Most keepers would have tipped the first goal over the bar.

That’s a good question that should be posed of the so called transfer committee. What were the attributes that attracted him, the deficiencies were well known. Palace couldn’t believe their luck in offloading him. A complete passenger.

I should have started my post by saying how wonderful our away support is, I think most went there with little anticipation of a win but they could and should have expected an Everton team to at least have a go. We have had nothing to celebrate for decades and yet somehow these brilliant fans take their full allocation to every away game absolutely unbelievable. If everything at our club was half as good as its supporters we would be competing for honours every season.

Wow Dale ! “Moyes prefers older players ” no shit sherlock !

Spot on Brian. Have been advocating starting Hackney in midfield and play Dibbling on the right and George on the left and Grealish in the 10 role for ages. Plus I would start Charley up top. Drop KDH into the back two (his preferred position anyway) or bring him on in the second half when Grealish tires.

The clock is ticking. Including the hour we got back. Have you not found the post where i said “I predicted Arsenal would beat Everton?”

Why the negativity that he won’t perform in the cup? What are your doubts? I am no fan of johnson. To me he is no winger, his stats prove that he offers little dribbling or crossing or anything remotely like that. He is a wide forward. He hasnt scored, but he was in positions where he should have scored at least a couple. His involvement should be coming from the bench if anything.

You took on a AWFUL player in Brennan Johnson! Yet somehow expected that his last 3 managers who realized he is AWFUL was somehow all three were wrong? He is pure crap and offers NOTHING yet you took him in and continue to play this bum? Why?

When you finally made the changes and brought on Hackney who for me is our best attacking midfielder who is always looking forward unlike James Garner who always goes back and across. We had a throw in opposite their box yet 2 passes later its back with Pickford is that part of our offensive strategy, I really do wonder what you work on at Finch Farm but it doesnt look like much time is spent on trying to score goals. When you finally took Johnson off after 70 odd minutes he had had 5 touches of the ball a great attacking strategy from a front 3 player in contrast when Dibbling came on he had 18 touches in the 24 minutes he played. Patience is beginning to run out waiting for us to be more of an attacking force I would suggest on Thursday you start Hackney in midfield and play Dibbling on the right and George on the left and Grealish in the 10 role Rant over

David Moyes don’t try and bullshit Evertonians we see through this nonsense of you saying we are trying to play more offensively when you are clearly not. Last week we didn’t register a shot on target in the 2nd, you brought on an unfit Norgaard a defensive midfield player to get us back in the game. You start Johnson who in his last 25 starts for Palace and us has scored NO goals yes that’s a really offensive strategy. You signed Naitland Miles who on joining the club stated he was a defensive midfield player another part of your offensive strategy. Last week you played Rohl in front of NM when asked the reasoning you said you thought Chelsea were going to play the fast Spanish full back that you couldn’t name who incidentally didn’t play. You waited till we conceded a 2nd before making any changes after 70 odd minutes, again how is this an offensive strategy.

Andy not having a go at you but there were plenty on here who could see which way the table would shift when we were fifth in the league a few weeks ago and knew we were at the wrong end of the table and although we get no pleasure from that it was so obvious that unless Moyes played more of the squad regularly this is the reason where we are.

Where did i say “i predicted Arsenal would beat Everton”? No answer expected

The surrender Monkeys (like you) did what they do. They surrendered before a ball was kicked, They then whine and bleat when the manager does the same. It`s laughable that you claim you were correct when forecasting something the bookies had down as VERY long odds on result. Odds on favourites get turned over in every sport, in every country, every day. The one thing guaranteed to prevent it happening is spineless defeatism. The sort you demonstrate before every match. Your non contributing white flag waving is an insult to every match going fan who goes in the hope that they can galvenize what is essentially a poor team to get a result. “I predicted Arsenal would beat Everton”. What a genius your are . Shove your delight in a loss….. and your fuck-witted I-told-you-so`s.

Said same last night Steve. He will probably use them as a one off in the cup and if it goes wrong he will develop a told you so attitude. They need a run of 10 consecutive games. I thought we improved when Dibling and Hackney came on. I hope he Gives Dibling, Hackney and Armstrong a run playing together. Cant see that happening though.

