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Match Reports
Accounts from matches by our editorial team and featured correspondents
Positive end to season sets up summer of intrigue
Paul Traill : 15/05/2016
A positive end to a poor campaign then, but the performance of the younger players certainly offers hope as we head into an intriguing summer with a new manager to arrive and surely several players both coming and going.
A frightening insight into life without Lukaku
Paul Traill : 01/05/2016
Despite a few uncomfortable moments from Bournemouth, we got over the line with three points. We've survived!
It's never us
Paul Traill : 24/04/2016
It was truly gutting and the team didn't deserve that. Everton out. "It's never us" said Ste at full time. I couldn't put it better. We never fluke these things. We never fluke anything.
I hoped I'd regret driving
Paul Traill : 20/04/2016
It says something when you get home and you're actually relieved you didn't lose by more than four. I genuinely expected to find we'd lost by five or six.
Divisions in the camp?
Paul Traill : 17/04/2016
It was quite a turgid encounter from the start really. I guess you can accept a little rustiness when that many changes are made to the team but we really struggled to put anything meaningful together throughout, whilst Southampton passed up a plethora of chances.
Wenger masterclass outfoxes clueless Martinez
Paul Traill : 19/03/2016
Goodison Park has been a fortress time and again over the years and to win only four at Goodison Park this season, with an abysmal EIGHT defeats is just woeful, especially with the players we have.
Everton lose in the most 'Everton' way possible
Paul Traill : 06/03/2016
This nonsense is happening far too regularly now and has to be stopped one way or the other.
A sorry end to an era at Villa Park
Paul Traill : 02/03/2016
Hardly a vintage Everton performance, though I'm pretty sure we took our foot off the gas at 2-0.
Roberto and his subs
Paul Traill : 14/02/2016
Playing against a West Brom team performing poorly at home, what could go wrong? "This is Everton" I said... "We always mess things up just when things are looking rosy". And so it proved.
A big three points
Paul Traill : 04/02/2016
What a great way to finish a game and the players should be buzzing as we head to the Britannia on Saturday. A win there and who knows, maybe we could salvage something from the league this season yet.
Yet another bitter pill to swallow
Paul Traill : 28/01/2016
The better team won, no doubt about that, but we'll never know what would have happened, but it's Martin Atkinson and we shouldn't be at all surprised.
Knives are sharpening for Roberto
Paul Traill : 24/01/2016
Three home wins all season and only six overall wins tells it's own story. Time and time again we shoot ourselves in the foot. Time and time again we let ourselves down.
Everything that could have gone wrong...
Paul Traill : 14/01/2016
Paul reports from what he saw of the match at the Etihad after getting caught in the traffic jams on the M62.
Comfortable Everton into the Fourth Round
Paul Traill : 10/01/2016
I'm glad Roberto Martinez did the fans justice by resting the correct players, whilst still giving much-needed game time to some of the fringe players, and also accommodating a couple of younger players. The perfect balance found from Roberto.
Brilliant Everton edge closer to silverware
Paul Traill : 07/01/2016
We head to the Etihad knowing what we have to do, and what a chance to get to Wembley. What a chance to win a trophy. Bring it home Everton. It's been far too long.
More frustration at Goodison Park
Paul Traill : 03/01/2016
Another frustrating draw in this maddeningly frustrating season, though performances similar to that of the second half against Manchester City will more than give us a chance of progressing to the Capital One cup final.
Yet more exasperation at Goodison Park
Paul Traill : 28/12/2015
Poor defending cost us yet again and this will go down as yet another game we should have got more from this season and let slip away.
Charitable Everton provide unwanted festive deja vu
Paul Traill : 19/12/2015
It's Roberto's inability to learn and stubbornness with team selections which kills me the most. We've one heck of a squad there and it's not being utilised, instead the same players are being selected week in-week out.
Any chance of a sub, Roberto?
Paul Traill : 07/12/2015
Our corners are so bad it's almost laughable. What isn't almost laughable is Roberto Martinez' continued insistence on not making substitutes when it's clear they are needed.
Excellent Everton destroy pitiful Villa
Paul Traill : 21/11/2015
A great win which puts us into seventh place as we march on to Bournemouth.
One for the boss upstairs
Paul Traill : 01/11/2015
Despite a dreadful opening 20 minutes or so the match really entertained and we were treated to some excellent goals.
It's all about the Nais!
Paul Traill : 12/09/2015
An amazing performance from Everton and a richly deserved win. This was surely Roberto MartinezÂ’ finest hour as Everton manager.
We've Learnt Nothing!
Paul Traill : 09/08/2015
We desperately need to embrace other styles of play. We are far too easy to play against and, given the fixtures ahead, we could be in for some bumpy ride.
Tough test for the kids
Paul Traill : 01/08/2015
Paul was at Elland Road to see a young side beaten 2-0 by Leeds.
Big Dunc fanfare masks deep team concerns
Paul Traill : 02/08/2015
ItÂ’s apparent that not a lot seems to have been learnt from last season. WeÂ’re still over-passing the ball. WeÂ’re not shooting on opportunity. Though perhaps most worrying of all was the alarming regularity that Villarreal were able to cut through us and create opportunities.
