Match Thread Swansea v Everton

[Goat]

I know, why dont we play Barkley?

Spurs are resting him Dave.

 

[Nymzee]

I genuinely think my 5-a-side team could beat this Everton team.

 

[Wizard]

No width with Mirallas and DCL playing very narrow. And no real link up between midfield and attack as we don't have Barkley on.

I'd bring Barkley and Lookman on for Barry and DCL with Valencia coming on if we are still struggling.

 

[II McColl II]

Koeman getting it completely wrong again.

DCL once again shouldn't be near this level yet, utterly clueless when he gets in the final 3rd

Mirallas no one knows where he is meant to be playing, if he's playing centrally its not working and if he's playing wide right he's never there

Lukaku dreaming of his summer move already

Stek positioning horrendous for the goal, a yard further back and he's claiming that cross with no fuss, shouldn't have been in the team based on Koeman's dropping of Joel

Just a complete shambles tbh

 

[bluestevon]

Keep Holgate and Davies. Bin everyone else including those not playing off. Easy.

Usually really positive about the young lads but dunno what on earth DCL is showing in training to be getting games...

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Baines is probably one of the best left backs I've ever seen, but he drives me friggin nuts when all he does is get it on the halfway line and pass it backwards.

Been thinking this for a while myself. He is still rapid and could quite easily skin a player but instead, slows play down.

 

[Rook]

its all i ever wanted

 

[DRM]

He has no desire to bully a defender; his only thought is spinning away from the defender as quickly as possible.

And that, in a nutshell, is why he's such a limited footballer. For all his talk, he has shown no willingness whatsoever to identify and work on his weaknesses since he joined us.

And in games like this - when you need to build pressure and put a team on the backfoot and exploit potential nerves - he is an outright liability, and why the truly big clubs won't touch him with a bargepole for the figures bandied about.

His goals have vastly inflated his value beyond his ability.

Mirallas and DCL have been just as bad in that front three, but they're not the ones banging on about being the best in the world, running his mouth in the media every time Belgium have a game like a coward and making out like he's bigger than the club, shushing experienced players on the pitch like he's Maradona.

So he gets it full guns from me when he plays like this - and let's face it, he plays like this the vast majority of the time. The goals have hidden many ills with him.

U have some serious personal issues with Lukaku, Tubey. What has he done to your or the person/obejct u love?

 

[davek]

Spurs are resting him Dave.

RB at Wembley every two weeks next season.

He'll eat the ground up there.

 

[nsno-chris]

I'd like us to take Lukaku and DCL off and see how we operate with a CF who runs and creates space for others

 

[DrEFC]

Embarrassingly half arsed performance. Poor Gana & Holgate trying to hold that s*#@show together. Sportpesa paid the travel, the players should pay the tickets

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Not surprised at all. We've been crap away from home all season.

Now we are so NEA.

Is right mate.

Set - up defensively - tick
Isolate Lukaku - tick
No movement - tick


Meh.

 

[Ring master]

why do called experts make out like swansea or whoever we play have defended well when they have had nothing to defend against

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I'd like to see Lookman 2nd half.

 

[BigBlueConk]

No width with Mirallas and DCL playing very narrow. And no real link up between midfield and attack as we don't have Barkley on.

I'd bring Barkley and Lookman on for Barry and DCL with Valencia coming on if we are still struggling.

You would. What will RK do? Pennington on. See it now.