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  • 49 rnrnPlease stop with the apologetic gibberish. I named 15 options available to Moyes. Your claim that there are none open to him simply exposes your knowledge of the game - as if it needed exposingrnrnAlso I have told you I will no longer entertain any of your idiotic questions ...
    Darren Hind in Everton's missed opportunities
  • A monster in the making Tim.rnrnHow much are The Athletic getting paid to inform us he needs regular playing time to develop? ...
    John Collins in Everton's missed opportunities
  • Really impressive \"stats\" Mike.rnrnDid you know that Sam Allardyce has a 100% win ratio as England manager ?rnrn...
    Darren Hind in Everton's missed opportunities
  • Darren totally agree re Jake. Not ripping Keane apart at all he just isn\'t quick and neither is Tarks so together we are weak on the counter....
    Terry Farrell in Everton's missed opportunities
  • Terry, for sure. The Branthwaite injury situation has been devastating to this club all season. Only Pickford is more irreplaceable. rnrnIncidentally, Paddy Boyland of The Athletic posted an article tonight speculating on whether Iroegbunam might become the league\'s next great ballwinner. It\'s a balanced assessment: rnrn\'Iroegbunam ranks top of all central and defensive midfielders in Europe’s top five leagues for his ‘true’ tackle win rate (69.3 per cent) which assesses tackles attempted, tackles lost and fouls committed to get a measure of how successful a player is at winning back possession from challenges.rnrnIroegbunam stands out most when striding forward with the ball or using his pace to track runners and recover possession.rnrnBut, in other areas, questions remain. He is not quite as positionally adept as Gueye, often relying on his speed to bail him out. His passing and decision-making can be hit and miss. He has a tendency to try and dribb...
    Mike Gaynes in Everton's missed opportunities
  • keane makes a couple of mistakes on Sunday and \"He's been doing it all season\" - Total bollocks of course.rnrnJOB gets my vote for player of the year. He may be a fish out of water, but he has really applied himself and just got on with it. If everybody else applied themselves as Jake does, we would be in CL position. A blind man can see he is not a natural right back, but any criticism of that should be directed at the clown who keeps putting him there while rigor mortis sets in on his captain ...
    Darren Hind in Everton's missed opportunities