It’s MW23!

[SocrManiac]

Woke up to find a bunch of dog shit on the floor. Dog chose the hardwood, which was nice of him. He seems to have eaten an entire bag of cough drops judging by the wrappers in it, which was not nice of him. I suspect that menthol wasn’t as soothing on his outbox as it is to my Covid Cough.

I feel that’s a nice metaphor for the 0730 kickoff this morning. Everton are sort of cool this year thanks to the gaffer, but they’re wrapped in shit FFP.

Keep me occupied while i cough and regret my empty stomach medication choices this morning.

 

[fletcherpost]

No messing about for Spurs. Richarlison slots home and is about to celebrate then remembers the Goodison years.

Ashley Young is on the pitch.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

Everton playing the Dyche game well going forwards but looking quite shaky at the back.

 

[fletcherpost]

Dom really needed that goal.

 

[Pesky Pole]

I missed the Tottenham goal but Everton deserved that goal. They’ve been the better side since I flipped this game on 10-15 minutes ago. They are keeping the game disjointed.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

I really hate that post-up on the keeper corner routine, not sure if it’s because I hate the aesthetics or because Vicario is specifically bad at defending it.

 

[Catcher Block]

Have to say I'm surprised to see them allow a goal where a defender backed into the goalie with zero attempt at playing the ball. For better or worse, that's been an automatic foul in the six-yard box.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

Have to say I'm surprised to see them allow a goal where a defender backed into the goalie with zero attempt at playing the ball. For better or worse, that's been an automatic foul in the six-yard box.

Not this year against Vicario it hasn’t been.

 

[OCST]

Hope that gets Dom firing again.

I actually didn’t wake up in time and missed the Spurs goal, in what I’ve seen it’s been all Everton

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

Hope that gets Dom firing again.

I actually didn’t wake up in time and missed the Spurs goal, in what I’ve seen it’s been all Everton

They’ve been perfect except for cross accuracy and for Pickford being worrying.

 

[OCST]

brilliant from Richarlison. Tip your cap.

 

[fletcherpost]

Another lovely strike by Richarlison.

 

[Catcher Block]

No needless touch, just one step and casually into the far corner. Hard to do it better.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

brilliant from Richarlison. Tip your cap.

Club loyalty isn’t dead, he almost looked distraught.

 

[OCST]

Club loyalty isn’t dead, he almost looked distraught.

In his heart he wants to be at Everton and we’d have him back in a cocaine heartbeat

 

[OCST]

Everton have struggled lately. Need results more than performances. But I can’t be upset right now, we’ve been the better side

 

[SocrManiac]

I think Vicario’s weakness on corners really highlights how rare complete keepers are. If you watched any other aspect of his game you’d assume he’s absolute world class. He just has a massive Achilles‘ Heel.

Good news is… That’s not a weakness fundamental to his makeup. He can and will improve, and then he’ll be in that top keeper conversation.

 

[wonderland]

Have to say I'm surprised to see them allow a goal where a defender backed into the goalie with zero attempt at playing the ball. For better or worse, that's been an automatic foul in the six-yard box.

I don’t like it either. Between this one, the other one against him and the Luton goal against Burnley it seems like they are allowing more contact with the keeper.

 

[OCST]

Udogie is a unit

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

Counting down the minutes until Sarr gets in there, maybe Skipp if he’s not ready. Hojberg/Bentancur is not really working in the midfield.

 

[OCST]

I don’t like it either. Between this one, the other one against him and the Luton goal against Burnley it seems like they are allowing more contact with the keeper.

I think it’s just continuing deterioration of objective standards. Current use of VAR has created an environment where everything is a second guess so whether it’s offside, handball, whatever, instead of standards and the fortitude to make tough calls everything is /shrugemoji

 

[SocrManiac]

Drink.

 

[OCST]

Werner and Darwin could be the comedy team of Offside and OffTarget

 

[OCST]

This is the rare game where the calls are favoring Everton

 

[OCST]

Pickford really keeping us in it

 

[coremiller]

Spurs’ midfield pressing has been poor. Everton are getting through them way too easily.

 

[Catcher Block]

Furthering the point, I'm pretty sure Werner was offside for that entire run.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

Everton hitting all their longballs super straight instead of into the gaps left by Spurs FBs, making it easier for van de Ven to clean ‘em up.

 

[OCST]

Everton hitting all their longballs super straight instead of into the gaps left by Spurs FBs, making it easier for van de Ven to clean ‘em up.

This is where the gap in quality shows.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

When this much of the attack runs through Godfrey, you can’t feel that great as a blue.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

When this much of the attack runs through Godfrey, you can’t feel that great as a blue.

Well I guess that’s one solution…

 

[OCST]

Subs should have been ago.

my one issue eith Dyche

 

[OCST]

Chermiti young and very raw but pacy

 

[OCST]

YEsSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

 

[fletcherpost]

A draw would be a fair result.

 

[Pesky Pole]

Well deserved goal. If they had disallowed that, they might have need an army to get Oliver off the field safely.

 

[coremiller]

Spurs have been a mess defending set pieces the last several weeks.

 

[scott bankheadcase]

This is the rare game where the calls are favoring Everton

Trying to follow my gaffers lead and not complain about it (it actually hasn’t been too bad in this game compared to others), but Spurs haven’t gotten any calls since that Liverpool game.

 

[OCST]

A draw would be a fair result.

Game of two halves.

drives me insane, Dyches slow substitutions. Clearly better after the fresh legs came in.

 

[Jimy Hendrix]

Spurs need one of those set piece coaches bad. Also a few more good windows building a squad so you never have “close out a match with Gil” as a thing you try to do.

 

[OCST]

Without the -10 Everton wound be in 12th, level on points with Wolves, and 2 points behind Chelsea in 10th.

 

[SocrManiac]

Health check on @candylandriots?

 

[OCST]

Oh boy. Seagulls score twice in a minute and are up 3-0 in the Quadrophenia derby. Wonder if this could be the ax for Roy.

 

[OCST]

Roy has the look of one of those tornado survivors standing in the wreckage

 

[canderson]

First half of Luton v Newcastle was fun. More goals coming in that one.

 

[OCST]

First half of Luton v Newcastle was fun. More goals coming in that one.

The rejuvenation of Ross Barkley continues apace. If he keeps it up he might creep back into Southgates peripheral vision which would have been utterly insane not too long ago.

 

[candylandriots]

Health check on @candylandriots?

I raced home for this?

This season, aside from the actual delight (and I mean this earnestly, not sarcastically in any way) of seeing Union Berlin play some of the best teams in the world, has been brutal to watch for me.

If the 49ers lose next Sunday, I might just give up on sports

 

[candylandriots]

Spurs need one of those set piece coaches bad. Also a few more good windows building a squad so you never have “close out a match with Gil” as a thing you try to do.

So do Palace. This team makes me miss Tony Pulis.

 

[candylandriots]

Omg Olise hurt after 9 minutes.

I also forgot to update my fantasy team, so that’s gotta be one of the worst captain performances.

 

[canderson]

Luton scored twice on that penalty