I was replying to your reply to my reply, but there was no button to reply. Great to see TWBers figuring out a system to discuss and debate. 🙂 Shows Evertonians are never beaten!

worst signing ? thats one long list !

“Because when you’re confident, you do things… almost like it bypasses your brain.” and “There was nothing to celebrate. Being part of that team just about staying up was nothing to celebrate.”, those statements are from a man of character. That was the dude I thought I saw on those crappy pay-per-view Setanta feeds to the States in the 90s. Nice when someone you idolized comes through like that.

Yes, have you?

We have advanced midfield options in KDH, Alcaraz, Hackney, Grealish. Armstrong is fine where he is but needs to work on his finishing.

Moyes doesn’t know his best team. It all looks a bit disjointed.

Defensively AMN was very poor. Reviews from fans in France said same. Mistake prone. He cost £4m.

5 minutes on the pitch only means little risk. Either you sub early and take a risk to win, or sub late and avoid risk. We know which camp Moyes is in.

I know what you’re saying Ian but I’m trying to keep Glealish on the pitch and have 2 dynamic wingers that bring pace to the attack. Also I think KDH makes an excellent box to box player with great passing in his armoury.

Hull are a poor side.

Moyes says Norgaard has had no minutes. Needs game time. Then gives him no game time.

I agree Garner is currently well short of his best.

Fans of Spurs, Forest and Palace will tell you Johnson , despite having pace, never beats a full back when he has the ball at feet. No trick. Only when running onto the ball beyond defender is he a threat. Strangely he seems to be drifting inside for us. At the moment he’s making little game contribution. Can’t see how he retains his starting place.

KDH is our number 10. Faster of thought and foot than current day Grealish who needs to stay out wide, but shouldn’t be an automatic selection every game.

The lack of full backs and cover is going to haunt us all season. Such awful squad management.

Whose place is Officer Dibs taking? In before Johnson I agree but not George and Grealish.

I tried to find out a bit more about them, especially if their comment system is actually being used anywhere else… Nada! Everton.com are using their Live Blog facility to create their game blogs but those don’t allow external comments.

Mark, it seems to me all too common in the modern world that ‘improvements’ are anything but. I know it’s hard to please everyone but it seems that there are plenty of duffers who are convinced they are visionaries who have just what everyone else should want. Hopefully the software guys can take valid criticism on board.

Anyone see the own-goal?

There has to be changes for the Chelski game as we all agree but will Moyes get it right. George in for Johnson and Jarrod back in the middle with Rohl in for Myko if Myko still unfit. I would like Hackney to start along with Norguard but where. Garner.KDH and Armstrong have played well but if they are not in control in the midfield as a unit when Everton are not in possession then problems will arise as they did against Hull and even Ipswich. We are playing some nice football but not dominating as we should and we will get punished down the line unless Moyes changes the setup

Have you ever played football Jonathan?

Clearly remember being 14 and listening to it on the radio with my mate, all our mates were rs, so we hid away to listen. The feeling was the worst, we’ve has them days since, but that day was different. I was brought up with my brother having all the posters on his wall of the title, and European winners, we were not meant to be in this position. I got my first season ticket for the following season.

There was probably massive pressure on Colin taking over from Howard. Losing Trevor Steven and Gary Stevens was huge, because his recruitment was so poor, especially Nevin, and Ian Wilson was the worst footballer to ever wear the blue shirt, and he replaced the legend Sheedy!

Seven games for Jimmy in that time Dave. Stop being unfair, there’s one draw in there. But 0.14 points from those seven games makes JG statistically the least successful manager of the Premier League era.

so do i ! u boat dave does’nt like subs !

Rohl , KDH and garner as a flat 3. George on the left. Dibbling on the right. That’s the best middle we have.

Ooooo … Nice picture! Thanks for that, Allan. ps: Any chance you could click on Account above and add your last name to your Display Name? Thanks.

I’m sure moyes won’t do that . He’ll play braithwaite left back lean cb . Then bring obrain in 5 half time right back ( 4 centre half’s ) defence. Then he’ll like for like a few players . Leave subs till last 5 minutes. So frustrating this Moyes . Wish he’d leave and get Martinez back

the halfway line when the ball is deep in the oppositions half, a high pressing 4-5-1 out of possession. That’s a bit precise mate. Care to go one step further in your precision and give the specific minutes and seconds. That way you won’t be accused of generalisation. If DM sets up tactically to go to a 4-5-1 when out of possession then as long as the defensive shape is maintained then who cares. Where are we in the clean sheets table. And yes we could score more goals but that would mean we’d have to cheat the system like Man City. And, when it comes to cheats how many Swan dives did Salad enact for chaotic amounts of 3 point winning games?

