Wigan Athletic 1-1 Everton. 4th Feb at 15.00.

[Frank Drebin]

I believe I saw two teams playing on that pitch.

<falls off chair>

 

[Matt Damon]

i remember that, it was years ago. the pitch looked ok to me and the players seemed to pass the ball ok. apart from howards mistake i'm not sure what moyes is on about.

It looks ok, but its not.

 

[Kay20]

You defo haven't been to Wigan.

Don't care. The pitch had nothing to do with energy level or subs. Neville didn't come on because it was a crappy pitch. Last I checked we attacked more in the last 10 minutes than the first 80. Pitch didn't seem to impact that.

 

[The Equaliser]

Don't care. The pitch had nothing to do with energy level or subs. Neville didn't come on because it was a crappy pitch. Last I checked we attacked more in the last 10 minutes than the first 80. Pitch didn't seem to impact that.

We attacked plenty in the first 80 minutes. Just not with the same urgency.

 

[Kay20]

We attacked plenty in the first 80 minutes. Just not with the same urgency.

Good clarification. That's what I meant.

 

[McBain]

What happened?

Fell asleep at half time.

 

[Frank Drebin]

What happened?

Fell asleep at half time.

If I told you you'd think I was making it up.

 

[Dooguk]

Moyes got it wrong today.

Howard does my head in as normal

 

[mzone16]

yuk! Stick on that today, typical everton............never easy!

 

[kenada_blue]

The Motd highlights are few....im not surprised its on last thinking back.

Their keeper didn't have a save to make

 

[DualityNSNO]

It looks ok, but its not.

Did you play? No, you did not, therefore you have as much of an idea how true your statement is as Harry, and I do believe he's right - it did not get in the way of passing or anything else, apart from maybe T-How's mistake, but it's only human to make mistakes, and he's gotten us out of much worse situations.

As stated, it was not the pitch that made Moyes put Neville on; it wasn't the reason why we played utter tripe going forward in the second half, and it most definitely wasn't the reason for the hoofs.

David Moyes is just grasping at straws trying to find a new excuse every week. One day most will see what he's doing and that he's been doing it for the last, give or take, 2 years. Thanks for getting us into the CL this one time and getting us a fair few wins over the years, even if we were amazingly sh*t in the UEFA/EL, Davey, but you're not doing us any favours now, unless he just loves the popcorn and making Evertonians angry. In other words - you've lost the plot.

And remember folks:
"Substitution for Everton - Sylvain Distin replaces Louis Saha..."

 

[Titus Bramble]

Just realised that Wigan had 1 shot on target today and they didn't score from it.

Is that bad luck or am I trying to find more excuses why we were sh*t and bottled it?

 

[kenada_blue]

Just realised that Wigan had 1 shot on target today and they didn't score from it.

Is that bad luck or am I trying to find more excuses why we were sh*t and bottled it?

We had 2 I think.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Just realised that Wigan had 1 shot on target today and they didn't score from it.

Is that bad luck or am I trying to find more excuses why we were sh*t and bottled it?

We didn't even make their keeper make a save for the whole game, probably except for the goal, in which he had less than nothing to do as it was a good shot.

 

[pfim]

Pitch was awful, doesn't excuse the lack of closing down from Everton.

As far as attacking, if you're satisfied with how either squad attacked, I'm not really sure what to say. It was a terrible game to watch.