Fantastic second-half turnaround secures Blues win at The Cottage

No Jake... on the back foot for 90 mins.

Good luck, Blues!

Is Dyche back for one last Hurrah?

I'd like to have seen Chermiti given a chance here.

It's just a shame we cannot fast forward these remaining games and close out the season so the building blocks for the summer can get underway.

Howard (19) I think that the one win in the last ten games might have something to do with anti Moyes negativity

We know Keane is a bust, Young is 39 etc.?Why not give Chermiti a run out, even a couple of the fringe players from the U21’s?

Isn’t this a perfect time to look at what we have in the U21’s, rather than give the old, well past it brigade?

A better line up than last week!!!? You have got to be joking. But hey, let’s just forget the fact we only have one win in the last 10 eh?

Moyes will never change, it isn’t in his dna.

But it does feel like he wants a good look at the players that are leaving to see is there anything worth keeping.

Although not sure who could have played CB? Seamus? DCL doing his best Chris Sutton impression?

Bloody Keystone Kop Keane

McNeil and Nd started last week now on the bench
DCL came on last week should give him minutes and Beto comes on later

Keane, well maybe no option

Young already on holiday looking for another Club

If this team pulls something off then he’s the Moyesiah
If it doesn’t then his words about ending the season gung ho on a high will haunt him when he’s behind the couch

He shouldn't be here next year and as such is a waste of a starting place. We should use it on players that are staying.

It's worrying he's a shoe in as soon as he's available like they are going to offer him a new contract.

If he scores the winner it still won't change my opinion, even if it makes me look stupid

Can they please let me eat my words as the Europa league finalists could go above us this weekend otherwise.

Keane to score the winner

Changes yes, but the old familiar failures. Why no new, younger faces if the result doesn't matter ?

Seems like Moyes doesn't really want this job ?
Bring on next season !!!!

I suppose that Moyes feels he needs to know something more on Keane, Young, Doucoure and Harrison although he's probably seen more of them than McNeil, Patterson, Chermiti, Iroegbunam and Calvert-Lewin. Still, he's got another game or two yet.

Young over Patterson. Wouldn't have been my call, but I can see it.

I thought Garner and Gana had a tough time with Doucoure helping them through the work last week.

Not the team I would have predicted. But he doesn't have that many ways to go. Let's see how they play.

The move is said to be just a “matter of time” with negotiations already underway between representatives of both clubs for a concrete agreement.

Are you honestly saying that it wouldn’t have been better to give some U21’s a run out, rather than bring the donkey Keane back in?

If we are going to lose, at least lose by checking out the young players. It wouldn’t surprise me if Moyes gave the likes of Keane an extension. He does c love his defenders.

Going well so far though isn’t it?

We were never getting relegated.
We did not have to pay him off.
Would not have hired Moyes.
New (proper) manager would not entertain keeping Keane, Doucoure, Beto, DCL, Harrison, Young, Mykolenko and Patterson.

Moyes would keep them all!

I guess we could have played Reece Welch instead of Michael Keane today. He is the most likely of the U21 CBs.

That said, he hasn't made the grade this season in the Belgian 2nd division - being returned mid-season after managing just 2 matches.

So it would be a bit weird to pick him for the first team.

I take them back. He's awful.

It's a workmanlike side aimed at a point, snatching a win. Truth is, however, it's bereft of any quality. Most are slow ponderous uncomfortable with a football.

There are not many here to be retained, I include Alcaraz sadly, we need new fullbacks. Branthwaite, Pickford, Gana you can do something with; the rest… no thanks. Big reset in Summer. Get some young hungry players with a point to prove…

Then another soft goal with both Young and Keane in a sort of no man's land marking nothing and not even getting in the way of anything. Indeed, Fulham seem to be making more of a target of Young's side and he's been found wanting.

Doucoure has been his usual rubbish self so maybe he'll turn up in exactly the wrong place to score and while Harrison hasn't done badly without doing anything exceptional, when he does get in a position to cross there's, at best, only Beto somewhere in the penalty box.

We got a fortunate equalizer but if we want to win this we have to get more men forward, I was going to say in support but we need to start working the ball more rather than just hoping to thread one through for Beto to run onto. Moyes needs to make changes and for me Gana and Garner are the men he needs to look at.

He's praised for his save from Wilson but it was his positioning that put him in trouble!

Why didn't they start with this line-up?

Moyes hater's must be gutted he's proved them wrong again! 😁

A pair of useless pricks!

I posted earlier but lost it cause I was underground but I did reply to you cheekily that we were not doing too bad at half time and would love a win and maybe Keane would score.

Now that I'm above ground, can't believe my eyes. Hopefully no capitulation this time!

A shout for Michael Keane, well played, sir. I was wrong to doubt you!

Up till then, we were piss poor.

