Match Thread Southampton v Everton Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[APN_EFC]

I think we'll survive, but looking at these fixtures it's pretty difficult, and exciting!
Say we need another 15 points to reach 37, here's my hope for the results below:
and it needs a couple of really tough results out of the ordinary ! They are marked **

Our remaining games:

Man City - home L but not a thrashing
Spurs - away L
Wolves - home D
Newcastle - home W **
Watford - away D**
West Ham - away D**
Man U - home D
Palace - home W **
RS - away L
Chelsea - home D**
Leicester - away L
Brentford - home W
Arsenal - away L

Games to be rearranged - Burnley - away L and Leicester - home. D

GULP!!! How did we get where we are !! 15 points from the last 15 games is rubbish, but really tough to get. Thanks Rafael

 

[spudmuncher]

We fake tried ... the amount of times an Everton player would make a burst and then back out at the last minute and give away a foul is something all too familiar with this group of players... Andre gomes ...honestly felt a bit sorry for him... the worst minutes I've seen from any everton player in my lifetime... not even exaggerating

 

[Frenk]

A very Tory performance from our Manager.

At least tories win elections.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Disappointing loss, not what I had expected after last match. Frank still has to get more out of this players, but unfortunately he doesn’t have much time. We are now encountering the biggest threat to our livelihood in the Premier League and I can only hope that our players have on them to overcome this hurdle.

 

[Saint Domingo]

One won’t play again this season, one hasn’t played a single second of the season and the other wasn’t even in the squad ffs

I’m not talking specifically about this season. I’m talking about the last five years.

 

[EFCccc]

Imo Coleman needs to be CB, at this point in his career he’s best there, he’s our best leader. Why he’s still playing RB is beyond me. We have Kenny and Patterson that can play there and are more mobile.

He’s like 5ft 9 and turd

 

[Nymzee]

There is a lot of competition tbf. I think the way Benitez set us up to play was criminally poor and awful to watch.

But against Newcastle and Southampton, Lampard has set us up to press and we completely crumbled against not very good opposition. The amount of long-balls in both games (particularly this one)was ridiculous and played right into opposition hands.

This isn't digging out Lampard. I'm really happy we appointed him and I couldn't stand Benitez. I our plenty on here about how bad a manager he is long before he made my eyes bleed by having to watch his Everton team.

But, the performances against Southampton and Newcastle were definitely two of our worst.

Newcastle are decent and on a good run whilst being at home.
Saints have 1 defeat in 10 before today whilst being at home.

Telling me those two games were worse than a Watford (H), the Liverpool game, the Norwich (A) then you're wuming your face off.

 

[blulouie]

Commentary was great there.
"Armstrong playing well but still not scored this season"
"On comes Shane Long for a very rare appearance."

Couple it with
Kenny reverting to type.
Iwobi back to being Iwobi.
Dom doing a Paul Daniels.
Gomes ...i have no words.

Plus a defence that got ripped to shreds from all angles.

Oh ...we should have had a pen.

 

[Grogu the blue]

Hope the blues who travelled get home safely anyway. They're a credit to the club for making that trip under the current circumstances.

The players should be forced to make the own way back to Liverpool after that performance, if I was the manager I’d tell them to wait in the dressing room and leave them there

 

[Fansince1988]

You on crack ? He got bullied off the header by Shane kin Long, no way he'll be a decent CB

Play him in a 3, we are not exactly spoilt for choice there atm. Didn’t he play there against Leeds? I think he did and did ok.

 

[PhilM]

I didn't watch, but my mate was there and he's a calm, rationale blue. He said Gomes's performance will make my blood boil, so I suspect he was tripe.

 

[KindofBlue]

we are a bottom half club at the moment.

 

[Blue Neon]

So over rated. Does f all most games. Bambi of the PL.

So over rated. Does f all most games. Bambi of the PL.

Totally agree. Get rid asap. Get as much money as we can and spend it ALL on a proper centre forward.

 

[Dwight K Schrute]

2 worst performances under Fronk - you sure?

Have you had you're memory wiped of when Benitez was here - he served up much worse performances than Frank?!

Where did you get you're memory wiped, I could do with that please.

See my reply to the other fella for why I think they were so bad. I'm not blaming Lampard. Benitez set us up to be terrible, Lampard is setting us up to have a go and the players showed once again what they are all about.

 

[Sona]

• Very bright start in the first half and could’ve been a different afternoon had we capitalised on a dominant period of play / had a penalty for the handball.

• Tactic seemed to be to play long towards the two strikers and have Iwobi & Gordon getting up in support for the knockdowns. However, this just didn’t work; Bednarek dominated and then Romeu & Ward-Prowse were much quicker to the second balls.

• Worryingly, we didn’t look to change it up and just kept hoofing it. DCL poor up top, Richarlison worked his socks off but didn’t get any real service.

• Hard to judge DVDB because the play was mostly over his head.

• Keane poor pass to Gomes, who needed too long on the ball which led to the 1-0.

• Instead of showing fight, we went out with a whimper. Shane Long of all people winning a back post header, but no real desire to stop the cross.

• Pickford played well, but hard to praise anyone else in blue. Perhaps Holgate & Richarlison.