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- Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:41 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Thierno Barry
- Replies: 562
- Views: 277778
Re: Thierno Barry
Sure but pacey wingers wouldn't mean either would suddenly have adequate hold up play. A lack of pace is an issue too, but it doesn't excuse either's lack of skill in that department. Hold up play is a lot easier when you’re under less pressure is my point. The pass quality and opposition defence p...
- Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:39 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Carlos Alcaraz
- Replies: 698
- Views: 292873
Re: Carlos Alcaraz
The Wayne Rooney version!Risky wrote:On a side note, my son thought the song was Sexy Gran, not Sixty Grand until I realised what he was singing a few years ago and corrected him.
- Tue Oct 07, 2025 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Thierno Barry
- Replies: 562
- Views: 277778
Re: Thierno Barry
I feel like having two strikers who are incapable of basic hold up play is gaslighting us in to thinking playing direct balls is some archaic unworkable style of football. You look at Palace and they're the most direct team in the league by a mile, the number of passes they take per chance creation...
- Tue Oct 07, 2025 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: James Garner
- Replies: 562
- Views: 713577
Re: James Garner
Gana needs dropping before Garner, at this point he’s basically a pressing CAM and we can’t afford to just have one midfielder in there
- Tue Oct 07, 2025 10:07 am
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Michael Keane
- Replies: 405
- Views: 161187
Re: Michael Keane
Think mykolenko is an even bigger problem on the left myself. He’s terrible, and with Grealish hugging the touchline it means he’s coming infield with the ball and it’s horrible to watch. Don’t even think he’s good at defending anymore. Would much rather see Brathwaite in getting the ball in that p...
- Tue Oct 07, 2025 10:04 am
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Thierno Barry
- Replies: 562
- Views: 277778
Re: Thierno Barry
If we want the striker to be the one running beyond the line then we've got to actually make passes into that space or he's going to fail. If we want the striker to be the hold up player then we need other players to run beyond him or the opposition backline will just squeeze up against him and he'l...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:25 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: James Garner
- Replies: 562
- Views: 713577
Re: James Garner
Gana is by far the bigger issue for me - and I suspect it's on purpose from Moyes. We've not yet found a way to consistently create chances when in possession so the only time we threaten is when we turnover possession high up the pitch on a press so Gana is being told to press high as much as possi...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Thierno Barry
- Replies: 562
- Views: 277778
Re: Thierno Barry
I'll repost my comment from the Moyes thread as I think it's relevent to the discussion on Barry: If you watch back the game yesterday it wasn't that Mateta was magically holding the ball up, it's that he wasn't under as much pressure from our CBs as they couldn't follow him as we were wary of the t...
- Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: David Moyes
- Replies: 1673
- Views: 709076
Re: David Moyes
Difference is Palace have a load of pace to make it work and a striker who can hold it up We don’t have any of that If you watch back the game yesterday it wasn't that Mateta was magically holding the ball up, it's that he wasn't under as much pressure from our CBs as they couldn't follow him as we...
- Sun Sep 28, 2025 6:32 am
- Forum: General Football forum
- Topic: Today's Football 2025-26
- Replies: 1394
- Views: 327701
Re: Today's Football 2025-26
Palace will struggle when Glasner leaves them for a United payout once Amorim is sacked
- Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Tyler Dibling
- Replies: 1016
- Views: 281586
Re: Tyler Dibling
He's played like a tiny amount minutes. Impossible to say anything other than it'll be interesting to see what he can do when he gets a few full games. Agree, all you can see for now is that he’s physically and technically capable of playing at this level - will take a while for the mental side of ...
- Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Jordan Pickford
- Replies: 553
- Views: 509889
Re: Jordan Pickford
To be fair the argument needs to go both ways, Southall wouldn’t be catching shots today like he did in his day because the actual ball has changed so much.
It’s way lighter and moves in the air more, that’s why no keepers catch it not just Pickford
It’s way lighter and moves in the air more, that’s why no keepers catch it not just Pickford
- Tue Sep 09, 2025 5:37 am
- Forum: General Football forum
- Topic: Manager Merry-Go-Round
- Replies: 716
- Views: 863588
Re: Manager Merry-Go-Round
Reports are Ten Hag didn’t even get along with the staff he brought with him to the club. I don’t see how you function on a basic level if you can’t work with the people you handpicked. I think it’s a massive PR offensive from the club to make him look as bad as possible, they’ve gutted the squad a...
- Mon Sep 08, 2025 11:14 am
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Jordan Pickford
- Replies: 553
- Views: 509889
Re: Jordan Pickford
Different generations. Can't compare. Nev was great but so is Pickford. Dixie Dean was a great goal scorer in his time but probably wouldn't get the same goals now. Can’t compare directly to each other but you can compare within their generations to their peers. Southall was in the discussion for b...
- Fri Sep 05, 2025 7:15 am
- Forum: The Everton Forum
- Topic: Jack Grealish
- Replies: 869
- Views: 257424
Re: Jack Grealish
Look at that little Grealish/KDH/Garner triangle - can see a lot of our threat coming there this season. It also means that teams bunch over there and leave Ndiaye [emoji637]vs[emoji637] where he’s most dangerous as a solo runner [attachment=[emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji6...