Everton away, Saturday 7th April 12.30

[BCM]

Nice little training session...... No injuries ..... That'll do.

 

Onwards to Tuesday now. Hope the Mancs kick lumps out of each other this afternoon.

[Ne Moe Imya]

It hasn't been mentioned much but someone's just reminded me that Everton spent £200m on players in the summer.

 

TWO. HUNDRED. MILLION.

 

For that lot. It's almost enough to make me feel bad for them.

[Dr Nowt]

 

Getting subbed off has hit Rooney like a ton of bricks.

[Dr Nowt]

 

He'll soon cheer himself up, mind.

[magicrat]

 

Getting subbed off has hit Rooney like a ton of bricks.

 

 

Where did it all go wrong ?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

How shit are Everton that they didn't even have a go at us? Not the players, not the manager (obviously) not the fans. Nobody. Not one of them thought "we can take these today; this is our chance".

 

Shithouses.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

How shit are Everton that they didn't even have a go at us?

What you on about lad? The word on the streets of Birkenhead and Rhyl is that we were lucky. Hanging on at the end, so much so that we took off a forward for a defender. Then we celebrated the draw. Lad.

[3 Stacks]

Why?

 

He was worse then both Ings and Solanke combined when he came on.

 

Whisper it, but he was just as shite v city also.

 

Yeah, we definitely don't lose anything if a player who has directly contributed to 37 goals this season gets injured and his replacements are someone with no knee ligaments and a kid with no Premier League goals.

 

With this and the Salah thing, you've got to be intentionally playing a grumpy character, right? Like, this can't be someone's actual opinion, right?

[stringvest]

Just goes to show, if Firmino had picked up a serious injury at anytime during the season, we would be totally fucked.

 

 

Salah was much more of a miss today.  As he would be in any game.  Ideally we keep all three fit for more than 90% of our games.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Why?

He was worse then both Ings and Solanke combined when he came on.

Whisper it, but he was just as shite v city also.

Yawn.

[BCM]

Yawn.

 

Must be on a wind up.... No one is that daft.

[Josef Svejk]

Two lessons learned: Everton are absolutely atrocious; Solanke and Ings are nowhere near good enough, even as squad players.

[Trumo]

The definition of stalemate. We never got out of second gear and Everton didn't have more than 2 gears in them anyway.

 

Solanke should have scored in the first half from a snap shot but he hit it straight at Pickford. He also put a header wide when well placed. Milner had a curled attempt saved by Pickford, Wijnaldum blasted one well over and Mane hit onehigh and wide. That was pretty much that when it came to our attacking endeavours. In the second half, I can only remember AOC running into space and blasting a shot over the angle of post and bar from the edge of the area.

 

And despite the paucity of chances, it was us that played on the front foot. Everton resorted to default mode, getting everyone behind the ball and sitting deep. This was their chance to get one over on us and they didn't take it. Tosun hit a shot over the bar on the turn, and Karius made an excellent stop to deny Bolasie, but that's all they had to show for the first half.

 

I thought both Clyne and Klavan tired in the last 15 minutes, and Everton started getting the ball in dangerous position and fizzing crosses into the box. Tosun failed to get on the end of one such cross from Baines, and he put a header wide of the far post when he had the whole goal to aim at. Tom Daley then failed to hit the target when he had a free shot at goal. The useless cheating fuck is only good for falling over in the box with minimal/no contact, so it's no surprise he had no idea what to do there.

 

Shit game, and hopefully no injuries. Regardless, we will finish the job on Tuesday night at City.

[Saintslfc13]

...

 

With this and the Salah thing, you've got to be intentionally playing a grumpy character, right? Like, this can't be someone's actual opinion, right?

 

His name is Eeyore sooooo

[G Richards]

 

Getting subbed off has hit Rooney like a ton of bricks.

/close thread we have a winner!

[G Richards]

Two lessons learned: Everton are absolutely atrocious; Solanke and Ings are nowhere near good enough, even as squad players.

Agree with this. Solanke has time, a loan probably the best for him, while Ings is a solid citizen but not at the level we need. Top fella and deserves a lot of credit for fighting back to play, but he needs a gig at a lower Prem team, IMO.

[Saintslfc13]

i feel like its harsh to rate Ings off this game because he’s not a wide player and never really has been. He’d be best deployed in a partnership.

 

He wont ever get that consistently here under Klopp though so, as much as he clearly wants to be here, its probably best for both parties if he moves on.

[G Richards]

Agree with that. Ings is a top fella, hard worker, and he has shown he knows where the net is. But I don’t think it will happen for him at Liverpool and agree it’s best for everyone if he moves on. Hopefully he gets a goal before the end of the season.

[Dr Nowt]

I don’t think either are anything like what we would want to have as our options immediately below the main front 3, but also feel it’s too harsh to judge them definitively on today when they’ve replaced Bobby and Mo in a mismash of a b-team playing at half pace.

 

Drop either of them into the otherwise first eleven in a meaningful game and I doubt they’d look so underwhelming. Coming off Wednesday it’s like they made the side toothless on their own, but there’s more to it than that. Not as though Bobby tore it up when he came on.

 

As I say, concerning that they’re all we have in reserve, but fair’s fair.

[s(k)aturation]

I don’t think either are anything like what we would want to have as our options immediately below the main front 3, but also feel it’s too harsh to judge them definitively on today when they’ve replaced Bobby and Mo in a mismash of a b-team playing at half pace.

 

Drop either of them into the otherwise first eleven in a meaningful game and I doubt they’d look so underwhelming. Coming off Wednesday it’s like they made the side toothless on their own, but there’s more to it than that. Not as though Bobby tore it up when he came on.

 

As I say, concerning that they’re all we have in reserve, but fair’s fair.

 

 

Your superior intellect is no match for my puny weapons, No.

[johnsusername]

Decent result, in the context of all things.

 

Everton are terrible. £200m on that shite.

 

What happened to the famous Goodison atmosphere?

[s(k)aturation]

Whisper it, but he was just as shite v city also.

 

Why the fuck whisper it?

 

Have the courage of your convictions and shout it from the rooftops.  From the top of the Royal Liver Building next time you bring your Euros to town.

 

He was emblematic of our shit performance against City, WASN'T HE EVERYONE??!!

[suzy]

Oh fuck off Redknapp "Simon Mingolet would love to have Van Djik in fron of him"

He did against West Brom and look how that turned out.

 

I turned off the minute he said that!

[s(k)aturation]

I turned off the minute he said that!

 

 

Never mind that... how did anyone manage to turn ON with the prospect of Redknapp shitting on?

[dockers_strike]

Think the criticism of Solankes missed chances are a bit harsh. Even Mo or Bobby might not have scored those. The header was inches wide while the shot in the box came to him as a result of a rebound. Could have gone in the net but did not. The lad harried well and despite what people think you are not going to get a striker with a good strike rate sitting on the bench at best or just in the squad at worst for days like this when he is called on to play.