28 Jul 2017 00:12:09
Not going to do ratings but just some thoughts on the players today:

Stekelenburg- suprised he got the nod but played well when he had anything to do.

Martina- looked lively but for me is definitely not the answer. Still stand by what I said before the game that Kenny should play.

Keane- Good game tonight, very promising and showed some class.

Williams- Out of shape and out of sorts. I feel like we need a new CB.

Baines- Man of the match. Played well throughout the game.

Schneiderlin- Did his job.

Gana- Played well, looked good going forward also.

Klaassen- I really rate him and he showed touches of class, and was very hardworking tonight, a bit of a headless chicken for me despite the plaudits from others.

Calvert-Lewin- I still don't see what all the fuss is about him. Didn't see much from him tonight.

Rooney- Worked hard, like Klaassen he showed touches of class but didn't have much end product.

Mirallas- I thought he looked dangerous but again no end product. Corners as bad as Barkley's.

Davies- Should have started, looked far livelier than others despite a few poor touches in his brief stint.

Sandro- His touch is unreal, and he looked great tonight. I hope he can do this against better opposition over 90 mins.

Lookman- Decent cameo.

Feel free to disagree with me, I'm just saying what I saw from my seat in the Lower Gwladys. I haven't seen any TV footage or replays.

I would have preferred to win by a bigger margin but the Slovakians set up to stifle us and we played like it was a preseason friendly. I'm not too worried but we need to improve with only 2 weeks until the first match of the season.

1.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 01:18:23
Blue Tommy--dont give up your day job as you will never make a match analyst--was your seat an obstructive view.

2.) 28 Jul 2017
28 Jul 2017 07:12:32
What did you think of the match/ players then bluewirralboy? Quick to criticise someone's OPINION but not offering any genuine debate at all. I accept that people may disagree with me, as I think that each individual sees a different match when you go to the game. It would be interesting to know if you watched it on TV or actually went to Goodison.

Then again after this you have been
sending posts moaning doom and gloom when in reality we have a lot of new players to bed into the team and it's only our 4th game this summer. Think you need to lay off the ale lad.

{Ed025's Note - i happen to agree with every assessment you made there tommy, for me it was rusty and thats to be expected at this time and the fact that we have so many new players come in, we still need a couple of players and im sure koeman knows that but rome was not built in a day and you cant just expect players to gel automatically, its about patience and we dont need knee jerk reactions when we dont perform to high standards just yet mate..