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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall celebrates after scoring his eighth goal of the season against West Ham on Saturday
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall clearly shares the frustration of many fans who watched Everton give up another two awful goals at the weekend, either side of his eighth goal for the club this season.
“It’s very tough, it’s very frustrating. I didn’t think we were probably good enough anyway on the day, but it was a nervy atmosphere from the start, and we didn’t capitalise on that.
“The two goals are awful to concede, so there’s no excuse and accountability needs to be taken. We’re men, we need to do that.
"We’ve put ourselves in a position to at least get a point from the game, to be the team to go on and take the three points. But a lapse of judgement two minutes later has killed us, and that’s not enough if you want to do something this year.”
“I’m very surprised. It’s not been us this year, pretty much. For large parts of the season, we’ve been really resolute and defensively strong. For one reason or another, the last two games, the four goals we’ve conceded have just been so bad.
“Teams aren’t having to do an awful lot to score. The set-piece ones especially, they’re so big in the game these days, it’s giving teams an edge on us going into the games.
“We’ve worked on it, but we’ve obviously not worked on it enough because teams are looking at us like we’ve got a weak link on set-pieces at the moment. It’s something we need to look at next week and work harder on because they’re killing us at the moment.
“Of course it’s been mentioned in the dressing room. Everyone should know that, everyone needs to take accountability and everyone has got a job. If they score from a set-piece then somebody is not doing their job. That’s as a collective.
“Even if it’s not you, you need to get everyone together and make sure they’re doing their job. At the moment, we’re not doing that and we need to change it quick.
“Like I said, they’re so important in the game these days and two set-pieces in the last two games have cost us points.”
Quotes sourced from Liverpool Echo
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2 Posted 27/04/2026 at 09:19:29
3 Posted 27/04/2026 at 09:42:44
Why? How is the organisation so poor? Love to hear Davey's thoughts. This is supposed to be our strength.
4 Posted 27/04/2026 at 10:06:40
And what do you do when the leader in the team suddenly starts posting 3/10 performances?
5 Posted 27/04/2026 at 10:08:43
And have a word with Garner, mate, whose performances and set-pieces have plunged from 8/7 to 6/5.
6 Posted 27/04/2026 at 10:36:32
It's simple enough for the attacking team, block the keeper, an attacker moving towards the goal will out-jump a stationary defender most of the time, especially if they have a height advantage.
Then you need the corner taker to put the ball in the right place.
7 Posted 27/04/2026 at 11:19:07
9 Posted 28/04/2026 at 07:54:05
Well if you're Davey Moyes. You just keep picking him.
11 Posted 28/04/2026 at 09:20:37
12 Posted 28/04/2026 at 09:49:21
I think Everton would have struggled to get as many points they have got without James this season.
13 Posted 28/04/2026 at 10:38:31
Oh, and no interacting with the Owners... but at least we have a lovely ground and Jordan Pickford. We should be safe next season.
14 Posted 28/04/2026 at 13:17:40
15 Posted 28/04/2026 at 16:00:00
Did you have a relation named Billy who lived off Great Homer Street many years ago?
16 Posted 28/04/2026 at 23:19:00
17 Posted 06/05/2026 at 17:12:33
The absolute cheek, Paul.
18 Posted 07/05/2026 at 10:31:36
19 Posted 07/05/2026 at 10:42:50
Didn't Garner take the corner for Jake's goal?
I fervently hope that our back four looks much younger and more mobile than it has this season. With all due respect to Michael Keane, who has had a decent season, he and Tarkowski would now suit a return to whence they came, Burnley.
We need speed and comfort on the ball as well as strength and Jake and Jarrad should be our number one pairing next season with another young centre-back coming in as back-up.
Right-back is obvious and I'm sad to say yes, we need to improve on Mykolenko. Sad as I think he's an honest trier who always puts in a shift and plays for the shirt but is just that bit short of quality.
A strong right-back and a quicker, focused centre-back pair and we don't concede those 3 goals on Monday night.
A very important transfer summer for us if we are to progress.
22 Posted 07/05/2026 at 16:05:51
Garner has been magnificent this season and inspirational with his work rate, and it's perfectly logical to assume that the falloff in his performances may be fatigue-related.
Moyes not giving him a game or two off along the way, especially with capable backups like Rohl, Iroegbunam and Armstrong so readily available, is a major blunder.
23 Posted 07/05/2026 at 21:37:51
The whole team went off the boil during the break, we came back knackered for some reason, maybe overtraining.
Actually no, I'm wrong, he was on international duty wasn't he. That was an absolutely crucial couple of weeks for him, that's probably what sapped him.
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1 Posted 27/04/2026 at 09:16:37
Give him the armband now!!!!