07 Jan 2016 02:59:11
Listened to the game at work but how did Robles look and command his area. Was there an air of confidence within the back 4.
07 Jan 2016 05:59:12
the defence was solid and robles deserves to stay in but will bobby see it that way I doubt it, robles imo deserves a crack at no1 he's a man mountain and the save he pulled off would of been a goal if howard was in, stef we have nothing to fear from city we are better away from home i'd be more worried if we was at goodison we are more than capable of pulling it off, fingers crossed the injuries aren't as bad as they looked gr8 team performance only barkley and geri dindnt perform to the best of there ability, the slagging Osman gets on here he deserves credit with how he coped coming on at half time for cleverly he has something to offer the team from the bench imo, barry and besic were outstanding, baines best game for a wile, mori brilliant and lukaku is becoming a legend C. O. Y. B managers tactics were spot on and team selection.
07 Jan 2016 07:43:35
That performance, set-up, adaptive tactics and commitment is somewhat like some of us have been on about for months. Look a different side with Besic playing (made Toure looked ordinary) it gives Barry the legs he needs and more room to slot in. Observations, we really do need a left sided all rounded midfielder, somehow/ somewhere a forward to take the pressure off Lukaku and the defense looked a more confident unit with Robles in goal. Conclusion much better performance, Goodison was buzzing but and here is the pessimism I/ we just know that the next League game RM will revert to type, Tim, Kone will be in and Team will look ordinary again.
07 Jan 2016 08:53:34
Muff I thought Barkley done his bit. He looked sharp I thought. There was more go in him than of late anyway.
07 Jan 2016 09:22:48
he gives away the ball to easy his positional play is his worse attribute he needs to work on that so much he had a ok game needs to improve just my opinion ntbt he's prob are weak link in midfield because of these faults, he should of put us up 2-0 but hit it strait at the keeper any were else we would have a 3-1 score line he did improve through 2nd half but thought besic and barry carried him at times.
{Ed025's Note - bit harsh that muff, i thought he was very good last night, yes a few slack passes but was strong and carried the ball really well for me mate..
07 Jan 2016 09:31:13
he still has a lot to improve to his game ed025 that's all am saying would of given him a 6 out of 10 him and geri were are two below par performers compared to rest as they were brilliant i. m. o.
{Ed025's Note - i think we are all expect a bit too much of ross muff, i have been a big critic of him in the past but thought he was really good..
07 Jan 2016 09:53:15
We where brill till Osman came on, and he did nothing again.
{Ed025's Note - he was not too bad stig, but for me was the wrong option, i would have put lennon on myself..but what do i know mate..
07 Jan 2016 10:07:33
agreed.
07 Jan 2016 10:12:39
That angle would have been incredibly hard to score from muff and he did so well to get onto that ball before the defender and get in on goal. I thought he played well, bar some poor passes on occasion, I thought he looked dangerous on the ball and running at defenders.
{Ed025's Note - im with you Tmh..
07 Jan 2016 11:32:42
Thought Barkley was okay, in fact his game is getting to the point of consistency where we are quite unmoved when he has a okay game. The other big plus is that is two solid games out of Besic running that midfield, to see Traore moaning last night was cool. Now if we could just stop Roberto and his 'Best midfielder in England', phenomenal, exciting etc! life would be grand.