Everton are proving a problem to us, again. Amazing really, they've hardly been that good recently.
Have our wheels come off, at exactly the wrong time?
It's a bit worrying how poor the final ball has been and how light we look up front. With all that possession you'd think we'd be flooding into the box but Rooney has looked very isolated.
Everton have played well. Well organised defence and a game plan that is working nicely for them.
Well that is not how I quite envisioned things panning ouThe so far.
No, wasn't how i saw things going either, thought we might nick a win before hand but i can't see us scoring today now never mind getting back into the game>:(>:(
Still it doesn't really change much, in terms of use getting Champions League football next season, it just makes getting it automatically a tad bit harder.
I hate the fact that I'd really started looking forward to watching us play for the first time in a long time and now it's back to peeping between closed fingers.
Can it really be as simple as with Carrick we look good and without, we resort to possession with no outcome and panicked defending?
Disastrous match. Desperation to bring on Falcao so early, even Di Maria. We'll have Liverpool on our tails again soon at this rate. #defensivefrailty #pointlesspossession (again)
Everton are proving a problem to us, again. Amazing really, they've hardly been that good recently.
Have our wheels come off, at exactly the wrong time?
Actually, Everton have been very good recently and are in good form, getting back to their usual higher standards after a poor season.
Credit to Everton though, they fully deserved their win.
They haven't won yet! ;-)
Seriously though, fourth is now looking like our most likely finishing position, perhaps under pressure too as other teams will have noted our vulnerabilities, how quickly things can change in this game!
Seriously though, fourth is now looking like our most likely finishing position, perhaps under pressure too as other teams will have noted our vulnerabilities, how quickly things can change in this game!
Things can change quickly, beat Arsenal, and things could change yet again.
I think these two defeats have more than emphasised that we're still very much a work in progress. We need the current bunch to continue working on this style of play, and we desperately need 3/4 more players.
Next season we can't be in a situation where we're going into important games with Paddy McNair at the back, no one able to fill in for Carrick in the centre, or with Rooney as our sole realistic goal threat up top.
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Seconded. But there are goals for us in this match. Fellani should have scored there...
Have our wheels come off, at exactly the wrong time?
I'd bring on rvp. Take fellaini off for di maria and play 433 with rooney rvp and di maria up front. Mata Valencia and herera in midfield
Everton have played well. Well organised defence and a game plan that is working nicely for them.
No, wasn't how i saw things going either, thought we might nick a win before hand but i can't see us scoring today now never mind getting back into the game>:(>:(
Can it really be as simple as with Carrick we look good and without, we resort to possession with no outcome and panicked defending?
Maybe LVG needs to rethink the tactics.
Actually, Everton have been very good recently and are in good form, getting back to their usual higher standards after a poor season.
One of our worst performances of the season. If we play like this in the other 4 games we're not going to make the CL.
I don't think that we will play quite this bad again, this was certainly out of the norm in terms of how we have been playing as of late.
Credit to Everton though, they fully deserved their win.
Agreed GF, humiliation after dragging ourselves up this far, to total capitulation.
Fact fans out there, when was the last time Dave conceded 3?
They haven't won yet!
Seriously though, fourth is now looking like our most likely finishing position, perhaps under pressure too as other teams will have noted our vulnerabilities, how quickly things can change in this game!
Just three or more? My first thought was either Leicester or MK.
Things can change quickly, beat Arsenal, and things could change yet again.
Next season we can't be in a situation where we're going into important games with Paddy McNair at the back, no one able to fill in for Carrick in the centre, or with Rooney as our sole realistic goal threat up top.
CB, RB, MF, RW, FW please Louis!!