Fine goals awaken Old Lady as Blues hang on for precious win

O’Brien for Young at right-back, and Lindstrøm for Harrison.

Like the good old days when Lescott was an outsize rampaging left-back.

I think he's gone 3 at the back with Mykolenko & Lindstrom as wingbacks.

I immediately think, playing with 10 men again from the start!

He's supposed to be an attacking midfielder, has scored one goal in 20 months and zero assists. Maybe slightly out (not a stato) but a waste of a shirt and good oxygen to boot!

Criticism should be aimed at the top, the people who make the decisions and implement their philosophy (or lack of, in our case) on the team. Professional footballers need confidence, and it's a very thin line.

A couple of seasons ago, we couldn't win a game without Doucoure.

Now is the present!

If we’re winning or happy with a draw, Doucoure is the leader of a highly effective defensive system across the whole pitch. He closes down passing lanes, presses defenders and makes it very difficult for opponents to play out from the back. If we want to have the ball, play football and score goals, then he’s everything you think of him.

Lampard froze him out, Dyche and Moyes love him. That tells you the attitude of the respective coaches about how to set up a football team.

I think DCL should get one more shot under a new manager. Hopefully he is shipped out next week anyway. I would have just played Armstrong instead of Doucs.

We HAVE to win this, if we do it could be the end of Ange.

The Beeb have got the line-up down as a 4-2-3-1.

So, Young out, and Jake O'B in at RB?

Didn't he play there briefly in the LCup vs Soton after Dixon got pulled? He did alright if I recall? A little bit different vs Son or Brennan tho!

Let's trust in Moyes for this selection, I feel Doucs is in there more as a spoiling role, whilst hopefully able able to pop-up and support attacks!

COYB

Fingers crossed for points today!

COYB!

Not very confidence building.

COYB's

Is there an industry with more waste than professional football, and has there been a more wasteful club, than Everton over the last ten years, even accounting for the last few seasons when we have one of the lowest net spends?

Spurs are woeful, wonder if Ange will get the sack next week. They are missing loads of players, if they had 6 fewer points than they currently do then they wouldn’t have flattered be talked about as relegation candidates.

More of the same second half please Blues!!

Then Calvert-Lewin scores a goal that has you taking it all back and then later when put through with only the keeper to beat stuffs it up by using his knee or thigh when he needn't have done.

Then Ndiaye does what we all suspect he's capable of which isn't playing on the wing.

Spurs then looked to throw more men forward and their highline seems to suit us down to the ground.
Moyes the Moyesiah or a new manager bounce.
Now, more of this and let's not hang back trying to overly defend it.

Absolute shit eating wanker.

Got to keep this up! Playing well

Maybe the O'Brien move is a classical Moyes's move who made the back line a fortress in the old days. Strong back line… I like that.

I don't know how VAR is ever going to give a push or short pull from a corner now. It's just allowed, isn't it?

Spurs are very poor today but it's good to see us on the front foot.

Keep up the good work!!

What an amazing 1st half. Unreal!!

No penalties please!

3-1

Brighton away will be very difficult.

We were brilliant until Jesper came off.

Great first half!

It changes everything.

I've been wondering whether Patterson has some kind of reputation that goes before him. There's nothing we see that would indicate he couldn't get into this team. Hopefully that cameo has done his chances some good.

I didn't want Moyes back but we now seem to be able to pass the ball to each other for at least 60 minutes.

Dyche Out!!

Armstrong should have come on and Harrison for Lindstrom.

I thought all apart from him played well!

I expected Harrison Armstrong to come on after getting good reviews from Moyes.

That was our most important game for a long, long time, and we got such an important win. MotD tonight!!

One of his usual brain farts for the first one coming off his line without purpose and then resorting to tackling with his feet like a full back.

Then on the second when he should've come off his line to claim the cross, he allows it to go to the far post for Richarlison to bundle in.

On the positive side, for me the stand-out players were Lindstrom, Calvert-Lewin and Ndiaye were very good. O'Brien grew into the game.

Pickford at fault for both Spurs goals but give Richarlison his due – he deserved his goal but our game management sucks.

Great win, good to see a positive display.

He took our two best players off and kept the abysmal Doucouré on, it could've easily cost us the 3 points.

