Absolutley john i think alot of the lads are growing in confidence we have some strong players .

I think the young lads are dangerous but 100 mins is way to far for them .

When we get going they seem to play with no fear its just moyes cagey starts .

I really fancy us against brentford just hope the internationals all come back ok

This modern obsession with stupid stats. It’s a cold measurement and doesn’t represent what the eye actually sees. I watch Tarkowski and see someone who is slow, over-aggressive and liable to make uncontrolled tackles and get sent off. Like Mick Lyons with big ears.

I already gave my opinions on J T, but it seems to have disappeared, just like the refs red card against Coventry.😋

Its no big deal being left out of the England team for the match against Croatia and after being hammered 7 – 1 recently, the opposition is not likely to have improved much since then. From an Everton perspective It’s more important that our lads remain fit and free from possible injury while playing in a relatively low key international fixture.

As for the other England squad members, what has possessed Tuchel to select Dan Burn and the young Bellingham? God only knows how his mind works!

If it was sell to buy in the Summer window, when TFG took the decision to sell the club, then can’t see how it will be different in January, unless a lowly position in league dictated it. They’re preserving cash.

Thierno Barry @ 38 in the 50 best PL players "on form" shows what a crock of the whole thing is.

How about pulling your head out of your arse / computerised stats screen and LOOK at how good or bad they are.

Its like Premier Manager 37.

Load of …..

Someone somewhere is making a vast fortune from selling numbers to idiot Directors of Football and recruitment halfwits.

You could be right, Ian, that’s what people are saying, that TFG won’t spend… and they could even do some profit-taking by selling off a few or all of our best players. But that would be a huge mistake, Mark says above, making us a much more unattractive proposition for new owners.

I’m just gobsmacked that Rudoni is from Carshalton and not from Capri or some other exotic Italian hotbed of football talent. Illusions shattered.

"it’s no use crying over spilt milk."

Tiz the Blue way Dave!

I think they will Ian. We are a more attractive prospect in the European end of the table. I think they will allow us to buy but what the feck do I know

Ian.

I know.

Anyone with a basic knowledge of football knows.

Your post comes across that it was me who asked for Johnson in a 4-3-4 and your explaining to me why not to play that system.

Gentle reminder ,it was you who advocated it.

Baffling why you advocated playing a 4-3-3 just to get Johnson on the pitch.

John, ive said multiple times id like to play 4-3-3, but currently the players arent up to it or are still developing. That is why I can see why Moyes persists with this shape.

If we played a front 3 that was high, then the defence has to play a highline as well, otherwise the gap between the front & the back are just too big for the midfield to cover. Mykolenko doesn’t get forward, and Tarkowski can’t play a high line. That is a big inhibitor.

Then to the forward players. If you commit 3 forward players up the pitch, then they best score regularly, as you will be conceeding more. Currently George & Dibling arent regular goal scorers, or look like regular goal scorers, in the way top teams have. So it looks a gamble that could back fire, as much succeed.

A winger for me hugs the touchline, dribbles, crosses and creates. A wide forward is more static, gets on the end of things, with higher expectation to be a goal scorer, than goal creator. Salah would be that category, Son,Messi

Shh Steve,Tuchel might hear you and play him 😄

Better centre half than anyone in that squad,get him back safe asap

The issue isn’t negative defensive football. Everton have played some great football this season, and we played some great football last season as well under Moyes.

The issue is the negativity when it comes to beating the big clubs. In the Premier League, if you want to finish in the top four or you want to win a trophy, you’ve got to have an aggressive strategy for how to beat Manchester City, Arsenal, etc. We play really well against the clubs in the bottom half of the table, but as soon as we play a big team, Moyes pivots to not conceding too many goals.

Jose Mourinho played incredibly defensive football, but always with an aggressive strategy for how to beat the best teams in the world, which is why he won so many trophies. That’s what Everton fans are upset about: nothing to do with defensive football. We want to win things. People might say that’s delusional, but we’ve watched Crystal Palace, West Ham, etc., all win trophies with pretty poor teams in the last few years.

