From an Evertonian, but gives insights into both teams' performance. http://theexecutionersbong.wordpres...2-0-everton-5-point-tactical-deconstruction/?
The average position of our full-backs is pretty telling. They're virtually set up as wingers. Lennon's position is important, too. As I alluded to elsewhere, his mere presence drags people out of position. Distin's moved across to cover the rather isolated Baines, which in turn forces Heitinga over and leaves a gap between him and Neville. Fellaini and Cahill were called upon to fill the holes at the back, but this prevents any sort of support for the front men. They get dragged back too, as a result, ending up roughly where van der Vaart and Modric were playing for us. Quite a bit for Moyes to sort out this week, but I think that he should start by bringing in Drenthe. Get Bilyaletdinov into a central playmaker's role, get Donovan or Cahill into a supporting position for Saha and stick Gueye out on the right, perhaps? Some tough decisions for Everton to make in the summer, I think.
Good points PNP. I expect Wolves to be pressed back in a similar way, although they had no midweek game, so theoretically should be fresher, which might make this a tighter game. I'll take a 1-0 win for us now, but I suspect we'll need 2 to win.