Moyes, Keane, Mykolenko and Beto all shite, apparently.

What stood out for me is what a different team we look when McNeil is playing.

As such, that plan worked to perfection today.

To be fair, you were right, we didn't win with the starting line up...

Delighted with the win, still feel there's lots and lots of squad improvement to be had.

We won but this team needs a massive dose of ability. UTFT!!

A deflection for the first goal, an elementary keeper's error for the third, and a hand ball decision flagged away that could easily have been given.

He's doing a good job. Forget the past.

Shite that Moyes, eh, Michael?! 😜

I was disappointed with Alcaraz being subbed as he was our best player carrying the ball forward but will look forward to Moyes press conference and next weeks team selection.

Keane was excellent as was Harrison. McNeil also excellent, but he wasn’t fully fit to start, we know that from last week.

Moyes certainly deserves credit for the team selection. Patterson and Ndiaye both deserved dropping after last week and McNeil isn’t 100% fit yet. Moysey got it spot on.

Andy Walker, Harrison was great? He looks like he’s 0laying piggy in the middle ffs.

But, all that aside, it was a horrible starting line-up, and most honest fans said so. They were no match for Fiulham who steamrollered them to the fist goal., then eased off the intensity that ghad gotten them the lead.

After that, some massive, massive luck: The Mykolenko deflection. That's usually a block and not a goal.

Then the corner. Brilliantly taken and exquisite far post pile driver by Keane... but was it that corner which didn't even touch a Fulham player and should have been a goal-kick? (I know we had one earlier go their way...)

And the third goal... well, Leno apparently saves those for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But not today.

And the penalty VAR non-call? Remarkable considering what they normally do to us.

But hey, that's football. If you think it's down to Moyes's brilliance, have at it. A great win in the end but he and we were very lucky.

"It didn't look [like it would go] that way after the first 20, 25 minutes. I thought we were terrible on the ball but we stuck at it.

We are a resilient crew and the players did a good job in the end.

"Michael Keane was terrific today, he was a proper centre-half. Keano scored a really good header, it was a really good goal."

On Beto's development: "He's done great, he's improving. If he was a 19-year-old striker you'd say he's got a bit to go, he's not but he's certainly improving. Let's hope he can get goals in the remaining games.

"I have been pleased [with performances away from home]. It was a worry for me how this game would go [missing key players] but great credit to the players, we hung in a little bit but certainly improved in the second half."

On referee Darren England standing by his decision not to award Fulham a penalty after being sent to the pitchside monitor: "I clapped him. I would have had a Mexican wave. I saw it on the ipad and I saw the boy was running so I don't know where you'd expect his hands to be. Isn't it great we have someone who is willing to go to the screen and stick with his decision? We want referees to go by their own decision, and from what I've seen the correct decision."

On next week's final game at Goodison Park: "I have just said to the players we have the biggest game of the season next week, and we are all ready for it."

McNeil was excellent and Charley much improved once he went central. He’s wasted playing out wide.

Good second half and we’ll deserved win.

If we’d won all our drawn games we’d be on 72 points now.

However, after a dismal first half, and bringing on two players I thought he should have started, off we went!!!!

Great result regardless of performance

Pity the other 3-1 result at Celtic Park didn’t go the way I wanted.
Still midweek!!!!!

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We were terrible in the first 25 minutes due to the team selection and the lack of intensity from the players.

Second half was much better when Ndiaye and McNeil replaced Harrison and Doucoure. So the manager got it wrong in the first half, but made all the right decisions after the break.

I thought Alcaraz really grew into the game.

As soon as I see your name Neil @ 158, I know the same tired cliche is on its way.

Ironically, you are almost hysterical yourself in screaming about anti-Moyes bias.. usually preceded by “I never wanted Moyes but.” Sure buddy.

At least try and come up with some variation to it, so we are not all bored to death.

However, a Moyes masterclass if ever there was one. Bringing the calvary on when they’re really needed. Those thousand odd games in the Premiership count for something. This was how you manage your playing resources to get maximum effect. COYB!

But well done to the players and David Moyes. Huge improvement in the 2nd half to overturn a 0-1 deficit.

That will have influenced his decision to play Doucoure and Harrison, to avoid being left wide open against two lads that are not first choice away from home.

His bench gave him the opportunity to change it up. I think thats key in the last 20 minutes of Premier League games, and so it proved.

As has been said, it's why hes managed a 1,000 games, and remains a respected figure in the game.

He took over a sinking ship utterly devoid of confidence and he has us doing well with the bare bones of resources at his disposal. Lets at least give him the summer window and a pre-season to see if he can get anywhere near some of your impossible expectations of him so far.

Not the best performance first half, far from it in fact but it's a points game, can't wait for next season! Well done Moyes and Everton, i've just cracked a beer. COYB.