Yep can you imagine what the reaction would have been if Liverpool had conceded a goal like the one Everton scored against us. The commentators would have held a minutes silence and we would never have heard the end of it.
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Match Everton - Spurs - Feb 3rd - 12:30pm KO
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Werner/Johnson/Bentancur/PEH have been anonymous.
Porro doesn't seem to be as influential in attack these last few weeks.
Maddison, Udogie and Richy have been class though.
Sarr and Kulu time now Ange.
Porro doesn't seem to be as influential in attack these last few weeks.
Maddison, Udogie and Richy have been class though.
Sarr and Kulu time now Ange.
And they would be correct. Yes.
Jedinak is up in the stands with the data analyst
This is what I said pre-game.... we have done the complete opposite, and therefore predictably it's been a struggle.
I was deliberately making a note of it: after the 16th minute up until the equaliser on the half hour we didn't manage to complete proper consecutive passes in their half. We've then gone ahead again somehow, and again resorted to being unable to keep and play the ball, doing daft stuff, giving away cheap set pieces, and putting ourselves under pressure. You can argue whether they are fouling the keeper, or whether he should do better, but we're giving them territory, momentum, and pressure at will - asking for trouble however the opposition goes about it.
Really, it's been a bit rubbish thus far. Performances have definitely slid in recent weeks, and I'm not having it's because of players missing or whatever. Before Xmas with a really patched up team we might have been losing but we were still knocking the ball about and dominating games. Since the new year, for whatever reason, nah.
It doesn't help though when the midfield has Bentancur and Maddison who look so far off it fitness and intensity wise, the players you want to grab the game and dictate it are passive flimsy observers for the most part.
Ultimately though hope Ange is bollocking them. Get out there, play properly, knock it about, get it won.
Unless you offended Klopp as VAR got one wrong and the whole league is still in mourning and you are Spurs
The narrative on the American feed is that Vicario is a 'flapper'.
That he needs to toughen up or get a teammate to remove Harrison (or other encroacher) from his breathing-room.
That he needs to toughen up or get a teammate to remove Harrison (or other encroacher) from his breathing-room.
I usually hate Tim Howard’s analysis but he’s saying Vic needs to be going at those balls with one arm on the shoulder and punching with the other instead of going at it with two hands.
If they’re going to try and lean into you, use their body as a catapult to get up above.
Also saying one of ours needs to bulldoze Harrison every time make sure he’s not there.
If they’re going to try and lean into you, use their body as a catapult to get up above.
Also saying one of ours needs to bulldoze Harrison every time make sure he’s not there.
Porro missing Sarr
You do it before the corner with a man on the line.
We have brought this on ourselves by not protecting Vicario against City.
This won’t be the last time a team uses this tactic against us until we start being more aggressive defending this.
Tim Howard is Everton legend. I doubt he would said the same if it was on Pickford.
The way I see it, the foul in question on the goal is never getting called if it isn’t a keeper, so expecting it to be called just because it’s on Vic is unjustified.
That being said, definitely getting a little ridiculous on some of the other corners that weren’t called.
As a keeper though, I’m calling someone over. Vic shouldn’t be dealing with it on his own .
That being said, definitely getting a little ridiculous on some of the other corners that weren’t called.
As a keeper though, I’m calling someone over. Vic shouldn’t be dealing with it on his own .
If Vicario was one of our defenders no one would think it's a foul