Match Thread Swansea v Everton. 19th Sep at 15.00.

[The Equaliser]

Should've won it but then they had chances as well, so a decent point in the end. The reverse was true at Spurs but with the same outcome.

Defence good overall which was pleasing. The less said about the wasted chances the better. Lukaku, Kone, and Naismith all should have scored.

Silly from Kev at the end there but you can understand his frustration.

 

[Steve Wigan]

sending off was pure frustration, part of the blame is on martinez, sending him on on the 92nd minute to basically waste time was insulting

Martinez is teaching Mirallas a very good lesson this season...'You've got a new contract...no one else was desperate to sign you in the summer...now buckle down and work hard for game time, and stop being a petulant self centred diva all the time.' Just giving him a few minutes at the end today was part of the 'lesson' The lesson witll either be learned, and we'll have a useful player, or it won't be learned and we'll get shut January or summer, with a slightly better fee than we would have got this year.
It all started with the 'penalty' last season.I like Martinez...his man management is good, and when he needs to be tough, he can be.

 

[banno]

We are looking a team again. Unfortunately Rom left his boots at home. RM has the team playing good footy once again and the defence despite having 3 youngsters in it are looking more solid now. Barry is ticking along nicely. Should have won but very happy with our style again. We are looking a very good team..........Please no one say that Swansea played poorly so we should have won....we stifled them them outplayed them.

 

[HughesyEFC]

Still rather us play dead 5h!t today and won

 

[Joey66]

Haha...it was a joke mate. We've not got a very good record in that competition yano.

I know most blue fans should sing this song tonight -

 

[flowboy]

I blame Martinez for the sending off

Mirallas was a bit of a sulk fest on the bench last week. Maybe the late sub was a Martinez test to see if Mirallas would put team before ego.

 

[chrissyjack]

My lads just broken a glass in the kitchen ...DAMN YOU MARTINEZ

 

[bignev23]

Can't complain about that we had the chances and were unlucky not to take the 3 points.

 

[Groucho]

Could've done better but plenty of positives from the second half.

 

[Chang Elephant]

Mirallas was a bit of a sulk fest on the bench last week. Maybe the late sub was a Martinez test to see if Mirallas would put team before ego.

Martinez had him sent off as a test ?

 

[MercuryBlue]

Martinez' tactics were spot on today, just needs to react to the game better, make subs quicker. if your bringing a player on to keep hold of the ball for 2 mins, bring on Osman who will keep it simple and keep possession, not a Mirallas who will want to take chances and run with the ball.

 

[DanB90]

No the foul was Mirallas fault. But the reasons of his frustration are certainly worthy of being looked into.

Or maybe, he's just a bit of a tit?

 

[summerisle]

Mirallas sending off on here for those who never seen
https://twitter.com/TheFutbolheadz

Petulant barm cake

 

[deipnosophist]

great performance overall, shame we didn't get the win but if we continue like that throughout the season we'll batter most teams.

...we should, but that doesn't mean we will. As an All Black supporter following the last 7 world cups , that axiom plays large in my sporting contemplations...and is why bookies make money.

 

[LAToffee]

Soft sending off and probably three game ban, but it was worth it because we was going to make the difference with two mins of injury time. Stupid sub, but very decent performance. Terrible finishing meant we didn't get three points.