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Brian (53) and Ian(54) Gana Gueye and McNeil were both tiring, the three players I mentioned have been used by Moyes but Rhol hasn’t been used since a very good game at Villa, Alcaraz came on ve Palace earlier in the season and helped to change the game, Tim has ben used a lot by Moyes— You and Ian didn’t think they would have made much impact, Barry and George proved they never made any impact. I think Alcaraz could have taken McNeils place on the wing even though it’s not his position, is right back O’Briens position? No but Moyes plays him continually there leaving McNeil to mostly play as a defensive winger, Ndiaye was taken from his favourite position where he was constantly marked by two men when he was switched this freed the Hungarian to go into midfield and put Liverpool,in an attacking mood and changed the game as much as us losing Beto and Branthwaite. Moyes watched this and never made any move to stop it, an extra centre midfielder or two might have changed it —- I think it might have made a big difference but let’s be honest if the same situation happens again it won’t change Moyes’s out of date way of thinking.

That’s the standard answer Dave, the players on the bench aren’t good enough.After the Villa game, people were posting things about how James Garner, had the energy to run all the way around the world (or words to that affect) and guess what Rohl, ran further. He must have run that hard, he needed a long break, because he hasn’t been seen since.Alkaraz, got a run last season and my guess is that our points tally from when Moyes came in last season until the end of that season, is probably a higher points average, than what we have achieved this season?KDH, had to leave Chelsea, because he couldn’t get a proper run in the team, but since he’s came to Everton, and played for a manager who has got confidence in him then, he’s proved how good he can be, but if you are not getting a fair go because the manager, doesn’t trust you then it can be very frustrating being a footballer.Our midfield was tiring badly. N’Diaye went out of the game when he went to play on the right, KDH, started going out of the game as well because he had suddenly lost his link. Gueye is 36, he had done a tremendous amount of running, and when the scoreboard showed eleven minutes of injury time, it definitely needed freshening up in midfield.Liverpool made subs because it was the correct thing to do, Everton bar George, made subs out of necessity, and although you could argue they have better players on the bench, they have also supposedly got better players in their starting eleven, then without even being biased, this wasn’t really apparent during Sunday’s game, imo.I hope the silent friedkin’s, want more than just stability.

Brian/Ian, Based on last summer’s signings, what is the club’s football strategy?

When VAR was introduced it was to clear up obvious errors. Since it was introduce many rule changes have created numerous grey areas. How long can you pull a shirt for \"subjective\"how much is reasonable force \"he needs to be stronger\" again subjective, assistant referees flagging marginal offsides then keeping them down when obvious and a player gets injured. Of course its usually the Sky darlings who get the benefit of the doubt. Never more obvious than on Sunday. Why can\'t we get back to if you gain an advantage unfairly then its a foul. I finally watched a recording of Sunday and noticed an incident I missed at the game involving Barry and Van Dick where St Virgil held and pulled Barry\'s shirt several times to allow his Keeper to recover and clear the ball, no surprise ignored by officials. Even Danny Murphy hinted that Tarkowski was fouled during the winning goal. It will be interesting to see how the officials perfom when we play Spurs if they need a win to stay up

Brian, I agree mate. Bar Dewesbury Hall, I think nearly all the other starters were here last season or more. That\'s the problem of buying potential, when you have a here and now problem to fix.