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• Has to be put down to Moyes' stubbornness/ignorance. Patterson should have been the right back not O'Brien. I think Keane should've played instead of Tarkowski or maybe given Jake and Jarrad a go to see how they would get on. Tyriq George done ok, he was exciting on the ball and didn't deserve to be took off. I said the other day that Gana Gueye looks tired and don't think he should've come straight back in for Rohl, seems Moyes just selects his favourites. Was good to see Mykolenko get a few crosses in but Armstrong just isn't a winger and was a bad decision to put him out on the left. I wish people would chill out over Barry, he's a young player who couldn't even speak English at the start of the season, I'm hoping he will come good but agree we should have got a proven striker in, but Beto is the one who should be legged, he's absolutely wank. I went down for a pint at half time and it was great to look at the table and see us above the redshite for all of 20 minut...
  Jay Lewis in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• The tactics(?) were interesting when we went to 10. Jimmy G at right back stepped into midfield like TAA or John Stones have, Gana seemed to drop in, and it felt like we weren’t a man short. To my eyes, anyway?? Tbf though, it always feels like we’re one short with JOB at right back, not to mention whichever lump is up top, thus feeling like we’re 2 short.....
  Chris Davies in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• I know some don’t like knocking Moyes because of where we are in the table, but my main issue is his brand of football. Nights like tonight are unbearably bad, but even when we win it’s feels like you’re having your teeth pulled. I don’t think I have smiled during a game since Carlo and we know Moyes well enough to know what will happen even if he’s here another ten years. No pushing too hard for Europe, no “over exposing” of young players, substitutes at the death and in some cases designed to preserve a loss and consistent dampening of expectations. I want to be entertained once in a while. Now and again I would like to see us have more of the ball than our opponents. I would like to see evidence of a plan B or C and less of an over reliance on some players because of a fear of trying someone different. I’d like to go into a derby with a manager with a have-a-go attitude rather than a “Well they’re better than us, let’s not try to lose by too many” approach. M...
  Mark Wynne in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• Andy cheers but I’m snug as a bug in a rug in the Atlantic hotel having declined the anticipated celebratory dinner. Whether your local or not, match goer or not, that was a painful watch and to me brought some home truths painfully to the fore. Our much vaunted central defence is really not all that. Both their goals were amateurishly defended. Our promising attack isn’t really all that promising. It’s shite. A few goals in la Liga doesn’t make a striker the next Lukaku, (or even Niasse) Barry is an awful footballer.full stop. Mykolenko isn’t good enough, nor is O’Brien (neither at right back nor cb imho) Tarks is past it and we need to clone Gana Gueye, cos without him we’re f***ed! Watching Keane thrown up front at the end was embarrassing. Chasing a goal at the end with the attacking talent we still had on the pitch and they hadn’t a clue. Moyes out....
  Mark Murphy in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
• Bournemouth were the worst PL team I have seen here so far this season, so it was a tough ask to lose the match tonight, but credit where credits due, they found a way. I have been to most of the home matches this season, and I have yet to see a team worse at passing a football to a colleague than Everton. Short and medium passing is shocking, the opposition seem to manage it no problem, so why can't we? Also marking, every Everton player has an opposition player breathing down their neck as soon as the ball is passed to them. As usual, Bournemouth players had the freedom of Hill Dickinson stadium when the ball was played to them. Despite only having to defend on a few occasions tonight, Captain Hindsight and his merry band of losers managed to royally cock it up. If only he was as good at organizing his defense when a threat emerges, as he is as shouting at all and sundry afterwards. Both goals were a gift-wrapped disgrace. I can put up with Barry receiving the ball, rese...
  John Pickles in A penalty gift turns into a two goal defensive nightmare with O'Brien seeing red
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