It must have escaped his attention that Marc Guehi’s form has dropped off a cliff. Quansah is average with a capital A like Dan Burns has gone.

Other than that, he is convincing as he was at the World Cup

Tuchel is englands new Graham Taylor. Will not accept that some players are far better than those hes using. He seems to have a mental block regarding Everton players. Branthwaite,regarded as the best in the PL, is far superior to Dan burn, garner and dewsbury hall outstrip anyone tuchel picks. Tuchel is going to be a manager that fans will probably end up detesting.

If we continue this run, I believe it will be hard for Tuchel to ignore Branthwaite altogether. Time tells, and it will.

I hope so.

For Pickford and to piss off the dickhead pundits.

Thats my point Mark.

He didnt play aways like he always does at Newcastle.

He allowed more men to get into their box in open play.

More of the same please

John Everton do ok away to brentford Moyes will play like always plays away and i think we could win quite easy .

Thiago will be a big loss for them getting that red card might just give us an advantage john.

UTFT.

Michael – well articulated but I hate to piss on anybody’s parade but are the owners likely to make any funds available given they are looking to sell up? That said Rudoni definitely looks the part to me, I agree with your assessment of this player.

Branthwaite is a far better CB than Burn, but am I disappointed it looks like neither Branthwaite or Garner will get much game time if any, no I am not I am more interested they are fit for the Brentford game. I have seen tankers turn quicker on the Mersey than Burn can turn and he aint the best passer of a ball either but if Tutchel prefers him fine. How Jobe Bellingham gets picked ahead of KDH is remarkable, but again with my Everton hat on I am pleased that KDH who i think is our most important player wont get injured.

Stupid. With Pickford and Branthwaite understanding, not giving a chance to develop the up and coming one but to pick Dan Bum is dumb.

Hoping both don’t play (unlikely with Pickford).

Selfish? Maybe.

Can’t afford any potential injuries due to another shite snooze fest.

AND …. Newcastle are POOR … nothing to write home about …. "one swallow … "

Ian,

you came back with a smart arse reply about google the answer.

Its a simple question that requires a simple answer.

You said Moyes is playing defensive football to our strengths.

I posted a list of players asking was their strength in defending.

You advocated playing Johnson as a wide forward, (not sure what that is tbh)not a winger,i asked in what formation?

Do you think playing the formation required for that to happen would make us weaker or stronger defensively?

John, you asked a question, went on about the question, and then ive given you my answer.

It isnt a yes or no answer.

The reason that Moyes doesn’t play attacking football, is because at least 2 of his defenders wouldn’t cope with it. It would also rely on 2 wingers that have potential, but are still inconsistent. Dibling particularly so, in that his end product is virtually non existent.

That is 40% of the outfield positions. The remainder are decent enough. But even against top sides will struggle.

Barry got schooled vs Gabriel as an example. Dewesbury Hall is way behind Eze, Foden, Palmer, Rogers etc. Armstrong works hard, but isnt bringing a huge amount to the attack.

In total, this side is developing working progress, that is finding its way. A way that is being slowed by the financial tap being turned off. Tfg doing a Peter Johnson.

Given the run of games coming up Moyes will revert back to his go to formation KITAP1.

Sensible to not play in the manner of the last few games,if we play open football against the next few opponents we will get ripped in the midfield areas.

I`m hoping for somewhere in the middle,get men forward but at the right times during the game.

I think Tony knew it was AI Mark

And, of course, BBC running a column on why JP is now getting serious competition for his England place.

Off topic, pretty disgusted how Michael Carrick has been treated this week by the Man-U hierarchy. Whatever he has done or not done, he doesn’t deserve to be dangled like a mouse by a cat.

LOL a golf caddy who therefore has more authority than any of us to comment on Everton.

Getting fed up with the adverts now Micheal, even when I click on the x it just goes into the advert

You going to brentford

I’m totally confused here as to how to read and or reply to relevant posts but am I correct in thinking Mark S was / is a golf caddy to pro footballers??

The frightening thing is Ian, people see those AI things and think they’re real.

