Match Thread Southampton v Everton. 15th Aug at 12.45.

[Verbal Kint]

Absolute joy at that first half, I call for planes/Helicopters and green kits every game.

Get the next goal and relax a small bit

 

[AlE]

Game and a half played..

Lukaku: 1 assist, 2 goals
Kone: 2 assists, 1 goal
Barkley: 1 assist, 1 goal.

Could be jumping the gun a bit here but it's not bad like

 

[Joey66]

Can a plane fly over every game it's inspired us!lol

 

[ah11984]

Superb Blues.

What a threat we look on the counter.

 

[flibbyflob]

What a half that was. Superb greens.

Rom has been unplayable and the movement from him and Kone has torn their defence apart and left Barkley acres.

Daily Mirror will selling Rom next week.

 

[Rook]

This ref has been excellent today. He almost always calls a good match and because of that I don't even know his name.

 

[Matthew mcdonnell]

Top top stuff from Tim, good keepers should keep us points like that

 

[The Equaliser]

Excellent 1st half. Don't blow this in the 2nd Everton.

We shouldn't as they will have to come at us and there may be more opportunities on the counter.

 

[Hangleton]

A Howard punch too!!

 

[Tubey]

In fairness to him he has showed some brilliant hold up play today too.
The build up to the Barkley chance being one example.

Aye but that involved him running a defender, facing goal. That is where all his best work is.

Got to learn from this and play him with a second striker, or at least someone who knows how to work the opposition in their own right so Lukaku is freed up a bit to be the monster he can be.

 

[marnie]

Well. Well. Well.

Did not see this coming at all.

TBH I don't think hand on hearts any of us did.

 

[nsno-chris]

Fantastic first half performance, was a bit worried with the line up but this is the Everton I wanted to see. Fast, movement and direct.

Well done so far bobby

 

[Hangleton]

Excellent 1st half. Don't blow this in the 2nd Everton.

We shouldn't as they will have to come at us and there may be more opportunities on the counter.

Imagine the fume if we do!

 

[wandyr79]

So Kone is the answer

Superb performance from 1 to 11, early days but it seems the mojo may be back.

 

[angrysoba]

That's a helluva improvement on last week

It's better than our first half performance last week. But Everton were good second half.

Looks like the Kone-Lukaku partnership is blossoming.