Jeff; I’ve been watching since before Carey took his taxi, so by now I know how the script goes with Moyes at Arsenal.

Moyes is all for quantity but fails to see at least 2 things 1) a crowded box helps attackers, we’re impeding our own keeper half the time 2) some players are liabilities their own box

its beond funny we think moyes is stuck as we have a lack off players jhonson needs to be out full stop of this team untill he showes real hunger not pretend moyes has options but will not change his mates he needs to at least show he can fight this is not the EVERTON WAY at all how many people have said if you join EVERTON and give your best this is wot is expected and half of these just come for there wages i am sick and tired of the same excuses and the same failures from this manager GO GO GO

I think Pickford put us under the cosh with his flap at the ball for their first goal. What made it worse, from what I saw, O’Brien had it covered and would have headed it over the bar. Hard to come back from that.

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Not ideal by any stretch, I expect this lot won’t put a penny in Jan therefore an accumulation of points to stay in the league.

Brennan Johnston touched the ball 10 times in 72 minutes. Dibling touched the ball 24 times when he came as sub. Brennan has done nothing for us since signing. His confidence is shot, he contributes nothing in attack and does not track back. But, if Dibling is picked in the League Cup and does not perform well, he will be dropped and Moyes will say it proves he is not ready.

Had time to think about the game i know.davy moyes.hasnt a big squad but jesus try something differant with your tatics same.thing every week feel sorry for any striker he plays up front on his own.get some players to help him stop pickford just booting it up to him when they had a corner thow 2 players at least on the half way line some thing differant try a differant system for god sake like watching paint dry

Anyone know if Barry got any tickets for his mates?

Wow, a post from Mr Kearns without c–t or -u-k in it.

Phew, as many as 22 by then. I feel much better now

Missing out on Europe last season then throwing the spurs game on the final day was a shit show. (I think moyes got told to throw Europe so we wouldn’t have multi-club ownership issues, as Roma are clearly favored over us) Two birds with one stone, they both would have benefitted us… but Moyes just wanted to send West Ham down to show them how “good” he really was for them 🙄 we need to see out this season and get shut. Onwards and upwards fellas. Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that. City will get a deduction soon and there will be an extra European place available this season. We’ve been doing ok and with a couple of decent signings in January we can sneak into one of the European comps. I know it’s terrible to say but fuck it, I pray Barry gets injured 🤞

You know it’s going to be as Ped says “Moyes wet dream” of 4 centre backs across the back 🙂

Funny thing is you most likely said this in jest, but I truly believe he would have Yamal on the bench for more experience. 🤦‍♂️ I love the fella and grew up with him as our manager in the first spell so have a soft spot for Moyesy but it’s gettin stupid now, the starting 11 need a refresh or a tinker. Give Alcaraz and Dibling a run. I know Barry scored a few but we can all see he’s absolute shite!!

Seize what chance?… Johnson is shit, and Dibling is surely the future!… Give Dibling a run for fuk sake and let him get some confidence. Nobody thought Harry bloody Kane was any good either until Sherwood give him a chance! Play fooking Dibling you prick… Moyes was a shrewd peice of business by the new owners to steady us, retain our mid table premier league status and then sell up! Not a bad plan actually tbh.. but end of the season he has to go for Eddie Howe. Which I believe has already been lined up, if Howe doesn’t take the Man U job then I’m convinced he’s signed a pre-contact with us. Fingers crossed.

Have a look at Rohl not track the player that crossed for the 2nd goal. And I thought Hackney Dibling George combo looks like a decent option.

Hackney must start on Thursday against Newcastle, Garner at LB if Mykolenko is out, Hackney in midfield, Dibling wide right instead of Johnson George or Grealish wide left , leave Rohl at RB , he could make that position his own, after all, there’s not much competition.

But the top six are that good and we’re a while off joining them with this manager, fact.. as Rafa would say

I’m just tired of this acceptance that the top six are so fcuking good and we should accept the defeat. Have a fcuking GO!