No point doing the cup draw, Steve knows who we’ll get if we get through to the next round

Considering Tuchel is doing his best to make Trafford his no.1choice, and even preferring Quansah and Burn ahead of Jarrad, I wouldn’t be too hopeful, having said that, with him being doubtful for our last couple of games, prefer him to be sitting on bench!

We need to start games with the urgency and intent we showed as soon as we went 1-0 down against Coventry.

I agree, we haven’t put together a great 90 mins, Newcastle was a good performance but we rode our luck, and have I other matches too .

The positive is, we are doing good without really hitting top form.

I still think these players can produce more quality football on a more consistent basis.

That maybe Coming now with Garner, KDH, barry in good form, jarred back and confidence coming from good results.

300 word non reply.

Ive no idea who came up with the original saying John. If you want to know, ask Google.

Your second question. Hard to tell really, only 2 look like regular goal scorers, 3 at a push.

It is an odd list that youve put up, as it doesn’t cover the majority of players that are likely to start or combine.

Johnson is sub.

Barry starts

George starts

Dewesbury hall starts

Armstrong or Hackney is an either or for me. Armstrong offers more work rate/defensive discipline, Hackney offers more guile but could occupy space garner & kdh like to take up. The centre midfield is still finding its way for me.

To play attacking football, Mykolenko needs replacing, probably Tarkowski, an acceptance that Rohl will make mistakes, probably Garner & Dewesbury hall in centre midfield with a top 10 ahead of them, and a lot more output from George & specifically Dibling.

Ian,

Who set that ruling up?

"You play to your strenghts"

Armstrong,Hackney,KDH,George,Johnson,Barry.

Are their strengths in defending?

Yes or no answer will suffice

yeah paul ,gets on my tits people like this and he’s got the cheek to say i have’nt answered his questions…bum steer merchant

i think michael kenrick is onto it as he references ‘people who know top sportsmen’ in one of his recent posts .

BTW i would be made up if we won league or fa cup you can put a cup on a bus and parade it around the city !

you can’t really do that with a european qualifying place …

what is the question i haven’t answered John.

John we played lots of times in stuttgart .

I was there pre season watching the toffees all changed there now.

I believe the good side of the international break is that most of our depleted squad will have a rest – and give another month a good go.

Bollocks Ian,could be plums.

You speak both on a regular basis,but dont speak at all when you have no comeback to a fair question.

Memory bad Mark,worked on a lot of sites around Germany,never that far south.

Stuttgart is in the back of my mind?

I don’t think we’ve played well in a complete league game, yet. The Coventry game summed us up this season. When we knocked it around, we looked good but too often we wasted possession and just aimed long balls up to Barry. It took us going a goal down to buck our ideas up. We seem to be slow starters and we need to do something about the corporate seats in home games because those seats are half empty as the second half starts which doesn’t help the atmosphere.

You can’t judge anything after 10 games. Under Ancelotti we were 2nd on Boxing Day until we came down with the decorations. As others have said, we were in a great position last year with 7 matches to play. We can only look at how we are playing and I don’t think we’ve been all that convincing. We have shown good character to get back into games but I still don’t know what our style is.

I expect us to finish around 11th or 12th unless we can bring in some quality in January.

Manchester Shitty haven’t been scoring enough goals recently either. So far our one and only striker is bettered only by Haaland. Did statistics predict that? Another hat trick from Barry and he’ll be in France squad as the Prems Wonderboy goalscorer!

Bollocks is what I think! Statistics are only useful for defining the past not the future. They dissolve into nothingness when luck, referee errors, shots that hit the bar and bounce into the net off the goalies arse or VAR can’t quite get the off side law right and it gains or costs points.Take every game as it comes. When we play the shite 6 of the buggers might have the flu, that would be "statistically" unlikely but it wouldn’t half be lucky for us! We know we ain’t Barcelona and we know we ain’t going to win the league but just be happy we ain’t doing too bad and let the future take care of itself.

If it was munich i always got lads in free tents normally alongside the 18th mad days john.