Shortly after the own-goal, Hibbert made a weak headed clearance in the box to a Hammer but luckily they messed it up; otherwise, we would have been 2 down.

Is Duffy not yet up to it although he was on the bench? We haven't played two good games in a row all season. Moyes has lost the plot and we need a change soon.

Davie, take the handbrake off, please!!! We were playing a team at the bottom of the league, a team that also played 48 hours previously, and yet you played for a draw!

Not starting the game with a recognised striker is criminal. It doesn't matter if they are all out of form, just by having someone further up field increases the chances of scoring. It would also create space for someone like Cahill to take advantage of.

Oh, and what is the point of bringing on Beckford in the 90th minute and Billy in the 93rd? The only logical answer is to timewaste. Bearing in mind who we were up against, and the fact we need the points, I find that a startling lack of ambition...

Mr Danny Broderick, I agree with you wholeheartedly. Personally I am sick of seeing a manager with no bottle ? and that, is Mr David Moyes. The simple fact is we cannot score up front, because there is no pace in this team, and we only ever play with one up-front ? even at home against so-called 'poorer' teams. Any forward at Everton has no chance as he is inevitably isolated.

It was a disgrace to not play a striker against a team as poor as West Ham, which is fighting for its survival and has 10 players not playing at the moment. Even Carlton Cole is not fully fit ? he can only play 45 minutes of any game at the moment.

So many times do we say that the opposition 'was there for the taking' . Our defensive style of play means that we play too deeply, and do not actually ATTACK.

Whilst I'm at it, why is/was Hibbert ever in this team? He is/was always arguably the worst player in the Premier League, and is and always has been a complete liability. He should have been shipped out years ago.

We bought Gueye and Silva ? where are they? For God's sake, Moyes, give them a go ? and let's see some pace in the side.

Why he changed the team that won against City? Well, as he said himself, it's to accomodate HIS best players. Arteta's form has dipped so bad that he doesn't deserve a starting place while Pienaar is playing at 80% I presume to preserve himself for a move.

And Hibbert and CB?? You'll saw the mismatch with him and Cole? Moyes has been doing this for so long that it is sickening... players not in their natural positions! Why Duffy wans't playing is a mystery because how else does Moyes plan to develope the boy without playing him?

We should've gone on and played with 2 strikers cause that's what we ended the match with, albeit the injury time. I appreciate what Moyes has done for us but he has lost the plot. I think Chris Hughton would do a better job with the players we've got. Time for change. I'm frustrated that we're not played to our fullest potential by our manager.

I have been a Blue all my life, my father took me to watch the Blues beat Stoke 2-0 at home, it was my first game, it was 1964, I was 5 years old.

Like may others on this site, I have experienced the highs and lows of our great club, but last night was absolutely shocking. How a manager can field a side with no strikers is beyond me. If they were sick, injured or on a deathbed, then he would have an excuse.

My father must be turning in his grave at the standard of football, we are subjected to on a weekly basis. The only good thing that we have going for us, is that Hodgson is the manager of that lot next door.

How can these so-called professional footballers say that they are professional? Most of them don't put in a shift, the Yak is a totally waste of space when he does play; Arteta is playing with blinkers and lead boots; Hibbert, well enough said about him already... I can go and vent my spleen, but its not going to help matters.

I don't have the answers; a lot of people think that they do... the only thing I would suggest, is, since the current "first team" squad players aren't cutting it, give youth a chance ? they will play with fire in their bellies and a zeal that is missing from that pitiful lot that I watched last night.

When Moyes first came in, he was a breath of fresh air, his teams went out and took games to the opposition and, despite the lack of quality of players he had to pick from, they actually played some relatively good stuff. The optimism we had was tangible but over the years his true defensive background has taken over and now I am embarrassed to watch us.

Yesterday summed up what a lot of us think, he has assembled a good enough squad but he hasn't got a bloody clue what to do with them. Arteta has been crap all season, yet he walks back into the team; Cahill up front on his own when we have 3 strikers available ? fair enough last season when there were none available but not now for gods sake, and against West soddin Ham!

The team, as a whole look shit scared of going forward in case the Boss tells them to behave and get back to defensive positions. We have all seen glimpses of what they are capable of, first 10 minutes at Eastlands for example. But then its back into the shell and retreat to defense.

Beckford needs time but he also needs games, WTF is he coming on with 1 minute to go for, just as a timewasting exercise along with Bily??? You can see their faces as they come on, god knows what they must be thinking at the 'tactics'. Let's be honest, they are not tactics, they are the sort of thing that happens in amateur leagues.

