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• The way you have correctly described our central defenders and fullbacks, imo Robert, takes me back to what I would describe as one of the few very good performances Everton gave, when we played some very good football, away at Villa.rnrnWe had O’Brien playing alongside Tarkowski, (I think) Nathan Patterson, played fullback, and we also had a very young midfield trio, that I thought really compensated each other in that game.rnrnThe next game there was changes. Keane back, O’Brien back to fullback. Patterson out, Rohl out, and not long later Armstrong, switching to a wider position, before being taken out the team.rnrnThe way the team tired towards the end of the season and listening to the amount of people, who were saying Moyes, won’t change it, seemed a little bit like way too many people were just guessing. They weren’t guessing, they were actually second guessing, and I found it staggering how many people second guessed correctly. rnrnStop thinking about th...
  Tony Abrahams in Yeah, another season of two halves for Everton
• Mike 36rnrnI meant beyond who is the manager. As others have said, he doesn\'t show up, basically invisible. It makes him and them hard to love. And actually some love for your owner (ok maybe not quite love but affection for) can go a long way in dark moments. We\'re not like a normal customer base, as you know.rnrnThanks for the clarification re 5 quality players and I agree with you, that won\'t happen in one summer. My bare minimum is fix the full backs (both sides, Myko is poor), get some proper pace in the team out wide especially and, well, the striker. That\'s hardest. We\'d need to find a Thiago rather than a Barry or Beto. But maybe as others have said, no striker is going to shine in our system....
  Mark Taylor in Everton's summer and the need for urgency
• Stu 8rnrn\"But in the interest of balance and fairness which all TW contributors are famous for,can anyone name me a club with a poorer quality and smaller squad than us who finished above us?\"rnrnFair question. But would it make a difference if we asked the question before the season started rather than now? Did we think Sunderland, Bournemouth, Brentford had bigger better squads? My memories not what is was so maybe you and others can recall how we felt back then.rnrnAnd if we felt we had a better or at least equal quality squad, the second question is, very hypothetical, would be still be feeling that way now under a different manager?rnrn...
  Mark Taylor in Yeah, another season of two halves for Everton
• Robert 13rnrnWelcome back Robert don't know why you haven\'t posted in a long while but hope whatever it was has been resolved....
  Brian Harrison in Yeah, another season of two halves for Everton
• Pickford is amongst the best shot stoppers in the league, so he gets away with his other deficiencies. I think his antics unsettle the defenders and he refuses to come and collect a cross from a corner or open play. I remembe rlistening to Alan Hansen talking about Grobbelaar coming for practically every cross from a corner or open play and he said by knowing he will come for everything takes a lot of pressure off us defenders. He said yes he will drop the odd one but that\'s natural.rnI am sure someone will have the stats to how many headed goals we have conceded inside the 6 yard box over the last couple of seasons but I would guess we are one of the highest....
  Brian Harrison in Everton's summer and the need for urgency
• The main problem with our season was this:rnrn - Branthwaite barely played. We are miles better when he does play because (a) he\'s really good and (b) he allows the whole team to move higher up the pitch because he has recovery pace. Tarkowski and Keane (the slowest CB pairing in the Premier League) anchor the team back, to avoid being exposed on the counter or balls played in behind.rnrn - Our full backs are abysmal. The worst pairing in the Premier League from an attacking / possession point of view. This also anchors the team back and reduces passing options in the attacking third.rnrn - Our strikers are good athletes but very limited technically. They don\'t control or use the ball well at all. rnrnThis all combines to make us easy to defend against - and therefore gives teams the confidence to commit men forward against us in attack.rnrnThat\'s in spite of us having quite a few decent players now - Pickford, Branthwaite, O\'Brien, Garner, Dewsbury-Hal...
  Robert Tressell in Yeah, another season of two halves for Everton