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The only good thing about that Gordon shot is we got a quintessential Pickford dive.

They are a mid-table side without the points deduction.

What's everyone so upset about? The ref has been mostly fine. Everton are a decent side that consistently competes and creates chances. They just have no fucking clue how to score. I'd like to see us get more composure and slow things down a bit given the state of the squad. We will have some chances in the second half - we just need to take one.

This is like their Man Utd. game so far. The chances they miss defy belief at times.

That yellow will help us.

They always do.

This is the exact start I expected.

Think everyone's leaning far too much into the Everton is bad at home narrative. They've 1) been better recently and 2) generally been either unlucky and/or bad at finishing. In their first five games they lost four and drew against Sheffield United (three home losses). Since the last of those defeats (1-0 at home to Arsenal on Sept. 17) they've played the following at Goodison: L 1-2 v Luton 2.90xG v. 0.89xG W 3-0 v Bournemouth 2.49xG v 0.69xG W 3-0 v Burnley (LC) 1.86xG v 0.07xG D 1-1 v. Brighton 0.71xG v. 0.51xG L 0-3 Man United 2.47xG v. 2.22xG (1.43xG v. 0.09xG in the first half) In that time period they are 10th in xG and 4th in xGA (we are first in both for those wondering ). They are 7th and 5th respectively when only looking at home matches. Overall since that Arsenal game they have played 9 league games resulting in 5W, 1D, 3L. They've also won two cup games, including Villa away. We're going to need to be on it tonight.

The odds of him punishing us for both of those mistakes were so slim. It's going to piss me off all season.

They were good in the first half or Man Utd were bad. Probably a bit of both. That game minus the wondergoal reminded me of our game at Goodison last season. They really should have scored in the first 20-30 minutes, but once we had a lead we were able to bury them. I suspect this game will be very similar. We'll need to be on it from the start or may find ourselves behind (if they can actually finish a chance).

Vegas baby

Finishing ahead of Milan to knock them out entirely would be helpful.

Since Brighton we’ve played 10: 7W, 2D, 1L

Is this randomness or is there a logistical reason?

Holy shit, YES

I hope people can keep a level head if the demands of the last week catch up with us here.

Pardew esque excuses. His days are numbered.

That sums up Man United pretty well. Completely outplayed and almost snagged a point. Would have been awful to not win that to the point I was more relieved than happy at full time. Great effort, we really need some players back.

Yes, 27 v 38 please. Dying for a derby now that Pardew / Carver aren’t involved.

We only paid over the odds according to people who didn’t rate him. He very likely would not have been available in the summer and our recruitment team felt we were getting a bargain for an English player of his age and potential. They were very right.

I still find it incredibly silly that you could feasibly not know which places qualify for the CL until after the season has ended. I really thought when this was introduced that it would be a season in advance (i.e. England would have 5 places this year based on 2022/23).

(It will also be remembered far more fondly two weeks from now if we get to the knockout round)

I think, over time, it will be remembered very fondly. "Remember that time we rocked up to Paris with a bare bones squad and beat their superstars until the refs cheated us?" It may also be one of the main catalysts for either VAR or handball law changes, so we can recall it 10 years from now in between arguing about whether the 2033 squad is deep enough to defend the treble.

That was just the first half - the second half alone they had an xG of 2.12 (though 0.79 of that was the penalty). But Everton's second half xG was 1.04. It was 2.47 for the whole game. Ridiculous that they didn't score.