Match Thread Newcastle United v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Dixieslegs]

2 piss poor teams, ventriloquist dummy wins it with a worldie. DCL needs to get back on the catwalk. Takes off iwobi and gray, only two players who look like scoring. And why does idrissa think it's f***** funny every time he gives the ball away? Long way from Peter Reid and the rat eh?

 

[Shevin Keedy]

Didn’t get to watch. How bad was it?

Not as bad as some are making out but almost zero creativity. Goals are going to have to start coming from somewhere

 

[ForeverEverton]

Does anyone think the football was this bad under Allardyce? He got vilified yet Lampard is the golden child, I dont get it...

I`m sure there will be rumours circulating whilst Everton are making contingencies in the background.

 

[Blue_in_london]

Remember when everyone was buzzing when Gana came back.

??

He used to put a fee meaty challenges in and win ball back - didn't see the same player tonight.

 

[GoldenToffee]

Cos we don't know the feeling of losing.

 

[Cels]

Not the best of games (yet again) by any means, but... nah, that's it really

 

[Vortexgaz]

While we've clearly improved the spine of the team, the problem is that the offensive system has been built around a classic number 9 style of play. But because we're not playing with a traditional number 10, that means the creative spark has to come from out wide - the wingers and fullbacks. Problem is all of our wingers and fullbacks currently playing are really, really crap at creating anything. So we don't score.

It feels to me like we have two options here:

1) Try to survive until January and then go all out for at least one (better two) top-quality wingers that can actually create something. (Gakpo, Mudryk, ???)
2) Change the system entirely.

As for option 2, I'd really like to see us try something like this:

Calvert-Lewin Maupay (could replace Maupay with Gordon if the coaches think he absolutely must be on the pitch)
Iwobi
Onana Garner
Gana
Vinagre Tarkowski Coady Patterson (when healthy, obviously)

Just ditch the wingers altogether and hope that Vinagre and Patterson can at least put in some crosses from out wide (unlike Mykolenko and Coleman). Let Iwobi / Garner do some creating from the middle, with Onana crashing the box with late runs as well. Garner and Onana should have the legs to help provide a bit of extra defensive help out wide when the fullbacks push forward.

I mean, it can't be worse, right?

Couldn’t agree more the fullbacks and wingers are killing us there so poor will be a hard season

 

[DanB90]

I feel like the past 5 seasons or longer at some point in the season we’ve gone stretches of games with hardly a shot on target.

What this tells me, is our attacking options aren’t very good.

 

[b-rad]

We didn't have a shot on target tonight, 4 hours and 25 minutes since we last scored a goal. Palace on Saturday,who don't give anything away,we are are in massive trouble this season.

Conceded more goals than we have this season.
They won’t concede against us though.

 

[BluePaul86]

How bad was Maupay when he came on. Plays like a child.

 

[Mark barnett]

Players should be ashamed of that.performance and the subs were less than u everton sinking to néw lows yet again

 

[HalfTimeSayers]

I foresee a panic change in formation in the coming weeks. No idea to what. This one worked a few times but we can’t go on being under pressure at the back, creating nothing up front, AND being dominated in midfield. Not even sure how that is possible.

Our on-paper starting lineup should not be that meek and hapless. Not right.

 

[Yorkie89]

While we've clearly improved the spine of the team, the problem is that the offensive system has been built around a classic number 9 style of play. But because we're not playing with a traditional number 10, that means the creative spark has to come from out wide - the wingers and fullbacks. Problem is all of our wingers and fullbacks currently playing are really, really crap at creating anything. So we don't score.

It feels to me like we have two options here:

1) Try to survive until January and then go all out for at least one (better two) top-quality wingers that can actually create something. (Gakpo, Mudryk, ???)
2) Change the system entirely.

As for option 2, I'd really like to see us try something like this:

Calvert-Lewin Maupay (could replace Maupay with Gordon if the coaches think he absolutely must be on the pitch)
Iwobi
Onana Garner
Gana
Vinagre Tarkowski Coady Patterson (when healthy, obviously)

Just ditch the wingers altogether and hope that Vinagre and Patterson can at least put in some crosses from out wide (unlike Mykolenko and Coleman). Let Iwobi / Garner do some creating from the middle, with Onana crashing the box with late runs as well. Garner and Onana should have the legs to help provide a bit of extra defensive help out wide when the fullbacks push forward.

I mean, it can't be worse, right?

Option 2 should definitely come into the thinking. Second half all the gear no idea an 1 shot all game tells you exactly that. The fact they won with a great finish shows you just how poor that game was. On the flip side though there’s a reason why only two teams have gone there an won since April an that’s the scum an citah

 

[ForeverEverton]

We are in it, Villa, Leeds, Wolves and Leicester all got good enough players to turn it around.... Us?!? IDK

 

[Ring master]

Why do Everton make it so hard to get from one end to the other, while even the rubbish teams can even do it easy, i dont know. we can be and are such a dull team to watch sometimes who make it look like we dont even know each other, a few of the results again have gone dodgy for us and made it worst