Kanj

Can’t really say anything negative about a post hit imo. The first one he didn’t catch well but maybe if he went down we’d get a penalty? That third one I see the comment about a cut back but I don’t think he gets that ball to Joelinton if he attempts that. Looks really dangerous today mind you.

Fucking hate Everton man. They have all the investment in the world and such a bunch of sacks for players.

Mason is a joke. Everton players love a tumble.

I have special time for a team like Liverpool who play the 2nd place team and just tear them to shreds with no mercy. The players at Liverpool make up a top world class team. Ruthless on the big night.

TAA’s passing, particularly the diagonal lasers and crossing are insane.

I can’t see us getting any points from these remaining matches. A draw tomorrow perhaps and maybe a draw or win versus Norwich at best.

As soon as we scored the first Bruce should have just backed 11 behind the ball and told the team to hoof or counter. That’s the type of match you realize you’re not going to out gun your opponents with current squad so do the simple stuff right and do what you do effectively. Instead, the boys had a night they’d rather forget. Ho hum, get 3 on Saturday.

Sell peeze

Shut the fuck up writing him off

Kind of game you should be making some changes in light of another match at home this weekend.

hahhaha

Bruce was said to be a 3-5-2 man. If you read about tactics, many teams abroad are going back to 4-4-2's that are very hybrid in nature. I certainly don't have a problem with Bruce saying look, Rafa's team was brilliant defensively, the team is suited this way, we're sticking to this. I'm going to focus on getting the team to perform within this system to the best of it's ability. What we lack is keeping the ball when we actually have it, or creating clear cut chances when we do counter or do have the ball. It's all very messy when we have it. Hope and hit, long ball, set pieces have to work, Shelvey has to hit a wonder goal, defenders have to step up and score. It's a major issue that our main 4 attackers in Joelinton, Carroll, ASM, and Miggy have 3 goals between them and the rest have come from midfield and defenders. When the midfield and defenders can't score, we've lost more often than drawn. simple. a proper manager needs to sort that out. with Rafa's team we actually fashioned far more chances but the likes of Kenedy, Joselu, and Ayoze were not banging them in. Only till Rondon gaining form did it start coming together. We kept having so many missed chances each game until Rondon started scoring and the rest clicked.

We were under Rafa as well tbf, but there was always the impression that he was trying to refine us and gradually get us playing more fluid football. With Bruce you get the feeling there's nothing else, he's just going to ride the wave of Rafa's defensive organisation for as long as he can. I'm certain you're saying the same thing as me though... Listen to Rafa describe his team towards the end of last season and it was an extremely thoughtful plan from the get-go. Compact defense and balance. Listen to him describe the team - Lejeune & Schar with ability on ball, Lascelles a no-nonsense defender, width via wingbacks, pairing a ball-winner with a box-to-box midfielder who has a better eye for goal, wide forwards and a focal point striker. When he was able to get the team finally rolling it was clear and ruthless what he was doing and with continued investment it would be more counter attacking precision, likelier better pressers of the ball, and more ruthless in attack. In Bruce you have a man who does the classic "let's entertain the fans and play front foot football" and it bloody failed instantly. He's basically kept spirits up by being a good man manager, he's built on the togetherness, he's been fortunate that we have a team of real honest professionals, he's been fortunate for Rafa's 2 years with these players, he's added genuine pace in ASM and right now we're defending great and smashing a goal in late to keep it going. But when the going got tough on HIS PLAN, he reverted to Rafa's tactics with some tweaks. What will he do if that isn't working? The results at Norwich, Leicester, and Burnely don't happen under a Rafa team this season. He'd not sacrifice the balance, it's a narrow loss or draw or smash & grab win but with PURPOSE. He looked at each fixture as a means to accumulate as many points as possible, conserve the energy, finish strong. Bruce seemingly is just throwing out the team, bigging them up, keeping the spirits high, and hoping for the best.

Schar, Fede, Lejeune Manquillo, Longstaff, Shortstaff, Yedlin Miggy Gayle, Joelinton

Willems - Lejeune - Fede - Schar - Manquillo

We're basically a smash and grab team under Bruce.

Hahah you should have heard Ando going nuts on ASM and Miggy during the West Ham away chances. It was hilarious.

Must say Matthew Raisback’s call of this goal was awesome. But further on, he is a hell of a local commentator. Do enjoy his calls when we do end up scoring goals.

Mitro and Andy Carroll front 2. Lol the bash bros.

The next 6 games could have us back in the thick of the mess though no? ESP if we don’t pick up any points

Think most people were just happy Brighton bottled it and Graelish did it.

He was also playing as a full back in both the left and right positions and not a wing back with additional support at CB

Have to assume he’s going to get a new deal. Would be the dumbest thing of all time to sell or let his deal run out.

There should be no punishment or fine for celebrating a goal by taking your shirt off or most celebrations unless it’s something grossly inappropriate or unsportsmanlike.

Yedlin would have tapped it back to Schar though