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• Moyes must end Jake O’Brien experiment Jake O’Brien was brilliant alongside James Tarkowski in central defence against Forest, but it was a bad call to move him to right-back in place of Nathan Patterson, with the slow Michael Keane coming back into the side....
  Svein-Roger Jensen in Thiago torments languid Blues with impressive hat-trick
• Dear John, 168, great post and sharp on us and very fair. There is a juxtaposition between HDS and what we actually are. Brentford, on the other hand, have a lovely smallish ground by the river and Kew Gardens on the other side. Second only to Fulham. Like Palace, Brighton, your folks find replacements. Thiago must be north of 50 million now. Can we swap our recruitment teams mate? Damsgaard was superb. Unlike ours, your gaffer was superb. Best of luck for the rest of the season JH and with Thiago crucial to my FPL team may he keep on scoring. Made up with his hat-trick, oh crap, hang on ...
  Paul Griffiths in Thiago torments languid Blues with impressive hat-trick
• DK, perfect account of why we should have played the same confidence high 11 against Brentford. Thank you. 'There were several culprits in the playing personnel with below acceptable displays, O'Brien at RB, Myko at LB, Tarks was well below par with the too slow Keane alongside. Midfield was over-run by Brentford. In Dibling's defence he was isolated and starved of receiving the ball, mainly due to O'Brien. He was made the scapegoat, rather than hooking J O'B and putting Patterson back in'. The silly-billies who think that O'Brien should have played at right back re looking even sillier. ...
  Paul Griffiths in Thiago torments languid Blues with impressive hat-trick
• Once again,I hope no one objects to a contribution from a Bee of 65 seasons trudging round England and Wales watching them lose depressingly at places like Stevenage,Morecambe and Macclesfield. I won't get a job as a media pundit rentagob after predicting a tight match with a narrow Everton win..I think the crucial part was the Brentford line-up...Andrews normally plays either one of Jensen and Damsgaard but very rarely both together.They are comparatively lightweight but have endless energy, are highly combative and both very skilful...Damsgaard in particular is top class on his day.The Bees' analytics team had obviously spotted weaknesses in the way Everton play and it was these two who orchestrated what was almost complete dominance.It was striking how they targeted the wide areas around both full backs, esp v the left back.Well done to Keith Andrews for his bold move. I think Everton are in a Spurs dilemma..fanastic ground but the squad doesn't do it justice and it will cost a...
  John Hood in Thiago torments languid Blues with impressive hat-trick
• 'Over to our world class recruitment and analytics team to provide the manager with what he needs'. Fingers crossed Steve but I'm sure that our Puget Sound TFG reporter will keep us informed. I wonder what his retainer is?...
  Paul Griffiths in Thiago torments languid Blues with impressive hat-trick
• Went to the game yesterday, and most of what am I saying has been mentioned before, but I believe the subdued atmosphere in the Stadium stemmed from when the team was displayed on the Giant Screens. All those around me, who I had never met before, shared my disbelief in WHY change a side that had played well against Forest ? There were several culprits in the playing personnel with below acceptable displays, O'Brien at RB, Myko at LB, Tarks was well below par with the too slow Keane alongside. Midfield was over-run by Brentford. In Dibling's defence he was isolated and starved of receiving the ball, mainly due to O'Brien. He was made the scapegoat, rather than hooking J O'B and putting Patterson back in. I believe the atmosphere in the ground can be felt by the players, but that works in two ways, an unhappy crowd are unlikely to rally underperforming players. Certain players MUST know they are playing shite but do little to improve their output. All in all, a defeat ...
  Derek Knox in Thiago torments languid Blues with impressive hat-trick