Ronaldo

He had more to deal with defensively at either end if you include having a defender trying to get the ball of you/stop your advances as defending too which I do than either of Bassong or Colo had to contend with which was mostly pressing, clearing and getting tight to the ineffective, seriously weak Jo - Everton's very own Ameobi for the day. In his own defensive area Taylor made several key blocks from crosses and kept Baines at bay throughout by checking his runs and pushing him back with his own forward runs. When Fellaini came on Taylor was also tasked with competing with him in the air which he did to good effect. I also recall Taylor clearing 3 vital balls with his head, once stooping very low and nearly getting a boot to the face, inside the box assuming the role of centre-back. Where Bassong or Colo were I do not know, well I do with the latter, he was at left-back covering Enrique for some absurd reason which he does a lot - goes on these needless walkabouts that threaten our shape and leave holes in the box meaning someone has to fill in which if they do leaves holes elsewhere. Taylor was constantly brought over to the touchline when the ball was out of play for instruction which indicated at least tactically he had a big part to play today at both ends. Which he did and did well. He's not a better right-back than Beye and never will be but going forward he gives us something that Beye doesn't give us and as someone who personally believes that attack is the best form of defence, in that sense I'd rather see Taylor at RB than Beye which I'll get shot down for but there you go. Regarding Beye I'd put him in alongside Bassong and remove the just as likely liability as Taylor at CB that is Colo who for me is proving to be a bit of a flop. squint, and this post looks like a brick wall with graffiti Colo already seems to be one of the those defenders who'll never get the praise he deserves, very sad

Libertine is right though, the free flowing football came from our forward 3, not the midfield. The mdfield had a lot more time on the ball and space in that formation and generally did ok with it.

Harper - 5 :lol:

exactly

he's been better than Woodgate tbh

won't be missed tbh. of course not, we now have a midfield partnership of Butt and Geremi/Smith to look forward to

we certainly are. He's been our best midfielder this season by a shocking distance tbh Nonsense. Gutierrez is well up there. sorry, should have said central midfielder

we certainly are. He's been our best midfielder this season by a shocking distance tbh

aye

Butt motm my arse, he gave the ball away time after time in the first half

fair play to Ameobi today, surpassed the record he set for most useless and gutless performance by a CF in black and white. :clap: Pathetic waste of space, should never play again if Martins and Viduka are even half fit

solid as a rock yet again, our best player today and going on this season alone, our best defender since Albert

did well today but didn't have a lot to deal with defensively. As others have said he's a lot better at RB where his errors don't cost the team

Martins failed a late fitness test 15 days ago and stll isn't fit to start? honestly, what the fuck. Someone shoot Ameobi before he takes us down

I actually don't see what's so funny. Viduka is a brilliant player when fit. He showed glimpses of that last season. come on, Berbatov is twice the player, and i'm a Viduka fan

cant see him ever managing Man U

2-1 to us...... if Martins plays

where are the 'harsh words' for Quinn and Short?

'typical' Ronaldo who's been hitting the wall all season

nobody in their right mind would want to partner Owen up front either tbh

going to be a god

of course you're not

very good post

aye

Not that I disagree about his decline, but I can't work out what stat or year you maybe meant there (because he got a few Prem away goals in 05) sorry, my fault. It was 2004 in which he failed to score away from home in the premiership