Same old same old with Moyes His stubbornness is the only consistency we have As soon as I saw the starting eleven I knew we had a problem. Okay we had a good goal chalked off and Barry as usual infuriated us all but the three points were there and they found a way to allow feeble Hull get one. Everton are a disaster when trying to defend and it’s a miracle we are unbeaten so far

Good shout Dave, I would put Grealish as a number 10. With his vision he can easily supply George or Dibling. Plus, he could also arrive in the box late like someone else we used to know. Just don’t tell the corner flags 🙂

Your latest post won’t let me reply Jonathan. No problem with reverting to 4-5-1 out of possession but not on the halfway line when the ball is deep in the oppositions half, a high pressing 4-5-1 out of possession. All the better teams regain possession within seconds of losing it by pressing. You didn’t explain your tactics to go with your team selection?

I would start with Dibs too. But when we lose the ball the logical thing is to revert to a 4-5-1 until possession is regained no?

Physically robust Jon?

andy got to agree with you , i was amazed dour davie played jared at l.b. wtf was he thinking ? hackney and george are too young for moyes to start them on a regular basis. someone should tell him putting subs on with 5 mins to go is not squad rotation ! i would like to see george or johnson given some time playing as a central striker . this action may be required if barry is injured. keane did’nt play bad on sunday n.miles at fault on both goals imo

Sunday v Hull Jonathan we play it on most occasions we are out of possession. 4-3-3 would be my preference. I would definitely start with Dibs.

Brilliant shout Allen

Re: Branthwaite at LB: If the plan was to convert Rohl into a RB then if Mykolenko needs cover, maybe play AMN at LB and give Rohl a bit more competitive time in his new position? He was good going forwards, at least. Hopefully Mykolenko is back next game, and as physically robust as usual, and we can stop worrying about it for a while.

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So john, What would your line up be and tactically tell us why. 4-5-1 ATM against Chelsea seems not a bad idea. Also, when did we last play a 4-5-1?

The best option would be to cut down the amount of game time we revert to a 4-5-1.

Apologies for off topic. This is one of the reasons their will be no relegation involved. https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/emirati-owner-of-manchester-city-was-given-knighthood-during-scandal-years

Dave, One thing I do remember is around 100 Blues dancing on the floor and tables in the Wine Lodge all singing the theme music to The Great Escape. In the aftermath we all came to the same conclusion. Everton Football Club will never allow this to happen again. How wrong we were

This is all what I would do, I would utilize Jacks skill and give him the no. 10 role. Then George out wide left and Dibs wide right. Obviously Barry up top BUT if not working don’t wait until the 85th minute to change . Put charley on at the 46th minute and let him get into the game. Subs (in general at 85 minutes don’t work I know I’ve been that sub). That’s my configuration for the team v Chelsea, (as big as cheats than Man City but old money abhors gate crashers ) COYB

I think, with David Moyes is that he seems to be playing the right notes but in the wrong order. I can’t believe that his backroom staff all agree. What he’s doing at the moment seems to be working but time in football can change everything. Earlier subs needed. DM should know that 5 minutes on the pitch in general changes nothing if you need to score a goal. Basic changes, not much but, from what we’ve had and it’s not a given, back 4 is a problem and gives the word fluid a new meaning. With our team it can change like the British weather. So for me, for the squad we have and where we’re up to now, I would take AMN and give him LB. A decent thoughtful player at RB would be Jimmy. Tarks and Jarrod in the middle. In front of them I’d go for Hayden and KDH. (we should be good enough for 1 DM when in the attack, at home) 1 of these players stays back and the other breaks the land speed record to get back when transition occurs. Now the juicy bit.

Yes John I was replying to your post, then it doesn’t give an option to any replies. That whole season was very strange if I remember it correctly, Howard packed in on his second time as manager, then someone took over for about 6 games- Jimmy Gabriel (?) and I think we lost those 6 matches— then Mike Walker took over and we struggled to get the points in and Wimbledon was our do or die game which took us all the the edge before we could relax by staying up. I’m not sure if I am remembering the middle of that season correctly though!

Hey Dave, keep an eye peeled for our U-21s today in the National League Cup.

Swashbuckling? David Moyes?

I was stuck in a traffic jam in Brixton. When we went 2-0 down I switched off the radio – too scared to listen to it anymore- switched it on just before Stuart scored – went completely ballistic- tooting the horn, banging the car roof, the car was shaking from side to side – a couple of old Rasta guys were watching and were pissing themselves at me.

oh no it is barry h.