Match Threads Everton vs Spurs - Match Thread

[Gb160]

I almost teared up when their players were consoling Son on the pitch while their teammate was broken on the floor. Outstanding display of empathy.

Yeah when it happened it would be understandable for them to lose it after seeing a mate laying there in that state, but from what I saw even then they were on the whole top class.
Special mention to Coleman who had suffered a horrific injury like that himself, and still was a class act.

 

[Jonesey]

To be fair (and I might get hammered for this) the energy was there. The players were all trying. It was a lack of quality that made the game so poor.

Fair enough, the highlights made us look fairly lively.

Some astonishing Christian Eriksen stats were quoted on one of the Facebook pages via Squawka Football - which, if they’re accurate, put Poch’s team selection judgement under even more pressure:

Take-ons attempted: 0
Chances created: 0
Shots attempted: 0
Interceptions: 0
Tackles made: 0

He also received a yellow card and lost possession more than any other player on the pitch (16 times) ...

... cant be true surely?

 

[fedupyid]

Don't forget Pickford told the referee not to send off Son.

 

[TorontoYid]

Fair enough, the highlights made us look fairly lively.

Some astonishing Christian Eriksen stats were quoted on one of the Facebook pages via Squawka Football - which, if they’re accurate, put Poch’s team selection judgement under even more pressure:

Take-ons attempted: 0
Chances created: 0
Shots attempted: 0
Interceptions: 0
Tackles made: 0

He also received a yellow card and lost possession more than any other player on the pitch (16 times) ...

... cant be true surely?

He is leaving and no longer cares. Just going through the motions

 

[Ionman34]

Fair enough, the highlights made us look fairly lively.

Some astonishing Christian Eriksen stats were quoted on one of the Facebook pages via Squawka Football - which, if they’re accurate, put Poch’s team selection judgement under even more pressure:

Take-ons attempted: 0
Chances created: 0
Shots attempted: 0
Interceptions: 0
Tackles made: 0

He also received a yellow card and lost possession more than any other player on the pitch (16 times) ...

... cant be true surely?

Believe me it's true.

 

[gp13tot]

Ok but are you going to mention how Gomes could’ve quite easily been red carded for elbowing Son in the face?

It wasnt an elbow. Son tried to do gomes in retaliation for an accidental forearm by gomes when protecting the ball, and got himself sent off. Petulance and completely unprofessional. We'd have won 11 vs 11. Thus, son has cost the team and should apologise to his team mates. I'm disgusted with him

 

[Cavehillspur]

I almost teared up when their players were consoling Son on the pitch while their teammate was broken on the floor. Outstanding display of empathy.

Tosun especially. Digne though was a different animal entirely, the twat.

 

[Cavehillspur]

Fair enough, the highlights made us look fairly lively.

Some astonishing Christian Eriksen stats were quoted on one of the Facebook pages via Squawka Football - which, if they’re accurate, put Poch’s team selection judgement under even more pressure:

Take-ons attempted: 0
Chances created: 0
Shots attempted: 0
Interceptions: 0
Tackles made: 0

He also received a yellow card and lost possession more than any other player on the pitch (16 times) ...

... cant be true surely?

He wasn't great but i can recall at least one chance created when he whipped in a cracking cross in the second half which we should have scored from.

 

[slartibartfast]

He's going to pick Rose next week isn't he

Without a doubt.

 

[Shadydan]

It wasnt an elbow. Son tried to do gomes in retaliation for an accidental forearm by gomes when protecting the ball, and got himself sent off. Petulance and completely unprofessional. We'd have won 11 vs 11. Thus, son has cost the team and should apologise to his team mates. I'm disgusted with him

Stop overreacting it was a freak incident.

 

[TheBlueRooster]

Stop overreacting it was a freak incident.

I'm surprised that it doesn't happen more often in football. It's a awkward landing break, dislocation of the ankle followed by the leg breaking. It's how I did mine for me the worse thing was hearing the two snaps. I was so fortunate that my daughter was close she was a medic in The RAF and took control of the situation until the ambulance could get to me.

 

[topper]

My view is that there has been a complete overreaction to the performance yesterday. Everton have a decent home record yet set out, as the home team, not to lose the game. Yes, we were not scintillating (nor haveL Liverpool in the past 3 games) but we were solid, got the goal and probably would have got a good Premier League away win if hadn't been for a chain of events triggered by a very unfortunate incident. . But reading some posts on here and other forums you would have thought we had left Goodison on the back of a 5-0 thumping. I think the word I'm looking for is perspective.

