Everton - Spurs - Feb 3rd - 12:30pm KO

[spurskuching]

This midfield is not working

And i bet many will say its Hojbjerg's fault

 

[Top_Spur]

I'm still baffled how this ref can't see the blatant fouls on Vicario at the corners. How can Vicario move when he constantly keeps having someone shove into him?!

 

[Thin Lilywhite Duke]

This midfield is not working

If Sarr thinks he can do 45 minutes, he'd be a really really good sub to make.

 

[Gatsby]

Deki and Sarr for Bentancur and Johnson please.

 

[Steed_Train]

I think we struggle to find people to pass to at times. Kulusevski and Sarr are better at moving into space, and letting us play out from the back.

It’s the quick interchanges in midfield that break the press and get us on the front foot.

We’re relying on Richy dropping deep atm.

No idea where Bentancur or Hojberg are

 

[simon j]

Next time he tries to block Vic , jump for the ball , knee to face and he won’t do it again

Exactly, knock his teeth out.

 

[Jaynola]

Well ha actually does, today! Both one-touch!

20-yard tap-ins. Richy The Inventor.

 

[spurskuching]

Another really poor first half. Bentancur will surely be replaced by Sarr at HT and possibly Deki for Johnson too.

We played almost no football for 45 minutes, terrible passing and we are letting Everton win every loose ball.

Ange wont change when we're leading

 

[Lickher]

Must say branthwaite looks good wondernif we look in summer

There will be a lot of competition for his signature - he’s a generational talent for sure.

 

[Kaz Hirai]

Richarlison has become R9 this season it seems. Really pleased with him , and that's pretty much all the praise I have for the team

The rest pretty awful
If the ref doesn't think obstruction is a foul and we're playing prison rules football then fine, Romero and vdv need to do a better job protecting our keeper
Vic himself also needs to be alot stronger

Both fullbacks should really be switched on to dyches predictable wide play by now and stopping crosses

Bentancur non existent in midfield again, maddison nearly as invisible, as is Johnson and Werner but I'll give them both benefit as midfield is non existent to provide the wide forwards.

Another angry team talk from Angie coming up

 

[yes]

Sarr & Kulusevski on for Johnson & Højbjerg and we'll get a lot more control of the game.

Defensively, we've got individually excellent players now, but the system just seems off. Something isn't clicking and as far as our defending at corners is concerned, we're obviously going to have to figure out a way of dealing with Vicario being blocked/rugby tackled seeing as the refs clearly don't want to.

Two cracking goals for Richy though. Would love to see him rewarded with a hat-trick.

 

[Muttley]

Vic is all over the place

How have you come to that conclusion? He is being pushed all over the place by Evertons players and being very constrained not to push back as that would likely end up in a penalty know this cunt of a ref

 

[sudoku]

Have to say it was a superb ball for their goal. Even if he had not been nudged I doubt if Vic would have got it away.

 

[thinktank]

The worst thing about this trend of blocking Vic, is that it is straight out of Sunday League.

The grand irony being, the best team in the world started it.

fml

 

[Maureen]

This pattern keeps occurring, play well in stages, but lose our way too quickly and it becomes messy.

Why is no one on the pitch sorting it out or Ange? Time and time again we have lost the top easy in our half. Cuti near the end just plays it straight to their player.
Passing has generally been poor and we have just not matched them physically or pressing. We have let them just come at us far too easy. Yet we hardly passed the ball around in their half.

 

[meaningless-friendly]

A quick burst from us after halftime will secure the 3 points. Great that we are winning but we are capable of playing better than this. I'm looking forward to Sarr, Bissouma and Son being regularly involved again.

 

[Millsa46]

Vic needs to give him the old fashioned knee in the back , make his spine come thru his belly button .

 

[Gatsby]

I'm still baffled how this ref can't see the blatant fouls on Vicario at the corners. How can Vicario move when he constantly keeps having some shove into him?!

Issue for me is, if you’re going to allow it then you need to for every game. The problem is you’ll see it given a foul in another game this weekend.

Defenders can throw themselves to the ground on the slightest touch, and the ref will give a foul. There’s no consistency.

 

[skywalker68]

Everton have been the better team so far, and yet we are in front, we have barely troubled their goal.

 

[JDefoe]

That “goal” Everton scored was a disgusting miscarriage of justice. Just like the fact that they haven’t already been relegated.