Not been missed at all. In fact he did us a favour. Don’t want him back in the team over George.

If he’s not playing, he won’t get injured. That will do for me.

Tuchel should have been sacked after the world cup.

He simply can’t walk back into the team. We have young players playing for their future; what message does that send?

It makes you wonder if it’s one big orchestrated mind fuck. I’ve seen many a player (not just at Everton) deserving of an INGUURRLAND place frozen out, and then they join a so-called top club and miraculously become a regular.

UTD worry me now; their new boss is going to have to make some statement signings. I just hope our absent owners don’t sell us short if the worst comes to the worst.

Thats a bit like buying a bag of ice when you live at the North Pole.

what it does show though is that we’re stuck with him, City clearly have left no room for us to return him for disciplinary reasons. they aren’t stupid.

“Now, let’s all move forward” I hope you include Grealish in that statement, going forward? He’s going backwards or sideways most of the time and if he gives the same standards of performance as he has done since he came here he will be of little use to Everton.

it’s an honour for Jarrad just to be on the same pitch as Dan Burn.

For the sake of the squad, I am glad he is back. However what irked me most was the timing of his AWOL. The support he had received from Moyes, the supporters and at a time when we are so short of numbers he kicked sand in accumulative faces. “I love playing for this club”. Prove it Jack – in the field.

if you look at him five years ago he was the picture of health.

Now, not so much.

No-one is commenting much because it is the international break, muppet.

We don’t know the background reason for him going missing, so without that it’s difficult to comment.

But without a very good reason it’s a very serious breach of disaplin and trust.

Its funny to me too Stu.

It`s obvious to anyone with a basic knowledge of football what Moyes priorities are.

His points total at Utd went way down as well.

89 points the previous season,86 goals scored

64 points Moyes season ,64 goals scored

Been reading through these comments and it is funny to me that people would even question whether or not Moyes focuses on defensiveness in training – of course he does! Whether that is right or wrong is down to opinion but the evidence over his career is very clear (and how some of our more attacking young players struggle to get in the team).

But it’s easy to blame our small squad (which I believe Moyes loves) however look no further than his time at Man Utd. The title winning team he took over scored 2.25 goals per game (as did Fergusons teams in general) when Moyes was in charge that same team scored 1.6 goals per game.

That does not simply happen, it is trained (as Rio Ferdinand spoke about – Fergie wanted to win, Moyes wants to not lose).

I wonder what would have happened to Ronaldo if Moyes and not Ferguson had been his manager…?

Notable by their absence? I think you need to check all the comments before making misleading statements like that.

Let’s see where we are after the Liverpool, Man City and Brentford games before christening Moyes as the new messiah

I never believe any statistic I didn’t make up myself – Winston Churchill…allegedly

Gradual increase of pop ups in general, won’t be long before it’s like the red echo

Craig; before the goal, we started off and didn’t look too convincing, you could almost see the goal coming as Coventry realised we weren’t going to over run them, we were grateful to reach HT.

Assuming the players didn’t suddenly acquire that unconvincing mind set once they crossed the white line.

Q)Just who sent them out with a certain set of pre-game instructions ringing in their ears?

TFG, Angus, Baines, The Tea Lady?

A) None of the above.

I wonder who it was🤔

I refer all readers to my comment the day he re-signed

Moyes will be Moyes

That said though, right this minute there are stlll bigger problems at this Club than who the Coach is.

Why do you always have to get so angry and personal, Paul?

Patric, what I was getting at is that if our jewel in the crown is in the top 40 then the standard of PL players is pretty low.

He has scored goals, which in itself is a vast achievement and an incredible feat considering his talentless beginnings. The quality and dubious nature of his finishing is there for all to see as are his wayward efforts and glaring misses. Match contribution is getting better but his actual control, distribution and overall ability is weak. But what I call top form clearly differs from Statistical Bean Counters – R – Us.

Hear,hear

Jordan will not be England’s #1 five years from now. Not sure who it will be, but it will not be JP.

Oh, we got us a classic quote for the ToffeeWeb Hall of Falsehoods:

James Tarkowski — someone who is slow, over-aggressive, liable to make uncontrolled tackles, and get sent off.

That’s brilliant, John. Tarky never sent off in how many games???

‘… garner and dewsbury hall outstrip anyone tuchel picks’.

Complete twaddle is the kind word for this.

Erm: ‘He seems to have a mental block regarding Everton players’.

Pickford. Is selecting Everton players a ‘mental block’? Is bringing them on as subs a ‘mental block’?

File under ‘Amb: Ridiculous’.

Croatia have Nikola Vlašić, former Blue, playing under Slaven Bilic, former Blue.

Dan Burn is having a very good game. He was towering in the Mexico game.

One of the most absurd and misinformed posts that I have ever read on here in two decades.

Anyone else think Tuchel looks like Timmy off South Park? Timmy!

He’s given us 4 goals in 44 appearances, since his arrival.

When Moyes arrived, he did play Charly. He was still giving him starts and minutes last season, until Alcaraz had injuries. Since then, he hardly plays.

On a positive note, he’s scored one goal thus far, in only 49 minutes of play. So his goal return "Per 90+ minutes" is 2.

An unprecedented level of production.

So you don’t think Barry is in form atm, Martin? I’m not sure what The Athletic did their list on; I don’t agree with Tarkowski not being on there, which is why I felt I’d use it as an example of him going under the radar…

So you don’t think Tarkowski is playing well, john? I didn’t base my case on stats, btw

Alcaraz is small-time, which is where he’ll wind-up next season.

got to agree with ian burns – as per previous comments desperate dan needs all his dosh for roma’s new stadium and his nhl franchise

lil ole everton will get zilch in january – same as last january…..the player in question seemed ok when i saw him against newcastle i think he only came on as a sub against us …can he play right back

Tarky has never been sent off in the Premier League (363 games), you might want to get those eyes checked John.

Id be gobsmacked if Branthwaite is here next summer….

Look a bit closer John.

Im sure I read he had never had a red card.

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.