Match Day Thread Vs Everton (A)

Refs have been ridiculously lenient since the return. A massive benefit to teams who want to tactically foul. Explains why there's been so few goals.

 

Milner's booking was mad. Then again, as was Digne's.

 

Disappointing first game back, but think prem as a whole has been like it.

is it because of the break? Is it because of no fans? Players apprehensive about covid? Who knows but definitely not been the thrill that we all hoped football returning would be.

Thought Keita looked sharp today. Was only one that was getting into forward positions, sinilar with matic a passing, really looked to feed it forward which was nice to see.

Minamino looked busy without doing an awful lot. Not suited to that wide role for us just yet though, likes to come short too much and doesn’t have the pace of mane or Salah to get in behind the defence.

Hopefully Salah is back mid week. For those that say they’d be happy to sell Salah and Mane is more important etc, think today helps prove that Salah is just as important as even on a bad day, he still poses a real goal threat unlike mane who needs to be playing well.

 

Hey, ****ing yeah though - football is back, we're arguing the toss, I've got a migraine again, and people said this was false and artificial. It's different - but it's better than nothing, as some people wanted.

 

We will be fine, the derby has been a similar affair for a few years.

If teams play 10 behind the ball, anybody is going to struggle until the first goes in.

We must be the only team in history to be ****e in an attack when one of our fullbacks isn't playing. Thats some going that.

 

Minor point but our top goalscorer also wasn't playing

 

With 9 games to play before today’s game and 37 points on the board, sat in 12th with a set of fixtures that look far from daunting after the derby, we were never in any real danger of going down. Pretty sure I’m right in saying that since his arrival and until the point the season was curtailed, only you lot, United and City had earned more PL points than us, in the same period. His tactics today were similar to how he got Napoli to play when they beat you earlier in the season.

 

Everton always play their best when they play Liverpool at Goodison Park regardless of the manager. it's usually their cup final game.

 

Ancelotti is an all time great manager and the set up stifled us. If we had Robbo and Salah, then it maybe different because they are two big attacking outlets for us. Not only that, they have great link up with those around them e.g Robbo and Mane, Salah and Trent.

I do think if we kept Keita and perhaps Taki on for longer, the breakthrough would have come but we must accept that we need to manage mins.

 

But Fabiniho gets away with one.

 

I'm surprised we didn't have another manager for us to bend over and let Liverpool play to their strengths!

With Gomes and Davies in MF against a three I expected a defeat, but was very well organised by Don Carlo. We were never in danger. I we had legs in midfield yesterday rather than a bloke coming back from a broken ankle we would have been much better.

 

I don't know why Lovren is still at Anfield. I don't like calling players out, but surely he's past his sell-by date now. As soon as he came on we lost the impetus and very nearly lost the bloody match!

I do think we could have won that, though. It was so cagey

 

When Lovren came on yesterday, Everton players started passing the ball in his direction. They were very cautious of doing this when Matip was there. Every one has now recognised Lovren as the week link especially after his blunders against Spurs at Wembley. We must be mad to keep him beyond this season..

 

I just don’t understand how Lovren has lasted at this club for so long. He was never good in the first place, and even his ‘top’ form is well below acceptable standards

Thankfully, he along with Clyne and Lallana will be off this summer and will free up valuable funds

 

Richarlison just stuck to Lovren as soon as he came on and rightly so. He's a complete liability

 

I'll be sorry to see Lallana go, but he's not quite hit the mark on occasion, either. It's a shame when that happens

 

Sniffed blood? We ran you a ****ing blood bath to soak in!!!

 

And I wasn't involved...

 

Crap game, Keita should have stayed on and Bobby needs to sort himself out.

 

Not a bad first game back, even though I was beyond excited to see the lads back. Would have liked all the points obviously but at any stage in any season regardless of form, a draw is usually the expected outcome of this fixture. More importantly, are Everton players all living with hairdressers