 

[shelfboy68]

My view is that there has been a complete overreaction to the performance yesterday. Everton have a decent home record yet set out, as the home team, not to lose the game. Yes, we were not scintillating (nor haveL Liverpool in the past 3 games) but we were solid, got the goal and probably would have got a good Premier League away win if hadn't been for a chain of events triggered by a very unfortunate incident. . But reading some posts on here and other forums you would have thought we had left Goodison on the back of a 5-0 thumping. I think the word I'm looking for is perspective.

We have been looking for it since end of January this year but longer than perspective me thinks.

 

[spud]

My view is that there has been a complete overreaction to the performance yesterday. Everton have a decent home record yet set out, as the home team, not to lose the game. Yes, we were not scintillating (nor haveL Liverpool in the past 3 games) but we were solid, got the goal and probably would have got a good Premier League away win if hadn't been for a chain of events triggered by a very unfortunate incident. . But reading some posts on here and other forums you would have thought we had left Goodison on the back of a 5-0 thumping. I think the word I'm looking for is perspective.

Your head is in the sand my friend.

We have been poor, and getting worse, for nearly a year. Our results during that time, if obtained in a single season, equate to relegation form. We were awful yesterday against a poor team with bad recent results and no confidence; and we only managed to score because they gave us the ball and the defender who was trying to stop Alli tripped over his own feet.

It's not overreaction; it's realism. Perspective says that we've been shit for a while and there are no visible signs of improvement.

 

[topper]

Your head is in the sand my friend.

We have been poor, and getting worse, for nearly a year. Our results during that time, if obtained in a single season, equate to relegation form. We were awful yesterday against a poor team with bad recent results and no confidence; and we only managed to score because they gave us the ball and the defender who was trying to stop Alli tripped over his own feet.

It's not overreaction; it's realism. Perspective says that we've been shit for a while and there are no visible signs of improvement.

Read the post again - it was a comment on the reaction to yesterday's performance, no more, no less.

 

[wpmcg]

Read the post again - it was a comment on the reaction to yesterday's performance, no more, no less.

Yesterdays performance was awful. That's why there's a reaction. I agree we could and should have gone 2-0 up with a penalty but I have no confidence in winning any game at the moment. Sheffield United at home will get us back on track.....will it?

 

[spud]

Read the post again - it was a comment on the reaction to yesterday's performance, no more, no less.

Understood. I obviously generalised, because of your 'perspective' comment, but my response was largely about the Everton game. Perhaps read mine again?

 

[topper]

Understood. I obviously generalised, because of your 'perspective' comment, but my response was largely about the Everton game. Perhaps read mine again?

Ok we agree to disagree - our performance wasn't awful; it wasn't stellar but it wasn't awful. We were rarely troubled, they played like the away side and for wretched luck all round, we should have won - not sure how that qualifies as awful but each to their own,

 

[Pistols At Dawn]

Fair enough, the highlights made us look fairly lively.

Some astonishing Christian Eriksen stats were quoted on one of the Facebook pages via Squawka Football - which, if they’re accurate, put Poch’s team selection judgement under even more pressure:

Take-ons attempted: 0
Chances created: 0
Shots attempted: 0
Interceptions: 0
Tackles made: 0

He also received a yellow card and lost possession more than any other player on the pitch (16 times) ...

... cant be true surely?

While I wouldn't wish a re-watch of that absolute dross on even my worst Arsenal-supporting coworker, if you *did* go back and look at yesterday's match, you'd see Eriksen pulling out of challenge after challenge. Even pulling up when a ball was likely going out of bounds and he thought it a bit risky to try for it.

I was thoroughly disgusted by his display -- and with Poch's insistence on playing him. Eriksen is slowly eroding his own Spurs legacy with each indifferent performance.

 

[spud]

Ok we agree to disagree - our performance wasn't awful; it wasn't stellar but it wasn't awful. We were rarely troubled, they played like the away side and for wretched luck all round, we should have won - not sure how that qualifies as awful but each to their own,

If we had played like that against the 1970 Brazil team I think you might have a point. But we played like that against that Everton team, at this time, when they have average players and a clueless manager, are in a rut and completely bereft of confidence. If we had performed even half-decently we would have over-run them and scored a few. But no: we offered nothing. I don't see how you can see that performance as anything other than awful.

So yes, our perspectives are different and we'll agree to disagree.