Anyway, good performance from Lindstrum and hopefully we've seen the last of Young at RB. Onto to Brighton we go.

The first half was so good, but as soon as we fluffed chances in the second half and players were obviously tiring Moyes sticks to type.

Owing to Optus usual poor service after 2 excellent weeks and a good 1st half I missed their second goal, their first I put down to a Pickford brainfart.

Why we didn't continue to play the same way is a strange one.

Lindstrom who was excellent coming off changed it for me.

Dcl excellent today too.

O,brien did well also.

Seen more football from the blues today than the whole season under dyche, so those who belive it wasn't dyche, its the poor quality players, do they really belive we would have these 3 points today with Dyche?

Strange times!

A nice 3 Points toward survival amid the usual fuckwittery near the end to ensure we aren’t kidded into a laissez faire attitude to this squad - we still need players.

But for today well done, marvelous

Played some of the best football we've seen for ages. Beat a very rich club, Entertained the nation and moved away from the relegation zone.

There are no "BUTS"..Savour the moment

We won FFS

We put everything into that 1st half with players closing and harrying better technical footballers and upsetting their rhythm. He also was able to expose their weaknesses due to their injuries and defensive high line.

The first players to go were the 2 who rarely played full minutes for Dyche. It wasn't just those who faded but it was the rest of the team to a lesser extent.

Harrison has been woeful and as poor as Doucoure was Moyes would have needed him for shape purposes. The manager would have expected better from 2 of the subs who came on.

Once Moyes has Tim Jimmy and Dwight back he will have the opportunity to change up the midfield should he wish.

Don't forget Spurs are one of the fittest teams in the league and generally come on strong at the end of games and still brought on genuine quality with Richy and Moore.

At least it is refreshing to see front foot action and tactical tweaks during the game rather than the formulaic stuff previously.

Work on an away formation for Brighton next week. Blanket midfield and score on the break for a narrow win will do for us.

If Moyes can bring in a few players this week, it'll definitely freshen things up. I thought Garner would have made the bench.

On the other hand, it’s perfectly okay to criticise Moyes for terrible, negative substitutions that made things really jittery. The one thing you never do is mess with a defence that is working. An extra defender doesn’t mean better defending, it means more confusion, less clarity of responsibility and more danger. If you want to make ‘defensive’ subs, do it in midfield. However, if you’ve already started with your most negative midfield, you’ve not really got anywhere to go, other than trying to bring on fresh legs and pace on the counter attack.

I’m prepared to forgive Jordan and co for not keeping it tight to close out.

More times than ever this season teams have piled on the pressure late on and won or salvaged a point. But we held on.

So enjoy, there is some hope that Moyes can get us moving up the table. He deserves the credit and will get us winning at home again.

Now on to Brighton, we have a decent record there so although tricky they do like a draw so let’s get at least a point. UTFT!

Moyes's selection was spot on. Playing O'Brien at right back was shrewd. His substitutes made sense. Lindstrom and Ndaye were knackered. Doucoure will never be everyone's cup of tea but it's clear he's in there for his energy.

Yeah, we need to learn how to close games out better, Pickford was not at fault for the second, Keane was ball watching. Mistakes happen but there were far more positives to dwell on.

I agree with Ernie (51) about Patterson, how does he not get a start? However O'Brien was impressive, offering extra defensive solidity and another threat at set pieces. I think that works as long as Lindstrom is there to put crosses in.

COYB, the sunny uplands of mid-table are in sight.

It is well know I am not a fan. Best shot stopper in the game but causes too much confusion in the box because of his inability to cut out crosses and his tendency to blame everybody but himself.

Jimmy @ 84 for me that is Pickfords ball all day, he is facing out and can use his hands and the ball came right across the box to be bundled in at the far post. Easy to blame Keane, he is the whipping boy.

It's only one game, but it should change the confidence after all the pressure.
The teams below us also keep doing us a favour, long may it continue.

If anyone was at 'fault', then maybe JP but it was just a well worked goal. nb JP was in his usual towards the front of the goal (corner side) and the ball was looped to the back, I'd expect he'd have thought the man at the back post should have had Richi.

Anyhoot, that was 3 points well deserved, and hopefully more lessons learnt, and some boost to confidence.

COYB