Everton match thread

[KRBFC]

Missing Ekdal Beyer badly at the back, that defence without them is entirely hopeless. Seems we can’t do anything productive with Foster up the other end either.

Vitinho Rodriguez Dara Delcroix Tresor Cullen AAD far too many players in one side who are currently miles off it.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

The manager and a number of players currently look way way off the pace currently unfortunately

[TommyPicks]

Spineless, gutless, weak and bordering on embarrassing. It’s been a long time since you could ever say those sorts of things about a Burnley side. I really fear it could get very nasty at the Turf on Saturday

[jojomk1]

At least we were better than against City at the start of the season

[Casper2]

Groundhog Day

[AGENT_CLARET]

Kompany please please please change or F O

[Blatherwickstattoo]

We are getting worse game by game

[fidelcastro]

KOMPANY OUT!

[ksrclaret]

You said Everton had 5 subs minimum that walk into our starting 11, now you’re complaining, make your mind up.

Yeah nothing to complain about tonight.

Can we swap VK for SD when nobody is looking tonight?

[CoolClaret]

Muric is shite
Thank **** Trafford will be back Saturday

How does that one work then?

[Pickles]

Bizarre that one of the best centre halves of the last decade or so has constructed such a shambolic defence.

[Taffy on the wing]

McNeil showing our lads how to put a shift in.

[warksclaret]

How on earth did Young score with 5 Burnley players surrounding him

[KRBFC]

Kompany please please please change or F O

Change what? lol

[gandhisflipflop]

I know I’m saying nothing new here but again we see that we’re neither hard to beat nor a gung-ho attacking side. We don’t get bodies in the box, we’re reticent to cross, there seems to be a real lack of movement, there’s rarely an incisive pass, our wingers run down blind allies and either give it away or have to go back, and we don’t look like we’re trying to dominate possession like we did last season.

I am not sure at all what the game plan is. Can anyone with a tactical brain tell me what it is we’re at least attempting to do as I feel I’m missing something. There has to be something he’s attempting to do. (Serious question/answer)

We are doing what we can until Jan as competent full back transforms this team.

[fidelcastro]

At least we were better than against City at the start of the season

That was always going to be our worst performance!

[It Is What It Is]

Dear Santa,
Could you please please send Burnley FC an organised and committed defence ..oohh and a midfield that can at least control the game....ooooh and some forwards who can actually score.
Thankyou.
Alan Pace and 500,000 fans across the globe ‍‍‍

[RVclaret]

KOMPANY OUT!

[jedi_master]

Dreading Saturday now.

We’ll turn up, the atmosphere will be great - as soon as we concede it’ll nosedive and possibly get a bit terrible I think. Can’t see anything but a loss again, you just cannot see a route out of this rut with the squad we’ve built.

Oh for a drum.

[Boss Hogg]

Nothingness football. Think the players will get disillusioned with this cr*p soon. Needs a complete re think for me. Nothing we are doing is working.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

The football currently is like watching Eddie Hows final games with us, the style of play is almost a mirror image

[Newcastleclaret93]

I honestly think VKs time is rapidly running out

Looks like he’s lost the changing room to me

[Goalposts]

Ive seen enough now this season , to know that nothing will change before the jan window. You can tinker all you want with goalies, C/B F/B. Centre mid.. sadly it wont make a difference. When the going gets tough you need heart - leaders and some to mix it up. ( Barnes is a bigger loss , than many thought). I think by December there is a high chance that VK will have lost the dressing room. Not sure where we go to be honest, but some organisation and defensive nouce is needed desperately.. there does not appear to be anything approaching a plan B. With so many Foreign recruits i wonder how many will stick around . How many have any resale-able value above what we paid.. its going to be a very concerning and tough few months ahead.

[alboclaret]

I will add Connor Roberts is far worse than Vitinhio for me offers nothing. But I would love to see O’Shea at RB

Roberts =same as cullen at this level.
No upto it in every department

[BobSykes]

Bums. 2-0 was hardly the outcome I'd wanted but it sounded like some positives in the first half at least particularly Muric. But 3-0 again rather undermines that.

