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Thought he was ok, myself. Didn't do much that was stupid. I thought he showed for the ball. He doesn't do much with it though.

Thought he defended really well.

Regardless of how the graphic says which formation we'll be using, it wouldn't surprise me if we played it more like a 4 4 2 during the actual game.

Never going to happen. The whole reason we play as we are now, even though we could be easier on the eye, is preperation for next season. I don't believe that. I think i do, actually.

Perhaps he's once bitten twice shy and doesn't want to go through the stress of being lied to and misled all over again. Also, i don't think he's only criteria for taking a job is that it's near Liverpool.

Haven't seen him post in forever what happened to him? Drowned in mouthwash.

Disco crisps used to be 5p a bag...

Mate of mine does some work for both Ashley and Short. Says even though Ashley is clearly a wide boy, he's alright in person. Short apparently, is an absolute c***.

Rafa spends most of the game telling us to be more narrow. Probably smart considering they can't cross for s*** and when they happen to get the ball past the first man it's Gayle vs two tall center backs. Getting to the crossing positions out wide isn't a problem. Can't agree with this. Also, stretching teams width wise doesn't only work if you've got a 190+cm centre forward. It's one of the fundamentals of the game, if it's congested you stretch teams. If there's no room behind you pull them wide.

Rafa spends most of the game telling us to be more narrow. Well, you've got to be extremely f**king good to only play through the middle.

He's smarter than Townsend. Just doesn't have pace nor a right foot.

Not in the 1st half. After a bit of a slow start we played with plenty of verve and energy. disagree, we strolled around keeping the ball, but still farted about too much, tried to walk the ball in rather than shoot. agree to disagree then! I felt like you did in the 2nd half though.

One of our biggest is width. We always look to be playing through the middle. None of our wide men, wingers nor fullbacks deliver consistently decent crosses.

Not in the 1st half. After a bit of a slow start we played with plenty of verve and energy.

None of Ritchie, Atsu, Goufran, Perez or Diame have consistently offered enough so far. It's a problem.

The subs are largely poor too, though. People who think we're gonna win this league without investment this month need a wake-up slap. Has any football fan ever said they'd rather not buy a couple of players given the chance then?

I agree that he didn't get much quality ball but he was bullied out of it pretty easily with his back to goal. They'd played deep so he didn't have space behind so i would have expected him to move wide and pull some defenders with him. He didn't, he was quite predictable.

He's put in some decent crosses from the left before. Looks easy to defend against if you're a LB though.

Didn't think much of him today tbh. Didn't bring others into play much, didn't run into space, thought he was very ordinary.

Happy new year all

Is Mccarthy getting games for Everton?

Feliz Natal!

I can't get over the impression he's holding himself back tbh. The English mentality has never been predisposed to flair imo but on the odd occasion I've seen him both his decision making with the ball and his efforts to win it back when Everton have been without the ball have been, shall we say, less than optimal.

That's superb

He never really looks like he's playing for the team to me.