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Brian Furey
1 Posted 13/02/2017 at 15:50:54
I think the trip away is a good idea as it gives the players a change of scenery, a bit of team building, a holiday away but with the hard work also. It can only help to motivate them rather than continue in the wet and freezing cold of Finch Farm.
Philip Yensen
2 Posted 13/02/2017 at 16:26:10
The response up to now is what the game – and especially Everton – deserve: nothing to say. We were crap. Nothing else to say.
Martin Nicholls
3 Posted 13/02/2017 at 21:09:10
Is this the second warm weather training jaunt this season or is my memory playing tricks?
Ken Buckley
4 Posted 13/02/2017 at 21:21:35
Martin (#2),

It's our first.

Steve Hogan
5 Posted 13/02/2017 at 00:05:59
I travelled to Boro on Saturday, sorry but it was my third trip there and I find it one of the most depressing venues in the UK.

Okay, the dreadful weather didn't help, but the ground itself, located between what look's like a chemical plant, and a large patch of wasteland, simply fails to inspire, despite it being almost on top of what is left of the local dockland.

There is the customary fast food outlet nearby, but very little else. The match itself fizzled out a little in the second half, as a kind of stalemate was always on the cards, as early as the 60th minute.

We desperately lack creativity and a little guile in the final third, a problem which has been present all season, and hopefully will be addressed in the summer.

Finally, a word of praise for Joel Robles. Last season, I genuinely thought he had played his last game for Everton, but his overall game has improved 100%. He grows in confidence the longer he stays in the side, and his catching and punching under pressure is one of his strong points.

He made a stupendous instinct save from the late Gestede header which was destined for the top corner.

He fully deserves his place in the team at the moment. Hope I've not put the 'mockers' on him!!

Christopher Timmins
6 Posted 14/02/2017 at 06:43:57
Do I take it that Middlesbrough is not a top ten holiday destination in the UK?
Martin Nicholls
7 Posted 14/02/2017 at 08:47:29
Cheers Ken. Tempus fugit - just seem to recall a fairly recent one that didn't have the desired effect! Probably years ago!
Martin Nicholls
8 Posted 14/02/2017 at 08:49:30
Steve (#5), it was my second trip. Couldn't agree more with your summary!
Alan J Thompson
9 Posted 14/02/2017 at 12:23:57
Ken, re the jollies, rather depends on how the trouble and strife and kids take it.

"Sorry, love, no work this week so just off for a few days in the sun with the lads. Not my idea, love, honest."

Dave Abrahams
10 Posted 14/02/2017 at 13:18:17
Martin, Everton went on a mini break with Martinez and performed worse than they had done before they went, much worse.
John Raftery
11 Posted 14/02/2017 at 14:23:37
Christopher (#6) Middlesbrough is not even in the bottom ten of UK holiday destinations. At least theses days you don't get thumped outside the ground or have coins and golf balls thrown at you inside the ground like you did in the seventies and eighties.

Ken – I also noticed Tom Davies hoof the ball away after the final whistle. Last player I can remember doing that was Tim Cahill at White Hart Lane in 2010 after a 1-1 draw. We could do with more than one player in the team who hates not winning games.

Martin Nicholls
12 Posted 14/02/2017 at 14:26:28
Cheers, Dave – that must be the one I'm thinking of!

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