The players just look like they have no confidence in their own abilities and the only reason for that is it's getting taken out of them by the tactics they are being told to play. Sit deep, play on the break and if you dare try to play open attractive football then you'll get hooked.

I am sick of it, I am losing interest in the Club I have loved for over 40 years. We are destined to 'survive' in the Premier League when we should be pushing at the top.

Look at the way Blackpool play, another away win yesterday... have they got better players than us? NO! Have they got a manager who gets the best out his players? YES! Have they got a manager who tells them to go for it? YES. That's exactly what we want, not necessarily Holloway but someone who can instill believe into this team ? because DM certainly can't.

And why is Moyes reluctant to give youth a chance? Why not Duffy at CB? Hibbert getting a lot of stick but he is no CB (some would say not a FB either). When Moyes was forced into playing Coleman, the lad has been a revelation. Surely there are others who deserve a chance if the first teamers are underperforming.

As for the transfer window, same old broke EFC. So sell to buy. Heitinga uncommitted: Sell. Pienaar not willing to sign a new contract: sell. Vaughan, Yak, Bily, etc not considered good enough: Sell. Though the last group may make a valid point about the quality of service, tactics, etc.

But to end on a positive note, for all the poor football we've seen this season, it's still December and we are only seven points off sixth place and sitting above the RS. It's not all bad!

West Ham are poor and will still go down, they were there for the taking. Why bother taking 3 strikers along when you only bring them on for a few minutes?

Maybe play the whole of January as a 4-3-3 as Cahill will be gone ? surely there is nothing to loose???

It has already been said but I feel that it must be said again. Even Messi would look inadequate in our team.

If our forwards played for almost any of the other teams in the Premier League they would be on 'double figures' for goals scored by now. Acquiring another striker wouldn't make a 'blind bit of difference' to our team.

Moyes is so negative! West Ham are a very poor team and Moyes picks a defensive line-up when we should have played with complete confidence to win the game.

Moyes's attitude seeps through to the players who as a result have no confidence and therefore do not go for 'the kill'. How many points have we thrown away because of this approach. I bet our strikers just can't wait to leave!

The reason we are hardly mentioned on the dreadful Sky channels including the awful Talk Sport and that we are shown at the end of MotD is because we are very mediocre and very boring and unadventurous.

Time for a change.

If it was his 2nd or 3rd year, I would still be behind him but it's not and he seems to me to be going nowhere: no ideas, no tactics, nothing. We are drifting, just going along to nowhere.

While admiring some optimism, I wonder what some writers are basing on in their beliefs that we will somehow drive on and upward in the second half of the season. Sounds like August predictions all over again to me...

Fed up with manager and players telling us that the next match will be turning point, and the next, and the next and so on. Be quiet and actually do it on the pitch then I might believe that things will change. Right now, I have no faith left in Moyes.

There is no doubting that Mikel Arteta was a fine player but, since the bad injury he had a season or so ago, and coincidentally since signing his new contract, he is not the player we loved.

In one of the earlier comments, it was said that Moyes could not leave Arteta out to have a extra striker; well the manager must be watching a different Arteta to the fans. In my opinion, he does not tackle back, he very really playes thru balls, prefering the crab-like style of sideways or back. I would never accuse him of not trying, but he leaves a lot to be desired. He was of course involved with the build up to the goal, but his general play has suffered somewhat.

David Moyes surely must have some ideas to what we are going to do without our top scorer, but I am fed up with the regular tactic of throwing three strikers on for the last couple of minutes.

A big problem is that he has NO-ONE to answer to in the boardroom. Fans are coming on here, saying he may bring someone in next week... to do what? Warm the bench.

What we see is what we will always get from Moyes so let's not expect anything to change whilst he is here. Could he have not played Rodwell in defence and brought in an extra striker? He is just too negative. I just hope he doesn't play Hibbert against the big Stoke players on Saturday.

It was one of the most embarrassing moments of being an Evertonian as I was watching the game with a load of Arsenal fans who just laughed at the set up. Pathetic. If that is repeated, he should be sacked on the spot.

Why does Moyes wait half a season before getting started? Is he giving the other teams a head start so that we have a fairer league rather than starting well, ending better and actually winning something. Finishing 5th, 6th or 7th or getting into the Champions league qualifying round is not winning anything.

What is the point of qualifying for Europe if we don't build on that success? Kenwright and Moyes have reached their limit... and who will this mystery striker be who no-one else picks up on and who has a wage we can afford?