Mattoon

Preferably a draw today but would settle for a Leeds win, would like to keep a few teams in striking distance, the more teams we could put between us and the bottom 3, the better. Brentford are definitely in free fall so we could get the opportunity to leapfrog them and Everton if we can get our own results.

This Manure squad will be lucky to get Europa conference league next season

Everton are one of those teams that you think is too good to go down but isn't quite the sum of its parts, they don't have the character in that squad to deal with a relegation scrap. Dele Ali was a big mistake too, clearly a bad egg, believes his own hype and hasn't done anything of note for 2 seasons. The only thing they have going for them is the current bottom 3 are trash.

Everton haven't been been relegated since 1950, about time that changed!

Lampard had no answer to the injuries, no plan B, once we figured them out he didn't know how to change it. Everton are going to struggle to the end of the season.

Definitely a confidence player, he needs time to grow into a game, can be frustrating at times but when it clicks he's quality.

He did an interview after the game and nothing has been asked so looks like maybe it was just precautionary?

Absolute stellar display by Tripps, praying the injury is nothing serious as he's the glue that's holding the team together, breathing confidence into the rest of the squad.

Ok so my throat is killing me, ASM and Trippier fighting for MOTM, finally some positives to look at, some quality performances out there today. You can see the confidence building, let's hope they can carry it forward.

BRUNO! BRUNO! BRUNO!

I forgot what this felt like, bar 20 minutes in the first half we've absolutely dominated this, it's a thing of beauty.

MOTM Trips, what a freaking superstar

GTFIIIIII

£12m is an absolute steal of the century for Trippier, puts in MOTM performances every game

Trippier so calm

You beautiful little man

Finally an early whistle and he should have played on

Schar was lucky there

Everton have lost 2 important players and haven't recovered, we need to come back out with the same intensity and don't let them settle.

Bring Bruno on, since Gray went off these have lost the midfield

Keep Joe away from the penalty area ffs

Lascelles with 2 in 2 minutes

One of theirs gonna see red if they don't toneijt down

This annoys me so much, just keep trying to play, stop with the hissy fits.

Tbf, and I probably agree with not starting him given the circumstances, everyone just knows what desperate position we're in and we all just want our best chance of winning. It's less about being unbearable and more about opinion on what our best chance is. Fwiw also Pardew would have played him because he didn't spend any time preparing for matches or working on any tactics or positions or flows of play etc. Howe will have these players drilled, changing a cog in a running machine could damage the entire machine.