Everton (H) - Sat 21st Oct 2023 (12:30pm)

[3 Stacks]

Something pathetic about Ashley Young being 40 years old and pretending he did nothing wrong.

 

Also, is this 2014? Why are we shooting on sight?

[Special K]

How was that not a pen?

[Clem H Fandango]

refs have gone soft since young's sending off. wankers.

[TheSire]

These fucking streams. Do people host them on a fucking PC from 1997 or something?

[Saintslfc13]

Just now, gkmacca said:

There is absolutely no way VAR checked that penalty claim before the ref blew for half time.

Honestly didn’t look like a penalty to me 

[Rushies tash]

Just now, Saintslfc13 said:

Honestly didn’t look like a penalty to me 

 

Would've been nice to see it again though.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Excellent performance so far, everybody contributing and looking dangerous.

 

Our new midfield has been outstanding, everything last year's duffers weren't.

 

Just need a goal.

 

COYMR

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

We’ve done alright but should’ve done much better with some of the counter attacking chances we created. The final ball has been sloppy. Jota has looked sharp. Salah’s been a tiny bit sloppy. 
 

Improve the final ball in the second half and we’ll score. 
 

The Young sending off was correct. He should’ve been off earlier for kicking the ball away after it went out for a throw to us after he miscontrolled it. A rule that now seems to have been abandoned, along with the booking for waving an imaginary card rule?

[Saintslfc13]

Just now, Rushies tash said:

 

Would've been nice to see it again though.

I agree, but live I thought they got the ball. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

We looked far superior before the sending off, and even more so after.

 

But still doesnt feel too comfortable, they have a goal in them from a counter attack or a set piece.

 

Szoboszlai and Gravenberch both very good, as was Trent and Van Dijk.

 

Would like to see our three midfielders continue with shots from distance, all three look well capable of scoring from distance. In fact Szoboszlai looked disappointed not to score from his second effort, which says something about what he expects from himself.

 

Patience may be a key word here.

 

And of course we should expect to be 10 v 10 at some stage in the second half.

[Rushies tash]

1 minute ago, Saintslfc13 said:

I agree, but live I thought they got the ball. 

 

Just seen a clip of it and yeah, he wins the ball.

[stringvest]

3 minutes ago, waddy78 said:

Jota offered nothing so far, 

 

that's really not true.  He's been good running with the ball, trying to make things happen.  Two fouls on him preventing him getting a shot away.  MacAllister has been poor, the other two midfielders better.  

 

[bizzle10]

Much the better side need composure with final ball get Darwin on to cause chaos 

[an tha]

Just now, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

We looked far superior before the sending off, and even more so after.

 

But still doesnt feel too comfortable, they have a goal in them from a counter attack or a set piece.

 

Szoboszlai and Gravenberch both very good, as was Trent and Van Dijk.

 

Would like to see our three midfielders continue with shots from distance, all three look well capable of scoring from distance. In fact Szoboszlai looked disappointed not to score from his second effort, which says something about what he expects from himself.

 

Patience may be a key word here.

 

And of course we should expect to be 10 v 10 at some stage in the second half.

Be more likely the denial of a nailed on pen or a goal disallowed controversially or a really soft pen given to the shite.

 

They need to watch it with the red card stuff - use it too much and people will start asking questions.

[Denny Crane]

Should have done better with those counterattacks in the first 20 odd minutes. The way the first 20 odd minutes played out it was made for Nunez. Diaz should have done better and got a shot off, can't be making 38 year old Young stop you there. 

 

 

[gkmacca]

Decent half, but wasteful. We're either not playing the right early ball to Mo, or he's running it straight into the legs of a defender. As I've said before, they know every trick he has coming in from the right - he'd be better off shaking things up a bit and drifting over to the left every now and again.

 

Trent needs to come to terms with the fact that there are other players who can hit a good free kick. No room for Beckhamitis here. He has a particular weakness for trying to loop the ball over the wall when the kick is too near for that to work.

 

That pass out from Alisson to someone coming in from the right - it's led to a loss of possession so often recently I really wish he'd bin it.

 

The ref crap as usual. Wasn't it Young who blasted the ball away earlier on? So much for that being an automatic booking.

 

Onwards and upwards - with more cool-headed passing up front we can sort this out.

 

 

[magicrat]

Not going to be easy 2 half. Dyche will get them parking the bus. We needed to get a lead before HT really 

[gkmacca]

5 minutes ago, Saintslfc13 said:

Honestly didn’t look like a penalty to me 

 

I know, but that's not the point. The ref isn't supposed to just blow before it's checked, and that definitely wasn't checked.

[Saintslfc13]

Just now, gkmacca said:

 

I know, but that's not the point. The ref isn't supposed to just blow before it's checked, and that definitely wasn't checked.

That’s fair enough but the refs fucking us over is nothing new

[lifetime fan]

Leon Osman is such a bitter prick. 

[Rushies tash]

1 minute ago, gkmacca said:

 

I know, but that's not the point. The ref isn't supposed to just blow before it's checked, and that definitely wasn't checked.

 

Looks like Tarkovski wins the ball.

 

 

[gkmacca]

3 minutes ago, an tha said:

They need to watch it with the red card stuff - use it too much and people will start asking questions.

 

The combination of lots of red cards and depleted teams playing 100+minutes will be the key thing. 

[ZonkoVille77]

The most exciting thing that happened in that 45 mins was my missus making me pancakes.

[Clem H Fandango]

Just now, lifetime fan said:

Leon Osman is such a bitter prick. 

Owen doing his best to better him.

[Anubis]

8 minutes ago, Special K said:

How was that not a pen?

Missed it. Did they show it? Bear in mind it’s Coote on VAR.