very comfortable overall and pretty much controlled the game.

Good luck for the rest of the season, hopefully you can turn things around.

 

[Blueclouds]

Maybe an overreacting on here tonight

 

[Armaghtoffee]

...something inherently wrong within the club that manifests onto the pitch. No idea what it is but we are poorly managed, which doesn’t help. Hope that is the reason.

You certainly aren’t on your own saying that but what does it actually mean?

Fans expectation is huge, all of the owners must be aware of this in their tenure, and they are here to be financially successful, yet we have stagnated both on and off the field for 30 years.

Although we sneer at Kopites, maybe the fact remains that we don’t enforce our will onto owners as well as they do.

 

[Mugwump]

I thought NES was on our radar, we`ve got no chance of getting him now, why would he want to go to a lower team! They are miles above us in terms of quality, they are far closer to top 6 than we will be in the next 2/3 years and its their 1st season.

The Wolves fan coming on here wasnt over the top but confident because he knows they got a good side. Taught us a lesson and I bet he is now smug, and with every reason. I bet the Watford fans all have a cheeky smile now as well.....

Tbh, i'm not smug. I do think we are a better side than a lot of people on here gave us credit for and hopefully a few have changed their minds.

Nuno is a fantastic manager. I think the big difference between Wolves and Everton is we have a system and we sign the right players for our style and all the players know their roles. I look at Everton and i dont see a team. I see some talented players but i dont see any clear style of play or system.

 

[Mugwump]

Richarlison. That’s it.

Patricio is an excellent GK, he’s been very steady for them and hasn’t made the balls-ups that Pickford has. Prior to today, we didn’t even know if WE wanted Gomes to stay, so I don’t think you’d find a Wolves fan would swap him for Neves or Dendoncker, who have been excellent for them all season.

Same with Digne, they have had Jonny who has been very impressive and they have just paid the cash to turn his loan into a permanent deal half way through the season. I don’t think there’s much in it, certainly not to the point where they’d 100% be up for a swap.

We were very poor today, as we have been for the last couple of months. I’m really not sure where we go from here, really not enjoying watching the Footy lately.

Ability wise Richarlison, but i'm not sure he would be the right player for our system. Our front two give defence's nightmares, and i'm not sure Richarlison has the constant work rate of Jota or Jimenez.

 

[edge]

Tbh, i'm not smug. I do think we are a better side than a lot of people on here gave us credit for and hopefully a few have changed their minds.

Nuno is a fantastic manager. I think the big difference between Wolves and Everton is we have a system and we sign the right players for our style and all the players know their roles. I look at Everton and i dont see a team. I see some talented players but i dont see any clear style of play or system.

You played well today, hard to see how good you are because we just did a carbon copy of the Millwall performance.
Your manager as you say has a system that works for you, unfortunately Ares has a system that dosnt work and no other.

 

[EFC78]

Tbh, i'm not smug. I do think we are a better side than a lot of people on here gave us credit for and hopefully a few have changed their minds.

Nuno is a fantastic manager. I think the big difference between Wolves and Everton is we have a system and we sign the right players for our style and all the players know their roles. I look at Everton and i dont see a team. I see some talented players but i dont see any clear style of play or system.

Fair post, and I agree with the 2nd paragraph.

There is a clear gulf in class between the top 6 and Wolves though and next season you will see why it is tough in this league. When the top clubs want some of your best players like Neves and disrupt your progression. Happened to us with Lukaku and happened several times to Southampton when Liverpool went after their players.

 

[Mugwump]

You played well today, hard to see how good you are because we just did a carbon copy of the Millwall performance.
Your manager as you say has a system that works for you, unfortunately Ares has a system that dosnt work and no other.

We dont really change our style for anyone. We may tweak the system ( 3-4-3 to 3-5-2 ) but the way we play never changes. The first thing Nuno did when he came in was implement a clear way we were going to play.

 

[Billy Wright]

Wolverhampton Wanderers are now 'the best of the rest'. Sorry, me old Toffees.

 

[Mugwump]

Fair post, and I agree with the 2nd paragraph.

There is a clear gulf in class between the top 6 and Wolves though and next season you will see why it is tough in this league. When the top clubs want some of your best players like Neves and disrupt your progression. Happened to us with Lukaku and happened several times to Southampton when Liverpool went after their players.

If a player wants to leave most clubs will be pretty powerless to stop them going. I'm fairly confident we wont have any players who will kick up a stink to leave. We dont kid ourselves unless we somehow manage to break into that top and play champions league and we arent going to keep players like Neves.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Tbh, i'm not smug. I do think we are a better side than a lot of people on here gave us credit for and hopefully a few have changed their minds.

Nuno is a fantastic manager. I think the big difference between Wolves and Everton is we have a system and we sign the right players for our style and all the players know their roles. I look at Everton and i dont see a team. I see some talented players but i dont see any clear style of play or system.

We are totally shambolic so I find it hard to read just quite how good any of our opponents are. Your lot won very easily. We gifted goals away very easily. Like we do every week. You were better all over the pitch and I think you can probably play better than that.

This isn't an everton team. This is a group of overpaid mercenaries being managed by a stubborn boss on a vanity project for his own CV. We've conceded 5 set play goals in a week. We have a manager who doesn't value the basics.

You're having a great season and I don't mind Wolves as a club. But the step up to the top 6 is astronomical and very hard. We've set ourselves back years trying to get there through reckless spending. And now look at us.