Tachikoma

He'll change it for the next match, probably. Then sign Carroll in Jan and revert to this.

Think Burley got manager of the year when Ipswich finished 5th too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burley Yes.

This isn't a midtable slump though, its bad enough to warrant some worry about relegation. How is it not obvious that we _can_ play better with the players we still have? Having said that I've seen Everton survive worse.

Di Matteo? <_<

Awww, not 3-0

Last season, when his favoured 4-4-2 stopped working he actually changed it. This season he's absolutely determined to make it work even if it means putting our season through an industrial garbage compacter.

So are Ba and Cisse by that measure. Why the fuck did Ferguson and Sammy play today in the first place?

Graeme Souness mk2

Oh yay

Cisse and Ba are absolutely shit at taking direct passes, how fucking blind do you need to be not to see that?

Lol, all 3 of the players I've transferred today (Ba, Tevez, Hazard) have either scored or assisted.

Nonsense, tbh. He's not been our best player and hasn't really come near his best, not that it's all his fault. Who would that be, then? Edit: Santon's been more consistent, but he'll never change a game.

It would be nice if we ever scored a goal that wasn't completely reliant on individual brilliance.

Did Cabaye's job pretty well for 10 minutes

To be honest, I thought we performed a lot better this game. I mean, we actually dominated the game for spells, its just that we had no idea how we were supposed to open them up

Welp, that's that

Shola doing alright

About fucking time

Argh, whats Sammy doing on the pitch

Shola on for Sammy pls

I take it you haven't seen our matches for a while

He's done well so far I think, much calmer than I've seen him all season.

And neither do we. Evertons mix of longballs, and quickpaced wing/fullback combinations aren't too bad however Everton seem to have achieved the impossible in playing a fairly attractive, long ball game. Although so much of what they do comes from their fullbacks providing such natural width, something we lack totally. And the ability to hold on to the ball and do meaningful things with it. They're playing more like Manchester United and the end-of-2011/12 Wigan these days.

I know its normal for the fans to disagree with the manager on certain things, but with better managers they always seem to know what they're doing and more often than not they'll prove us wrong in the long run. ... can't see that happening here.

60 minutes into the match, I knew the scoreline wasn't going to change, had the same feeling when we played Norwich (despite the win). Have we ever been this predictable?