Both Jake and Merlin Rohl did well today

I have no confidence in B.Johnson, McNeil is definitely the better player of this deal, we got mugged

Ged , get on Evertonia, it’s really quite good once you get going.

Derek Thomas, if you couldn’t be bothered watching,( whatever the hour), don’t bother commenting .

Thats about how i saw it too Jay, we are bare bones, but our manager has his faves, thats his safety first dogma. We have to go with Barry though, and he is improving. Why Johnson starts ahead of Dibling is scratching heads. Hackney clearly reads the game so well, and like George he wants to play a front foot game, they can do more, we all see that i think. Moyes has to recognise the positives that the two Tys, Hackney and Armstrong bring to our little squad, he just struggles to go with them all. Charly is champing at the bit to make his contribution, and frankly, without these young guys we are goosed. We are down to 9th, Spurs are up to tenth, the momentum is shifting, Everton have to see this and respond, are you onthe same page Davey?

Hard to believe 3000 fans are prepared to go and watch us lose 2-0 at Arsenal. The day it stops is when everyone stops going and shows these bastards up. What Ped says on TTV! Been saying that for 20 years though Ped (!) and been fucking shot down by all the NPCs and all the normies on here and everywhere. The football club fucking stinks. And this is the worst bit – needs relegating to wake up from the absolute mind numbing bullshit. If you disagree with this view you’re either a fucking kopite or a brain dead moron.

See no evil. Hear no evil Speak no evil. The monkeys were correct in thier assessment of how the game would go.

David, Balogun was brought over on the last day of the transfer window,if they wanted him enough to pay £40 million why wait until the last day? Possibly because when he failed the medical it was too late to sign anyone else. I wonder if the posters who replied to posts critical of the manager with “we are currently sitting 5th,he`s doing a good job”,will use the same measuring tool when we are sitting 15th.

Didn’t even watch it as it was past my bed time. Didn’t ruin my breakfast by watching it either. But I’ll guess that for long periods of the game Arsenal struggled to get out of our half. There are a number of phases in a Managers tenure, the last usually being The (dreaded) Chairman’s vote of Confidence. We however seem to have arrived at the penultimate stage… Q) well go on then, who can we get to replace him with A) Anybody – uptp and including The Tea Lady

It’s going to be a tough season. Small squad, Moyes far too cautious and our owners are bailing out leaving us in limbo.

Balogun probably wouldn’t have helped us. Due to his injury, he has only played 3 matches for Monaco so far—and only 25 minutes in the last one.

Then he can add a Holding MFer to the 2 grafters

I agree Christy. I think Carsley would play George, Hackney & Dibling Tactically much better than Moyes, although that isn’t hard

Not sure how Armstrong was outstanding or Garner back to form Jay. They ran a lot but not much else. Both left huge spaces in the middle of the pitch throughout the game. Neither had the attacking intent nor skill that Hackney had when he came on late. Clearly Moyes wants two grafters in the side until Norgaard is ready.

Yes true Ian but surely he’ll make some changes to improve us— there are players in that squad who can— then again they’ll be game rusty from sitting on the bench like the game v Wolves in the competition last season!

Supporting Everton is like our increasingly misplaced loyalty to TW. Both increasingly frustrating, a shadow of the past and the owners of each appear not to give a shit anymore. Fully expect this post to crop up on Bet 365 customer feedback or somewhere equally bizarre and our new owners, if we get any, to determine our transfer kitty on the result at the 2.45 at Ascot. Sometimes our collective blindness (v much including myself sadly) is just plain silly and we are like the kids we were decades ago. Inherited Blueness but still as naive under an inherited mantra of loyalty. Word is, if you consistently smack your head against a wall, it makes sense to stop eventually.

I am philosophical about this one. While we continue to carry Barry and Johnson up front nothing sticks and we immediately come under pressure. Armstrong outstanding and Jimmy Garner back to form. Good showing by Rohl at RB and JOB at CB considering all the pressure we were under. Didn’t expect much today and got what I expected. Hope for a much better showing against Newcastle.