We are well and truly screwed and one can only hope a new man coming in at least kicks some life into this lot and fashions something to at least get excited about our of it. We do have the faintest hope in that only 3 of the 4 obviously crap teams in the PL can go down....

[Swizzlestick]

KOMPANY OUT!

Pathetic.

[Rileybobs]

Well that was good. Well done lads.

[stateofthenation]

Defensively shite plus 0 shots on target yet still better than the last 2.

Easy peasy for Everton.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

The defending is as weak as a kids team. Muric played well first half id definitely have him in the nets going forward. Tresor looking like a luxury player we can Ill afford.

[Spiral]

Feels like we're never gonna win again. Utter shite. Not a single thing you can point to and go 'that's working'.

[Pickles]

Missing Ekdal Beyer badly at the back, that defence without them is entirely hopeless.

Ekdal has played zero minutes of Premier League football. I hope not but he may be as hapless as the rest.

[Hedontplayforyou]

Hard to watch .
Weak in defence , weak in midfield whilst creating nothing .
Al-Dakhil bullied tonight

[TheOriginalLongsider]

You would think that one of the best defenders we’ve seen could sort his defence out

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

The football currently is like watching Eddie Hows final games with us, the style of play is almost a mirror image

We were scoring 3 and losing by four under Howe, we can’t even score one most weeks.

[burnley007]

Embarrassing.

Again.

Yet again

[Spiral]

B@stards lost weheeee

[fidelcastro]

Pathetic.

Really?

Can you see it getting better? I can't.

[claretgimmer]

How on earth did Young score with 5 Burnley players surrounding him

He moved to the ball

[dougcollins]

62% possession.

Irrelevant if you can't defend or score goals.

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Ashley Young scoring against us in stoppage. Embarrassingly bad performance. Don't understand how VK is getting it so wrong. Needs to sack the set piece coach for a start.

[ArmchairDetective]

Didn't think we played anywhere near as bad as the last two games. Scoreline flattered them but they certainly didn't have to work hard for it. Poor in our own 6 yard box. Will ultimately be out downfall if we don't fix it.

Muric showed us exactly what we've been missing. So much better building out from the back. Shame we couldn't go do anything with it.

On to the next.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Forget this season lads let’s just get VK and the band in the centre circle to drum for 90 minutes with Vitinho on maracas.

[Rick_Muller]

Some absolute melts on this forum at times.

[jojomk1]

But I would love to see O’Shea at RB

He's much better in a progression style of play

[Newcastleclaret93]

Didn't think we played anywhere near as bad as the last two games. Scoreline flattered them but they certainly didn't have to work hard for it. Poor in our own 6 yard box. Will ultimately be out downfall if we don't fix it.

Muric showed us exactly what we've been missing. So much better building out from the back. Shame we couldn't go do anything with it.

On to the next.

They should have won by 5/6 tonight if there finishing was better.

[Pickles]

Didn't think we played anywhere near as bad as the last two games. Scoreline flattered them

Flattered them? They could've had five or six!

[KRBFC]

On paper the defence is about as bad as it gets for a PL side.

Vitinho AAD Dara Delcroix just laughable back four really and it shows, the lot of them are hopeless individually and a comedy of error together

[Anthonini]

Tresors been one of our better players

By far the best. Larsen didn't do anything all game... Redmond decent and hard working.

Not a big fan of Muric so renowned style of goalkeeping and passing. The ones crying for him can tone down.

Cork and brownhill drowned... Robert came in for a tired and beat vitinho and actually managed to perform worse.

Still can't blame the guys who started the game I thought they gave it all they got. For me Burnley is a better team than Everton and we will beat them the next game.

[jojomk1]

Didn't think we played anywhere near as bad as the last two games. Scoreline flattered them but they certainly didn't have to work hard for it. Poor in our own 6 yard box. Will ultimately be out downfall if we don't fix it.

Muric showed us exactly what we've been missing. So much better building out from the back. Shame we couldn't go do anything with it.

On to the next.

We did play better than the last two games
But Everton were good value for that scoreline

[Vincent'sCap]

How does that one work then?

Think about it
Your all crying out for Muric,you got him.
Nothing has changed its still shite.