Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
Sad to say but this is so true .
Sligo Rovers v Everton, Friday 19th July, 4pm
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So, who was good, who was bad, tell me peeps
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Pre season matches matter in terms of gaining sharpness and fitness. They do not matter in terms of results. They'll have been ran into the ground so won't have been training with preparation for this match in and of itself. It's just another training session.
Especially so the first one where it's a mish mash of players with a few yet to come back after international duty.
How we play in them does matter. The results matter too, but at least we want to see the team playing well. We haven't seen that in previous season for a number of years.
supertoffee98
Player Valuation: £750k
End of the day the hard truth is we're not entitled to win because we're Premier League and another side is lower or a smaller club. Still remember that Boreham Wood game and how much we made a meal of that. Doncaster last year, same again. Even Wigan gave us a performance last year pre-season. Everton players need to put some respect on smaller clubs that turn up for pre-season and turn up themselves. And put some respect on the fans spending their money to go or stream. Wasn't a great starting 11 today but the likes of Keane, Maupay, Virginia and the kids are not likely to be starting any Prem/cup game this season, or at least not all at once like that. The big pre-season test will be Roma and as the last European game in Goodison I'd expect a full strength team for that. In summary I'm cheesed off but still hopeful.
What kind of performance are you expecting in a first pre-season match, right on the back of a preseason fitness camp, with multiple substitutions and a notable number of first teamers not present? There's nothing there about finesse and ultimate performance - it's just the first few steps in getting back into a rhythm and developing match fitness.
You get absolutely nothing in terms of reward from the result so the result quite clearly does not matter. It's like saying the Florida Cup was a vital exercise in breeding a winning mentality.
Would you be happier if they were putting 23 past an Austrian amateur side?
Andy McGurk
Player Valuation: £6m
IRISHBLUE1
Player Valuation: Free Transfer
We need to be taking the 3 points home.
This was a glorified training session, in fact it seems like a warm down after a difficult day yesterday.
Nothing can be read into the first couple of pre season friendlies.
It is only as we get close to the seasons start that you start to judge performances.
The main question to be asked about this is if any academy lads did enough to keep themselves in the squad for the rest of the pre season.
Nothing can be read into the first couple of pre season friendlies.
It is only as we get close to the seasons start that you start to judge performances.
The main question to be asked about this is if any academy lads did enough to keep themselves in the squad for the rest of the pre season.
Noisy noise annoys
Player Valuation: £60m
Bleak though times are, I’m hoping the apparent trend for more expansive footballers means we may be a bit more fluid than that
